England Lions cricket team against Pakistan A in the UAE in 2018–19

The England Lions cricket team toured the United Arab Emirates in November–December 2018 to play one first-class match and seven limited overs matches against the Pakistan A team.[1]

England Lions cricket team
against Pakistan A in the UAE in 2018-19
 
  Pakistan A England Lions
Dates 18 November – 2 December 2018
Captains Mohammad Rizwan Dominic Bess (FC)
Alex Davies (LA)
Twenty20 International series
Results England Lions won the 2-match series 2–0
Most runs Adil Amin (51) Tom Kohler-Cadmore (51)
Most wickets Mohammad Irfan (6) Saqib Mahmood (4)
Jamie Overton (4)
Liam Livingstone (4)
FC series
Result Pakistan A won the 1 (4-day)-match series 1–0
Most runs Abid Ali (124) Sam Billings (112)
Most wickets Shaheen Afridi (7) James Porter (5)
Mark Wood (5)
LA series
Result Pakistan A won the 5-match series 3–2
Most runs Mohammad Rizwan (323) Ollie Pope (189)
Most wickets Waqas Maqsood (12) Lewis Gregory (9)

Pakistan A team won the one-off first-class match by 4 wickets.

Squads edit

First-class List-A Twenty20
  Pakistan A   England Lions[2][3]   Pakistan A   England Lions[2]   Pakistan A   England Lions[2]

Josh Tongue was ruled out of the FC series and eventually replaced by Saqib Mahmood in the Lion's squad.[3] Ahead of the tour, Lion's Matt Parkinson was ruled out from the entire series due to fracture in his back. Danny Briggs was named as replacement for him.[4]

First-class series edit

Only Unofficial Test edit

18–21 November 2018
Scorecard
v
240 (69 overs)
Sam Billings 74* (145)
Mohammad Irfan 4/80 (25 overs)
195 (58.2 overs)
Mohammad Rizwan 58 (71)
Mark Wood 4/67 (17 overs)
266 (85.2 overs)
Joe Clarke 107 (184)
Shaheen Afridi 4/80 (24 overs)
314/6 (97.4 overs)
Abid Ali 113 (279)
Dominic Bess 3/110 (31 overs)
Pakistan A won by 4 wickets.
Sheikh Zayed Stadium Nursery 1, Abu Dhabi
Umpires: Asif Yaqoob and Rashid Riaz

List-A series edit

1st Unofficial ODI edit

25 November 2018
11:30
Scorecard
Pakistan A  
351/4 (50 overs)
v
  England Lions
164 (32.5 overs)
Shan Masood 161 (134)
Lewis Gregory 3/79 (10 overs)
Liam Livingstone 35 (38)
Amad Butt 4/29 (6 overs)
Pakistan A won by 187 runs.
ICC Academy, Dubai
Umpires: Asif Yaqoob and Rashid Riaz
Player of the match: Shan Masood (Pakistan A)
  • England Lions won the toss and elected to field.

2nd Unofficial ODI edit

27 November 2018
11:30
Scorecard
Pakistan A  
289/7 (50 overs)
v
  England Lions
290/4 (47.1 overs)
Mohammad Saad 117 (129)
Saqib Mahmood 3/59 (10 overs)
Alex Davies 76 (84)
Khushdil Shah 1/16 (4 overs)
England Lions won by 6 wickets
ICC Academy, Dubai
Umpires: Asif Yaqoob and Rashid Riaz
Player of the match: Alex Davies (England Lions)
  • Pakistan A won the toss and elected to bat.

3rd Unofficial ODI edit

29 November 2018
11:30
Scorecard
England Lions  
245 (50 overs)
v
  Pakistan A
223/9 (50 overs)
Ollie Pope 93* (109)
Khushdil Shah 3/37 (10 overs)
Mohammad Rizwan 141* (154)
Dominic Bess 3/35 (10 overs)
England Lions won by 22 runs
Sheikh Zayed Stadium Nursery 1, Abu Dhabi
Umpires: Asif Yaqoob and Shozab Raza
  • England Lions won the toss and elected to bat.

4th Unofficial ODI edit

2 December 2018
11:30
Scorecard
Pakistan A  
335/4 (50 overs)
v
  England Lions
154 (31.4 overs)
Adil Amin 120* (87)
Lewis Gregory 3/72 (10 overs)
Alex Davies 42 (62)
Waqas Maqsood 5/32 (7.4 overs)
Pakistan A won by 181 runs
Sheikh Zayed Stadium Nursery 1, Abu Dhabi
Umpires: Shozab Raza and Rashid Riaz
Player of the match: Adil Amin (Pakistan A)

5th Unofficial ODI edit

5 December 2018
11:30
Scorecard
England Lions  
169 (45.1 overs)
v
  Pakistan A
170/3 (39.5 overs)
Joe Clarke 60* (101)
Zohaib Khan 4/27 (10 overs)
Mohammad Saad 67* (113)
Mark Wood 2/26 (10 overs)
Pakistan A won by 7 wickets
ICC Academy, Dubai
Umpires: Asif Yaqoob and Shozab Raza
  • England Lions won the toss and elected to bat first

T20 series edit

1st T20 edit

7 December 2018
17:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Pakistan A  
131/8 (20 overs)
v
  England Lions
135/6 (19.2 overs)
Umaid Asif 40 (34)
Saqib Mahmood 4/14 (3 overs)
Tom Kohler-Cadmore 33 (27)
Mohammad Irfan 4/24 (4 overs)
England Lions won by 4 wickets
Sheikh Zayed Stadium Nursery 1, Abu Dhabi
Umpires: Asif Yaqoob and Shozab Raza
  • England Lions won the toss and elected to field.

2nd T20 edit

8 December 2018
17:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Pakistan A  
139/9 (20 overs)
v
  England Lions
145/6 (18.5 overs)
Shan Masood 42 (32)
Jamie Overton 3/24 (4 overs)
Liam Livingstone 3/24 (4 overs)
Liam Livingstone 35* (19)
Mohammad Irfan 2/18 (4 overs)
England Lions won by 4 wickets
Sheikh Zayed Stadium Nursery 1, Abu Dhabi
Umpires: Asif Yaqoob and Shozab Raza
  • Pakistan A won the toss and elected to bat first.

References edit

  1. ^ "England Lions to tour the UAE". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
  2. ^ a b c "Lions squad announced for UAE tour". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 27 September 2018.
  3. ^ a b "Josh Tongue ruled out, Saqib replaces him in FC match". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 27 September 2018.
  4. ^ "Danny Briggs named replacement for injured Matthew". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 1 November 2018.