England in Pakistan, 1977/78
Sind v England XI
Karachi Gymkhana Ground
15 January 1978 (35-overs match)

Result: Sind won by 3 wickets

Toss:
Umpires:
Balls per over: 8

England XI innings (35 overs maximum)                           R
*JM Brearley          retired hurt                              5
G Boycott             st Shahid Israr    b Naeem Ahmed          4
BC Rose               st Shahid Israr    b Ijaz Faqih          18
G Miller              c Aslam Sanjrani   b Naeem Ahmed          0
MW Gatting            c Mansoor Akhtar   b Sikander Bakht      59
IT Botham             c Mansoor Akhtar   b Mohsin Khan         47
PH Edmonds            not out                                   3
+PR Downton           not out                                   0
Extras                (b 2, lb 3)                               5
Total                 (5 wickets, 35 overs)                   141

DNB: JK Lever, RGD Willis, M Hendrick.

FoW: 1-22, 2-22, 3-50, 4-136, 5-137.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Sikander Bakht               6      0     14      1
Anwar Khan                   7      0     27      0
Naeem Ahmed                  7      1     32      2
Nasir Valika                 1      0      3      0
Ijaz Faqih                   7      0     20      1
Shahid Iqbal                 6      1     29      0
Mohsin Khan                  1      0     11      1

Sind innings (target: 142 runs from 35 overs)                   R
Waheed Mirza          c Downton          b Willis              11
Mansoor Akhtar                           b Lever                5
Mohsin Khan           c sub              b Hendrick            59
Nasir Valika                             b Edmonds             18
Ijaz Faqih                               b Willis              14
Aslam Sanjrani        not out                                   3
+Shahid Israr         c sub              b Willis               1
Anwar Khan            c Hendrick         b Willis               0
Naeem Ahmed           not out                                   4
Extras                (b 8, lb 13, w 1, nb 5)                  27
Total                 (7 wickets, 33.4 overs)                 142

DNB: Shahid Iqbal, Sikander Bakht.

FoW: 1-16, 2-23, 3-69, 4-125, 5-131, 6-133, 7-133.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Willis                       7      1     17      4
Lever                        7      2     28      1
Botham                       3      0     14      0
Hendrick                     5.4    1     18      1
Edmonds                      7      1     14      1
Miller                       4      0     24      0

• JM Brearley had his left arm broken in the fifth over by a rising ball from Sikander Bakht, putting him out of the tour.
• G Boycott took over as captain for the rest of the match and the remainder of the tour.

• Source: The Times

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