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The England national cricket team, under the auspices of Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), toured Ceylon and Pakistan from January to March 1969 and played a three-match Test series against the Pakistani national cricket team. The Test series was drawn 0–0. England were captained by Colin Cowdrey and Pakistan by Saeed Ahmed. As Ceylon had not then achieved Test status, the international played at the Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo, is classified as a first-class match. It ended in a draw.

Test series summary

First Test

21–24 February 1969
(4-day match)
Scorecard
England  v  Pakistan
306 (119.1 overs)
MC Cowdrey 100
Saeed Ahmed 4/64 (20 overs)
209 (70.2 overs)
Asif Iqbal 70
RMH Cottam 4/50 (22.2 overs)
225/9d (84.5 overs)
KWR Fletcher 83
Asif Masood 3/68 (25 overs)
203/5 (79 overs)
Majid Khan 68
RMH Cottam 2/35 (13 overs)
Match drawn
Lahore Stadium, Lahore
Umpires: Munawar Hussain and Shujauddin

Second Test

28 February–3 March 1969
(4-day match)
Scorecard
Pakistan  v  England
246 (110.1 overs)
Mushtaq Mohammad 52
JA Snow 4/70 (25 overs)
274 (132.4 overs)
BL D'Oliveira 114*
Pervez Sajjad 4/75 (37 overs)
195/6d (101 overs)
Majid Khan 49*
DL Underwood 5/94 (44 overs)
33/0 (20 overs)
RM Prideaux 18*
Match drawn
Dacca Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Umpires: Mohammad Gulzar Mir and Shujauddin
  • Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.

Third Test

6–8 March 1969
(5-day match)
Scorecard
England  v  Pakistan
502/7 (175.1 overs)
C Milburn 139
Intikhab Alam 3/129 (48 overs)
Match drawn
National Stadium, Karachi
Umpires: Daud Khan and Shujauddin
  • England won the toss and elected to bat.
  • The match was abandoned due to riots shortly before lunch on the third day.
  • Sarfraz Nawaz (PAK) made his Test debut.

References

  1. Husain, Saeed (5 January 2025). "HISTORY: HOW CRICKET MARKED THE END OF GEN AYUB". DAWN.COM.
  2. "Marylebone Cricket Club in Ceylon and Pakistan 1968–69". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 July 2014.

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