English cricket team in Pakistan in 1955–56
An English cricket team sponsored by Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) visited Pakistan from December 1955 to February 1956 and played fourteen first-class matches including four against the Pakistan national cricket team.[1]
The team
Thomson was not in the original team. He replaced the injured Cowan midway through the tour.[2]
Pakistan v MCC series summary
- 1st match at Bagh-e-Jinnah, Lahore – match drawn[3]
- 2nd match at Dacca Stadium, Dacca – Pakistan won by innings and 10 runs[4]
- 3rd match at Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar – Pakistan won by 7 wickets[5]
- 4th match at National Stadium, Karachi – MCC won by 2 wickets[6]
Idrees Baig incident
On the third evening of the match against Pakistan in Peshawar, some of the English players, fed up with what they regarded as the Pakistani umpire
Board of Control for Cricket in Pakistan, smoothed things over sufficiently to allow the tour to continue.[7][8][9][10]
References
- ^ "MCC in Pakistan 1955–56". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
- ^ Wisden 1957, p. 794.
- ^ "Pakistan v MCC, first match 1956". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
- ^ "Pakistan v MCC, second match 1956". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
- ^ "Pakistan v MCC, third match 1956". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
- ^ "Pakistan v MCC, fourth match1956". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
- ^ Peter Oborne, Wounded Tiger: The History of Cricket in Pakistan, Simon & Schuster, London, 2014, pp. 111-132.
- ^ Bull, Andy (12 July 2016). "From 'torturing' an umpire to spot-fixing, England v Pakistan: a difficult rivalry". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
- ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
- ^ "M.C.C. and Pakistan". The Cricketer (Spring Annual): 16. 1956.
External links
- Marylebone Cricket Club in Pakistan 1955–56 at CricketArchive
- Marylebone Cricket Club in Pakistan, Dec 1955 - Mar 1956 at Cricinfo
Further reading
- "M.C.C. 'A' Team in Pakistan, 1955–56", Wisden 1957, pp. 791–812
- "The M.C.C. 'A' Tour", The Cricketer, Spring Annual, 1956
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