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| Venue | National Stadium, Karachi on 18th, 19th, 20th, 22nd, 23rd January 1978 (5-day match) | 
| Balls per over | 8 | 
| Toss | England won the toss and decided to bat | 
| Result | Match drawn | 
| Umpires | Amanullah Khan, Shakoor Rana | 
| Close of play day 1 | England (1) 152/5 (Roope 40*, Taylor 17*) | 
| Close of play day 2 | Pakistan (1) 54/1 (Mudassar Nazar 24*, Mohsin Khan 13*) | 
| Close of play day 3 | Pakistan (1) 230/5 (Wasim Raja 38*) | 
| Close of play day 4 | England (2) 114/1 (Boycott 48*, Randall 37*) | 
| Player of the Match | PH Edmonds | 
| England first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *G Boycott | b Iqbal Qasim | 31 | 110 | 145 | 3 | - | |
| BC Rose | c Javed Miandad b Sarfraz Nawaz | 10 | 23 | 32 | 2 | - | |
| DW Randall | lbw b Iqbal Qasim | 23 | 103 | 118 | 3 | - | |
| GRJ Roope | lbw b Sikander Bakht | 56 | 241 | 291 | 5 | - | |
| MW Gatting | lbw b Abdul Qadir | 5 | 35 | 26 | 1 | - | |
| G Miller | c Mudassar Nazar b Wasim Raja | 11 | 49 | 39 | 1 | - | |
| +RW Taylor | lbw b Abdul Qadir | 36 | 200 | 231 | 1 | - | |
| PH Edmonds | lbw b Abdul Qadir | 6 | 19 | 25 | - | - | |
| GA Cope | b Iqbal Qasim | 18 | 69 | 67 | 1 | - | |
| JK Lever | not out | 33 | 88 | 101 | 4 | 1 | |
| RGD Willis | lbw b Abdul Qadir | 5 | 58 | 47 | - | - | |
| Extras | (3 b, 21 lb, 8 nb) | 32 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 123.1 overs) | 266 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-17 (Rose, 4.6 ov), 2-69 (Boycott, 27.8 ov), 3-72 (Randall, 29.2 ov), 4-85 (Gatting, 36.5 ov), 5-107 (Miller, 46.6 ov), 6-189 (Roope, 91.8 ov), 7-197 (Taylor, 94.6 ov), 8-203 (Edmonds, 96.8 ov), 9-232 (Cope, 109.4 ov), 10-266 (Willis, 123.1 ov) | |||||||
| Pakistan bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Sarfraz Nawaz | 15 | 6 | 27 | 1 | - | 4 | |
| Sikander Bakht | 15 | 4 | 39 | 1 | - | 5 | |
| Iqbal Qasim | 40 | 20 | 56 | 3 | - | - | |
| Abdul Qadir | 40.1 | 9 | 81 | 4 | - | - | |
| Wasim Raja | 13 | 3 | 31 | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Pakistan first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| Mudassar Nazar | c sub (IT Botham) b Edmonds | 76 | 209 | 290 | 6 | - | |
| Shafiq Ahmed | c sub (IT Botham) b Willis | 10 | 35 | 45 | 1 | - | |
| Mohsin Khan | c Willis b Cope | 44 | 137 | 166 | 5 | 1 | |
| Haroon Rasheed | c Taylor b Edmonds | 27 | 47 | 66 | 3 | - | |
| Javed Miandad | c Roope b Edmonds | 23 | 81 | 130 | 2 | - | |
| Wasim Raja | c Gatting b Edmonds | 47 | 115 | 149 | 4 | 1 | |
| Abdul Qadir | c Roope b Edmonds | 21 | 53 | 65 | 1 | - | |
| *+Wasim Bari | lbw b Miller | 6 | 33 | 53 | - | - | |
| Sarfraz Nawaz | c Gatting b Edmonds | 0 | 2 | 1 | - | - | |
| Iqbal Qasim | b Edmonds | 8 | 42 | 37 | - | - | |
| Sikander Bakht | not out | 7 | 14 | 20 | 1 | - | |
| Extras | (2 b, 3 lb, 7 nb) | 12 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 95 overs) | 281 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-33 (Shafiq Ahmed, 6.5 ov), 2-121 (Mohsin Khan, 41.4 ov), 3-167 (Haroon Rasheed, 51.7 ov), 4-170 (Mudassar Nazar, 53.2 ov), 5-230 (Javed Miandad, 72.8 ov), 6-243 (Wasim Raja, 78.6 ov), 7-263 (Abdul Qadir, 86.1 ov), 8-263 (Sarfraz Nawaz, 86.3 ov), 9-269 (Wasim Bari, 89.8 ov), 10-281 (Iqbal Qasim, 95 ov) | |||||||
| England bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Willis | 8 | 1 | 23 | 1 | - | 7 | |
| Lever | 12 | 4 | 32 | 0 | - | 1 | |
| Edmonds | 33 | 7 | 66 | 7 | - | - | |
| Cope | 28 | 8 | 77 | 1 | - | - | |
| Miller | 14 | 0 | 71 | 1 | - | - | |
| England second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *G Boycott | c Javed Miandad b Sikander Bakht | 56 | 201 | 257 | 3 | - | |
| BC Rose | c Haroon Rasheed b Abdul Qadir | 18 | 74 | 105 | 3 | - | |
| DW Randall | b Sikander Bakht | 55 | 135 | 199 | 5 | - | |
| GRJ Roope | not out | 33 | 157 | 222 | 1 | - | |
| MW Gatting | lbw b Iqbal Qasim | 6 | 31 | 39 | - | - | |
| G Miller | c Wasim Bari b Iqbal Qasim | 3 | 42 | 39 | - | - | |
| +RW Taylor | not out | 18 | 91 | 94 | 1 | - | |
| PH Edmonds | did not bat | ||||||
| GA Cope | did not bat | ||||||
| JK Lever | did not bat | ||||||
| RGD Willis | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (9 b, 6 lb, 15 nb, 3 w) | 33 | |||||
| Total | (5 wickets, 89 overs) | 222 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-35 (Rose, 17.2 ov), 2-125 (Boycott, 44.8 ov), 3-148 (Randall, 52.4 ov), 4-162 (Gatting, 60.3 ov), 5-171 (Miller, 68.6 ov) | |||||||
| Pakistan bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Sarfraz Nawaz | 28 | 7 | 57 | 0 | - | 14 | |
| Sikander Bakht | 17 | 4 | 40 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |
| Iqbal Qasim | 29 | 11 | 51 | 2 | - | - | |
| Abdul Qadir | 8 | 2 | 26 | 1 | - | - | |
| Mudassar Nazar | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | - | |
| Javed Miandad | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | - | 3 | |
| Shafiq Ahmed | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | |
| Wasim Bari | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | - | |
| Haroon Rasheed | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | - | - | |
| Mohsin Khan | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> MW Gatting made his debut in Test matches
--> Mohsin Khan made his debut in Test matches
--> GA Cope made his last appearance in Test matches
--> DW Randall (1) passed 500 runs in Test matches when he reached 3
--> GRJ Roope (1) 50 in 203 balls, 229 minutes with 5 fours
--> GRJ Roope (1) passed 500 runs in Test matches when he reached 29
--> RW Taylor (1) passed his previous highest score of 32 in Test matches
--> Mudassar Nazar (1) 50 in 130 balls, 175 minutes with 2 fours
--> Wasim Raja (1) passed 1000 runs in Test matches when he reached 6
--> Abdul Qadir (1) passed his previous highest score of 11 in Test matches
--> Wasim Bari (1) passed 4500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 6
--> G Boycott (2) 50 in 164 balls, 216 minutes with 3 fours
--> DW Randall (2) 50 in 125 balls, 188 minutes with 5 fours
--> MW Gatting made his debut for England in First-Class matches
--> Mohsin Khan made his debut for Pakistan in First-Class matches
--> PH Edmonds achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches when he dismissed Sarfraz Nawaz in the Pakistan first innings (previous best was 5-28)
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