Pakistan's Test wins in England

6.Pakistan won by 164 runs, Lord’s, 1996:

Once again the two sides faced off at the Mecca of Cricket in the first Test of the 1996 tour. Wasim Akram was the captain of the Pakistan outfit which featured a young but matured Inzamam-ul-Haq as one of the premier batsmen in the side.

Choosing to bat, Pakistan were bolstered to a total of 340, mostly by Saeed Anwar’s 74 and Inzamam’s then-highest score of 148 by Lunch on the second day. Afterwards, fast bowlers Waqar Younis and 21-year-old Ata Ur Rehman made short work of the England batting line up and dismissed them for just 285, picking up 4 wickets each.

England could never recover from the 55-run deficit and half centuries by Saeed Anwar (88), Ijaz Ahmed (76) and Inzamam (70) batted them out of the Test match completely. Pakistan declared for 352/5, setting up a record target of 408 runs for the hosts on the fourth afternoon. Though at one point England had the Pakistani bowlers sweating, sitting pretty at 168/1, they collapsed to 243 courtesy a brilliant spell of spin bowling by Mushtaq Ahmed who scalped 5 victims for 57 runs. Waqar once again picked up 4 wickets and was named Player of the Match for his match figures of 8/154.