The History of England Touring Pakistan & Preview
To form informed 2024 Test Pakistan vs England predictions, we need to look at England’s past record of playing the Shaheens on their home turf. Ted Dexter led the first English side to tour Pakistan in 1961. They traveled to Pakistan after playing a five-match Test series in India. England won the three-match Test series by 1-0. Since then, England have played nine away Test series in Pakistan.
The two teams have played 27 Tests in Pakistan so far. Only nine of them yielded results, with the visitors winning five and the hosts winning four. England visited Pakistan for the first time in 17 years when they flew to the country for a three-match Test series in 2022. Since they cruised to a 3-0 win back then, the weight of expectations would be even heavier on the visitors this time around. Most PAK vs ENG cricket betting tips, therefore, would be tilted toward England.
Do we think the same? We will get to that soon, but first, let’s have a look at the last five long-format meetings involving the two teams:
- December 17-20, 2022 – England beat Pakistan by 8 wickets
- December 09-12, 2022 – England beat Pakistan by 26 runs
- December 01-05, 2022 – England beat Pakistan by 74 runs
- August 21-25, 2020 – Match drawn
- August 13-17, 2020 – Match drawn
Online betting sites in Pakistan are not feeling much pessimistic about Shan Masood’s team’s chances in the upcoming series, regardless of their dismal form in red-ball cricket. They have lost all three Tests since the turn of the year and two of them were against Bangladesh, who are not the strongest team to play in the longest format right now. Pakistan are winless in their last five Tests, with their last win coming against Sri Lanka last year.
England started the year with a 4-1 hammering in India. They have lost only once in the six subsequent matches. The latest defeat, however, came in their most recent Test, where a stunning knock from Pathum Nissanka powered Sri Lanka to a remarkable win at the Oval. Cricket bookies in UK, however, are still showing strong faith in the England national cricket team.
