English cricket team in Pakistan in 2022–23
The England cricket team toured Pakistan in September and October 2022 to play seven Twenty20 International (T20I) matches as a preparatory series before the 2022 ICC Men's T20 World Cup. The English team returned to Pakistan in December 2022 to play three Test matches. The Test matches formed part of the 2021–2023 ICC World Test Championship.
| English cricket team in Pakistan in 2022–23 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | England | ||
| Dates | 20 September – 21 December 2022 | ||
| Captains | Babar Azam |
Ben Stokes (Tests) Moeen Ali (T20Is) | |
| Test series | |||
| Result | England won the 3-match series 3–0 | ||
| Most runs | Babar Azam (348) | Harry Brook (468) | |
| Most wickets | Abrar Ahmed (17) | Jack Leach (15) | |
| Player of the series | Harry Brook (Eng) | ||
| Twenty20 International series | |||
| Results | England won the 7-match series 4–3 | ||
| Most runs | Mohammad Rizwan (316) | Harry Brook (238) | |
| Most wickets | Haris Rauf (8) |
Sam Curran (7) David Willey (7) | |
| Player of the series | Harry Brook (Eng) | ||
In November 2021, Tom Harrison, the Chief Executive of the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), flew to Pakistan to repair the relationship between the ECB and the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) after England's planned tour to Pakistan in October 2021 was cancelled. After positive talks, the original tour itinerary of five T20I matches was increased to seven. The T20Is were scheduled to be played first, with the Test matches taking place following the 2022 ICC Men's T20 World Cup in Australia. In April 2022, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) confirmed that the series would be taking place. In July 2022, the PCB's Chairman Ramiz Raja said that the T20I matches would be likely to take place in Lahore and Karachi. The details of the T20I series was confirmed on 2 August 2022. The itinerary for the Test series was later announced on 22 August 2022.
A total of 189,595 spectators watched the T20I leg of the series, at a 97.35% crowd attendance, making it the highest-attended series in Pakistan cricket history.
On 16 December 2022, Pakistan's Azhar Ali announced that he would retire from Test cricket following the completion of the Test series.
England won the Test series 3–0, to become the first team to claim a clean sweep in a three-match series in Pakistan. This was also only the fourth time that England had taken a clean sweep in any away series of three Tests or more.