Pakistan Shaheens cricket team in England in 2025

Pakistan Shaheens cricket team in England in 2025
	First Class Counties XI	Pakistan Shaheens
Dates	22 July – 5 August 2025
Captains	Luc Benkenstein	Saud Shakeel
LA series
Result	Pakistan Shaheens won the 3-match series 2–1
Most runs	Hamza Shaikh (111)	Azan Awais (164)
Most wickets	Scott Currie (5)	Ubaid Shah (6)

The Pakistan Shaheens cricket team toured England in July and August 2025 to play against the First Class Counties XI. ^{[1] [2]} The tour consisted of three List A cricket matches. ^{[3] [4]}

Pakistan Shaheens won the three-match List A series 2-1 against the First Class Counties XI. ^[5]

List A series

1st List A match

22 July 2025 11:00 Scorecard

First Class Counties XI 187 (27.4 overs)	v	Pakistan Shaheens 204/5 (27.5 overs)
Will Smeed 84 (62) Maaz Sadaqat 3/28 (4.4 overs)		Saud Shakeel 72* (72) Tom Lawes 2/38 (6 overs)

Pakistan Shaheens won by 5 wickets (DLS method) County Cricket Ground, Beckenham Umpires: Naeem Ashraf (Eng) and Paul Sparshot (Eng)

• First Class Counties XI won the toss and elected to bat.
• The match was reduced to 28 overs per side due to rain.
• Jafer Chohan, Ismail Mohammed and Joseph Moores (First Class Counties XI) all made their List A debuts.
• Faisal Akram (Pakistan Shaheens) took his 50th wicket in List A cricket.
• Pakistan Shaheens were set a revised target of 204 runs in 28 overs due to rain.
• Saud Shakeel (Pakistan Shaheens) scored his 3,000th run in List A cricket.

2nd List A match

25 July 2025 11:00 Scorecard

Pakistan Shaheens 152 (29.3 overs)	v	First Class Counties XI 153/3 (26 overs)
Azan Awais 68 (85) Jafar Chohan 4/43 (5.3 overs)		Hamza Shaikh 54* (63) Shahid Aziz 1/26 (4 overs)

First Class Counties XI won by 7 wickets County Cricket Ground, Beckenham Umpires: Surendiran Shanmugam (Eng) and Paul Sparshott (Eng)

• First Class Counties XI won the toss and elected to field.

3rd List A match

27 July 2025 Scorecard

First Class Counties XI 260 (46.4 overs)	v	Pakistan Shaheens 264/5 (43.5 overs)
Ollie Skyes 64 (56) Ubaid Shah 4/41 (9.4 overs)		Azan Awais 88 (104) Calvin Harrison 2/48 (8 overs)

Pakistan Shaheens won by 5 wickets County Cricket Ground, Hove Umpires: Surendiran Shanmugam (Eng) and Paul Sparshott (Eng)

• Pakistan Shaheens won the toss and elected to field.
• Thomas Rew (First Class Counties XI) made his List A debut.

Tour matches

1st tour match

29–31 July 2025 Scorecard

Pakistan Shaheens	v	First Class Counties XI
243 (69.2 overs) Azan Awais 98 (170) Nathan Gilchrist 3/50 (16 overs)		351/7d (77.2 overs) Luc Benkenstein 197 (248) Mir Hamza 3/39 (17 overs)
50/4 (11.5 overs) Haider Ali 17 (11) Mitchell Stanley 3/30 (5.5 overs)

Match drawn County Cricket Ground, Hove Umpires: Anthony Harris (Eng) and Raymond Parker (Eng)

• First Class Counties XI won the toss and elected to field.

2nd tour match

3–5 August 2025 Scorecard

Pakistan Shaheens	v	MCC Young Cricketers and South Asian Cricket Academy XI
385/8d (92 overs) Rohail Nazir 100* (120) Eesa Nadeem 2/43 (9 overs)		278 (80.2 overs) Feroze Khushi 90* (142) Mubasir Khan 3/59 (18 overs)
196/2d (50.5 overs) Ali Zaryab 100* (141) Hishaam Khan 1/15 (7 overs)

Match drawn County Cricket Ground, Beckenham Umpires: Paul Nicholls (Eng) and Bilal Shafayat (Eng)

• Pakistan Shaheens won the toss and elected to bat.

References

1. "Pakistan's tour to England: Shaheens reach London for odi series". PTV. Retrieved 13 August 2025.
2. "Pakistan Shaheens to visit England this year". Geo TV. Retrieved 13 August 2025.
3. "Schedule for Pakistan Shaheens' tour of England unveiled". Geo Super TV. Retrieved 13 August 2025.
4. "Pak Shaheens depart for Eng tour today". The Express Tribune. Retrieved 13 August 2025.
5. "Pakistan Shaheens Conclude England Tour With Series Win". PPI News Agency. Retrieved 13 August 2025.

External links

• Series home at ESPNcricinfo