England Tour of Pakistan Tests December 2022: England Win 3-0 — First Team to Sweep a 3-Match Test Series in Pakistan, Harry Brook 468 Runs (Player of Series), Four England Centuries in One Innings at Rawalpindi (Crawley 122, Duckett 107, Pope 108, Brook 153), Abrar Ahmed 17 Wickets on Debut

England won the 3-Test series in Pakistan in December 2022 by 3-0 — the first time any team had swept a 3-match Test series in Pakistan. It was the 4th Bazball series under Ben Stokes (captain) and Brendon McCullum (head coach) and England's first Test tour of Pakistan since 2005-06. Player of the Series: Harry Brook (468 runs — the most by any batter in a 3-Test series in Pakistan). 1st Test Rawalpindi (December 1-5, 2022): England won by 74 runs — ENG 657 & 264/7d; PAK 579 & 268. England's 1st innings of 657 contained four centuries scored in the same innings — a landmark rarity: Zak Crawley 122, Ben Duckett 107, Ollie Pope 108, and Harry Brook 153. Pakistan replied with three centuries of their own: Imam-ul-Haq 121, Abdullah Shafique 114, and captain Babar Azam 136. Will Jacks, playing his 2nd Test, took 6/161 in Pakistan's 1st innings — the best figures by an England off-spinner in Pakistan in Tests. James Anderson (4/36) and Ollie Robinson (4/50) shared Pakistan's 2nd innings wickets to bowled them out for 268, leaving England to win by 74 runs. 2nd Test Multan (December 9-12, 2022): England won by 26 runs — ENG 281 & 275; PAK 202 & 328. 3rd Test Karachi (December 17-20, 2022): England won by 8 wickets — PAK 304 & 216; ENG 354 & 170/2. Across the series, Jack Leach took 15 wickets for England; Abrar Ahmed — playing his debut Test series for Pakistan as a leg-spin/googly bowler — took 17 wickets, the leading wicket-taker of the series. The 3-0 result was England's first Test series sweep of Pakistan in any location since 2010.

Four England Centuries at Rawalpindi: A Historic 1st-Innings 657

England's 657 in their 1st innings at Rawalpindi was notable not merely for the total but for the four individual centuries scored in it. Zak Crawley (122), Ben Duckett (107), Ollie Pope (108), and Harry Brook (153) all reached three figures in the same innings — a relatively rare event in Test cricket and the first time England had four centurions in a single Test innings since 1938. Brook's 153 was the highest of the four and the innings of a player who would go on to dominate the series with 468 runs. Pakistan's 579 in reply — anchored by Imam-ul-Haq 121, Abdullah Shafique 114, and Babar Azam 136 — meant the 1st Test at Rawalpindi featured seven centuries across the two 1st innings, making it one of the most century-heavy Test matches in history. England's declaration (264/7d in the 2nd innings) set Pakistan 343 to win; Anderson and Robinson then dismissed them for 268, completing a 74-run England win.

Abrar Ahmed 17 Wickets on Debut: Pakistan's Unlikely Series Leading Wicket-Taker

Abrar Ahmed, a leg-spin and googly bowler, made his Test debut in this series for Pakistan and finished as the leading wicket-taker with 17 wickets — more than any England or Pakistan bowler across the 3 Tests. His debut series came despite England winning 3-0; Abrar's wickets at key moments kept Pakistan competitive in the run-chases at Multan and Karachi. Jack Leach, England's left-arm orthodox spinner, took 15 wickets for England across the series — the second highest in the series. The dominance of spin in both Pakistan's bowling and England's counter-attack through Leach illustrated how far the series departed from the seam-dominated conditions England had faced in the preceding home summer against South Africa. The 3-0 sweep — England's first in Pakistan and the first by any team in a 3-match series in Pakistan — validated the Bazball approach in subcontinental away conditions, something that had been questioned before the tour given England's history of Test defeats in Pakistan.