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A day at Lord's for England v Pakistan with private suite and 3-course menu.
What to expect
Pakistan's record at Lord's outshines most touring sides. Their first victory here came in 1982; decisive results and memorable encounters define this fixture.
Reserved seating in the Nursery Pavilion overlooks where international sides warm up. Full bar, afternoon tea, and evening snacks span the day's play.
Players walk through the members' Long Room to take the field at the home of cricket, a corridor of MCC ties, oil paintings and silent applause as the side go out to bat.
London
17°
Rain showers
Our best tips
English cricket season runs from May to September, but the weather remains gloriously unreliable. Layers are advisable, and sunscreen is worth packing for the longer days.
Smart casual is the standard for cricket hospitality. A collared shirt is recommended for gentlemen, though ties are seldom required. Ladies should dress for a relaxed but smart daytime event.
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Getting around
Most UK venues are accessible by rail. Your ICE booking confirmation will include the nearest station and any shuttle services running on event day.
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England and Pakistan first met in Test cricket in 1954, and the rivalry has produced some of the most absorbing series the game has known. From Zaheer Abbas's majestic 274 at Edgbaston to the reverse swing of Wasim and Waqar tearing through English batting orders, this fixture has a habit of delivering the unexpected. Played across Lord's, The Oval, and England's great outgrounds, it remains one of the most keenly anticipated contests in the international calendar.
The most devastating pair of fast bowlers I have ever seen.
Playing in England is the ultimate challenge. The conditions test everything you have as a cricketer.
Seven years a nation; one tour to announce themselves to the world.
Pakistan, just seven years old as a nation, arrived in England for their inaugural tour. The four-match Test series was drawn 1-1, with Pakistan winning at The Oval by 24 runs to claim their first ever Test victory on English soil. It was a statement of intent from a young cricketing nation still finding its feet on the world stage.
A 23-year-old Zaheer Abbas made 274 at Edgbaston; England won the series, but nobody remembered how.
England won the three-match series 1-0, but the tour belonged to one innings. Zaheer Abbas, just 23, scored 274 in the first Test at Edgbaston, an innings of such elegance that it announced him as one of the finest batsmen of his generation. The remaining two Tests were drawn, and England took the series courtesy of a 25-run victory in the second Test at Lord's.
Thirty-plus years of waiting, ended in an innings at Headingley.
After more than three decades of trying, Pakistan finally won a Test series in England, taking the five-match contest 1-0 with four draws. It was a landmark moment for Pakistani cricket, achieved through disciplined bowling and stubborn batting on pitches that offered little for either side. The breakthrough victory came at Headingley, where Pakistan won by an innings and 18 runs.
Waqar Younis took 22 wickets in the series; English batsmen simply had no answer to his reverse swing.
The summer of 1992 belonged to Pakistan's fast bowlers. Waqar Younis claimed 22 wickets in the five-match series, his devastating reverse swing leaving English batsmen groping at thin air. Wasim Akram provided the perfect foil. Pakistan won the series 2-1, with Javed Miandad captaining the side. It was a tour that redefined what fast bowling could look like in English conditions.
The 2-0 scoreline told a flattering story; Pakistan's batsmen made England work considerably harder than that.
Fresh from their famous Ashes triumph, England hosted Pakistan for a two-match series and won 2-0. But the scoreline flattered the hosts. Both matches were closely fought, with Pakistan's batting line-up, featuring Inzamam-ul-Haq and Mohammad Yousuf, providing stern resistance. The series was played in the afterglow of that extraordinary Ashes summer, and Pakistan were unfortunate to face an England side brimming with confidence.
Three players fixed no-balls to order; the series result barely mattered after that.
England won the four-match series 3-1, but the cricket was overshadowed by the spot-fixing scandal that engulfed the fourth Test at Lord's. Captain Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif, and the prodigiously talented Mohammad Amir were found to have deliberately bowled no-balls at pre-arranged moments. All three received bans and criminal convictions. It was a dark chapter for the sport, and for a Pakistan side that had, until that point, competed fiercely throughout the summer.
Pakistan's Lord's triumph shook English cricket to its core; Cook's side needed every match to claw the series back.
Misbah-ul-Haq's Pakistan won the first Test at Lord's by 75 runs, a result that sent shockwaves through English cricket. But England, captained by Alastair Cook, regrouped to win the four-match series 2-1. The third Test at Edgbaston, where England won by 141 runs, proved the turning point. It was a series that showcased Pakistan's capacity to produce moments of brilliance alongside frustrating inconsistency.
Zak Crawley was 22 years old and five Tests into his career when he scored 267; some players never find that kind of authority at all.
Played entirely behind closed doors during the COVID-19 pandemic, the three-match series had an eerie quality. Empty stands at Old Trafford and the Ageas Bowl stripped the contest of its usual atmosphere. England won 1-0, with two matches drawn. The standout moment was Zak Crawley's 267 in the third Test, an innings of rare authority from a 22-year-old making only his fifth Test appearance. Pakistan, led by Azhar Ali, competed gamely but could not find the breakthrough when it mattered.
