The Pakistan cricket team toured England in the 1987 season to play a five-match Test series against England. Pakistan won the series 1-0 with 4 matches drawn. This was the first Test series that Pakistan won against England in England.

One Day Internationals (ODIs)

England won the Texaco Trophy 2-1.

1st ODI

21 May 1987 Scorecard

Pakistan  232/6 (55 overs)	v	England 233/3 (53.1 overs)
Javed Miandad 113 (145) NA Foster 2/36 (11 overs)		BC Broad 99 (168) Mudassar Nazar 1/41 (11 overs)

England won by 7 wickets The Oval, London Umpires: DR Shepherd and AGT Whitehead Player of the match: BC Broad (ENG)

• England won the toss and elected to field.

2nd ODI

23 May 1987 Scorecard

England  157 (51.1 overs)	v	Pakistan 158/4 (52 overs)
BC Broad 52 (84) Wasim Akram 2/18 (9.1 overs)		Javed Miandad 71* (129) NA Foster 2/25 (11 overs)

Pakistan won by 6 wickets Trent Bridge, Nottingham Umpires: DJ Constant and BJ Meyer Player of the match: Javed Miandad (PAK)

• Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.

3rd ODI

25 May 1987 Scorecard

Pakistan  213/9 (55 overs)	v	England 217/9 (54.3 overs)
Javed Miandad 68 (128) NA Foster 3/29 (11 overs)		MW Gatting 41 (56) Mudassar Nazar 2/17 (11 overs)

England won by 1 wicket Edgbaston, Birmingham Umpires: HD Bird and KE Palmer Player of the match: PAJ DeFreitas (ENG)

• England won the toss and elected to field.

Test series summary

First Test

4–9 June 1987 Scorecard

England	v	Pakistan
447 (143.4 overs) RT Robinson 166 (365) Wasim Akram 4/111 (46 overs)		140/5 (64 overs) Mansoor Akhtar 75 (182) PH Edmonds 1/2 (7 overs)

Match drawn Old Trafford, Manchester Umpires: HD Bird and BJ Meyer Player of the match: RT Robinson (ENG)

• Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.
• 7 June was taken as a rest day.
• There was no play on the final day.
• NH Fairbrother (ENG) made his Test debut.

Second Test

18–23 June 1987 Scorecard

England	v	Pakistan
368 (112.5 overs) CWJ Athey 123 (202) Mudassar Nazar 2/26 (16 overs)

Match drawn Lord's, London Umpires: DJ Constant and AGT Whitehead Player of the match: CWJ Athey (ENG)

• England won the toss and elected to bat.
• 21 June was taken as a rest day.
• There was no play on the second, fourth and fifth days.

Third Test

2–6 July 1987 Scorecard

England	v	Pakistan
136 (60.4 overs) DJ Capel 53 (161) Mohsin Kamal 3/22 (8.4 overs)		353 (131.2 overs) Saleem Malik 99 (238) NA Foster 8/107 (46.2 overs)
199 (78.1 overs) DI Gower 55 (136) Imran Khan 7/40 (19.1 overs)

Pakistan won by an innings and 18 runs Headingley, Leeds Umpires: KE Palmer and DR Shepherd Player of the match: Imran Khan (PAK)

• England won the toss and elected to bat.
• 5 July was taken as a rest day.
• The match was scheduled for five days but completed in four.
• DJ Capel (ENG) made his Test debut.

Fourth Test

23–28 July 1987 Scorecard

Pakistan	v	England
439 (173.3 overs) Mudassar Nazar 124 (416) GR Dilley 5/92 (35 overs)		521 (169.5 overs) MW Gatting 124 (399) Imran Khan 6/129 (41.5 overs)
205 (73.3 overs) Shoaib Mohammad 50 (152) NA Foster 4/59 (27 overs)		109/7 (17.4 overs) BC Broad 30 (23) Wasim Akram 2/41 (8.4 overs)

Match drawn Edgbaston, Birmingham Umpires: BJ Meyer and AGT Whitehead Player of the match: MW Gatting (ENG)

• England won the toss and elected to field.
• 26 July was taken as a rest day.

Fifth Test

6–11 August 1987 Scorecard

Pakistan	v	England
708 (220.3 overs) Javed Miandad 260 (617) GR Dilley 6/154 (47.3 overs)		232 (99.4 overs) MW Gatting 61 (164) Abdul Qadir 7/96 (44.4 overs)
		315/4 (f/o) (142 overs) MW Gatting 150* (346) Abdul Qadir 3/115 (53 overs)

Match drawn The Oval, London Umpires: DJ Constant and KE Palmer Player of the match: Javed Miandad (PAK)

• Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
• 9 August was taken as a rest day.

The Pakistan innings of 708 is the highest in Test match history not to feature a wide.^[1]

Annual reviews

• Playfair Cricket Annual 1988
• Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1988