The England and Pakistan national cricket teams toured the United Arab Emirates (UAE) from 7 January to 27 February 2012.

England gained some form of revenge by whitewashing Pakistan 4–0 in the subsequent one day series, with notable performances from Alastair Cook and Kevin Pietersen with the bat, they both hit centuries in successive games, and Steven Finn with the ball who was the leading wicket-taker in the series with 13 wickets.

England then completed the tour with a 2–1 success in the T20 series, coming back after losing the first match to take the third by 5 runs.

That match was notable for Kevin Pietersen becoming only the second batsmen to carry his bat through a T20 international scoring 62, including what proved to be the winning runs by hitting a six off the last ball of England's innings.

[11] England won the toss, decided to bat, and suffered a top-order collapse at the hands of Pakistan's spinners.

Part-time bowler Mohammad Hafeez took the wicket of Alastair Cook, before Ajmal ran through England's batting lineup, taking a career-best 7/55.

Their innings remained on foot at the end of the second day, after their top order batsmen accumulated runs at a slow pace.

They made one change to their team, Junaid Khan replacing fellow pace bowler Aizaz Cheema.

England lost 3 for 9 in the last 10 overs of the day, all of them to Saeed Ajmal, Pakistan's 10-wicket destroyer in the first Test in Dubai.

Monty Panesar took 6 for 62, the second best bowling figures of his Test career, leaving England chasing 145 for victory.

England did not even reach the half-way mark, dismissed for 72 in only 36.1 overs, their lowest total since being bowled out for 51 against the West Indies three years previously.

[24] Pakistan side bundled out for 99 runs in first innings avoiding their lowest Test score against England thanks only to 45 from Asad Shafiq.

Andrew Strauss had extended his overnight 41 to 56 when he came down the pitch to hit Rehman over the legside and was stumped by Adnan Akmal.

By the close, Younis had 115, his third-wicket stand with Azhar Ali (75*) was worth 194 in 72 overs and Pakistan's lead was 180.

[29] Mohsin Khan, the Pakistan coach, compared his team's whitewash against England to the 1992 Cricket World Cup triumph.