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Mushtaq Ahmad Sobhani
March 03, 2022
The Australian team consisting of 18 best available players has arrived in Pakistan. The Australian team will play 3 Tests, 3 ODIs and a T20 International during its 38-day stay here.
The Australian team is playing cricket on Pakistani soil after a long absence of 24 years. The last time she came here was in 1998-99, and she defeated Pakistan 1-0 in a three-Test series.
Earlier, the Australian cricket team has visited Pakistan seven times. He has played a total of 6 Test series and 6 Test series twice. One of these matches was played in Karachi in 1955-56 which was the first Test match between the two countries and in this match Pakistan stunned the world by defeating the experienced Australian team by a huge margin of 9 wickets. ۔
Later, 6 series of 3, 3 Tests were played between these two teams on Pakistani soil in which 4 series were won by Pakistan and 2 series were won by Australia. In 1965-65, only one Test was played in Karachi which ended in a draw.
In the same season, Pakistan visited Australia for the first time and played a Test which was drawn. Since then, Pakistan has visited Australia 12 times to play a series of 5 Tests, 9 Tests and 2 Tests. Despite playing so many matches, Pakistan has never won a series on Australian soil. He lost a single series of 5 Tests, 8 of 3 Tests and a series of 2 Tests while he drew one series of 3 and 2 Test matches.
The Australian team has whitewashed Pakistan six times at its home ground. These include 5 series of 3 Tests and 1 series of 2 Tests while Pakistan has also made a clean sweep on its soil once against Australia, in 1983-83 under the leadership of Imran Khan.
In addition to these series, the two countries have played against each other four times in neutral venues due to security concerns in Pakistan. These 4 series consisted of one series 4 and 3 series 2, 2 matches. Australia swept the only three-Test series, while Pakistan whitewashed the two-Test series once, won the series 0-1 once and drew the third series 1-1.
In all, 22 Test series have been played between the two countries. One of these series consisted of 5 matches while 16 series consisted of 3 and 5 series consisted of 2 Test matches. In 13 of them Australia and in 6 Pakistan was the winner while 3 series were drawn. In addition, three one-on-one Tests were played between the two, in which Pakistan won one and the remaining two defeats ended in a draw.
It has been 66 years since the two countries played Test cricket against each other and it is interesting to note that the number of Test matches played between the two countries so far is only 66. Of these, 20 Tests were played on Pakistani soil, 37 in Australia and 9 in neutral venues.
Pakistan has so far won only 15 Tests against Australia. 7 of them were played at home, 4 in Australia and 4 at neutral venues.
Similarly, Australia defeated Pakistan in 33 matches. Out of these, 3 matches were played in Pakistan, 26 matches were played in Australia and 4 matches were played at neutral venues. 18 Test matches between the two countries have ended in a draw. Of these matches, 10 were played in Pakistan, 7 in Australia and only one in Test Neutral Location (UAE).
Pakistan-Australia Test cricket records
If we talk about the highest score scored by both the teams in the history of Pakistan-Australia Test cricket, then surprisingly the maximum score of both the teams is only 624 runs. Pakistan made this score in Adelaide during their tour of Australia in 1984-83 and Australia made this score in Melbourne in 2016-17 where they declared the innings at 624 for the loss of 8 wickets.
Similarly, if we talk about the minimum score made by both the teams in the innings, then the lowest score of Pakistan in the Test innings against Australia is 53 runs which was made by Pakistan during the tour of UAE in 2002-03. This is Pakistan's second lowest score against any team in a Test innings. It also made its third lowest score of 59 in the first innings of the same match.
Similarly, Australia has scored at least 80 runs in Test cricket against Pakistan. This score was made by Australia in the Karachi Test during the 1957 tour of Pakistan.
If we talk about the maximum total score of both the teams, then it was made in the Melbourne Test during the tour of Australia to Pakistan in 1972-1973. This score is 1640 runs for the loss of 33 wickets.
Similarly, the lowest total score of both the teams was made in the match played in Sharjah in 2002-03 which was 422 runs for the loss of 30 wickets.
If we talk about the victory in the history of Test cricket of these two teams by the largest margin in terms of innings, runs and wickets, then the victory of Pakistan in terms of innings is one innings and 188 runs which gave it 89- 1988. I achieved during the Karachi Test while Pakistan got the biggest victory in terms of runs with 373 runs which was achieved in 19-2018 in Abu Dhabi.
In this way, Pakistan got the biggest victory in terms of wickets with 9 wickets which it got 3 times. The first time it was won in Karachi in 1957-57, the second time in 1983-1982 in Karachi and the third time in 1982-83 at Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore.
If you look at the same statistics from the point of view of Australia, then the biggest victory in terms of innings was achieved by one innings and 198 runs in the Sharjah Test in 2002-03. The biggest victory for Australia in terms of runs is 491 runs which they got in the Perth Test in 2004-05. Apart from this, Australia has won the Test match against Pakistan by 10 wickets 3 times. The first match was played in Brisbane in 1981-82, the second in Sydney in 1984-83 and the third in 1999 in Brisbane.
Similarly, if you look at the lowest margin of victory for Pakistan in Pakistan-Australia Test cricket, then in terms of runs, Pakistan won by the lowest margin of 71 runs in the Melbourne Test of 1979-79 while the wickets The lowest margin of victory was in the Karachi Test of 1994-1995 by one wicket.
Australia's lowest margin of victory against Pakistan is 36 runs in the 2009-10 Sydney Test. The lowest margin of victory for Australia in terms of wickets was also achieved by 4 wickets in the 1999 Hobart Test.
Let us tell you the team records in Pakistan-Australia Test cricket. Now let's take a look at some individual records.
Javed Miandad has the distinction of scoring the most runs for Pakistan overall in the history of Pakistan-Australia Test cricket. He has played 40 innings in 25 matches against Australia in which he has scored 1797 runs at an average of 47.28 while Alan Border has scored the most runs for Australia against Pakistan. He has played 36 innings in 22 matches against Pakistan in which he has scored 1666 runs at an average of 59.50.
The highest scorer in Test cricket for Pakistan against Australia is Saleem Malik who scored 237 runs in the 1994-95 Rawalpindi Test. The credit for Australia's highest score in Test cricket against Pakistan goes to Mark Taylor, who scored an unbeaten 334 in the 1998-1999 Peshawar Test and the most in a match in the history of Test cricket. Equaled the record for most runs scored by Don Bradman.
In terms of individual scores in a series between the two teams, Saleem Malik holds the record for most runs scored by a Pakistani in a series against Australia during the 1995-94 series. He played 6 innings in 3 matches and scored 557 runs at an average of 92.83 while Graham Elp holds the record for most runs scored by an Australian in a series against Pakistan. He played a total of 6 innings in 5 matches during the 1984-83 series and scored 554 runs at an average of 92.33.
In the history of Pakistan-Australia Test cricket, 143 centuries have been scored so far, out of which 63 centuries have been scored by Pakistan while 80 centuries have been scored by Australia. Javed Miandad and Ijaz Ahmed have scored the most 6 centuries for Pakistan. Javed Miandad has scored these centuries by playing 40 innings in 25 matches while Ejaz Ahmed has scored these centuries by playing 25 innings in 14 matches.
2 players from Australia, Alan Border and Greg Chappell have scored 6, 6 centuries. Alan Border played 36 innings in 22 matches while Greg Chappell played 27 innings in 17 matches and scored these centuries.
Zaheer Abbas holds the record for most half-centuries by Pakistan against Australia, having played 34 innings in 20 matches and scored 12 half-centuries. Similarly, Alan Border of Australia has played 36 innings in 22 matches against Pakistan and scored maximum 8 half centuries.
If you look at the statistics of the best bowling in an innings in the history of Pakistan-Australia Test cricket, then Sarfraz Nawaz holds the record for the best bowling from Pakistan who scored 86 runs in the Melbourne Test during the 1979-79 series. In return he got 9 wickets. The record is also held by Glenn McGrath, who took eight wickets for 24 runs in the Perth Test during the 2004-05 series.
Similarly, if we talk about the best bowling in a match, then this honor belongs to Fazal Mahmood from Pakistan who took 13 wickets for 114 runs in Karachi Test during the 1956-57 series. The record for Australia is held by Shane Warren, who bowled 11 wickets for 77 runs in the 1996-1995 Brisbane Test.
If we talk about the bowler who has taken the most wickets in the series, then Abdul Qadir is at the top of the list for Pakistan who took 22 wickets at an average of 25.54 in a series in 1982-83. The same feat was done by the spinner Shane Warren from Australia who took 27 wickets at an average of 12.66 in 2002-03.
If one remembers the bowlers of both the teams who have so far led the way to the pavilion against most of the players against each other, then at the top of the list is former Pakistan captain Imran Khan who has played 18 matches and 29 innings. I have hunted 64 players with an average of 24.96. The highest wicket-taker for Australia is Shane Warren, who has taken 90 wickets in 15 matches and 27 innings at an average of 20.17.
If bowlers who take 5 or more wickets in an innings are mentioned then 2 players from Pakistan Fazal Mahmood and Wasim Akram are noteworthy who have done this feat 4 times. Fazal Mehmood has played 3 matches while Wasim Akram has managed to do so in 13 matches. The list includes Australian bowlers Shane Warren who has done so six times in 15 matches.
Now let's talk about the bowlers who have taken 10 or more wickets in a Test match. In this list, there are 7 Pakistani bowlers who have done this once, once. The list includes Fazal Mahmood, Sarfraz Nawaz, Imran Khan, Iqbal Qasim, Abdul Qadir, Wasim Akram and Muhammad Abbas. Shane Warren from Australia is also prominent here who has managed to do so twice.
Pakistan's Wasim Bari tops the list of wicket-keepers who have taken the most number of wickets behind the wicket, having taken wickets 66 times in 19 matches. He caught 56 catches and 10 stumpings. Australia's Rodney Marsh tops the list with 68 wickets in 20 matches, including 66 catches and 12 stumpings.
Mudassar Nazar from Pakistan has proved to be the most successful fielder against Australia who has taken 16 catches in 19 matches. Australia's Mark Waugh tops the list with 23 catches in 15 matches.
Javed Miandad tops the list for Pakistan, having played the most number of Test matches between the two teams. Participated against Similarly, Alan Border of Australia also represented Australia in 25 matches between 1990 and 1979.
As captain of Pakistan against Australia, Javed Miandad played the most number of 9 matches, out of which 3 were won, 2 were lost and 4 matches ended without any decision.
Greg Chappell, Kim Hughes and Mark Taylor from Australia led the team in 9 matches against Pakistan. Greg Chappell and Kim Hughes have won 3 of those 9 matches, lost 3 and drawn the same number of matches. While Mark Taylor also won 3 matches, lost 2 and ended 4 matches without any result.
So far in the matches played against Australia, 20 players from Pakistan have taken the lead while 14 Australian players have captained against Pakistan.
Pat Cummins, who is out of the country for the first time to lead Australia, will be Australia's 15th captain against Pakistan while young Babar Azam is also leading Pakistan against Australia for the first time and he will play against Australia. Will be the 21st captain.
Mushtaq Ahmad Sobhani is a senior journalist and veteran writer. The game of cricket is his specialty and he has been writing and working on it for over 40 years. He has also published 4 books.
Statistical review of Pakistan-Australia Test cricket
Mushtaq Ahmad SobhaniMarch 03, 2022
The Australian team consisting of 18 best available players has arrived in Pakistan. The Australian team will play 3 Tests, 3 ODIs and a T20 International during its 38-day stay here.
The Australian team is playing cricket on Pakistani soil after a long absence of 24 years. The last time she came here was in 1998-99, and she defeated Pakistan 1-0 in a three-Test series.
Earlier, the Australian cricket team has visited Pakistan seven times. He has played a total of 6 Test series and 6 Test series twice. One of these matches was played in Karachi in 1955-56 which was the first Test match between the two countries and in this match Pakistan stunned the world by defeating the experienced Australian team by a huge margin of 9 wickets. ۔
Later, 6 series of 3, 3 Tests were played between these two teams on Pakistani soil in which 4 series were won by Pakistan and 2 series were won by Australia. In 1965-65, only one Test was played in Karachi which ended in a draw.
In the same season, Pakistan visited Australia for the first time and played a Test which was drawn. Since then, Pakistan has visited Australia 12 times to play a series of 5 Tests, 9 Tests and 2 Tests. Despite playing so many matches, Pakistan has never won a series on Australian soil. He lost a single series of 5 Tests, 8 of 3 Tests and a series of 2 Tests while he drew one series of 3 and 2 Test matches.
The Australian team has whitewashed Pakistan six times at its home ground. These include 5 series of 3 Tests and 1 series of 2 Tests while Pakistan has also made a clean sweep on its soil once against Australia, in 1983-83 under the leadership of Imran Khan.
In addition to these series, the two countries have played against each other four times in neutral venues due to security concerns in Pakistan. These 4 series consisted of one series 4 and 3 series 2, 2 matches. Australia swept the only three-Test series, while Pakistan whitewashed the two-Test series once, won the series 0-1 once and drew the third series 1-1.
In all, 22 Test series have been played between the two countries. One of these series consisted of 5 matches while 16 series consisted of 3 and 5 series consisted of 2 Test matches. In 13 of them Australia and in 6 Pakistan was the winner while 3 series were drawn. In addition, three one-on-one Tests were played between the two, in which Pakistan won one and the remaining two defeats ended in a draw.
It has been 66 years since the two countries played Test cricket against each other and it is interesting to note that the number of Test matches played between the two countries so far is only 66. Of these, 20 Tests were played on Pakistani soil, 37 in Australia and 9 in neutral venues.
Pakistan has so far won only 15 Tests against Australia. 7 of them were played at home, 4 in Australia and 4 at neutral venues.
Similarly, Australia defeated Pakistan in 33 matches. Out of these, 3 matches were played in Pakistan, 26 matches were played in Australia and 4 matches were played at neutral venues. 18 Test matches between the two countries have ended in a draw. Of these matches, 10 were played in Pakistan, 7 in Australia and only one in Test Neutral Location (UAE).
Pakistan-Australia Test cricket records
Team records
If we talk about the highest score scored by both the teams in the history of Pakistan-Australia Test cricket, then surprisingly the maximum score of both the teams is only 624 runs. Pakistan made this score in Adelaide during their tour of Australia in 1984-83 and Australia made this score in Melbourne in 2016-17 where they declared the innings at 624 for the loss of 8 wickets.
Similarly, if we talk about the minimum score made by both the teams in the innings, then the lowest score of Pakistan in the Test innings against Australia is 53 runs which was made by Pakistan during the tour of UAE in 2002-03. This is Pakistan's second lowest score against any team in a Test innings. It also made its third lowest score of 59 in the first innings of the same match.
Similarly, Australia has scored at least 80 runs in Test cricket against Pakistan. This score was made by Australia in the Karachi Test during the 1957 tour of Pakistan.
If we talk about the maximum total score of both the teams, then it was made in the Melbourne Test during the tour of Australia to Pakistan in 1972-1973. This score is 1640 runs for the loss of 33 wickets.
Similarly, the lowest total score of both the teams was made in the match played in Sharjah in 2002-03 which was 422 runs for the loss of 30 wickets.
If we talk about the victory in the history of Test cricket of these two teams by the largest margin in terms of innings, runs and wickets, then the victory of Pakistan in terms of innings is one innings and 188 runs which gave it 89- 1988. I achieved during the Karachi Test while Pakistan got the biggest victory in terms of runs with 373 runs which was achieved in 19-2018 in Abu Dhabi.
In this way, Pakistan got the biggest victory in terms of wickets with 9 wickets which it got 3 times. The first time it was won in Karachi in 1957-57, the second time in 1983-1982 in Karachi and the third time in 1982-83 at Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore.
If you look at the same statistics from the point of view of Australia, then the biggest victory in terms of innings was achieved by one innings and 198 runs in the Sharjah Test in 2002-03. The biggest victory for Australia in terms of runs is 491 runs which they got in the Perth Test in 2004-05. Apart from this, Australia has won the Test match against Pakistan by 10 wickets 3 times. The first match was played in Brisbane in 1981-82, the second in Sydney in 1984-83 and the third in 1999 in Brisbane.
سب سے بڑے مارجن سے کامیابی
سال | مقام | وکٹیں | رنز | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988-1989 | کراچی | ایک اننگ 188 رنز | پاکستان | ||
| 2018-2019 | ابوظہبی | 373 | پاکستان | ||
| 1956-1957 | کراچی | 9 | پاکستان | ||
| 1982-1983 | کراچی | 9 | پاکستان | ||
| 1982-1983 | لاہور | 9 | پاکستان | ||
| 2002-2003 | شارجہ | ایک اننگ 198 رنز | آسٹریلیا | ||
| 2004-2005 | پرتھ | 491 رنز | آسٹریلیا | ||
| 1981-1982 | برسبین | 10 | آسٹریلیا | ||
| 1983-1984 | سڈنی | 10 | آسٹریلیا | ||
| 1999-2000 | برسبین | 10 |
Similarly, if you look at the lowest margin of victory for Pakistan in Pakistan-Australia Test cricket, then in terms of runs, Pakistan won by the lowest margin of 71 runs in the Melbourne Test of 1979-79 while the wickets The lowest margin of victory was in the Karachi Test of 1994-1995 by one wicket.
Australia's lowest margin of victory against Pakistan is 36 runs in the 2009-10 Sydney Test. The lowest margin of victory for Australia in terms of wickets was also achieved by 4 wickets in the 1999 Hobart Test.
Individual records
Let us tell you the team records in Pakistan-Australia Test cricket. Now let's take a look at some individual records.
Javed Miandad has the distinction of scoring the most runs for Pakistan overall in the history of Pakistan-Australia Test cricket. He has played 40 innings in 25 matches against Australia in which he has scored 1797 runs at an average of 47.28 while Alan Border has scored the most runs for Australia against Pakistan. He has played 36 innings in 22 matches against Pakistan in which he has scored 1666 runs at an average of 59.50.
The highest scorer in Test cricket for Pakistan against Australia is Saleem Malik who scored 237 runs in the 1994-95 Rawalpindi Test. The credit for Australia's highest score in Test cricket against Pakistan goes to Mark Taylor, who scored an unbeaten 334 in the 1998-1999 Peshawar Test and the most in a match in the history of Test cricket. Equaled the record for most runs scored by Don Bradman.
In terms of individual scores in a series between the two teams, Saleem Malik holds the record for most runs scored by a Pakistani in a series against Australia during the 1995-94 series. He played 6 innings in 3 matches and scored 557 runs at an average of 92.83 while Graham Elp holds the record for most runs scored by an Australian in a series against Pakistan. He played a total of 6 innings in 5 matches during the 1984-83 series and scored 554 runs at an average of 92.33.
In the history of Pakistan-Australia Test cricket, 143 centuries have been scored so far, out of which 63 centuries have been scored by Pakistan while 80 centuries have been scored by Australia. Javed Miandad and Ijaz Ahmed have scored the most 6 centuries for Pakistan. Javed Miandad has scored these centuries by playing 40 innings in 25 matches while Ejaz Ahmed has scored these centuries by playing 25 innings in 14 matches.
2 players from Australia, Alan Border and Greg Chappell have scored 6, 6 centuries. Alan Border played 36 innings in 22 matches while Greg Chappell played 27 innings in 17 matches and scored these centuries.
Zaheer Abbas holds the record for most half-centuries by Pakistan against Australia, having played 34 innings in 20 matches and scored 12 half-centuries. Similarly, Alan Border of Australia has played 36 innings in 22 matches against Pakistan and scored maximum 8 half centuries.
If you look at the statistics of the best bowling in an innings in the history of Pakistan-Australia Test cricket, then Sarfraz Nawaz holds the record for the best bowling from Pakistan who scored 86 runs in the Melbourne Test during the 1979-79 series. In return he got 9 wickets. The record is also held by Glenn McGrath, who took eight wickets for 24 runs in the Perth Test during the 2004-05 series.
Similarly, if we talk about the best bowling in a match, then this honor belongs to Fazal Mahmood from Pakistan who took 13 wickets for 114 runs in Karachi Test during the 1956-57 series. The record for Australia is held by Shane Warren, who bowled 11 wickets for 77 runs in the 1996-1995 Brisbane Test.
If we talk about the bowler who has taken the most wickets in the series, then Abdul Qadir is at the top of the list for Pakistan who took 22 wickets at an average of 25.54 in a series in 1982-83. The same feat was done by the spinner Shane Warren from Australia who took 27 wickets at an average of 12.66 in 2002-03.
If one remembers the bowlers of both the teams who have so far led the way to the pavilion against most of the players against each other, then at the top of the list is former Pakistan captain Imran Khan who has played 18 matches and 29 innings. I have hunted 64 players with an average of 24.96. The highest wicket-taker for Australia is Shane Warren, who has taken 90 wickets in 15 matches and 27 innings at an average of 20.17.
If bowlers who take 5 or more wickets in an innings are mentioned then 2 players from Pakistan Fazal Mahmood and Wasim Akram are noteworthy who have done this feat 4 times. Fazal Mehmood has played 3 matches while Wasim Akram has managed to do so in 13 matches. The list includes Australian bowlers Shane Warren who has done so six times in 15 matches.
Now let's talk about the bowlers who have taken 10 or more wickets in a Test match. In this list, there are 7 Pakistani bowlers who have done this once, once. The list includes Fazal Mahmood, Sarfraz Nawaz, Imran Khan, Iqbal Qasim, Abdul Qadir, Wasim Akram and Muhammad Abbas. Shane Warren from Australia is also prominent here who has managed to do so twice.
Wicket-keeping records
Pakistan's Wasim Bari tops the list of wicket-keepers who have taken the most number of wickets behind the wicket, having taken wickets 66 times in 19 matches. He caught 56 catches and 10 stumpings. Australia's Rodney Marsh tops the list with 68 wickets in 20 matches, including 66 catches and 12 stumpings.
Fielding record
Mudassar Nazar from Pakistan has proved to be the most successful fielder against Australia who has taken 16 catches in 19 matches. Australia's Mark Waugh tops the list with 23 catches in 15 matches.
Miscellaneous
Javed Miandad tops the list for Pakistan, having played the most number of Test matches between the two teams. Participated against Similarly, Alan Border of Australia also represented Australia in 25 matches between 1990 and 1979.
As captain of Pakistan against Australia, Javed Miandad played the most number of 9 matches, out of which 3 were won, 2 were lost and 4 matches ended without any decision.
Greg Chappell, Kim Hughes and Mark Taylor from Australia led the team in 9 matches against Pakistan. Greg Chappell and Kim Hughes have won 3 of those 9 matches, lost 3 and drawn the same number of matches. While Mark Taylor also won 3 matches, lost 2 and ended 4 matches without any result.
So far in the matches played against Australia, 20 players from Pakistan have taken the lead while 14 Australian players have captained against Pakistan.
Pat Cummins, who is out of the country for the first time to lead Australia, will be Australia's 15th captain against Pakistan while young Babar Azam is also leading Pakistan against Australia for the first time and he will play against Australia. Will be the 21st captain.
Mushtaq Ahmad Sobhani is a senior journalist and veteran writer. The game of cricket is his specialty and he has been writing and working on it for over 40 years. He has also published 4 books.
