The Pakistan national cricket team toured Australia in the 1989–90 season, under the captaincy of Imran Khan. The series set a Pakistan team, regarded as one of the strongest in the world against an Australian team returning from an unexpectedly successful tour of England. The series was marred by a series of incidents and conflicts, including a walk off by the Pakistani players during a tour match against Victoria in protest at an umpire's ruling. The three Test series was won by Australia 1–0.[1]
Pakistan cricket team in Australia in 1989–90 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date | December 1989 – March 1990 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Standort | Australien | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Result | Australia won the 3-Test series 1–0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Player of the series | Wasim Akram | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The touring party consisted of Imran Khan (captain), Aamer Malik, Aaqib Javed, Abdul Qadir, Ijaz Ahmed, Javed Miandad, Mansoor Akhtar, Maqsood Rana, Mushtaq Ahmed, Nadeem Ghauri, Rameez Raja, Saeed Anwar, Saleem Malik, Saleem Yousuf, Shoaib Mohammad, Tauseef Ahmed, Waqar Younis and Wasim Akram.[1]
Summary of results
editPakistan played 17 games during their tour, losing nine and winning five with three draws. Six of these were first class cricket matches and Pakistan went without a win - including the three Test matches which saw one defeat to Australia and two draws.
1st Test
edit12–16 January
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2nd Test
edit19–23 January
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3rd Test
editOther matches
editPakistan also competed in a tri-nation ODI tournament involving Australia and Sri Lanka they won 5 of their 8 round robin matches. In the best of three final with Australia, they lost 2–0.
References
edit- ^ a b Derriman, Philip, ed. (1990). The ABC Australian Cricket Almanac. Sydney: Australian Broadcasting Corporation. ISBN 0-7333-0064-2.
- ^ "Is Keshav Maharaj only the second South African bowler to take a Test hat-trick?". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
External sources
editFurther reading
edit- Chris Harte, A History of Australian Cricket, André Deutsch, 1993
- Playfair Cricket Annual 1990
- Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1990