Australian cricket team against Pakistan in Sri Lanka and the UAE in 2002–03

Australia's tour of Pakistan in 2002-03
Australia's tour of Pakistan in 2002-03
	Pakistan
Dates	October 3, 2002 – October 22, 2002
Captains	Waqar Younis
Test series
Result	Australia won the 3-match series 3–0
Most runs	Faisal Iqbal (144)
Most wickets	Saqlain Mushtaq (14)
Player of the series	Shane Warne (Aus)

The Australian national cricket team played 3 Tests series against Pakistan in October 2002. Originally scheduled to take place in Pakistan, but it was changed to a neutral venue after 2002 Karachi bus bombing. This was done in consultation with Foreign Minister Alexander Downer and Prime Minister John Howard.^[1]

The first test was played in Sri Lanka and the other two were played in the UAE. Australians won the series 3-0.^[2]

Test series[]

1st Test[]

3 October 2002
Scorecard

Australia	v	Pakistan
467 (116.5 overs) Ricky Ponting 141 (163) Saqlain Mushtaq 4/136 (40.5 overs)		279 (65.3 overs) Faisal Iqbal 83 (85) Shane Warne 7/94 (24.3 overs)
127 (39.5 overs) Matthew Hayden 34 (70) Shoaib Akhtar 5/21 (8 overs)		274 (94.2 overs) Taufeeq Umar 88 (172) Shane Warne 4/94 (30.3 overs)

Australia won by 41 runs
P Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo
Umpires: Steve Bucknor & Srinivas Venkataraghavan
Player of the match: Shane Warne (Aus)

Australia won the toss & elected to bat

2nd Test[]

11 October 2002
Scorecard

Pakistan	v	Australia
59 (31.5 overs) Abdul Razzaq 21 (62) Shane Warne 4/11 (11 overs)		310 (92.1 overs) Matthew Hayden 119 (255) Saqlain Mushtaq 4/83 (34 overs)
53 (24.5 overs) Imran Nazir 16 (48) Shane Warne 4/13 (6.5 overs)

Australia won by an innings and 198 runs
Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium
Umpires: Steve Bucknor & Srinivas Venkataraghavan
Player of the match: Matthew Hayden (Aus)

Pakistan won the toss & elected to bat
Pakistan's total of 53 surpassed their lowest total in Tests set in the first innings.
This Test match was the 17th occasion a match was completed in two days (first involving Pakistan & 11th involving Australia).

3rd Test[]

19 October 2002
Scorecard

Australia	v	Pakistan
444 (128.3 overs) Ricky Ponting 150 (395) Waqar Younis 4/55 (17.3 overs)		221 (71.1 overs) Hasan Raza 68 (154) Shane Warne 5/74 (30.1 overs)
		203 (f/o) (67.2 overs) Hasan Raza 54* (160) Glenn McGrath 3/18 (7 overs)

Australia won by an innings and 20 runs
Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium
Umpires: Steve Bucknor & Srinivas Venkataraghavan
Player of the match: Shane Warne (Aus)

Australia won the toss & elected to bat

References[]

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[1] "Bangladesh v Australia tour, is Australia's tour of Bangladesh canceled, Will Australia's tour go ahead: a look back at Australia's postponed tours of Pakistan and Zimbabwe". September 28, 2015.

[2] "Australia v Pakistan Test Series, Australia v Pakistan Test Series 2002 score, Match schedules, fixtures, points table, results, news". ESPNcricinfo.

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v t International cricket in 2002–03
Preceding season: International cricket in 2002
September 2002	Champions Trophy Final Bangladesh in South Africa
October 2002	Australia against Pakistan in Sri Lanka and UAE West Indies in India Sri Lanka in South Africa England in Australia The Ashes
November 2002	Pakistan in Zimbabwe West Indies in Bangladesh
December 2002	Pakistan in South Africa Kenya in Zimbabwe India in New Zealand Australia Tri-Nation Series
January 2003	Rose Bowl World Series of Women's Cricket
February 2003	World Cup Final England women in Australia
March 2003	Sri Lanka women in West Indies
April 2003	Cherry Blossom Sharjah Cup
Following season: International cricket in 2003

v t International cricket tours of Pakistan
Test and LOI tours
Australia	1956–57 1959–60 1964–65 1979–80 1982–83 1988–89 1994–95 1998–99 2002–03 2009 2010 2012 2014–15 2018–19 (Sep18) 2018–19 (Mar19) 2021–22
Bangladesh	2001–02 2003 2008 2019–20
England	1961–62 1968–69 1972–73 1977–78 1983–84 1987–88 2000–01 2005–06 2009–10 2011–12 2015–16 2021–22 2022–23
India	1954–55 1978–79 1982–83 1984–85 1989–90 1997–98 2003–04 2005–06
New Zealand	1955–56 1964–65 1969–70 1976–77 1984–85 1990–91 1996–97 2002 2003–04 2009–10 2014–15 2018–19 2021–22 2022–23 (Dec22) 2022–23 (Apr23)
South Africa	1997–98 2003–04 2007–08 2010–11 2013–14 2020–21
Sri Lanka	1981–82 1985–86 1991–92 1995–96 1999–2000 2004–05 2008–09 2011–12 2013–14 2017–18 2019–20
West Indies	1948–49 1958–59 1974–75 1980–81 1985–86 1986–87 1990–91 1991–92 1997–98 2001–02 2006–07 2008–09 2016–17 2017–18 2021–22 2022
Zimbabwe	1993–94 1996–97 1998–99 2007–08 2015 2020–21
Tournaments hosted
Multiple teams	1987 1994–95 1996 1997 2004–05 2008 2025
Other tours
Afghan	2012–13 2021–22
Bangladeshi
Ceylonese/Sri Lankan	1949–50 1966–67 1973–74
English	1951–52 1955–56 1966–67
Multi-national	1949–50 1961–62 1963–64 1967–68 1967–68 1970–71 1976–77 1981–82 2017
Tours in italics have been played in the United Arab Emirates, since 2009