Pakistani cricket team in Australia in 1972–73
The Pakistan national cricket team toured Australia in the 1972–73 season and played three Test matches against the Australian national cricket team. After an inadequate preparation against weak teams, Pakistan lost by an innings in the first Test in Adelaide. While Australia won the series 3–0, the last two tests were competitive, with Pakistan seeming the likely winner on the second last days. The 2nd test in Melbourne was attended by 115,721.[1] Pakistan also visited Sri Lanka and played a match against the Sri Lankan national cricket team and followed the tour with a series against New Zealand, where both teams played their first ODI.
Touring team[]
- Intikhab Alam (captain)
- Asif Iqbal
- Asif Masood
- Majid Khan
- Majid Usman
- Masood Iqbal
- Mohammad Ilyas
- Mushtaq Mohammad
- Nasim-ul-Ghani
- Pervez Sajjad
- Sadiq Mohammad
- Saeed Ahmed
- Saleem Altaf
- Sarfraz Nawaz
- Talat Ali
- Wasim Bari
- Zaheer Abbas
Test series summary[]
First Test[]
Pakistan
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v
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Australia
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257 (75.3 overs)
Wasim Bari 72 DK Lillee 4/49 (20.3 overs) |
585 (110.2 overs)
IM Chappell 196 (243) Mushtaq Mohammad 3/67 (11.2 overs) | |
214 (65.6 overs)
Sadiq Mohammad 81 AA Mallett 8/59 (23.6 overs) |
- Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
- 25 December was taken as a rest day.
- J Benaud (AUS) and Talat Ali (PAK) made their Test debuts.
Second Test[]
Australia
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v
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Pakistan
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441/5d (85.5 overs)
IR Redpath 135 (204) Sarfraz Nawaz 2/100 (22.5 overs) |
574/8d (124.6 overs)
Majid Khan 158 (276) AA Mallett 3/124 (38 overs) | |
200 (57.5 overs)
Intikhab Alam 48 (126) MHN Walker 3/39 (14 overs) |
- Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
- 31 December was taken as a rest day.
- JR Thomson and MHN Walker (both AUS) made their Test debuts.
Third Test[]
Australia
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v
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Pakistan
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334 (80.5 overs)
IR Redpath 79 (188) Sarfraz Nawaz 4/53 (19 overs) |
360 (88.6 overs)
Mushtaq Mohammad 121 (276) GS Chappell 5/61 (18.6 overs) | |
106 (46 overs)
Zaheer Abbas 47 (120) MHN Walker 6/15 (16 overs) |
- Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.
- 9 January was taken as a rest day.
- JR Watkins (AUS) made his Test debut.
Sri Lanka[]
The Pakistan team had a stopover in Colombo en route to Australia and played a first-class match there between 9 and 11 November against the Sri Lankan national cricket team, which at that time did not have Test status. The match was drawn. Sri Lanka were captained by Michael Tissera and Pakistan by Intikhab Alam.[2]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Wilkins, Phil (1974). "Pakistan in Australia , 1972-73". Wisden.
- ^ "Sri Lanka v Pakistan 1972". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 July 2014.
Annual reviews[]
Further reading[]
- Bill Frindall, The Wisden Book of Test Cricket 1877-1978, Wisden, 1979
- Chris Harte, A History of Australian Cricket, André Deutsch, 1993
External links[]
- Pakistan tour of Australia 1972-73 on ESPN Cricinfo
- CricketArchive – tour summaries
- 1972 in Australian cricket
- 1972 in Pakistani cricket
- 1972 in Sri Lankan cricket
- 1972–73 Australian cricket season
- 1973 in Australian cricket
- 1973 in Pakistani cricket
- International cricket competitions from 1970–71 to 1975
- Pakistani cricket tours of Australia
- Pakistani cricket tours of Sri Lanka
- Sri Lankan cricket seasons from 1972–73 to 1999–2000