Australian cricket team in Pakistan in 1979–80

The Australian cricket team toured Pakistan in February to March 1980 to play a three-match Test series against Pakistan. Pakistan won the test series 1-0.

Australian cricket team in Pakistan in 1979-80
 
  Australia Pakistan
Dates 22 February 1980 – 23 March 1980
Captains Greg Chappell Javed Miandad
Test series
Result Pakistan won the 3-match series 1–0
Most runs Allan Border (395)
Greg Chappell (381)		 Taslim Arif (307)
Majid Khan (199)
Most wickets Ray Bright (15) Iqbal Qasim (16)

The Series was Javed Miandad's first as a captain, following the retirement of Asif Iqbal. Pakistan were heavily criticised by analysts for producing doctored featherbed after their win in first test at Karachi largely to neutralize the effect of Dennis Lillee who was at height of his bowling powers and was best fast bowler in world cricket.[1] In second test at Faisalabad, only two innings were possible (Second Innings weren't completed either). During the same test first time in their cricket history all 11 Australian players bowled a delivery in a test match.[2]

Background

There was some original doubt as to whether the tour would go ahead due to financial problems. Eventually the tour guarantee was increased and the number of games played cut from eight matches to five with three test matches and two 3-day games.[3]

Australian squad

It was the first tour by an Australian team since the peace treaty between the Australian Cricket Board and World Series Cricket. The original squad selected was as follows:

Tour Matches
22-24 February 1980
(3–day match)
Scorecard
v
BCCP PRESIDENT'S XI
223/10 (77.2 overs)
Rodney Marsh 52
Aftab Baloch 4/51 (24.2)
209/7 (77.3 overs)
Azmat Rana (82)
Ray Bright 5/93 (33.3)
203/5 (58 overs)
Bruce Laird (82)
Aftab Baloch 3/70 (18)
81/9 (46 overs)
Rizwan-uz-Zaman 25
Ray Bright 6/29 (20)
Match drawn
Pindi Club Ground, Rawalpindi
Umpires: Javed Akhtar (Pak) Khizer Hayat (Pak)
  • No toss


March 13-15 1980
(3–day match)
Scorecard
v
PUNJAB GOVERNOR'S XI
213/10 (64 overs)
Ray Bright (52)
Ilyas Khan 4/62 (22.1)
323/10
Azhar Khan (100)
Geoff Lawson 4/46 (19)
302/10 (110.2)
Allan Border (178)
Rashid Khan 3/50 (23)
88/1 (24 overs)
Saleem Yousuf (58*)
Geoff Lawson 1/36 (5)
Match drawn
Ibn-e-Qasim Bagh Stadium, Multan
Umpires: Amanullah Khan (Pak) Shakoor Rana (Pak)
  • No toss

Test series summary

First Test
27 February – 2 March 1980
(5–day match)
Scorecard
v
225 (95.2 overs)
KJ Hughes 85 (156)
Tauseef Ahmed 4/64 (30.2 overs)
292 (118.5 overs)
Majid Khan 89 (239)
RJ Bright 7/87 (46.5 overs)
140 (90 overs)
AR Border 58* (202)
Iqbal Qasim 7/49 (42 overs)
76/3 (25.1 overs)
Javed Miandad 21 (39)
RJ Bright 3/24 (11 overs)
Pakistan won by 7 wickets
National Stadium, Karachi
Umpires: Mahboob Shah and Shakoor Rana
  • Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
  • 1 March was taken as a rest day.
  • The match was scheduled for five days but completed in four.
  • GR Beard (AUS) and Tauseef Ahmed (PAK) made their Test debuts.

Second Test
6 – 11 March 1980
(5–day match)
Scorecard
v
617 (211 overs)
GS Chappell 235 (363)
Tauseef Ahmed 3/77 (33 overs)
382/2 (126 overs)
Taslim Arif 210* (379)
G Dymock 1/49 (20 overs)
  • Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
  • 9 March was taken as a rest day.
  • There was no play on the first day.
  • All 11 Australian players bowled for first time in their test history

Third Test
18 – 23 March 1980
(5–day match)
Scorecard
v
407/7d (142 overs)
AR Border 150* (281)
Iqbal Qasim 4/90 (39 overs)
420/9d (140 overs)
Majid Khan 110* (239)
RJ Bright 5/172 (56 overs)
391/8 (116 overs)
AR Border 153 (184)
Imran Khan 2/30 (12 overs)
  • Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
  • 20 March was taken as a rest day.
  • Azhar Khan and Azmat Rana (both PAK) made their Test debuts.

Impact

The tour was Javed Miandad's first series win as test captain of Pakistan. It was a notable personal success for Allan Border who scored over 600 runs, and a disappointment for David Hookes, who only scored 10 runs for the whole tour.

References
  1. "Too fast". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2021-04-03.
  2. "Australia v Pakistan". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2021-04-03.
  3. Australian cricket team in Pakistan in 1979-80 at Wisden
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