Benaud–Qadir Trophy

Left: Richie Benaud. Right: Abdul Qadir.

Below is a summary of all Test series played prior to the Benaud–Qadir Trophy between Australia and Pakistan from 1956 to 2019, covering a 63-year period.[10] Australia and Pakistan competed against each other in 25 Test series, with Australia winning 13, Pakistan winning seven, and five Test series ending in a draw.[9][10] In terms of Test matches, the two sides played against each other a total of 66 times, out of which Australia won 33 matches, Pakistan won 15 matches, and 18 matches were drawn.[11] The first ever Test match between the two sides was played in October 1956 in Karachi, which Pakistan won by nine wickets.[12]

Pakistan hosted 12 series, from 1956 onward; between Australia's tours of 1998 and 2022, all of Pakistan's home series were held on neutral venues like the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Sri Lanka and England due to the security situation in Pakistan post-2002.[10][13][14] Australia hosted 13 series, from 1964 onward.[10]

Pakistan played Test matches against Australia on Australian soil on 37 occasions, out of which they won four times and drew seven times but did not win a Test series; they also played Australia in home matches held on neutral venues on nine occasions, in which they defeated Australia four times and drew once, including prominent series victories in 2014 and 2018 in the UAE.[10] Pakistan clinched five of their seven series victories in home conditions – 1956, 1980, 1982, 1988 and 1994, winning seven and drawing 10 of their total of 20 home games.[10]

Of their 20 matches played against Pakistan on Pakistani soil, Australia won three times and drew 10 times, including historical series victories in 1959 and 1998; they also defeated Pakistan in neutral venues four times and drew once out of nine occasions, including a series victory in 2002 in Sri Lanka and the UAE.[10][15] Australia seized 10 of their 13 series victories in home conditions – 1972–73, 1981, 1983–84, 1990, 1995, 1999, 2004–05, 2009–10, 2016–17 and 2019, winning 26 and drawing seven of their total of 37 home games.[10]

Five Test series between Australia and Pakistan were drawn. Of these, the series of October 1964 was held in Pakistan; the series of December 1964, 1976–77 and 1979 were held in Australia, while the series of 2010 was held in the neutral venues of England.[10]

Season	Host	Tests	Australia	Pakistan	Drawn	Result
1956–57	Pakistan	1	0	1	0	Pakistan
1959–60	Pakistan	3	2	0	1	Australia
1964–65	Pakistan	1	0	0	1	Drawn
1964–65	Australia	1	0	0	1	Drawn
1972–73	Australia	3	3	0	0	Australia
1976–77	Australia	3	1	1	1	Drawn
1978–79	Australia	2	1	1	0	Drawn
1979–80	Pakistan	3	0	1	2	Pakistan
1981–82	Australia	3	2	1	0	Australia
1982–83	Pakistan	3	0	3	0	Pakistan
1983–84	Australia	5	2	0	3	Australia
1988–89	Pakistan	3	0	1	2	Pakistan
1989–90	Australia	3	1	0	2	Australia
1994–95	Pakistan	3	0	1	2	Pakistan
1995–96	Australia	3	2	1	0	Australia
1998–99	Pakistan	3	1	0	2	Australia
1999–2000	Australia	3	3	0	0	Australia
2002–03	Pakistan	3	3	0	0	Australia
2004–05	Australia	3	3	0	0	Australia
2009–10	Australia	3	3	0	0	Australia
2010	Pakistan	2	1	1	0	Drawn
2014–15	Pakistan	2	0	2	0	Pakistan
2016–17	Australia	3	3	0	0	Australia
2018–19	Pakistan	2	0	1	1	Pakistan
2019–20	Australia	2	2	0	0	Australia
Total	25	66	33	15	18	Australia: 13 Pakistan: 7 Drawn: 5

Notes

• Italics indicate a home series for Pakistan that was held in a neutral venue.
• Source: ESPNcricinfo.[10]

Season	Host	First Match	Tests	Australia	Pakistan	Drawn	Result	Holder	Player of the series
2021–22	Pakistan	4 March 2022	3	1	0	2	Australia	Australia	Usman Khawaja
Total	1 (26)		3 (69)	1 (34)	0 (15)	2 (20)	Australia: 1 (14) Pakistan: 0 (7) Drawn: 0 (5)

• Totals in brackets represent overall head-to-head figures, including Test series played prior to the Benaud–Qadir Trophy.
• Source: ESPNcricinfo.[16][10]

The following is a full list of venues for Test matches played between Pakistan and Australia since 1956, along with match records. Venues that have featured in the Benaud–Qadir Trophy are in green. Venues that no longer host matches are in red.

National Stadium

Gaddafi Stadium

Iqbal Stadium

Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium

Arbab Niaz Stadium

Locations of Benaud–Qadir Trophy Tests within Pakistan. Italics indicate locations of Tests played prior to the Benaud–Qadir Trophy.

MCG

Adelaide Oval

SCG

WACA

The Gabba

Bellerive Oval

Locations of Tests played in Australia prior to the Benaud–Qadir Trophy.

Dacca Stadium

P. Sara Stadium

Sharjah

Lord's

Headingley

Dubai

Sheikh Zayed

Locations of Tests played in neutral venues prior to the Benaud–Qadir Trophy. Note: Dacca (then in East Pakistan) hosted one home Test in 1959.

In Pakistan
Stadium	Province	First Test	Last Test	Played		Pakistan wins			Draws		Australia wins		Ref
National Stadium, Karachi	Sindh	1956–57	2021–22	9		5	1994		4		0	–	[17]
Dacca Stadium, Dacca	East Pakistan	1959–60	1959–60	1		0	–		0		1	1959	[18]
Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore	Punjab	1959–60	2021–22	6		1	1982		3		2	2022	[19]
Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad	Punjab	1979–80	1988–89	3		1	1982		2		0	–	[20]
Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi	Punjab	1994–95	2021–22	3		0	–		2		1	1998	[21]
Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa	1998–99	1998–99	1		0	–		1		0	–	[22]
In Australia
Stadium	State	First Test	Last Test	Played		Australia wins			Draws		Pakistan wins		Ref
MCG, Melbourne	Victoria	1964–65	2016–17	10		6	2016		2		2	1981	[23]
Adelaide Oval, Adelaide	South Australia	1972–73	2019–20	5		2	2019		3		0	–	[24]
SCG, Sydney	New South Wales	1972–73	2016–17	8		5	2017		1		2	1995	[25]
WACA Ground, Perth	Western Australia	1978–79	2004–05	5		5	2004		0		0	–	[26]
The Gabba, Brisbane	Queensland	1981–82	2019–20	6		5	2019		1		0	–	[27]
Bellerive Oval, Hobart	Tasmania	1995–96	2009–10	3		3	2010		0		0	–	[28]
In neutral venues
Stadium	Country	First Test	Last Test	Played		Pakistan wins			Draws		Australia wins		Ref
P Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo	Sri Lanka	2002–03	2002–03	1		0	–		0		1	2002	[29]
Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah	United Arab Emirates	2002–03	2002–03	2		0	–		0		2	2002	[30]
Lord's, London	England	2010	2010	1		0	–		0		1	2010	[31]
Headingley, Leeds	England	2010	2010	1		1	2010		0		0	–	[32]
Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai	United Arab Emirates	2014–15	2018–19	2		1	2014		1		0	–	[33]
Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi	United Arab Emirates	2014–15	2018–19	2		2	2018		0		0	–	[34]

The series is broadcast through PTV Sports in Pakistan and Fox Sports in Australia.[35] Globally, coverage has been available via Sony in the rest of South Asia, Etisalat in the Middle East and North Africa, Sky Sports in the United Kingdom, Sky Sport in New Zealand, SuperSport in Sub-Saharan Africa, Flow Sports in the Caribbean and Willow in North America, with ICC TV and Daraz serving as the live streaming partners.[35]

• Australia–Pakistan relations
• Border–Gavaskar Trophy
• Warne–Muralitharan Trophy

• Benaud-Qadir Trophy at ESPNcricinfo