Pakistani cricket team in Australia in 1978–79

The Pakistan national cricket team, captained by Mushtaq Mohammed, toured Australia in March 1979 and played two Test matches against the Australia national cricket team. The series was drawn 1–1. Pakistan visited Sri Lanka en route for home and played a match against the Sri Lankan national cricket team.

Test series summary

=First Test=

{{Test match

| date = 10–15 March 1979

| team1 = {{cr-rt|PAK}}

| team2 = {{cr|AUS}}

| score-team1-inns1 = 196 (61.7 overs)

| runs-team1-inns1 = Mushtaq Mohammad 36 (121)

| wickets-team1-inns1 = RM Hogg 4/49 (17 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 168 (61.6 overs)

| runs-team2-inns1 = DF Whatmore 43 (147)

| wickets-team2-inns1 = Imran Khan 4/26 (18 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 353/9d (81.5 overs)

| runs-team1-inns2 = Majid Khan 108 (157)

| wickets-team1-inns2 = RM Hogg 3/75 (19 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 = 310 (92.4 overs)

| runs-team2-inns2 = AR Border 105 (275)

| wickets-team2-inns2 = Sarfraz Nawaz 9/86 (35.4 overs)

| result = Pakistan won by 71 runs

| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/38/38956.html Scorecard]

| venue = Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

| umpires = RC Bailhache and CE Harvey

| motm =

| toss = Australia won the toss and elected to field.

| rain = 13 March was taken as a rest day.

| notes = PR Sleep and DF Whatmore (both AUS) made their Test debuts.

}}

=Second Test=

{{Test match

| date = 24–29 March 1979

| team1 = {{cr-rt|PAK}}

| team2 = {{cr|AUS}}

| score-team1-inns1 = 277 (77.6 overs)

| runs-team1-inns1 = Javed Miandad 129* (276)

| wickets-team1-inns1 = AG Hurst 4/61 (23 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 327 (95.6 overs)

| runs-team2-inns1 = AR Border 85 (250)

| wickets-team2-inns1 = Imran Khan 3/105 (32 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 285 (85.7 overs)

| runs-team1-inns2 = Asif Iqbal 134* (280)

| wickets-team1-inns2 = AG Hurst 5/94 (24.7 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 = 236/3 (48.1 overs)

| runs-team2-inns2 = WM Darling 79 (140)

| wickets-team2-inns2 =

| result = Australia won by 7 wickets

| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/38/38973.html Scorecard]

| venue = Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth

| umpires = AR Crafter and MG O'Connell

| motm =

| toss = Australia won the toss and elected to field.

| rain = 27 March was taken as a rest day.

| notes = JK Moss (AUS) made his Test debut.

}}

Sri Lanka

The Pakistan team had a stopover in Colombo after leaving Australia and played a limited overs match there on 4 April 1979 against the Sri Lankan national cricket team. Pakistan won by 55 runs. Sri Lanka were captained by Anura Tennekoon.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/38/38984.html |publisher=CricketArchive |title=Sri Lanka v Pakistan 1979 |access-date=6 July 2014}}

References

Annual reviews

Playfair Cricket Annual 1979
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1980