Pakistani cricket team in Australia in 1981–82

The Pakistan national cricket team toured Australia in the 1981–82 season and played 3 Test matches against Australia. Australia won the series 2-1.

Test series summary

=First Test=

{{Two-innings cricket match

| date = 13–17 November 1981
(5-day match)

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

| team2 = {{cr|PAK}}

| score-team1-inns1 = 180 (83.4 overs)

| runs-team1-inns1 = GM Wood 33 (87)

| wickets-team1-inns1 = Imran Khan 4/66 (31.4 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 62 (21.2 overs)

| runs-team2-inns1 = Sarfraz Nawaz 26 (33)

| wickets-team2-inns1 = DK Lillee 5/18 (9 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 424/8d (138 overs)

| runs-team1-inns2 = KJ Hughes 106 (198)

| wickets-team1-inns2 = Imran Khan 3/90 (39 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 = 256 (73.5 overs)

| runs-team2-inns2 = Javed Miandad 79 (128)

| wickets-team2-inns2 = B Yardley 6/84 (25.5 overs)

| result = Australia won by 286 runs

| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/41/41787.html Scorecard]

| venue = Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth

| umpires = AR Crafter and MW Johnson

| motm = TM Alderman (AUS)

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

| rain =

| notes = Rizwan-uz-Zaman (PAK) made his Test debut.

}}

=Second Test=

{{Two-innings cricket match

| date = 27 November–1 December 1981
(5-day match)

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

| team2 = {{cr|AUS}}

| score-team1-inns1 = 291 (79 overs)

| runs-team1-inns1 = Zaheer Abbas 80 (116)

| wickets-team1-inns1 = DK Lillee 5/81 (20 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 512/9d (152 overs)

| runs-team2-inns1 = GS Chappell 201* (296)

| wickets-team2-inns1 = Imran Khan 4/92 (40 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 223 (73 overs)

| runs-team1-inns2 = Mohsin Khan 43 (91)

| wickets-team1-inns2 = DK Lillee 4/51 (19 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 = 3/0 (2.2 overs)

| runs-team2-inns2 = BM Laird 3* (8)

| wickets-team2-inns2 =

| result = Australia won by 10 wickets

| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/41/41821.html Scorecard]

| venue = Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane

| umpires = AR Crafter and MW Johnson

| motm = GS Chappell (AUS)

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

| rain =

| notes =

}}

=Third Test=

{{Two-innings cricket match

| date = 11–15 December 1981
(5-day match)

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

| team2 = {{cr|AUS}}

| score-team1-inns1 = 500/8d (171.3 overs)

| runs-team1-inns1 = Mudassar Nazar 95 (202)

| wickets-team1-inns1 = B Yardley 7/187 (66 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 293 (134.1 overs)

| runs-team2-inns1 = GM Wood 100 (305)

| wickets-team2-inns1 = Imran Khan 3/41 (24.1 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 =

| runs-team1-inns2 =

| wickets-team1-inns2 =

| score-team2-inns2 = 125 (f/o) (72.1 overs)

| runs-team2-inns2 = BM Laird 52 (132)

| wickets-team2-inns2 = Iqbal Qasim 4/44 (24 overs)

| result = Pakistan won by an innings and 82 runs

| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/41/41854.html Scorecard]

| venue = Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

| umpires = RC Bailhache and RA French

| motm = B Yardley (AUS)

| toss = Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.

| rain =

| notes =

}}

External sources

[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Seasons/Tours_1981-82.html CricketArchive – tour summaries]

Annual reviews

Playfair Cricket Annual 1982
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1982

Pakistani cricket team in Australia in 1981–82

Test series summary

=First Test=

=Second Test=

=Third Test=

External sources

Annual reviews

Further reading