Pakistani cricket team in Australia in 1978–79
Appearance
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
10–15 March 1979
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- Australia won the toss and elected to field.
- 13 March was taken as a rest day.
- PR Sleep and DF Whatmore (both AUS) made their Test debuts.
Second Test
24–29 March 1979
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236/3 (48.1 overs)
WM Darling 79 (140) |
- Australia won the toss and elected to field.
- 27 March was taken as a rest day.
- 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.[1]
References
- ^ "Sri Lanka v Pakistan 1979". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 July 2014.
External links
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
Categories:
- 1978–79 Australian cricket season
- 1979 in Australian cricket
- 1979 in Pakistani cricket
- 1979 in Sri Lankan cricket
- International cricket competitions from 1975–76 to 1980
- Pakistani cricket tours of Australia
- Pakistani cricket tours of Sri Lanka
- Sri Lankan cricket seasons from 1972–73 to 1999–2000
- International cricket tour of Australia stubs