Pakistani cricket team in Australia in 2019–20
International cricket tour
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The Pakistan cricket team toured Australia from October to December 2019 to play two Tests and three Twenty20 International (T20I) matches. The Test series formed part of the inaugural 2019–2021 ICC World Test Championship.[5][6][7] The second Test was a day/night match at the Adelaide Oval.[8] Cricket Australia confirmed the fixtures for the tour in May 2019.[9][10]
Aaron Finch (T20Is)
| Pakistani cricket team in Australia in 2019–20 | |||
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| Australia | Pakistan | ||
| Dates | 31 October – 3 December 2019 | ||
| Captains |
Tim Paine (Tests) Aaron Finch (T20Is) |
Azhar Ali (Tests) Babar Azam (T20Is) | |
| Test series | |||
| Result | Australia won the 2-match series 2–0 | ||
| Most runs | David Warner (489)[1] | Babar Azam (210)[1] | |
| Most wickets | Mitchell Starc (14)[2] | Shaheen Afridi (5)[2] | |
| Player of the series | David Warner (Aus) | ||
| Twenty20 International series | |||
| Results | Australia won the 3-match series 2–0 | ||
| Most runs | Aaron Finch (106)[3] | Babar Azam (115)[3] | |
| Most wickets | Kane Richardson (6)[4] |
Mohammad Amir (1) Mohammad Irfan (1) Imad Wasim (1)[4] | |
| Player of the series | Steve Smith (Aus) | ||
Ahead of the tour, Sarfaraz Ahmed was sacked as captain of Pakistan's team, following Pakistan's poor run of form.[11] Azhar Ali and Babar Azam were named as the captains of the Test and T20I squads respectively.[12]
Australia won the T20 series 2–0, after the first match finished as a no result.[13] Australia also won the Test series 2–0, winning both matches by an innings margin.[14]
Squads
Ahead of the T20I series, Glenn Maxwell took an indefinite break from cricket to deal with a mental health issue, that ruled him out of the T20I series with D'Arcy Short was named as his replacement.[19] Sean Abbott was added to Australia's squad for the third T20I match.[20] Australia's James Pattinson was suspended from the first Test of the series.[21] He was found guilty of using abusive language during Victoria's loss against Queensland in the fourth round of the 2019–20 Sheffield Shield.[22]
Tour matches
20 over match: Cricket Australia XI vs Pakistan
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- Cricket Australia XI won the toss and elected to bat.
Three-day match: Australia A vs Pakistan
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- Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
Two-day match: Cricket Australia XI vs Pakistan
T20I series
1st T20I
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Aaron Finch 37* (16) |
- Australia won the toss and elected to field.
- Rain during Australia's innings prevented any further play.
- Babar Azam captained Pakistan for the first time in T20Is.[23]
- Aaron Finch set the record for the most matches as captain of Australia in T20Is with 29.[24]
2nd T20I
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- Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
- This was the first T20I match to be played at this ground.[25]
3rd T20I
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Aaron Finch 52* (36) |
- Australia won the toss and elected to field.
- Muhammad Musa and Khushdil Shah (Pak) both made their T20I debuts.
- This was the first T20I match to be played at this ground.[26]
Test series
1st Test
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- Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
- Naseem Shah (Pak) made his Test debut.
- Marnus Labuschagne (Aus) scored his first century in Tests.[27]
- World Test Championship points: Australia 60, Pakistan 0.
2nd Test
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- Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
- Muhammad Musa (Pak) made his Test debut.
- Josh Hazlewood (Aus) played in his 50th Test.[28]
- David Warner (Aus) scored his first triple century in Tests.[29]
- David Warner's 335 not out is the highest individual score by a batter in Day-Night Test Matches.
- Steve Smith (Aus) became the fastest batsman, in terms of innings, to score 7,000 runs in Tests (126).[30]
- Yasir Shah (Pak) scored his first century in Tests.[31]
- World Test Championship points: Australia 60, Pakistan 0.
Notes
- While five days of play were scheduled for each Test, both Tests reached a result in four days.
