Pakistani cricket team in Australia in 1989–90

International cricket tour

Cricket series

Pakistan cricket team in Australia in 1989–90

Date

December 1989 – March 1990

Location

Australia

Result

Australia won the 3-Test series 1–0

Player of the series

Wasim Akram

Teams
Australia	Pakistan
Captains
Allan Border	Imran Khan
Most runs
MA Taylor (390) DM Jones (247)	Imran Khan (311) Wasim Akram (197) Javed Miandad (190)
Most wickets
MG Hughes (16) TM Alderman (13)	Wasim Akram (17)

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The Pakistan national cricket team toured Australia in the 1989–90 season, under the captaincy of Imran Khan. The series set a Pakistani team, regarded as one of the strongest team in the world against an Australian team returning from an unexpectedly successful tour of England. The series was marred by a series of incidents and conflicts, including a walk off by the Pakistani players during a tour match against Victoria in protest at an umpire's ruling. The three match Test series was won by Australia 1–0.^[1]

The touring party consisted of Imran Khan (captain), Aamer Malik, Aaqib Javed, Abdul Qadir, Ijaz Ahmed, Javed Miandad, Mansoor Akhtar, Maqsood Rana, Mushtaq Ahmed, Nadeem Ghauri, Rameez Raja, Saeed Anwar, Saleem Malik, Saleem Yousuf, Shoaib Mohammad, Tauseef Ahmed, Waqar Younis and Wasim Akram.^[1]

Summary of results

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Pakistan played 17 games during their tour, losing nine and winning five with three draws. Six of these were first class cricket matches and Pakistan went without a win - including the three Test matches which saw one defeat to Australia and two draws.

1st Test

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12–16 January
Scorecard

Australia

v

Pakistan

223 (90.1 overs)
MA Taylor 52 (144)
Wasim Akram 6/62 (30 overs)

107 (65.5 overs)
Ijaz Ahmed 19 (33)
TM Alderman 3/30 (19 overs)

8/312 (dec) (108.4 overs)
MA Taylor 101 (240)
Wasim Akram 5/98 (41.4 overs)

336 (137.5 overs)
Ijaz Ahmed 121 (331)
TM Alderman 5/105 (33.5 overs)

Australia won by 92 runs
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
Umpires: PJ McConnell (Aus) and RJ Evans (Aus)
Player of the match: Wasim Akram (Pak)

2nd Test

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19–23 January
Scorecard

Pakistan

v

Australia

257 (76.3 overs)
Wasim Akram 52 (68)
CG Rackemann 4/40 (21 overs)

341 (133 overs)
DM Jones 116 (239)
Wasim Akram 5/100 (43 overs)

9/387 (dec) (143.5 overs)
Imran Khan 136 (361)
Merv Hughes 5/111 (32 overs)

6/233 (83 overs)
DM Jones 121 (205)
Tauseef Ahmed 3/80 (32 overs)

Match drawn
Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
Umpires: AR Crafter (Aus) and LJ King (Aus)
Player of the match: Wasim Akram (Pak)

3rd Test

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3–8 February
Scorecard

Pakistan

v

Australia

199 (94.5 overs)
Imran Khan 82 (203)
TM Alderman 5/65 (33.5 overs)

2/176 (65 overs)
MA Taylor 101 (227)
Waqar Younis 1/21 (9 overs)

Match drawn
Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
Umpires: AR Crafter (Aus) and PJ McConnell (Aus)
Player of the match: MA Taylor (Aus)

The match was extended by one day after 3, 4 and 6 February were washed out.^[2]

Other matches

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Pakistan also competed in a tri-nation ODI tournament involving Australia and Sri Lanka they won 5 of their 8 round robin matches. In the best of three final with Australia, they lost 2–0.

References

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^ ^a ^b Derriman, Philip, ed. (1990). The ABC Australian Cricket Almanac. Sydney: Australian Broadcasting Corporation. ISBN 0-7333-0064-2.
^ "Is Keshav Maharaj only the second South African bowler to take a Test hat-trick?". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 29 June 2021.

External sources

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Test and LOI tours
Afghanistan	2021–22 (cancelled)
Bangladesh	2003 2008
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New Zealand	1973–74 1980–81 1982–83 1985–86 1987–88 1989–90 1993–94 1997–98 2001–02 2004–05 2008–09 2011–12 2015–16 2016–17 2019–20 2022–23
Pakistan	1964–65§ 1972–73§ 1976–77 1978–79§ 1981–82 1983–84 1989–90 1992–93 1995–96 1996–97 1999–2000 2002 2004–05 2009–10 2016–17 2019–20 2023–24 2024–25
South Africa	1910–11 1931–32§ 1952–53§ 1963–64§ 1971–72 (cancelled) 1993–94 1997–98 2000 2001–02 2005–06 2008–09 2012–13 2014–15 2016–17 2018–19 2022–23
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Zimbabwe	1994–95 2003–04 2022

Tournaments hosted
World Cup	1992 2015
T20 World Cup	2022
Tri-series	1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2011–12 2014–15 2017–18
Other multi-team tournaments	1985 1987

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Australian Forces	1919–20 1945–46
English	1861–62 1863–64 1873–74 1902–03 1922–23 1929–30 1935–36 1979–80
England Lions	2012–13 2021
Fijian	1907–08
Ireland	2014–15
Multi-national	1971–72 2005–06
Nepal	2023–24
New Zealand	1898–99 1913–14 1925–26 1927–28 1937–38 1953–54 1961–62 1967–68 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1974–75
PNG	2014–15
Scotland	2014–15
Sri Lanka	1982–83
UAE	2014–15
World Series Cricket (West Indies & World XI)	1977-78 1978-79
Pakistan A	2024

§: Toured New Zealand as well as Australia

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Summary of results

1st Test

2nd Test

3rd Test

Other matches

References

External sources

Further reading