Australia national cricket team against Pakistan in the 2012 season

The Australian national cricket team's 2012 season tour against Pakistan took place in the United Arab Emirates from August 28 to September 10, 2012 . The international cricket tour was part of the 2012 international cricket season and included three ODIs and three Twenty20s . Australia won the ODI series 2–1, while Pakistan won the Twenty20 series 2–1.

prehistory

Pakistan previously did a tour in Sri Lanka , Australia in England . The last tour of the two teams against each other took place in the 2010 season in the United Arab Emirates . For both teams, the tour was a preparation for the ICC World Twenty20 2012 which will then take place in Sri Lanka . Australia originally had reservations about hosting ODIs in the United Arab Emirates in August. It was planned to play six Twenty20 instead. However, for commercial reasons, Pakistan was determined to play three ODIs in media exploitation, which resulted in the final program.

Stages

Dubai Sharjah

Tour venues

The following stages were designated as the venue for the tour and announced on April 29, 2014.

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
Dubai International Cricket Stadium	Dubai	25,000	2. ODI; 1st - 3rd T20
Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium	Sharjah	27,000	1st & 3rd ODI;

Squad lists

Australia named its roster on July 16, 2012. Pakistan named its Twenty20 roster on July 17 and its ODI roster on August 13, 2012.

ODI		Twenty20
Pakistan	Australia	Pakistan	Australia
Misbah-ul-Haq ( K ) Mohammad Hafeez ( UK ) Shahid Afridi Saeed Ajmal Kamran Akmal ( wk ) Anwar Ali Azhar Ali Umar Akmal Aizaz Cheema Imran Farhat Nasir Jamshed Junaid Khan Shoaib Malik Abdur Rehman Asad Shafiq Sohail Tanvir	Michael Clarke ( K ) George Bailey ( UK ) Daniel Christian Xavier Doherty Callum Ferguson David Hussey Michael Hussey Mitchell Johnson Alister McDermott Clint McKay Glenn Maxwell James Pattinson Steven Smith Mitchell Starc Matthew Wade ( wk ) David Warner	Mohammad Hafeez ( K ) Shahid Afridi ( UK ) Saeed Ajmal Kamran Akmal ( wk ) Umar Akmal Yasir Arafat Umar Gul Raza Hasan Nasir Jamshed Shoaib Malik Imran Nazir Abdul Razzaq Mohammad Sami Asad Shafiq Sohail Tanvir	George Bailey ( K ) David Hussey ( UK ) Pat Cummins Xavier Doherty Ben Hilfenhaus Brad Hogg Daniel Christian Michael Hussey Clint McKay Glenn Maxwell Mitchell Starc Matthew Wade ( wk ) David Warner Shane Watson Cameron White

Tour match

ODI versus Afghanistan

August 28th scorecard	Sharjah	Australia 272-8 (50)	-	Afghanistan 206 (43.5)
		Australia wins with 66 runs

One-day internationals

First ODI in Sharjah

August 28th scorecard	Sharjah	Pakistan 198 (45.1)	-	Australia 199-6 (48.2)
		Australia wins with 4 wickets

Second ODI in Dubai

August 31 scorecard	Dubai	Australia 248-9 (50)	-	Pakistan 249-3 (43.4)
		Pakistan wins with 7 wickets

Third ODI in Sharjah

September 3 scorecard	Sharjah	Pakistan 244-7 (50)	-	Australia 250-7 (47)
		Australia wins with 3 wickets

Twenty20 Internationals

First Twenty20 in Dubai

September 5 scorecard	Dubai	Australia 89 (19.3)	-	Pakistan 90-3 (14.5)
		Pakistan wins with 7 wickets

Second Twenty20 in Dubai

September 7th scorecard	Dubai	Pakistan 151-4 (20) / 12/0	-	Australia 151-8 (20) / 11/1
		Pakistan wins the super over

Third Twenty20 in Dubai

September 10th scorecard	Dubai	Australia 168-7 (20)	-	Pakistan 74 (19.1)
		Australia wins with 94 runs

statistics

The following cricket statistics were obtained on this tour.

ODIs
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Nasir Jamshed	Pakistan	3	3	168	56.00	97	0	1
Michael Clarke	Australia	3	3	135	45.00	66	0	1
Michael Hussey	Australia	3	3	131	43.66	65	0	2
Glenn Maxwell	Australia	3	3	122	61.00	56 *	0	1
Mohammad Hafeez	Pakistan	3	3	105	35.00	78	0	1
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Saeed Ajmal	Pakistan	3	29	10	9.90	4/32	0	0
Mitchell Starc	Australia	3	27.5	9	15.11	5/42	1	0
Junaid Khan	Pakistan	2	15th	5	18.80	3/52	0	0
James Pattinson	Australia	3	27.1	4th	28.75	3/19	0	0
Mitchell Johnson	Australia	3	27	4th	31.75	2/33	0	0

Twenty20s
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
David Warner	Australia	3	3	112	37.33	59	0	1
Shane Watson	Australia	3	3	88	29.33	47	0	0
Kamran Akmal	Pakistan	3	3	74	74.00	43 *	0	0
Nasir Jamshed	Pakistan	3	3	72	24.00	45	0	0
Mohammad Hafeez	Pakistan	3	3	71	23.66	45	0	0
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Saeed Ajmal	Pakistan	3	12	6th	8.66	2/13	0	0
Pat Cummins	Australia	3	11	5	13.20	3/15	0	0
Mitchell Starc	Australia	2	7.1	4th	7.00	3/11	0	0
Sohail Tanvir	Pakistan	2	6.3	4th	10.75	3/13	0	0
Umar Gul	Pakistan	3	12	4th	19.75	2/30	0	0

Player of the Series

The following players were honored as Player of the Series .

series	Player of the Series
ODI	Mitchell Starc
T20	Saeed Ajmal

Player of the Match

The following players were recognized as Player of the Match .

game	Player of the Match
1. ODI	Mitchell Starc
2. ODI	Nasir Jamshed
3. ODI	Michael Hussey
1. T20	Mohammad Hafeez
2. T20	Saeed Ajmal
3. T20	David Warner

Web links

• The series on Cricinfo

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Brydon Coverdale: Australia open to more T20s in Pakistan series ( English ) Cricinfo. June 12, 2012. Retrieved May 24, 2016.
2. ↑ Brydon Coverdale: Pakistan-Australia six-match T20 series approved ( English ) Cricinfo. June 25, 2012. Retrieved May 24, 2016.
3. ↑ Umar Farooq: Pakistan still want ODIs against Australia ( English ) Cricinfo. June 27, 2012. Retrieved May 24, 2016.
4. ↑ Three-ODI, three-T20 Pakistan-Australia series confirmed ( English ) Cricinfo. July 5, 2012. Retrieved May 24, 2016.
5. ↑ Pakistan set for full tour of Sri Lanka . Cricinfo. April 29, 2012. Retrieved May 23, 2016.
6. ↑ Brydon Coverdale: Australia name Maxwell for Pakistan series ( English ) Cricinfo. July 16, 2012. Retrieved May 24, 2016.
7. ↑ Umar Farooq: Kamran Akmal returns for Pakistan ( English ) Cricinfo. July 17, 2012. Retrieved May 24, 2016.
8. ↑ Younis, Gul dropped from ODI squad ( English ) Cricinfo. August 13, 2012. Retrieved May 24, 2016.
9. ↑ Records / Pakistan v Australia ODI Series, 2012 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved May 29, 2016.
10. ↑ Records / Pakistan v Australia ODI Series, 2012 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved May 29, 2016.
11. ↑ Records / Pakistan v Australia T20I Series, 2012 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved May 29, 2016.
12. ↑ Records / Pakistan v Australia T20I Series, 2012 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved May 29, 2016.