Australia national cricket team against Pakistan in the 2014-15 season

The game series of the Australian national cricket team against Pakistan in the 2014/15 season took place from October 5 to November 3, 2014 in the United Arab Emirates . The international cricket tour was part of the 2014/15 international cricket season and included a Twenty20 , three ODIs and two test matches . Australia won the Twenty20 and ODI series 3-0, while Pakistan won the Test series 2-0.

prehistory

venue

Since the attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team in Lahore on March 3, 2009, Pakistan is no longer considered a safe venue for international cricket matches. As a consequence, the Pakistani national team has played its home games mostly in the United Arab Emirates since then.

Last encounters

The last tour between Pakistan and Australia took place in 2012, then also in the United Arab Emirates. However, no test matches were played there, which was the last time in 2010 in England .

Change of captain in Twenty20

Australia announced a month before the tour started that Aaron Finch would take over the captaincy of the Australian team in the Twenty20 format. This change was necessary after the previous captain George Bailey had announced his resignation due to a priority for test cricket.

Stages

Abu Dhabi Dubai Sharjah

Tour venues

The following stages were designated as the venue for the tour and announced on March 14, 2013.

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium	Abu Dhabi	20,000	2. test; 3. ODI
Dubai International Cricket Stadium	Dubai	25,000	1st test; 2. ODI; 1. T20
Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium	Sharjah	27,000	1. ODI

Squad lists

Australia announced its squad for the tour on September 8, 2014, and Pakistan announced its team for the test series on October 15, 2014.

test		ODI		Twenty20
Pakistan	Australia	Pakistan	Australia	Pakistan	Australia
Misbah-ul-Haq ( K ) Ahmed Shehzad Asad Shafiq Azhar Ali Ehsan Ali Haris Sohail Imran Khan Mohammad Hafeez Mohammad Talha Rahat Ali Sarfraz Ahmed ( wk ) Shan Masood Taufeeq Umar Yasir Shah Younus Khan Zulfiqar Babar	Michael Clarke ( K ) Alex Doolan James Faulkner Brad Haddin ( wk ) Ben Hilfenhaus Phillip Hughes Mitchell Johnson Mitchell Marsh Glenn Maxwell Nathan Lyon Steve O'Keefe Chris Rogers Peter Siddle Steven Smith Mitchell Starc David Warner	Misbah-ul-Haq ( K ) Ahmed Shehzad Umar Akmal Fawad Alam Umar Amin Shan Masood Asad Shafiq Sarfraz Ahmed ( wk ) Shahid Afridi Raza Hasan Mohammed Irfan Anwar Ali Wahab Riaz Sami Aslam Sohail Tanvir Zulfiqar Babar	George Bailey ( K ) Sean Abbott Xavier Doherty James Faulkner Aaron Finch Brad Haddin ( wk ) Phillip Hughes Mitchell Johnson Nathan Lyon Mitchell Marsh Kane Richardson Steven Smith Mitchell Starc David Warner	Shahid Afridi ( K ) Ahmed Shehzad Umar Akmal Umar Amin Sohaib Maqsood Awais Zia Saad Nasim Raza Hasan Mohammad Irfan Wahab Riaz Bilawal Bhatti Sami Aslam Zulfiqar Babar Anwar Ali Sohail Tanvir	Aaron Finch ( K ) Sean Abbott Cameron Boyce Pat Cummins James Faulkner Glenn Maxwell Brad Haddin ( wk ) Phillip Hughes Mitchell Marsh Kane Richardson Steven Smith Mitchell Starc David Warner

Tour match

October 15-18 Scorecard	Sharjah	Pakistan A 305-8d (90) & 306-3d (90)	-	Australians 273-8d (90) & 185 (51.3)
		Pakistan A wins with 153 runs

Twenty20 International in Dubai

October 5th scorecard	Dubai	Pakistan 96-9 (20)	-	Australia 98-4 (14)
		Australia wins with 6 wickets

One-day internationals

First ODI in Sharjah

October 7th scorecard	Sharjah	Australia 255-8 (50)	-	Pakistan 162 (38.3)
		Australia wins with 93 runs

Second ODI in Dubai

October 10 scorecard	Dubai	Pakistan 215 (49.3)	-	Australia 217-5 (43.2)
		Australia wins with 5 wickets

Third ODI in Abu Dhabi

October 12 scorecard	Abu Dhabi	Australia 231-9 (50)	-	Pakistan 230 (50)
		Australia wins with 1 run

Testing

First test in Dubai

October 22-26 Scorecard	Dubai	Pakistan 454 (145) & 286-2d (78)	-	Australia 303 (103.1) & 213 (91.1)
		Pakistan wins with 221 runs

Second test in Abu Dhabi

October 30th - November 3rd scorecard	Abu Dhabi	Pakistan 570-6d (153) & 293-3d (60.4)	-	Australia 261 (67.2) & 246 (88.3)
		Pakistan wins with 356 runs

This was the second time that Pakistan managed to win all tests against Australia in a series of tests. Furthermore, they were able to improve to third place in the test world rankings.

statistics

The following cricket statistics were obtained on this tour.

Testing
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Younis Khan	Pakistan	2	4th	468	156.00	213	3	0
Azhar Ali	Pakistan	2	4th	292	97.33	109	2	1
Misbah-ul-Haq	Pakistan	2	3	271	135.50	101 *	2	1
David Warner	Australia	2	4th	239	59.75	133	1	1
Ahmed Shehzad	Pakistan	2	4th	183	45.75	131	1	0
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Zulfiqar Babar	Pakistan	2	115.4	14th	26.35	5/74	2	0
Yasir Shah	Pakistan	2	77.3	12	17.25	4/50	0	0
Mitchell Johnson	Australia	2	75	6th	29.50	3/39	0	0
Imran Khan	Pakistan	2	44	5	30.40	3/60	0	0
Mohammad Hafeez	Pakistan	2	63	4th	33.50	2/38	0	0
Rahat Ali	Pakistan	2	49	4th	33.75	2/41	0	0
Steve O'Keefe	Australia	1	57	4th	54.75	2/107	0	0

ODIs
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Steven Smith	Australia	3	3	190	63.33	101	1	1
Sarfraz Ahmed	Pakistan	3	3	131	43.66	65	0	1
David Warner	Australia	3	3	128	42.66	56	0	1
Glenn Maxwell	Australia	3	3	117	39.00	76	0	1
Asad Shafiq	Pakistan	3	3	92	30.66	50	0	1
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Mitchell Johnson	Australia	2	17th	6th	10.66	3/24	0	0
Shahid Afridi	Pakistan	3	30th	5	25.20	3/46	0	0
Glenn Maxwell	Australia	3	17th	4th	22.25	2/29	0	0
Kane Richardson	Australia	3	26th	4th	25.25	2/36	0	0
Sohail Tanvir	Pakistan	1	10	3	13.33	3/40	0	0
Nathan Lyon	Australia	2	20th	3	24.33	2/33	0	0
Xavier Doherty	Australia	2	20th	3	32.66	2/54	0	0
James Faulkner	Australia	3	19th	3	33.00	2/52	0	0
Zulfiqar Babar	Pakistan	3	29	3	43.00	2/52	0	0
Mohammad Irfan	Pakistan	3	29.2	3	46.00	1/35	0	0

Twenty20
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
David Warner	Australia	1	1	53		53 *	0	1
Saad Nasim	Pakistan	1	1	25th	25.00	25th	0	0
Glenn Maxwell	Australia	1	1	17th	17.00	17th	0	0
Wahab Riaz	Pakistan	1	1	16	16.00	16	0	0
Raza Hasan	Pakistan	1	1	13		13 *	0	0
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Glenn Maxwell	Australia	1	3	3	4.33	3/13	0	0
Cameron Boyce	Australia	1	4th	2	5.00	2/10	0	0
Raza Hasan	Pakistan	1	4th	2	8.50	2/17	0	0
Kane Richardson	Australia	1	3	1	13.00	1/13	0	0
James Faulkner	Australia	1	2	1	15.00	1/15	0	0
Wahab Riaz	Pakistan	1	2	1	15.00	1/15	0	0
Sean Abbott	Australia	1	3	1	17.00	1/17	0	0
Shahid Afridi	Pakistan	1	4th	1	17.00	1/17	0	0
Mitchell Starc	Australia	1	4th	1	17.00	1/17	0	0

Player of the Series

The following players were honored as Player of the Series .

series	Player of the Series
test	Younis Khan
ODI	Steven Smith

Player of the Match

The following players were recognized as Player of the Match .

game	Player of the Match
1. T20	Glenn Maxwell
1. ODI	Steven Smith
2. ODI	Glenn Maxwell
3. ODI	Glenn Maxwell
1st test	Younis Khan
2nd test	Misbah-ul-Haq

Web links

• The series on Cricinfo

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Australia to play two Tests in UAE against Pakistan ( English ) Cricinfo. March 14, 2014. Retrieved July 22, 2015.
2. ↑ Brydon Coverdale: Finch named Australia's T20 captain ( English ) Cricinfo. September 8, 2014. Accessed July 22, 2015.
3. ↑ Brydon Coverdale: Pakistan recalls Taufeeq Umar for first Test against Australia in Dubai ( English ) ABC. October 19, 2014. Retrieved July 22, 2015.
4. ^ Australia to play two tests in UAE against Pakistan . Cricinfo. March 14, 2014. Retrieved December 13, 2015.
5. ↑ Brydon Coverdale: O'Keefe named in Australia's Test squad ( English ) Cricinfo. September 7, 2014. Accessed July 22, 2015.
6. ↑ Brydon Coverdale: O'Keefe named in Australia's Test squad ( English ) Cricinfo. September 7, 2014. Accessed July 22, 2015.
7. ↑ Pakistan v Australia: Hosts seal Test series whitewash ( English ) BBC. November 3, 2014. Retrieved July 22, 2015.
8. ↑ Records / Pakistan v Australia Test Series, 2014/15 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved February 13, 2016.
9. ↑ Records / Pakistan v Australia Test Series, 2014/15 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved February 13, 2016.
10. ↑ Records / Pakistan v Australia ODI Series, 2014/15 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved February 13, 2016.
11. ↑ Records / Pakistan v Australia ODI Series, 2014/15 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved February 13, 2016.
12. ↑ Records / Pakistan v Australia T20I Match, 2014/15 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved February 13, 2016.
13. ↑ Records / Pakistan v Australia T20I Match, 2014/15 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved February 13, 2016.