Australian national cricket team in Pakistan in the 1959/60 season

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The tour of the Australian national cricket team to Pakistan in the 1959/60 season took place from November 13 to December 9, 1960. The international cricket tour was part of the 1959/60 international cricket season and included three tests . Australia won the series 2–0.

prehistory

It was the two teams' first tour of the season. The last meeting of the two teams on a tour took place in the 1956/57 season in Pakistan .

Stages

Tour venues
Australian national cricket team in Pakistan in the 1959/60 season (Bangladesh)
Dhaka (BNS)
Dhaka (BNS)
Tour venues

The following stages have been designated as the venue for the tour.

Stadion city capacity Games
Bangabandhu National Stadium Dhaka 36,000 1st test
National Stadium Karachi 34,228 3rd test
Lahore Stadium Lahore 60,000 2nd test

Squad lists

The teams named the following squads.

test
Pakistan Pakistan Australia Australia
  • Alimuddin
  • Duncan Sharpe
  • Fazal Mahmood
  • Hanif Mohammad
  • Haseeb Ahsan
  • Ijaz Butt
  • Imtiaz Ahmed
  • Intikhab Alam
  • Israr Ali
  • Mohammad Munaf
  • Munir Malik
  • Nasim-ul-Ghani
  • Saeed Anwar
  • Shujauddin
  • Wallis Mathias
  • Waqar Younis
  • Wazir Mohammad
  • Richie Benaud
  • Peter Burge
  • Alan Davidson
  • Les Favell
  • Wally Grout
  • Neil Harvey
  • Lindsay Kline
  • Ray Lindwall
  • Ken Mackay
  • Colin McDonald
  • Ian Meckiff
  • Norm O'Neill
  • Gavin Stevens

Tour matches

November 28-30
scorecard
Rawalpindi Pakistan Pakistan President's XI
132 (54.1) & 122 (52.5)
- Australia Australians
139 (41.5) & 117-7 (38.3)
Australians win with 3 wickets

Testing

First test in Dhaka

November
13-18 Scorecard
Dhaka Pakistan Pakistan
200 (105.5) & 134 (100.3)
- Australia Australia
225 (78.5) & 112-2 (48.1)
Australia wins with 8 wickets

Second test in Lahore

November
21-26 Scorecard
Lahore Pakistan Pakistan
146 (66) & 366 (179.4)
- Australia Australia
391-9d (118.3) & 123-3 (25.3)
Australia wins with 7 wickets

Third test in Karachi

December
4-9 Scorecard
Karachi Pakistan Pakistan
287 (131.5) & 194-8d (109.4)
- Australia Australia
257 (82.2) & 83-2 (33)
draw

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