Pakistani national cricket team in Australia in the 1972/73 season

The tour of the Pakistani national cricket team to Australia in the 1972/73 season took place from December 22, 1972 to January 11, 1973. The international cricket tour was part of the 1972/73 international cricket season and included three tests . Australia won the series 3–0.

prehistory

It was the first tour of the season for both teams. The last meeting of the two teams on a tour took place in the 1964/65 season in Australia .

Stages

Adelaide Melbourne Sydney

Tour venues

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

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
Adelaide oval	Adelaide	53,583	1st test
Melbourne Cricket Ground	Melbourne	100.024	2nd test
Sydney Cricket Ground	Sydney	48,000	3rd test

Squad lists

The teams named the following cadres.

test
Australia	Pakistan
John Benaud Greg Chappell Ian Chappell Ross Edwards Dennis Lillee Ashley Mallett Geoff Marsh Bob Massie Kerry O'Keeffe Ian Redpath Paul Sheahan Keith Stackpole Jeff Thomson Max Walker Doug Walters John Watkins	Asif Iqbal Asif Masood Intikhab Alam Majid Khan Mushtaq Ahmed Nasim-ul-Ghani Sadiq Mohammad Saeed Anwar Saleem Altaf Sarfraz Nawaz Talat Ali Wasim Bari Zaheer Abbas

Tour matches

Pakistan played five tour matches against Australian regional teams in the run-up to the tour.

Testing

First test in Adelaide

December 22-27 Scorecard	Adelaide	Pakistan 257 (75.3) & 214 (65.6)	-	Australia 585 (110.2)
		Australia wins with one innings and 114 runs

Second test in Melbourne

December 29th - January 3rd scorecard	Melbourne	Australia 441-5d (85.5) & 425 (87.6)	-	Pakistan 574-8d (124.6) & 200 (57.5)
		Australia wins with 92 runs

Third test in Sydney

January 6-11 Scorecard	Sydney	Australia 334 (80.5) & 184 (53.1)	-	Pakistan 360 (88.6) & 106 (46)
		Australia wins with 52 runs

Web links

• The series on Cricinfo