Pakistani national cricket team in Australia in the 1976/77 season

The tour of the Pakistani national cricket team to Australia in the 1976/77 season took place from December 24, 1976 to January 18, 1977. The international cricket tour was part of the 1976/77 international cricket season and included three tests . The series ended 1-1 in a draw.

prehistory

Pakistan previously played a tour against New Zealand , for Australia it was the first tour of the season. The last meeting of the two teams on a tour took place in the 1972/73 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

test
Australia	Pakistan
Greg Chappell Gary Cosier Simon Davis Gary Gilmour Dennis Lillee Geoff Marsh Rick McCosker Kerry O'Keeffe Jeff Thomson Alan Turner Max Walker Doug Walters	Asif Iqbal Asif Mujtaba Haroon Rasheed Imran Khan Iqbal Qasim Javed Miandad Majid Khan Mudassar Nazar Mushtaq Ahmed Sadiq Mohammad Saleem Altaf Sarfraz Nawaz Wasim Bari Zaheer Abbas

Testing

First test in Adelaide

December 24-29 Scorecard	Adelaide	Pakistan 272 (70.7) & 466 (132.7)	-	Australia 454 (119.4) & 261-6 (73)
		draw

Second test in Melbourne

January 1-6 scorecard	Melbourne	Australia 517-8d (92.6) & 315-8d (61.5)	-	Pakistan 333 (84.1) & 151 (44.1)
		Australia wins with 348 runs

Third test in Sydney

January 14-18 Scorecard	Sydney	Australia 211 (64.2) & 180 (41.7)	-	Pakistan 360 (82.3) & 32-2 (7.2)
		Pakistan wins with 8 wickets

Web links

• The series on Cricinfo