Pakistani national cricket team in Australia in the 1978/79 season

The tour of the Pakistani national cricket team to Australia in the 1978/79 season took place from March 10 to March 29, 1979. The international cricket tour was part of the 1978/79 international cricket season and included two tests . The series ended 1-1 in a draw.

prehistory

Australia previously played a tour against England , Pakistan a tour in New Zealand . The last meeting of the two teams on a tour took place in the 1976/77 season in Australia .

Stages

Melbourne Perth (WACA)

Tour venues

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

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
Melbourne Cricket Ground	Melbourne	100.024	1st test
WACA Ground	Perth	20,000	2nd test

Squad lists

The following cadres were named.

test
Australia	Pakistan
Allan Border Wayne Clark Rick darling Geoff Dymock Andrew Hilditch Rodney Hogg Merv Hughes Alan Hurst Jeff Moss Peter Sleep Dav Whatmore Graeme Wood Kevin Wright Graham Yallop Bruce Yardley	Asif Mujtaba Haroon Rasheed Imran Khan Javed Miandad Majid Khan Mohsin Kamal Mudassar Nazar Mushtaq Ahmed Sarfraz Nawaz Sikander Bakht Wasim Raja Wasim Bari Zaheer Abbas

Tour matches

April 4th scorecard	Colombo (PSS)	Pakistan 164-8 (40/40)	-	Sri Lanka 109-8 (40/40)
		Pakistan wins with 55 runs

Testing

First test in Melbourne

March 10-15 Scorecard	Melbourne	Pakistan 196 (61.7) & 353-9d (81.5)	-	Australia 168 (61.6) & 310 (92.4)
		Pakistan wins with 71 runs

Second test in Perth

March 24-29 Scorecard	Perth	Pakistan 277 (77.6) & 285 (85.7)	-	Australia 327 (95.6) & 236-3 (48.1)
		Australia wins with 7 wickets

Web links

• The series on Cricinfo