Pakistani cricket team in Australia in 1972–73

International cricket tour

The Pakistan national cricket team toured Australia in the 1972–73 season and played three Test matches against the Australian national cricket team. After an inadequate preparation against weak teams, Pakistan lost by an innings in the first Test in Adelaide. While Australia won the series 3–0, the last two tests were competitive, with Pakistan seeming the likely winner on the second last days. The 2nd test in Melbourne was attended by 115,721.^[1] Pakistan also visited Sri Lanka and played a match against the Sri Lankan national cricket team and followed the tour with a series against New Zealand, where both teams played their first ODI.

Touring team

Intikhab Alam (captain)
Asif Iqbal
Asif Masood
Majid Khan
Majid Usman
Masood Iqbal
Mohammad Ilyas
Mushtaq Mohammad
Nasim-ul-Ghani
Pervez Sajjad
Sadiq Mohammad
Saeed Ahmed
Saleem Altaf
Sarfraz Nawaz
Talat Ali
Wasim Bari
Zaheer Abbas

Test series summary

First Test

22–27 December 1972
(5-day match)
Scorecard

Pakistan	v	Australia
257 (75.3 overs) Wasim Bari 72 DK Lillee 4/49 (20.3 overs)		585 (110.2 overs) IM Chappell 196 (243) Mushtaq Mohammad 3/67 (11.2 overs)
214 (65.6 overs) Sadiq Mohammad 81 AA Mallett 8/59 (23.6 overs)

Australia won by an innings and 114 runs
Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
Umpires: MG O'Connell and NE Townsend

Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
25 December was taken as a rest day.
J Benaud (AUS) and Talat Ali (PAK) made their Test debuts.

Second Test

29 December 1972–3 January 1973
(5-day match)
Scorecard

Australia	v	Pakistan
441/5d (85.5 overs) IR Redpath 135 (204) Sarfraz Nawaz 2/100 (22.5 overs)		574/8d (124.6 overs) Majid Khan 158 (276) AA Mallett 3/124 (38 overs)
425 (87.6 overs) J Benaud 142 (207) Saleem Altaf 2/50 (14 overs)		200 (57.5 overs) Intikhab Alam 48 (126) MHN Walker 3/39 (14 overs)

Australia won by 92 runs
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
Umpires: JR Collins and PR Enright

Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
31 December was taken as a rest day.
JR Thomson and MHN Walker (both AUS) made their Test debuts.

Third Test

6–11 January 1973
(5-day match)
Scorecard

Australia	v	Pakistan
334 (80.5 overs) IR Redpath 79 (188) Sarfraz Nawaz 4/53 (19 overs)		360 (88.6 overs) Mushtaq Mohammad 121 (276) GS Chappell 5/61 (18.6 overs)
184 (53.1 overs) RAL Massie 42 (117) Sarfraz Nawaz 4/56 (21 overs)		106 (46 overs) Zaheer Abbas 47 (120) MHN Walker 6/15 (16 overs)

Australia won by 52 runs
Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
Umpires: TF Brooks and JR Collins

Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.
9 January was taken as a rest day.
JR Watkins (AUS) made his Test debut.

Sri Lanka

The Pakistan team had a stopover in Colombo en route to Australia and played a first-class match there between 9 and 11 November against the Sri Lankan national cricket team, which at that time did not have Test status. The match was drawn. Sri Lanka were captained by Michael Tissera and Pakistan by Intikhab Alam.^[2]

References

^ Wilkins, Phil (1974). "Pakistan in Australia , 1972-73". Wisden.
^ "Sri Lanka v Pakistan 1972". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 July 2014.

Annual reviews

Playfair Cricket Annual 1973
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1974

External links

Pakistan tour of Australia 1972-73 on ESPN Cricinfo
CricketArchive – tour summaries

International cricket tours of Australia

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Afghanistan	2021–22
Bangladesh	2003 2008
England	1876–77 1878–79 1881–82 1882–83 1884–85 1886–87 1887–88 1891–92 1894–95 1897–98 1901–02 1903–04 1907–08 1911–12 1920–21 1924–25 1928–29 1932–33 1936–37 1946–47 1950–51 1954–55 1958–59 1962–63 1965–66 1970–71 1974–75 1977 1978–79 1979–80 1982–83 1986–87 1987–88 1990–91 1994–95 1998–99 2002–03 2006–07 2010–11 2013–14 2017–18 2021–22 2022–23
India	1947–48 1967–68 1977–78 1980–81 1985–86 1991–92 1999–2000 2003–04 2007–08 2011–12 2014–15 2015–16 2018–19 2020–21 2024–25
New Zealand	1973–74 1980–81 1982–83 1985–86 1987–88 1989–90 1993–94 1997–98 2001–02 2004–05 2008–09 2011–12 2015–16 2016–17 2019–20 2022–23
Pakistan	1964–65 1972–73 1976–77 1978–79 1981–82 1983–84 1989–90 1992–93 1995–96 1996–97 1999–2000 2002 2004–05 2009–10 2016–17 2019–20 2023–24
South Africa	1910–11 1931–32 1952–53 1963–64 1971–72 (cancelled) 1993–94 1997–98 2000 2001–02 2005–06 2008–09 2012–13 2014–15 2016–17 2018–19 2022–23
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Zimbabwe	1994–95 2003–04 2022

Tournaments hosted
World Cup	1992 2015
T20 World Cup	2022
Tri-series	1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2011–12 2014–15 2017–18
Other multi-team tournaments	1985 1987

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Australian Forces	1919–20 1945–46
English	1861–62 1863–64 1873–74 1902–03 1922–23 1929–30 1935–36 1979–80
England Lions	2012–13 2021
Fijian	1907–08
Ireland	2014–15
Multi-national	1971–72 2005–06
Nepal	2023–24
New Zealand	1898–99 1913–14 1925–26 1927–28 1937–38 1953–54 1961–62 1967–68 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1974–75
PNG	2014–15
Scotland	2014–15
Sri Lanka	1982–83
UAE	2014–15
World Series Cricket (West Indies & World XI)	1977-78 1978-79

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India	1985 1993 1997 2001 2006 2008 2008–09 2010 2012 2015 2017 2021 2024
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Pakistan	1985–86 1994 1996–97 2000 2005–06 2009 2012 2014 2015 2022 2023
South Africa	1993 2000 2004 2006 2013 2014 2018 2021–22
West Indies	1993–94 2001–02 2005 2010–11 2015-16 2019–20 2021–22
Zimbabwe	1983–84 1996–97 1997–98 2001–02 2017 2020–21 2021–22 2023–24

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Australian	1884 1890 1893 1896 1912 1926 1930 1934 1935–36 1938 1945 1948 1953 1961 1964 1969 1981
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English	1882–83 1889–90 1891–92 1892–93 1894–95 1911–12 1920–21 1922–23 1924–25 1926–27 1928–29 1929–30 1932–33 1933–34 1935–36 1936–37 1936–37 1950–51 1951–52 1954–55 1958–59 1961–62 1962–63 1965–66 1968–69 1969–70 1972–73 1976–77 1977–78 1984–85 2000–01
Indian	1925–26 1944–45 1956–57 1973–74 1975–76
Kenyan	2001–02 2013–14
Malaysian	1893–94 1971–72
Multi-national	1930–31 1949–50 1950–51 1967–68
New Zealand	1927 1937–38
Pakistani	1948–49 1972–73 1975–76 1978–79
Scottish	2011–12 2013–14
West Indian	1948–49 1966–67 1974–75 1978–79
Irish	2020–21
South Africa A	2023