Pakistani cricket team in Australia in 2009–10
Pakistan cricket team in Australia in 2009–10 | |||
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Pakistan | Australia | ||
Dates | 19 December 2009 – 5 February 2010 | ||
Captains | (T20Is) |
Ricky Ponting Michael Clarke (T20Is) | |
Test series | |||
Result | Australia won the 3-match series 3–0 | ||
Most runs | Salman Butt (280) | Ricky Ponting (378) | |
Most wickets | Mohammad Asif (13) | Nathan Hauritz (18) | |
Player of the series | Shane Watson (Aus) | ||
One Day International series | |||
Results | Australia won the 5-match series 5–0 | ||
Most runs | Umar Akmal (187) | Cameron White (245) | |
Most wickets |
Mohammad Asif (6) Shahid Afridi (6) Naved-ul-Hasan (6) | Clint McKay (14) | |
Player of the series | Ryan Harris (Aus) | ||
Twenty20 International series | |||
Results | Australia won the 1-match series 1–0 | ||
Most runs | Kamran Akmal (64) | David Hussey (40) | |
Most wickets | Umar Gul (3) | Shaun Tait (3) | |
Player of the series | Shaun Tait (Aus) |
The
During the final ODI match, the stand-in captain, Shahid Afridi, was involved in an alleged ball tampering incident, when he was seen biting the cricket ball.[2][3][4] He was immediately called by the match referee after the match was over. There Afridi pleaded guilty to ball tampering and he was banned from two Twenty20 Internationals.[5]
During the Twenty20 International, Australian fast bowler Shaun Tait bowled the fastest delivery ever recorded in Australia (160.7 km/h).[6] Tait achieved the feat on the second ball of his first over. It is also the third fastest delivery ever recorded behind Brett Lee and Shoaib Akhtar.[6]
Australia registered a clean sweep by winning the Test series 3–0, the ODI series 5–0 and the only T20.
During the tour, speculation was rife that captain
Following the tour, the
Squads
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Tour matches
3-day tour match: Tasmania v Pakistanis - 19–21 December
Test series
1st Test
26 – 30 December
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258 (99 overs)
MG Johnson 3/36 (22 overs) | ||
251 (72 overs)
Mohammad Yousuf 61 (140) 5/101 (24 overs)NM Hauritz |
- Australia won the toss and elected to bat
2nd Test
3 – 7 January
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127 (44.2 overs)
MG Johnson 38 (57) 6/41 (20 overs)Mohammad Asif |
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- Australia won the toss and elected to bat
- Rain delayed start of play on day 1
- Bad light ended play early on day 1
- Play resumed half-an-hour early to make up the overs lost on day 1
At an inquiry after the series was completed, the management of the Pakistan team testified that they suspected that some of the Pakistan team conspired with bookmakers in
3rd Test
14 – 18 January
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- Australia won the toss and elected to bat
- Sarfraz Ahmedmade his test debut for Pakistan.
- Michael Clarke and Ricky Ponting scored the highest partnership vs Pakistan. (352 runs)
- Ricky Ponting scored the first double hundred in a test match at Bellerive Oval.
- Rain ended play early on Day 4.
ODI series
1st ODI
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- Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
2nd ODI
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CJ McKay 3/15 (7.3 overs) |
- Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.
3rd ODI
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- Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
4th ODI
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- Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
5th ODI
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CJ McKay 4/35 (9.3 overs) |
- Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
- Mohammad Yousufsuffered a knee injury.
- Afridi banned for two T20Is after ball-tampering incident.
- A pitch invader crash tackled Khalid Latif
Twenty20 International series
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- Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
- Travis Birt and Steve Smith made T20 debut for Australia and Imran Farhat made T20 debut for Pakistan.
- Australian fast bowler Shaun Tait bowled the quickest ball ever recorded in Australia (160.7 km/h).
Media coverage
Television
- Sky Sports (live) (HD) – United Kingdom and Ireland
- Star Cricket(live) – India
- ESPN(live) – India (3rd Test & few ODI's)
- Fox Sports (live) (HD) – Australia
- SKY Sport (live) (HD) – New Zealand
- Geo Super(live) – Pakistan
- PTV Home (live) – Pakistan
- Supersport(live) – South Africa
- Nine Network (live) – Australia
- Eurosport (live) – Europe
- DirecTV (live) – USA
- Caribbean Media Corporation (live) – Barbados, Trinidad & Tobago and Antigua
- StarHub (pay per view) – Malaysia and Singapore
- ShowSports(live) – Middle East
Radio
- ABC Radio (live) – Australia
- Humara FM 94.6 (live) – Pakistan
References
- ^ "Fixtures, Schedule: Pakistan tour of Australia 2009–10". Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 January 2010.
- ^ "Australia complete one-day series sweep over Pakistan". bbc.co.uk. 31 January 2010. Retrieved 31 January 2010.
- ^ "Controversy mars Australia win". metro.co.uk. Retrieved 31 January 2010.
- ^ "Shahid Afridi in ball-tampering scandal during wild night at the WACA". theaustralian.com.au. Retrieved 31 January 2010.
- ^ "Afridi banned for two T20s for ball-tampering". Cricinfo. 31 January 2010. Retrieved 31 January 2010.
- ^ a b "Australia beat Pakistan in thrilling Twenty20 match". bbc.co.uk. 5 February 2010. Retrieved 6 February 2010.
- ^ "Rana, Malik get one-year bans, Younis and Yousuf axed from teams". Cricinfo. 10 March 2010. Retrieved 10 March 2010.
- ^ Osman Samiuddin (8 December 2009). "Mohammad Yousuf retained captain for Australia". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 8 December 2009.
- ^ "Younis Khan returns for Australia ODIs". ESPNcricinfo. 14 January 2010. Retrieved 15 January 2010.
- Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 December 2009.
- Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 January 2010.
- ^ Lalor, Peter (20 May 2010). "SCG Test between Pakistan and Australia may have been fixed". Herald Sun.
- ^ "Scandal casts doubt on Sydney Test win". www.abc.net.au. 29 August 2010.
External links
- Pakistan in Australia 2009/10 Archived 3 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine from Cricketarchive