Pakistani cricket team in Australia in 1989-90

Infobox cricket series
series=Pakistan cricket team in Australia in 1989-90
partof=
date=December 1989 – March 1990
place=Australia
result=Australia won the 5-Test series 2-1
team1=cr|AUS
team2=cr|PAK
captain1=Allan Border
captain2=Imran Khan
runs1=MA Taylor (390)
DM Jones (247)

runs2=Imran Khan (311)
Wasim Akram (197)
Javed Miandad (190)
runs3=
wickets1=MG Hughes (16)
TM Alderman (13)
wickets2=Wasim Akram (17)

wickets3=The Pakistan national cricket team toured Australia in the 1989-90 season, under the captaincy of Imran Khan. The series set a Pakistan team, regarded as one of the strongest in the world against an Australian team returning from an unexpectedly successful tour of England. The series was marred by a series of incidents and conflicts, including a walk off by the Pakistani players during a tour match against Victoria in protest at a umpire's ruling. The three Test series was won by Australia 1-0.cite book
last=Derriman
first=Philip (ed)
title= The ABC Australian Cricket Almanac
year=1990
publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation
location=Sydney
isbn=0733300642 ]

The touring party consisted of Imran Khan (captain), Aamer Malik, Aaqib Javed, Abdul Qadir, Ijaz Ahmed, Javed Miandad, Mansoor Akhtar, Maqsood Rana, Mushtaq Ahmed, Nadeem Ghauri, Rameez Raja, Saeed Anwar, Saleem Malik, Saleem Yousuf, Shoaib Mohammad, Tauseef Ahmed, Waqar Younis and Wasim Akram.

ummary of results

All Matches [Includes first-class matches] :Played 17, Won 5, Lost 9, Drawn 3, Tied 0

First-Class Matches [Includes Test matches] :Played 6, Won 0, Lost 3, Drawn 3, Tied 0

Test Matches:Played 3, Won 0, Lost 1, Drawn 2, Tied 0

1st Test, Jan 12-16, 1990

Test match
date = 12 Jan - 16 Jan
team1 = cr|Australia
team2 = cr|Pakistan

score-team1-inns1 = 223 (90.1 overs)
runs-team1-inns1 = MA Taylor 52 (144)
wickets-team1-inns1 = Wasim Akram 6/62 (30 overs)

score-team2-inns1 = 107 (65.5 overs)
runs-team2-inns1 = Ijaz Ahmed 19 (33)
wickets-team2-inns1 = TM Alderman 3/30 (19 overs)
CG Rackemann 3/32 (21.5 overs)
MG Hughes 3/34 (17 overs)

score-team1-inns2 = 8/312 (dec) (108.4 overs)
runs-team1-inns2 = MA Taylor 101 (240)
wickets-team1-inns2 = Wasim Akram 5/98 (41.4 overs)

score-team2-inns2 = 336 (137.5 overs)
runs-team2-inns2 = Ijaz Ahmed 121 (331)
Javed Miandad 65 (100)
wickets-team2-inns2 = TM Alderman 5/105 (33.5 overs)

result = cr|Australia won by 92 runs
venue = Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia
umpires = PJ McConnell (Aus) and RJ Evans (Aus)
motm = flagicon|Pakistan Wasim Akram

report = [http://aus.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1980S/1989-90/PAK_IN_AUS/PAK_AUS_T1_12-16JAN1990.html Scorecard]
rain =

2nd Test, Jan 19-23, 1990

Test match
date = 19 Jan - 23 Jan
team1 = cr|Pakistan
team2 = cr|Australia

score-team1-inns1 = 257 (76.3 overs)
runs-team1-inns1 = Imran Khan 52 (95)
Wasim Akram 52 (68)
wickets-team1-inns1 = CG Rackemann 4/40 (21 overs)

score-team2-inns1 = 341 (133 overs)
runs-team2-inns1 = DM Jones 116 (239)
MA Taylor 77 (193)
wickets-team2-inns1 = Wasim Akram 5/100 (43 overs)

score-team1-inns2 = 9/387 (dec) (143.5 overs)
runs-team1-inns2 = Imran Khan 136 (361)
Wasim Akram 123 (195)
wickets-team1-inns2 = Merv Hughes 5/111 (32 overs)

score-team2-inns2 = 6/233 (83 overs)
runs-team2-inns2 = DM Jones 121 (205)
MA Taylor 59 (106)
wickets-team2-inns2 = Tauseef Ahmed 3/80 (32 overs)

result = Match drawn
venue = Adelaide Oval, Adelaide, Australia
umpires = AR Crafter (Aus) and LJ King (Aus)
motm = flagicon|Pakistan Wasim Akram

report = [http://aus.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1980S/1989-90/PAK_IN_AUS/PAK_AUS_T2_19-23JAN1990.html Scorecard]
rain =

3nd Test, Feb 3-8, 1990

Test match
date = 3 Feb - 8 Feb
team1 = cr|Pakistan
team2 = cr|Australia

score-team1-inns1 = 199 (94.5 overs)
runs-team1-inns1 = Imran Khan 82 (203)
wickets-team1-inns1 = TM Alderman 5/65 (33.5 overs)

score-team2-inns1 = 2/176 (65 overs)
runs-team2-inns1 = MA Taylor 101 (227)
wickets-team2-inns1 = Waqar Younis 1/21 (9 overs)
Tauseef Ahmed 1/62 (19 overs)

score-team1-inns2 =
runs-team1-inns2 =
wickets-team1-inns2 =

score-team2-inns2 =
runs-team2-inns2 =
wickets-team2-inns2 =

result = Match drawn
venue = Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, Australia
umpires = AR Crafter (Aus) and PJ McConnell (Aus)
motm = flagicon|Australia MA Taylor

report = [http://aus.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1980S/1989-90/PAK_IN_AUS/PAK_AUS_T3_03-08FEB1990.html Scorecard]
rain = The match was extended by one day after 3, 4 and 6 February were washed out

Other matches

Pakistan also competed in a tri nation [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Seasons/AUS/1989-90_AUS_Benson_and_Hedges_World_Series_Cup_1989-90.html ODI tournament] involving Australia and Sri Lanka they won 5 of their 8 round robin matches. In the best of three final with Australia they lost 2-0.

References

External sources

* [http://home.cricketonly.com/cricket/DB/match/user/tsn01/series/PAK_IN_AUS1989 Australia v Pakistan, 1989-1990]
* [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Seasons/Tours_1989-90.html CricketArchive]

Further reading

* Chris Harte, "A History of Australian Cricket", Andre Deutsch, 1993
* Playfair Cricket Annual 1990
* Wisden Cricketers Almanack 1990