Australian cricket team in Pakistan in 1982–83
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The Australian cricket team toured Pakistan in September and October 1982 to play three Tests and a two-match One Day International series. Pakistan won the Test series 3–0, and one day series 2–0. Australia failed to win a single game on the entire tour.
Australian cricket team in Pakistan in 1982-83 | |||
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Australia | Pakistan | ||
Dates | 12 September 1982 – 22 October 1982 | ||
Captains | Kim Hughes | Imran Khan | |
Test series | |||
Result | Pakistan won the 3-match series 3–0 | ||
Most runs |
John Dyson (220) Greg Ritchie (205) |
Moin Khan (297) Zaheer Abbas (269) | |
Most wickets | Geoff Lawson (9) | Abdul Qadir (22) | |
Player of the series | Abdul Qadir (Pak) and Geoff Lawson (Aus) | ||
One Day International series | |||
Results | Pakistan won the 2-match series 2–0 | ||
Most runs | Bruce Laird (135) | Mohsin Khan (146) | |
Most wickets | Terry Alderman (3) | Jalal-ud-Din (6) |
In the words of Wisden, "The Australians proved ill-equipped to cope with a Pakistan side beginning to exert its international authority under the leadership of Imran Khan... For Pakistan it was the country's finest cricketing hour. Their three-nil Test victory was unprecedented in a short series there... It all amounted to a tour to rank among the most dismal ever made by an Australian side."[1]
Peter McFarline of The Age wrote "on a ratio of defeats to games, the 1982 Australians in Pakistan have been this country's worst national team."[2]
Australia's wicketkeeper on the tour, Rod Marsh, later wrote that "the more you think of the 1982 Australian cricket tour of Pakistan the more you want to forget it."[3]