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 |
Mohammad Yousuf Shahid Afridi (5th ODI) Shoaib Malik (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 Pakistan cricket team toured Australia for a 3-match Test series, a 5-match ODI series, and 1 Twenty20 International from 19 December 2009 to 5 February 2010.[1]
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 Mohammad Yousuf was involved in a power struggle with former skippers Younis Khan and Shoaib Malik and that team morale was low.
Following the tour, the Pakistan Cricket Board conducted an inquiry and announced that Yousuf and Younis would not be selected for the country in future, implying a life exclusion, and banned Malik and Rana Naved-ul-Hasan for a year each. Afridi and the brothers Umar and Kamran Akmal were all fined and put on probation for six months.[7] Kamran had been dropped after the second Test because of a string of dropped catches, but spoke out against the decision and insisted that he was not dropped, while Umar was accused of disruption by feigning injury in an attempt to go on strike in solidarity.
Squads
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Pakistan[9]
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Australia
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Tour matches
[edit]3-day tour match: Tasmania v Pakistanis - 19–21 December
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Test series
[edit]1st Test
[edit]2nd Test
[edit]3 – 7 January
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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 match-fixing events during this match. Pakistani wicket-keeper Kamran Akmal missed four catches and a run-out in the Australian second innings as Australia turned around a substantial first innings deficit to win the Test. However, the Australian captain Ricky Ponting stated that he "certainly had no suspicions".[12] Several months later, Mazhar Majeed a man who had accepted a bribe to provide information about spot-fixing during Pakistan's summer tour of England, stated that the match had been fixed and that the fixers had made more than a million pounds as a result of Pakistan's loss from a commanding position. There has been no other corroboration of Majeed's statements.[13]
3rd Test
[edit]14 – 18 January
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- Australia won the toss and elected to bat
- Sarfraz Ahmed made 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
[edit]1st ODI
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- Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
2nd ODI
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- 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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- Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
- Shahid Afridi filled in as captain after Mohammad Yousuf suffered 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
[edit]Television
[edit]- 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
[edit]- ABC Radio (live) – Australia
- Humara FM 94.6 (live) – Pakistan
References
[edit]- ^ "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 staff (15 December 2009). "Mohammad Sami recalled for tour of Australia". Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 December 2009.
- ^ Cricinfo staff (6 January 2010). "Pakistan rush Sarfraz Ahmed to Australia". 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
[edit]- Pakistan in Australia 2009/10 Archived 3 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine from Cricketarchive