The Australian cricket team toured the United Arab Emirates from September to October 2018 to play two Tests and three Twenty20 International (T20I) matches against Pakistan.[5][6][7] Ahead of the Test series, there was a four-day practice match in Dubai.[8]
| Australian cricket team against Pakistan in 2018–19 | |||
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| Pakistan | Australia | ||
| Dates | 29 September 2018 – 28 October 2018 | ||
| Captains | Sarfaraz Ahmed |
Tim Paine (Tests) Aaron Finch (T20Is) | |
| Test series | |||
| Result | Pakistan won the 2-match series 1–0 | ||
| Most runs | Sarfaraz Ahmed (190)[1] | Usman Khawaja (229)[1] | |
| Most wickets | Mohammad Abbas (17)[2] | Nathan Lyon (12)[2] | |
| Player of the series | Mohammad Abbas (Pak) | ||
| Twenty20 International series | |||
| Results | Pakistan won the 3-match series 3–0 | ||
| Most runs | Babar Azam (163)[3] | Nathan Coulter-Nile (61)[3] | |
| Most wickets | Shadab Khan (6)[4] | Billy Stanlake (5)[4] | |
| Player of the series | Babar Azam (Pak) | ||
In February 2018, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) looked at the possibility of hosting this series and New Zealand's tour to the UAE in Malaysia instead of the UAE, due to domestic Twenty20 fixture congestion in Sharjah.[9] In May 2018, the PCB invited Australia to play the fixtures in Pakistan, but Cricket Australia said it would not allow matches to be moved there.[10][11] In June 2018, the PCB and the Emirates Cricket Board (ECB) agreed to play Pakistan's future matches in the UAE.[12]
In September 2018, both Mitchell Marsh and Josh Hazlewood were appointed joint vice-captains of the Australia Test cricket team.[13] The following month, both Mitchell Marsh and Alex Carey were appointed joint vice-captains of the Australia T20I cricket team.[14]
During the second Test match, an extra T20I match for Australia against the United Arab Emirates was added to the tour itinerary.[15] Australia were scheduled to play the UAE in a Twenty20 warm-up match before the T20I series against Pakistan, when the match was upgraded to a full T20I fixture.[16][17] It was the first time that the UAE played a full T20I match against Australia.[18] Australia won the one-off match by seven wickets.[19]
Pakistan won the Test series 1–0, after the first match ended in a draw.[20] Pakistan won the T20I series against Australia 3–0.[21]
Squads
edit| Tests | T20Is | |||
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 Pakistan[22]
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 Australia[23]
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Pakistan[24]
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Australia[25]
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 United Arab Emirates[26]
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After Pakistan's Test squad was named, Mohammad Hafeez was later added to the team.[27] Imam-ul-Haq fractured his finger while fielding in the first match, and was ruled out of Pakistan's squad for the second Test.[28] Peter Siddle was added to Australia's T20I squad as cover for Mitchell Starc.[29]
Four-day match: Pakistan A vs Australia
editTest series
edit1st Test
edit7–11 October 2018
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- Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
- Bilal Asif (Pak), Aaron Finch, Travis Head and Marnus Labuschagne (Aus) all made their Test debuts.
- Mohammad Hafeez (Pak) scored his tenth century in Tests.[30]
- Haris Sohail (Pak) scored his first century in Tests.[31]
- Bilal Asif became the 11th bowler for Pakistan to take a five-wicket haul on debut in Tests.[32]
2nd Test
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- Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
- Mir Hamza and Fakhar Zaman (Pak) both made their Test debuts.
- Mohammad Abbas became the joint-quickest fast bowler, in terms of matches played, to take 50 wickets for Pakistan in Tests (10).[33]
- Abbas also took his first ten-wicket haul in Tests[34]
T20I series
editUnited Arab Emirates vs Australia
editOnly T20I
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- United Arab Emirates won the toss and elected to bat.
- Ashfaq Ahmed, Chirag Suri, Amir Hayat (UAE) and Ben McDermott (Aus) all made their T20I debuts.
- Glenn Maxwell (Aus) played in his 50th T20I.[35]
Pakistan vs Australia
edit1st T20I
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- Australia won the toss and elected to field.
2nd T20I
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- Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
3rd T20I
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- Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
In Popular Culture
editAn Australian docu-series - The Test was produced, following the Australian national cricket team in the aftermath of the Australian ball tampering scandal.[36] The second episode of Season 1 featured Australia playing the 2 tests against Pakistan in the UAE.
Notes
edit- ^ While five days of play were scheduled for each Test, the second Test reached a result in four days.
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