Cricket Team Records: Pakistan vs Australia (Test-ODI-T20)

Cricket Team Records: Pakistan vs Australia (Test Match Records)

Australian cricket team played their first test match in the 77^th year of the 18^th century and was against the English squad. Pakistan cricket team however began its test cricketing career really late and made its debut in October 1952. The two teams played their first match in 1956 and Australia won the series by 1-0.

• The Australian cricket team is famously known as the “Aussies” which is primarily derived from their nationality.
• The Pakistani cricket team is known as the “Unpredictables” which is evident enough from their varying performances.
• AH.Kardar,  a popular cricket player of Pakistan cricket team captained the first test match for the Pakistani cricket team and on the other hand IWG Johnson captained for the Aussies.
• The first encounter between the two teams was in Karachi at the Asghar Ali Shah stadium.(Umpires : Daud Khan and Idrees Baig).
• From the Pakistani cricket squad Zaheer Abbas, Imran Khan, Wasim Akram, Majid Khan, Inzamam ul Haq, Ijaz Ahmed have been the most eminent players in context of match winning bowling and batting performances where as from the Australian 11, SK Warne, The Waugh brothers, Alan Border and MJ Slater have been the key performers.
• In all the two teams have played 57 test matches.
• Of which 28 have been won by the Australian cricket team and only 12 were won by the Unpredictables.
• The victories can be summarized as Australian cricket team: 49.12% and Pakistan cricket team: 21.05%, apart from the draws.
• Highest test score by Pakistan cricket team in an innings was 624 runs where as the highest total from the Aussies were 617.
• MA Taylor was the top scorer who played a comprehensive innings of 334 runs not out and from the Pakistani side Saleem Malik scored 237 runs. However in aggregate Javed Miandad was the high scorer with 1700+ runs.
• Sarfaraz Nawaz has the highest number of wickets in an innings i.e. 9. Whereas the highest number of wickets are taken BY SK Warne 90 in aggregate.
• Best keeper of the two sides has been RW Marsh who resulted in 68 dismissals.
• Sarfaraz Nawaz’s 9 wickets were a record since no one had taken 9 wickets in an innings; however the record was broken by the Indian Spinner Anil Kumble who took 10 wickets against the Pakistani cricket team.
• The last test match played between the two sides was in 2010 (July 21-24) at Leeds.

In june of 1975, Australian cricket team for the first time encountered Pakistani cricket team on the grounds of Headingley. It was a 60-over match.

• WE Alley and TW Spencer were the umpires of the first ever ODI played between the Australian players and the Pakistani players.
• On the fields of Headingley, Leeds, the first ODI happened between these two cricket teams.
• The Pakistani cricket team, also famously known as the “Unpredictable” was being captained by Asif Iqbal in the First ODI against the Aussies where as IM Chappell was captaining the Australian cricket team at that time.
• Famous Pakistani cricket players like Wasim Akram, Shahid Afridi, Javed Miandad, Inzamam –ul- Haq and Mohammad Yousaf are seen to be the eminent players in the ODIs encountered with the Australian cricket team. Where as from the Aussies, RT Pontng, SR Waugh, DM Jones, GD McGarth and B Lee as always have been performing spectacularly against the Pakistani players in the ODIs.
• Up till today, 86 ODIs have been played between these two cricket teams out of which one was a tie. 52 ODIs have been won by Australia and 32 by the Unpredictable’s.
• Australia won the first ODI Played against the Pakistani cricket team by a margin of 73 runs in the year 1975.
• The highest ODI total record has been made by the Australian players against the Pakistani cricket team which was a score of 337 in at the cost of 7 wickets. This ODI was in year 2000 played on the grounds of Sydney.
• The individual highest score in the ODIs between the Australian cricket team and Pakistani cricket team has been made by an Aussie player, ML Hayden. He scored 146 on 30th August 2002 on the fields of Nairobai.
• Wasim Akram, the famous Pakistani cricket player has the record of holding most number of wickets against the Aussies in the ODIs where as Shahid Afridi who’s also a Pakistani player, has the best bowling figures against the Australian cricket team.
• Coming towards the wicket keeping records, AC Gilchrist has the most number of dismissals (44) record against the Pakistani cricket team.
• Up to date, the last ODI played between these two cricket teams was at Colombo on 19^th March 2011 in which Pakistani players were the winners.

Australia and Pakistan both started off with the icc world t20 cup in the year 2007, the year in which the icc world twenty20 was inaugurated. The two teams met for the first time in the first icc twenty20 cup in the 18^th match of the tournament.

• Shoaib Malik was the caption of the Pakistani Cricket team in the First T20 match played against Australian cricket team which was being captained by Ricky Ponting.
• In group F, Pakistan played its first t20 match against the Australian cricket team.
• Mark benson and Nigel Llong were the umpires in the first T20 match between Australia and Pakistan.
• On the grounds of Johannesburg, Pakistani cricket team played against the Australian team at the wanderer’s stadium.
• Pakistan won its first T20 match against the Aussies by 6 wickets. Pakistani popular batsman Misba ul haq was the man of the match.
• A total of seven T20 matches have been played between the two teams up till today.
• Misbah ul haq, Umar akmal and Slaman butt have been eminent players in the t20 matches. Shahid afridi also performed marvelously in a couple of matches. On the bowling side, Umar Gul, Sohail Tanvir and Mohammad Amir showed splendid performance and took several important wickets.
• DA Warner, DJ Hussey and MEK Hussey have been batting very well from the Australian team. Where as on the bowling side, average performance has been observed from all the famous bowlers of the Australian team including SR Clark, SW Tait and DP Nannes.
• Pakistan has won four t20 matches against the Australian cricket team where as Australian cricket team has defeated Pakistani team thrice.
• Score of 197 has been the highest T20 score up to date made by the Australian team against the Pakistani cricket team in the semi-finals of the icc t20 world cup 2010.
• The highest individual T20 score so far has been made by Kamran Akmal of the Pakistani Cricket team.
• Mohammad Amir took the most number of wickets i.e 12 in T20 matches against the Australian cricket team where as the best bowling figures were of Umar Gul, SW Tait and Shahid Afridi.
• Coming to the wicket keeping figures, Pakistani cricket team member, Kamran Akmal has a record of maximum number of dismissals in the t20 internationals.
• The last up to date T20 match played between Australian and Pakistani cricket team was at Birmingham on the fields of Edgbaston.

Popular cricket players of West Indian cricket team: Sir Garfield St Aubrun Sobers

Garfield, more commonly known to us as Gary, is an ex-cricketer of the West Indian cricket team. He captained his team and was extensively referred to as the greatest all-rounder and exercised immense expertise in batting, bowling and fielding.

In 1975, Gary was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II owing to his outstanding contribution and services to cricket on the whole. He was a genius who always performed with excellence and perfection. He broke the world record for the highest Test score of 364 at 21. Gary as a player was a remarkable fielder, left-arm bowler, known wrist spinning and played at a fast-medium pace. He was the first player to have hit a score of 6 sixes within an over in a first-class match. He was only 16 when he performed his first-class debut and the next year made his first appearance in a Test series.

Gary started off as a bowler but over a span of four years, hit a Test record as an individual batsman with his dominating score of 365 against Pakistan. When it comes to Gary’s accomplishments, the awards and honors he received are numerous amongst which stands his fantastic innings against Australia in 1971 wherein he scored 254 for the Rest of the World, his successive sixes and that in 1975, he was knighted for his productive services to cricket as a game.

Gary was and always will be recognized for his immense services contributed to the West Indies cricket team at the team and for his records and achievements!

Popular cricket players of West Indian cricket team: Roger Andrew Harper

Roger Andrew Harper is an ex-cricketer of the West Indian cricket team who later took up the responsibility of a coach. Harper had quite an extensive International career which lasted 13 years. He played Test and ODI cricket for his team and was identified as a remarkable fielder of his time.

His career highlights consist of his premier test average of 28.06 that is above that of Gibbs and thus gives him the leverage of hitting the chief average amongst all West Indies team spinners with a feat of a minimum of 25 Test wickets, and the 1996 Cricket World Cup when he was in full control of the match with a 4/47. A right-handed batsman and bowling off-breaks with his right arm, Harper was known as an all rounder as well.

Throughout his playing career, Harper recorded a total of 535 runs in 25 Tests and won 46 wickets; he also played 200 first-class matches and upon retirement, he took up the position of a coach for the West Indies cricket team from 2000-2003. In 2006, he was offered and subsequently appointed to take over the Kenyan National Team: a position he stepped down from in September 2007.

 Roger Andrew Harper is one of very popular Cricketer from West Indian Cricket Team.

Famous cricket player of West Indian cricket team: Jimmy Adams

Jimmy Adams is known to be a former West Indian player and captain. A consistent left-handed batsman while a contributive left-arm spin bowler as well as a competent fielder specifically for his gully position, Adams is also recognized for his occasional wicket-keeping services to the team during his career.

In the season of 1984-85, he was taken on board for the Jamaican team and thereby, had an encouraging start to his first-class playing career. However, he was only able to pave his way into the West Indian Test team in the season of 1991-92 wherein he made his debut in Barbados by playing against South Africa. Adams hit a score of 1,132 runs with a batting average nearing 87 in the opening 12 matches. He averaged 61.34 in the first half of his Test career with a 25.58 average in the second half: the gap is recognized as the most extensive in the history of Test cricket. Adams started endeavoring to enter the International level cricket during the mid 90s.

Owing to his endless struggle and performance, Adams won the honor of captaincy of the West Indian cricket team in 2000. Even though this control did not last for long, he went on with his playing career for some more years during which he captained the South African Provincial team Free State and appeared as a guest for Lashings World XI in England.

Adams was part of his cricket arena for a good 20 years and announced his retirement in 2004. He exited the playing arcade with a Test batting average of 41.26 bagging a highest score of 208 not out when he played against NZ in 1995. Today, he is often seen appearing as a cricket commentator for Sky Sports, UK.

Greatest cricket player of West Indies cricket team: Ian Bishop

Ian Bishop, a former West Indian cricket, is a face that represented the West Indian cricket team from 1989 to 1998. Ian Bishop of West Indies was a dynamic fast bowler whose expertise rested with the out swing style. Being a right-handed batsman and a right-arm fast bowler, Bishop acquired a record of 100 Test wickets with only 21 Test matches. He was never able to emerge as a strong cricketer player due to serious yet occasional injuries.

It was first in 1991 when he disappeared from the stage due to ruthless back injuries but once recovered strongly, he adjusted himself back to his bowling style and returned back to cricket in 1992 to exhibit his potency by playing against Perth. One year later, he again got struck with serious injuries and thereby had to withdraw again until the mid of 1995. Bishop played his last test in March 1998 against English cricket team after which he was not able to give a boost to his once-what-was-a promising career.

The England tests and the ODI series between the WI and Indian cricket team, Bishop appeared as a commentator for Cricket on Five reflecting on the highlights of the tournament. Today, he goes round the world as a cricket commentator.

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