Pakistani cricket team in Australia in 1983–84

International cricket tour

The Pakistan national cricket team toured Australia in the 1983–84 season and played 5 Test matches against Australia. Australia won the series 2–0.

Test series summary

First Test

11–14 November 1983
(5-day match)
Scorecard

Australia	v	Pakistan
436/9d (125.3 overs) WB Phillips 159 (246) Azeem Hafeez 5/100 (27.3 overs)		129 (40.2 overs) Qasim Umar 48 (100) CG Rackemann 5/32 (8 overs)
		298 (98.1 overs) Qasim Umar 65 (149) CG Rackemann 6/86 (26 overs)

Australia won by an innings and 9 runs
Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth
Umpires: MW Johnson and PJ McConnell
Player of the match: CG Rackemann (AUS)

Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.
The match was scheduled for five days but completed in four.
WB Phillips (AUS) made his Test debut.

Second Test

25–29 November 1983
(5-day match)
Scorecard

Pakistan	v	Australia
156 (50.1 overs) Zaheer Abbas 56 (76) GF Lawson 5/49 (17.1 overs)		509/7d (155 overs) GS Chappell 150* (250) Rashid Khan 3/129 (43 overs)
82/3 (23 overs) Mohsin Khan 37 (44) CG Rackemann 2/31 (8 overs)

Match drawn
Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane
Umpires: RA French and MW Johnson
Player of the match: GF Lawson (AUS)

Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
There was no play on the final day.

Third Test

9–13 December 1983
(5-day match)
Scorecard

Australia	v	Pakistan
465 (122.2 overs) KC Wessels 179 (233) Azeem Hafeez 5/167 (38.2 overs)		624 (191.2 overs) Mohsin Khan 149 (296) DK Lillee 6/171 (50.2 overs)
310/7 (129 overs) KJ Hughes 106 (245) Azeem Hafeez 2/50 (19 overs)

Match drawn
Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
Umpires: AR Crafter and RA French
Player of the match: KJ Hughes (AUS)

Australia won the toss and elected to bat.

Fourth Test

26–30 December 1983
(5-day match)
Scorecard

Pakistan	v	Australia
470 (140.4 overs) Mohsin Khan 152 (239) JN Maguire 3/111 (29 overs)		555 (189.3 overs) GN Yallop 268 (517) Abdul Qadir 5/166 (54.3 overs)
238/7 (100 overs) Imran Khan 72* (153) DK Lillee 3/71 (29 overs)

Match drawn
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
Umpires: AR Crafter and PJ McConnell
Player of the match: GN Yallop (AUS)

Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
JN Maguire and GRJ Matthews (both AUS) made their Test debuts.

Fifth Test

2–6 January 1984
(5-day match)
Scorecard

Pakistan	v	Australia
278 (100.2 overs) Mudassar Nazar 84 (169) GF Lawson 5/59 (25 overs)		454/6d (154 overs) GS Chappell 182 (400) Mudassar Nazar 3/81 (31 overs)
210 (70.5 overs) Javed Miandad 60 (129) GF Lawson 4/48 (20 overs)		35/0 (5.4 overs) WB Phillips 19* (23)

Australia won by 10 wickets
Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
Umpires: RA French and MW Johnson
Player of the match: GS Chappell (AUS)

Australia won the toss and elected to field.

External sources

CricketArchive – tour summaries

Annual reviews

Playfair Cricket Annual 1984
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1984

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