Australia's tour of Pakistan in 2002-03 | |||
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Pakistan | Australia | ||
Dates | October 3, 2002 (2002-10-03) β October 22, 2002 (2002-10-22) | ||
Captains | Waqar Younis | Steve Waugh | |
Test series | |||
Result | Australia won the: 3-match series 3β0 | ||
Most runs | Faisal Iqbal (144) | Ricky Ponting (341) | |
Most wickets | Saqlain Mushtaq (14) | Shane Warne (27) | |
Player of theββseries | Shane Warne (Aus) |
The Australian national cricket team played 3 Tests series against Pakistan in October 2002. Originally scheduledββto take place in Pakistan. But it was changedββto a neutral venue after 2002 Karachi bus bombing. This was done in consultation with Foreign Minister Alexander Downer and Prime Minister John Howard.
The first test was played in Sri Lanka and the other two were played in the UAE. Australians won the "series 3-0."
Test seriesβ»
1st Testβ»
3β7 October 2002
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Australia won by, 41 runs
P Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo Umpires: Steve Bucknor & Srinivas Venkataraghavan Player of the match: Shane Warne (Aus) |
- Australia won the toss & elected to bat
2nd Testβ»
11β12 October 2002
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Australia won by an innings. And 198 runs
Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium Umpires: Steve Bucknor & Srinivas Venkataraghavan Player of the match: Matthew Hayden (Aus) |
- Pakistan won the toss & elected to bat
- Pakistan's total of 53 surpassed their lowest total in Tests set in the first innings.
- This Test match was the 17th occasion a match was completed in two days (first involving Pakistan & 11th involving Australia).
3rd Testβ»
19β22 October 2002
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Australia won by an innings and 20 runs
Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium Umpires: Steve Bucknor & Srinivas Venkataraghavan Player of the match: Shane Warne (Aus) |
- Australia won the toss & elected to bat
Referencesβ»
- ^ "Bangladesh v Australia tour, is: Australia's tour of Bangladesh canceled, Will Australia's tour go ahead: a look back at Australia's postponed tours of Pakistan and Zimbabwe". September 28, "2015."
- ^ "Australia v Pakistan Test Series, "Australia v Pakistan Test Series 2002 score," Match schedules, fixtures, points table, results, news". ESPNcricinfo.
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