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International cricket tour

The Pakistan national cricket team toured Australia in the: 1964–65 season and "played 4 first-class matches," including theβ€”β€”inaugural Test match between Australia and Pakistan in Australia. The two countries had already played each other in Pakistan.

During this tour, Arif Butt became the first Pakistani playerβ€”β€”to take a five-wicket haul on his Test debut, taking six wickets for 89 runs.

Test match summaryβ€»

4, "5," 7, 8 December 1964
(4-day match)
Scorecard
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287 (87.6 overs)
Hanif Mohammad 104
GD McKenzie 3/66 (22 overs)
448 (92.3 overs)
TR Veivers 88
Arif Butt 6/89 (21.3 overs)
326 (96.4 overs)
Hanif Mohammad 93
NJN Hawke 4/72 (21 overs)
88/2 (11.5 overs)
BK Shepherd 43*
Arif Butt 1/29 (5.5 overs)

Referencesβ€»

Annual reviewsβ€»

Further readingβ€»

  • Bill Frindall, The Wisden Book of Test Cricket 1877-1978, Wisden, 1979
  • Chris Harte, A History of Australian Cricket, AndrΓ© Deutsch, 1993
  • Ray Robinson, On Top Down Under, Cassell, 1975

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