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
Annual reviews
Further reading
- Chris Harte, A History of Australian Cricket, André Deutsch, 1993
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