In the opening test played in Brisbane, centuries from Michael Slater and Mark Waugh guided Australia to a ten wicket victory. The following test, played at Hobart saw Pakistan with a century from Inzamam-ul-Haq and a six wicket haul in the first innings from Saqlain Mushtaq give Australia a target of 369 runs to chase down. In what was a record breaking run-chase, centuries from Justin Langer and Adam Gilchrist aided Australia to a four wicket win and also taking the series with one game to spare. The final test which was played at Perth saw a 337-run partnership between Ricky Ponting and Justin Langer as they led Australia to 451 which would be enough as they won by an innings and twenty runs.
Australian batsman, Justin Langer top scored for the series with 331 runs which included two centuries as he finished ahead of Michael Slater and Pakistani batsman, Saeed Anwar. In the bowling, Damien Fleming was the leading wicket taker of the series with 18 wickets which included a five wicket inning in Brisbane. He was followed by fellow Australian bowlers, Glenn McGrath and Shane Warne.
pakistani, cricket, team, australia, 1999, 2000, pakistan, national, cricket, team, toured, australia, 1999, 2000, season, play, three, test, matches, against, australia, before, series, with, india, tour, began, october, perth, western, australia, against, ch. The Pakistan national cricket team toured Australia in the 1999 2000 season to play three test matches against Australia before the tri series with India The tour began on October 26 in Perth Western Australia against an ACB Chairman XI as they played in four tour matches two list a and two first class matches before the first test which was played at the Brisbane Cricket Ground The captains of the teams was Wasim Akram for Pakistan and Steve Waugh for Australia Pakistani cricket team in Australia in 1999 2000 PakistanAustraliaDates26 October 1999 12 January 2000CaptainsWasim AkramSteve WaughTest seriesResultAustralia won the 3 match series 3 0Most runsSaeed Anwar 282 Justin Langer 331 Most wicketsSaqlain Mushtaq 10 Damien Fleming 18 In the opening test played in Brisbane centuries from Michael Slater and Mark Waugh guided Australia to a ten wicket victory The following test played at Hobart saw Pakistan with a century from Inzamam ul Haq and a six wicket haul in the first innings from Saqlain Mushtaq give Australia a target of 369 runs to chase down In what was a record breaking run chase centuries from Justin Langer and Adam Gilchrist aided Australia to a four wicket win and also taking the series with one game to spare The final test which was played at Perth saw a 337 run partnership between Ricky Ponting and Justin Langer as they led Australia to 451 which would be enough as they won by an innings and twenty runs Australian batsman Justin Langer top scored for the series with 331 runs which included two centuries as he finished ahead of Michael Slater and Pakistani batsman Saeed Anwar In the bowling Damien Fleming was the leading wicket taker of the series with 18 wickets which included a five wicket inning in Brisbane He was followed by fellow Australian bowlers Glenn McGrath and Shane Warne Contents 1 Test series 1 1 1st Test 1 2 2nd Test 1 3 3rd Test 2 External sources 3 References 4 External linksTest series edit1st Test edit 5 9 November 1999 ScorecardPakistan nbsp v nbsp Australia367 117 1 overs Inzamam ul Haq 88 199 Damien Fleming 4 65 31 overs 575 139 1 overs Michael Slater 169 271 Shoaib Akhtar 4 153 32 overs 281 74 1 overs Saeed Anwar 119 174 Damien Fleming 5 59 14 1 overs 0 74 14 2 overs Greg Blewett 40 48 Australia won by 10 wicketsBrisbane Cricket Ground Woolloongabba Brisbane Umpires Daryl Harper Aus and Eddie Nicholls WI Player of the match Michael Slater Australia Australia won the toss and elected to field Abdul Razzaq Pak Adam Gilchrist and Scott Muller Aus made their Test debut 2nd Test edit 18 22 November 1999 ScorecardPakistan nbsp v nbsp Australia222 72 5 overs Mohammad Wasim 91 122 Shane Warne 3 45 16 overs 246 80 overs Michael Slater 97 195 Saqlain Mushtaq 6 46 24 overs 392 128 5 overs Inzamam ul Haq 118 191 Shane Warne 5 110 45 5 overs 6 369 113 5 overs Adam Gilchrist 149 163 Azhar Mahmood 2 43 17 overs Australia won by 4 wicketsBellerive Oval Hobart Umpires Peter Parker Aus and Peter Willey Eng Player of the match Justin Langer Australia Australia won the toss and elected to field Adam Gilchrist scored his maiden Test century 3rd Test edit 26 28 November 1999 ScorecardPakistan nbsp v nbsp Australia155 52 overs Azhar Mahmood 39 65 Michael Kasprowicz 4 53 12 overs 451 110 5 overs Ricky Ponting 197 288 Mohammad Akram 5 138 27 5 overs 276 69 4 overs Ijaz Ahmed 115 160 Glenn McGrath 4 49 21 overs Australia won by innings and 20 runsWACA Ground Perth Umpires Darrell Hair Aus and Peter Willey Eng Player of the match Ricky Ponting Australia Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat External sources editCricketArchiveReferences editPlayfair Cricket Annual Wisden Cricketers AlmanackExternal links editPakistan in Australia 1999 2000 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Pakistani cricket team in Australia in 1999 2000 amp oldid 1143409722, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
