The Pakistan cricket team toured Australia for a 3-match Test series, a 5-match ODI series, and 1 Twenty20 International from 19 December 2009 to 5 February 2010.[1]
During the final ODI match, the stand-in captain, Shahid Afridi, was involved in an alleged ball tampering incident, when he was seen biting the cricket ball.[2][3][4] He was immediately called by the match referee after the match was over. There Afridi pleaded guilty to ball tampering and he was banned from two Twenty20 Internationals.[5]
During the Twenty20 International, Australian fast bowler Shaun Tait bowled the fastest delivery ever recorded in Australia (160.7 km/h).[6] Tait achieved the feat on the second ball of his first over. It is also the third fastest delivery ever recorded behind Brett Lee and Shoaib Akhtar.[6]
Australia registered a clean sweep by winning the Test series 3–0, the ODI series 5–0 and the only T20.
During the tour, speculation was rife that captain Mohammad Yousuf was involved in a power struggle with former skippers Younis Khan and Shoaib Malik and that team morale was low.
Following the tour, the Pakistan Cricket Board conducted an inquiry and announced that Yousuf and Younis would not be selected for the country in future, implying a life exclusion, and banned Malik and Rana Naved-ul-Hasan for a year each. Afridi and the brothers Umar and Kamran Akmal were all fined and put on probation for six months.[7] Kamran had been dropped after the second Test because of a string of dropped catches, but spoke out against the decision and insisted that he was not dropped, while Umar was accused of disruption by feigning injury in an attempt to go on strike in solidarity.
Play resumed half-an-hour early to make up the overs lost on day 1
At an inquiry after the series was completed, the management of the Pakistan team testified that they suspected that some of the Pakistan team conspired with bookmakers in match-fixing events during this match. Pakistani wicket-keeper Kamran Akmal missed four catches and a run-out in the Australian second innings as Australia turned around a substantial first innings deficit to win the Test. However, the Australian captain Michael Clarke stated that he "certainly had no suspicions".[12] Several months later, Mazhar Majeed a man who had accepted a bribe to provide information about spot-fixing during Pakistan's summer tour of England, stated that the match had been fixed and that the fixers had made more than a million pounds as a result of Pakistan's loss from a commanding position. There has been no other corroboration of Majeed's statements.[13]
^"Fixtures, Schedule: Pakistan tour of Australia 2009–10". Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 January 2010.
^"Australia complete one-day series sweep over Pakistan". bbc.co.uk. 31 January 2010. Retrieved 31 January 2010.
^"Controversy mars Australia win". metro.co.uk. Retrieved 31 January 2010.
^"Shahid Afridi in ball-tampering scandal during wild night at the WACA". theaustralian.com.au. Retrieved 31 January 2010.
^"Afridi banned for two T20s for ball-tampering". Cricinfo. 31 January 2010. Retrieved 31 January 2010.
^ ab"Australia beat Pakistan in thrilling Twenty20 match". bbc.co.uk. 5 February 2010. Retrieved 6 February 2010.
^"Rana, Malik get one-year bans, Younis and Yousuf axed from teams". Cricinfo. 10 March 2010. Retrieved 10 March 2010.
^Osman Samiuddin (8 December 2009). "Mohammad Yousuf retained captain for Australia". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 8 December 2009.
^"Younis Khan returns for Australia ODIs". ESPNcricinfo. 14 January 2010. Retrieved 15 January 2010.
^Cricinfo staff (15 December 2009). "Mohammad Sami recalled for tour of Australia". Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 December 2009.
^Cricinfo staff (6 January 2010). "Pakistan rush Sarfraz Ahmed to Australia". Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 January 2010.
^Lalor, Peter (20 May 2010). "SCG Test between Pakistan and Australia may have been fixed". Herald Sun.
^"Scandal casts doubt on Sydney Test win". www.abc.net.au. 29 August 2010.
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The Pakistan cricket team toured Australia for a 3 match Test series a 5 match ODI series and 1 Twenty20 International from 19 December 2009 to 5 February 2010 1 Pakistan cricket team in Australia in 2009 10 PakistanAustraliaDates19 December 2009 5 February 2010CaptainsMohammad YousufShahid Afridi 5th ODI Shoaib Malik T20Is Ricky PontingMichael Clarke T20Is Test seriesResultAustralia won the 3 match series 3 0Most runsSalman Butt 280 Ricky Ponting 378 Most wicketsMohammad Asif 13 Nathan Hauritz 18 Player of the seriesShane Watson Aus One Day International seriesResultsAustralia won the 5 match series 5 0Most runsUmar Akmal 187 Cameron White 245 Most wicketsMohammad Asif 6 Shahid Afridi 6 Naved ul Hasan 6 Clint McKay 14 Player of the seriesRyan Harris Aus Twenty20 International seriesResultsAustralia won the 1 match series 1 0Most runsKamran Akmal 64 David Hussey 40 Most wicketsUmar Gul 3 Shaun Tait 3 Player of the seriesShaun Tait Aus During the final ODI match the stand in captain Shahid Afridi was involved in an alleged ball tampering incident when he was seen biting the cricket ball 2 3 4 He was immediately called by the match referee after the match was over There Afridi pleaded guilty to ball tampering and he was banned from two Twenty20 Internationals 5 During the Twenty20 International Australian fast bowler Shaun Tait bowled the fastest delivery ever recorded in Australia 160 7 km h 6 Tait achieved the feat on the second ball of his first over It is also the third fastest delivery ever recorded behind Brett Lee and Shoaib Akhtar 6 Australia registered a clean sweep by winning the Test series 3 0 the ODI series 5 0 and the only T20 During the tour speculation was rife that captain Mohammad Yousuf was involved in a power struggle with former skippers Younis Khan and Shoaib Malik and that team morale was low Following the tour the Pakistan Cricket Board conducted an inquiry and announced that Yousuf and Younis would not be selected for the country in future implying a life exclusion and banned Malik and Rana Naved ul Hasan for a year each Afridi and the brothers Umar and Kamran Akmal were all fined and put on probation for six months 7 Kamran had been dropped after the second Test because of a string of dropped catches but spoke out against the decision and insisted that he was not dropped while Umar was accused of disruption by feigning injury in an attempt to go on strike in solidarity Contents 1 Squads 2 Tour matches 2 1 3 day tour match Tasmania v Pakistanis 19 21 December 3 Test series 3 1 1st Test 3 2 2nd Test 3 3 3rd Test 4 ODI series 4 1 1st ODI 4 2 2nd ODI 4 3 3rd ODI 4 4 4th ODI 4 5 5th ODI 5 Twenty20 International series 6 Media coverage 6 1 Television 6 2 Radio 7 References 8 External linksSquads editTests ODIs T20Is nbsp Australia nbsp Pakistan 8 nbsp Australia nbsp Pakistan 9 nbsp Australia nbsp PakistanRicky Ponting c Michael Clarke Doug Bollinger Nathan Hauritz Mike Hussey Mitchell Johnson Simon Katich Clint McKay Brad Haddin wk Marcus North Peter Siddle Shane Watson Phillip Hughes Mohammad Yousuf c Salman Butt Khurram Manzoor Imran Farhat Misbah ul Haq Shoaib Malik Fawad Alam Faisal Iqbal Kamran Akmal wk Danish Kaneria Saeed Ajmal Umar Gul Mohammad Asif Mohammad Amir Abdur Rauf Umar Akmal Mohammad Sami 10 Sarfraz Ahmed wk 11 Ricky Ponting c Michael Clarke Doug Bollinger Nathan Hauritz Mike Hussey Mitchell Johnson Cameron White Clint McKay Brad Haddin wk James Hopes Peter Siddle Shane Watson Shaun Marsh Adam Voges Ryan Harris Shaun Tait Mohammad Yousuf c Shahid Afridi Umar Akmal Imran Farhat Fawad Alam Younis Khan Saeed Ajmal Umar Gul Kamran Akmal wk Shoaib Malik Khalid Latif Mohammad Amir Naved ul Hasan Sarfraz Ahmed wk Salman Butt Rao Iftikhar Mohammad Asif Michael Clarke c Cameron White Travis Birt Dirk Nannes Ryan Harris David Hussey Mitchell Johnson Shaun Marsh Brad Haddin wk Steve Smith Shaun Tait David Warner Shane Watson Shoaib Malik c Fawad Alam Iftikhar Anjum Mohammad Amir Imran Nazir Khalid Latif Mohammad Asif Naved ul Hasan Kamran Akmal wk Saeed Ajmal Salman Butt Sarfraz Ahmed wk Umar Akmal Umar GulTour matches edit3 day tour match Tasmania v Pakistanis 19 21 December edit 19 21 December ScorecardPakistan nbsp v nbsp Tasmania437 127 4 overs Salman Butt 153 266 JJ Krejza 3 162 28 4 overs 193 67 6 overs GJ Bailey 50 91 Saeed Ajmal 4 84 26 overs 141 4 33 0 overs Umar Akmal 55 50 JJ Krejza 1 27 5 overs Match drawnBellerive Oval Hobart Australia Umpires Steven John Aus and Paul Reiffel Aus Tasmania won the toss and elected to field Test series edit1st Test edit 26 30 December ScorecardAustralia nbsp v nbsp Pakistan454 5d 128 overs SM Katich 98 226 Mohammad Asif 2 86 27 overs 258 99 overs Misbah ul Haq 65 120 MG Johnson 3 36 22 overs 225 8d 73 1 overs SR Watson 120 220 Mohammad Amir 5 79 24 overs 251 72 overs Mohammad Yousuf 61 140 NM Hauritz 5 101 24 overs Australia won by 170 runsMelbourne Cricket Ground MelbourneAttendance 60 000 Day1 40 000 Day2 37 000 Day3 Umpires Billy Doctrove WI and Rudi Koertzen SA Player of the match SR Watson Aus Australia won the toss and elected to bat 2nd Test edit 3 7 January ScorecardAustralia nbsp v nbsp Pakistan127 44 2 overs MG Johnson 38 57 Mohammad Asif 6 41 20 overs 333 96 5 overs Salman Butt 71 164 DE Bollinger 4 72 21 5 overs 381 125 4 overs MEK Hussey 134 284 Danish Kaneria 5 151 47 5 overs 139 38 overs Umar Akmal 49 81 NM Hauritz 5 53 12 overs Australia won by 36 runsSydney Cricket Ground Sydney Australia Umpires Asoka de Silva SL amp Billy Doctrove WI Player of the match MEK Hussey Aus Australia won the toss and elected to bat Rain delayed start of play on day 1 Bad light ended play early on day 1 Play resumed half an hour early to make up the overs lost on day 1 At an inquiry after the series was completed the management of the Pakistan team testified that they suspected that some of the Pakistan team conspired with bookmakers in match fixing events during this match Pakistani wicket keeper Kamran Akmal missed four catches and a run out in the Australian second innings as Australia turned around a substantial first innings deficit to win the Test However the Australian captain Michael Clarke stated that he certainly had no suspicions 12 Several months later Mazhar Majeed a man who had accepted a bribe to provide information about spot fixing during Pakistan s summer tour of England stated that the match had been fixed and that the fixers had made more than a million pounds as a result of Pakistan s loss from a commanding position There has been no other corroboration of Majeed s statements 13 3rd Test edit 14 18 January ScorecardAustralia nbsp v nbsp Pakistan519 8d 142 5 overs RT Ponting 209 354 Danish Kaneria 3 189 42 5 overs 301 105 4 overs Salman Butt 102 234 SM Katich 3 34 10 overs 219 5d 48 4 overs SM Katich 100 138 Shoaib Malik 2 16 3 4 overs 206 86 2 overs Khurram Manzoor 77 239 PM Siddle 3 25 15 2 overs Australia won by 231 runsBellerive Oval Hobart Australia Umpires Asoka de Silva SL and Rudi Koertzen SA Player of the match RT Ponting Aus Australia won the toss and elected to bat Sarfraz Ahmed made his test debut for Pakistan Michael Clarke and Ricky Ponting scored the highest partnership vs Pakistan 352 runs Ricky Ponting scored the first double hundred in a test match at Bellerive Oval Rain ended play early on Day 4 ODI series edit1st ODI edit 22 January 2010 13 25 D N ScorecardPakistan nbsp 274 49 4 overs v nbsp Australia275 5 48 3 overs Salman Butt 72 81 SR Watson 4 36 10 overs CL White 105 88 Mohammad Amir 1 29 9 overs Australia won by 5 wicketsBrisbane Cricket Ground Brisbane Australia Umpires EAR de Silva SL and RJ Tucker Aus Player of the match CL White Aus Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat 2nd ODI edit 24 January 2010 14 25 D N ScorecardAustralia nbsp 267 6 50 overs v nbsp Pakistan127 37 3 overs SR Watson 69 71 Mohammad Amir 3 53 9 overs Mohammad Yousuf 58 94 CJ McKay 3 15 7 3 overs Australia won by 140 runsSydney Cricket Ground Sydney Australia Umpires EAR de Silva SL and RJ Tucker Aus Player of the match SR Watson Aus Pakistan won the toss and elected to field 3rd ODI edit 26 January 2010 13 55 D N ScorecardAustralia nbsp 286 6 50 overs v nbsp Pakistan246 47 4 overs SE Marsh 83 113 Naved ul Hasan 2 57 10 overs Umar Akmal 59 76 RJ Harris 5 43 10 overs Australia won by 40 runs Adelaide Oval Adelaide Australia Umpires EAR de Silva SL and SJA Taufel Aus Player of the match RJ Harris Aus Australia won the toss and elected to bat 4th ODI edit 29 January 2010 12 20 D N ScorecardAustralia nbsp 277 8 50 overs v nbsp Pakistan142 37 5 overs MEK Hussey 67 75 Mohammad Asif 3 42 10 overs Umar Akmal 38 60 RJ Harris 5 19 9 5 overs Australia won by 135 runsWestern Australia Cricket Association Ground Perth Australia Umpires EAR de Silva SL and RJ Tucker Aus Player of the match RJ Harris Aus Australia won the toss and elected to bat 5th ODI edit 31 January 2010 12 20 D N ScorecardPakistan nbsp 212 49 3 overs v nbsp Australia213 8 49 2 overs Umar Akmal 67 102 CJ McKay 4 35 9 3 overs RT Ponting 55 78 Shahid Afridi 2 31 10 overs Australia won by 2 wicketsWestern Australia Cricket Association Ground Perth Australia Umpires EAR de Silva SL amp PR Reiffel Aus Player of the match CJ McKay Aus Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat Shahid Afridi filled in as captain after Mohammad Yousuf suffered a knee injury Afridi banned for two T20Is after ball tampering incident A pitch invader crash tackled Khalid LatifTwenty20 International series edit5 February 2010 19 35 D N ScorecardAustralia nbsp 127 18 4 overs v nbsp Pakistan125 9 20 overs DJ Hussey 40 31 Umar Gul 3 20 3 4 overs Kamran Akmal 64 33 SW Tait 3 13 4 overs Australia won by 2 runsMelbourne Cricket Ground Melbourne Australia Attendance 60 100 Umpires PR Reiffel Aus amp RJ Tucker Aus Player of the match SW Tait Aus Australia won the toss and elected to bat Travis Birt and Steve Smith made T20 debut for Australia and Imran Farhat made T20 debut for Pakistan Australian fast bowler Shaun Tait bowled the quickest ball ever recorded in Australia 160 7 km h Media coverage editTelevision edit Sky Sports live HD United Kingdom and Ireland Star Cricket live India ESPN live India 3rd Test amp few ODI s Fox Sports live HD Australia SKY Sport live HD New Zealand Geo Super live Pakistan PTV Home live Pakistan Supersport live South Africa Nine Network live Australia Eurosport live Europe DirecTV live USA Caribbean Media Corporation live Barbados Trinidad amp Tobago and Antigua StarHub pay per view Malaysia and Singapore ShowSports live Middle EastRadio edit ABC Radio live Australia Humara FM 94 6 live PakistanReferences edit Fixtures Schedule Pakistan tour of Australia 2009 10 Cricinfo Retrieved 6 January 2010 Australia complete one day series sweep over Pakistan bbc co uk 31 January 2010 Retrieved 31 January 2010 Controversy mars Australia win metro co uk Retrieved 31 January 2010 Shahid Afridi in ball tampering scandal during wild night at the WACA theaustralian com au Retrieved 31 January 2010 Afridi banned for two T20s for ball tampering Cricinfo 31 January 2010 Retrieved 31 January 2010 a b Australia beat Pakistan in thrilling Twenty20 match bbc co uk 5 February 2010 Retrieved 6 February 2010 Rana Malik get one year bans Younis and Yousuf axed from teams Cricinfo 10 March 2010 Retrieved 10 March 2010 Osman Samiuddin 8 December 2009 Mohammad Yousuf retained captain for Australia ESPNcricinfo Retrieved 8 December 2009 Younis Khan returns for Australia ODIs ESPNcricinfo 14 January 2010 Retrieved 15 January 2010 Cricinfo staff 15 December 2009 Mohammad Sami recalled for tour of Australia Cricinfo Retrieved 20 December 2009 Cricinfo staff 6 January 2010 Pakistan rush Sarfraz Ahmed to Australia Cricinfo Retrieved 7 January 2010 Lalor Peter 20 May 2010 SCG Test between Pakistan and Australia may have been fixed Herald Sun Scandal casts doubt on Sydney Test win www abc net au 29 August 2010 External links editPakistan in Australia 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