Location Australia Australia Pakistan | Player of the series Wasim Akram Allan Border Imran Khan | |
Date December 1989 – March 1990 Result Australia won the 3-Test series 1–0 | ||
The Pakistan national cricket team toured Australia in the 1989–90 season, under the captaincy of Imran Khan. The series set a Pakistan team, regarded as one of the strongest in the world against an Australian team returning from an unexpectedly successful tour of England. The series was marred by a series of incidents and conflicts, including a walk off by the Pakistani players during a tour match against Victoria in protest at an umpire's ruling. The three Test series was won by Australia 1–0.
Contents
The touring party consisted of Imran Khan (captain), Aamer Malik, Aaqib Javed, Abdul Qadir, Ijaz Ahmed, Javed Miandad, Mansoor Akhtar, Maqsood Rana, Mushtaq Ahmed, Nadeem Ghauri, Rameez Raja, Saeed Anwar, Saleem Malik, Saleem Yousuf, Shoaib Mohammad, Tauseef Ahmed, Waqar Younis and Wasim Akram.
Summary of results
All Matches: Played 17, Won 5, Lost 9, Drawn 3, Tied 0
First-Class Matches: Played 6, Won 0, Lost 3, Drawn 3, Tied 0
Test Matches: Played 3, Won 0, Lost 1, Drawn 2, Tied 0
Other matches
Pakistan also competed in a tri-nation ODI tournament involving Australia and Sri Lanka they won 5 of their 8 round robin matches. In the best of three final with Australia, they lost 2–0.