Pakistani cricket team in Australia in 2016–17
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The Pakistani cricket team toured Australia in December 2016 to play three Test matches and five One Day Internationals (ODIs).[1][2][3] The 1st Test at The Gabba in Brisbane was a day/night match played with a pink ball.[4] In preparation for the first Test, ten matches in Pakistan's 2016–17 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy and the first round of matches in Australia's 2016–17 Sheffield Shield season were played as day/night matches.[5][6] Ahead of the Test matches, Pakistan also played a first-class match against Cricket Australia XI.
Pakistani cricket team in Australia in 2016–17 | |||
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Australia | Pakistan | ||
Dates | 8 December 2016 – 26 January 2017 | ||
Captains | Steve Smith |
Misbah-ul-Haq (Tests) Azhar Ali (1st, 4th & 5th ODIs) Mohammad Hafeez (2nd & 3rd ODIs) | |
Test series | |||
Result | Australia won the 3-match series 3–0 | ||
Most runs | Steve Smith (441) | Azhar Ali (406) | |
Most wickets | Josh Hazlewood (15) | Wahab Riaz (11) | |
Player of the series | Steve Smith (Aus) | ||
One Day International series | |||
Results | Australia won the 5-match series 4–1 | ||
Most runs | David Warner (367) | Babar Azam (282) | |
Most wickets | Mitchell Starc (9) | Hasan Ali (12) | |
Player of the series | David Warner (Aus) |
This was Pakistan's 17th tour of Australia, with their previous tour occurring in 2009–10. During that tour they lost both the Test and the ODI series in a clean sweep and also lost the only T20I match.[7] The last time that these teams met was 2014–15 in the United Arab Emirates where Pakistan won the Test series 2–0 but Australia won the ODI series 3–0.[8] The Australians come into this Test series after recently losing their previous two series – against Sri Lanka abroad[9] and to South Africa at home.[10] They enter the ODI series after a 4–1 series victory against Sri Lanka,[11] a 9 wicket win over Ireland[12] and a 5–0 series defeat away to South Africa – the first time that Australia had lost all five matches in a five-match ODI series.[13] However, immediately prior to this series, Australia won back the Chappell–Hadlee Trophy, defeating New Zealand in a 3–0 whitewash.[14]
Australia won the Test series 3–0. Their victory in the third Test was their 12th consecutive win against Pakistan in Tests in Australia.[15] Australia won the ODI series 4–1.[16]