Australian cricket team in Pakistan in 1998–99

The Australian cricket team toured Pakistan in 1998–99. The teams played three 5-day tests and three ODIs. Australia won both the test series (1-0) and the ODI series (3-0). Ijaz Ahmed and Mark Taylor were declared Men of the Series for the Test matches.

Australian cricket team in Pakistan in 1998–99
	Pakistan	Australia
Dates	October – November 1998
Test series
Result	Australia won the 3-match series 1–0
Player of the series	Ijaz Ahmed (PAK) and Mark Taylor (AUS)
One Day International series
Results	Australia won the 3-match series 3–0

Test

1st Test

1–5 October 1998 (5-day match) Scorecard

Pakistan	v	Australia
269 (97 overs) Saeed Anwar 145 (275) SCG MacGill 5/66 (22 overs)		513 (173.5 overs) SR Waugh 157 (326) Wasim Akram 3/111 (35 overs)
145 (75.5 overs) Saleem Malik 52* (159) SCG MacGill 4/47 (21 overs)

Australia won by an innings and 99 runs Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi Umpires: Javed Akhtar (PAK) and P Willey (ENG) Player of the match: SR Waugh (AUS)

• Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
• CR Miller (AUS) made his Test debut.

2nd Test

15–19 October 1998 (5-day match) Scorecard

Australia	v	Pakistan
599/4d (174 overs) MA Taylor 334* (564) Shoaib Akhtar 2/107 (31 overs)		580/9d (172.1 overs) Ijaz Ahmed 155 (282) GD McGrath 3/131 (36 overs)
289/5 (88 overs) MA Taylor 92 (159) Mushtaq Ahmed 2/59 (20 overs)

Match drawn Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar Umpires: SA Bucknor (WIN) and Mohammad Nazir (PAK) Player of the match: MA Taylor (AUS)

• Australia won the toss and elected to bat.

3rd Test

22–26 October 1998 (5-day match) Scorecard

Australia	v	Pakistan
290 (125.3 overs) MJ Slater 96 (257) Shahid Afridi 5/52 (23.3 overs)		252 (89.4 overs) Aamer Sohail 133 (272) GD McGrath 5/66 (25 overs)
390 (142.3 overs) ME Waugh 117 (229) Shakeel Ahmed 4/91 (29.3 overs)		262/5 (86 overs) Ijaz Ahmed 120* (251) CR Miller 3/82 (25 overs)

Match drawn National Stadium, Karachi Umpires: DL Orchard (SA) and Riazuddin (PAK) Player of the match: Aamer Sohail (PAK)

• Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
• Shahid Afridi and Shakeel Ahmed (PAK) made their Test debuts.

ODIs

1st ODI

6 November 1998 Scorecard

Australia 324/8 (50 overs)	v	Pakistan 238 (47.2 overs)
DS Lehmann 103 (101) Shoaib Akhtar 3/44 (9 overs)		Yousuf Youhana 92 (110) GD McGrath 3/35 (8 overs)

Australia won by 86 runs National Stadium, Karachi Umpires: Riazuddin and Saleem Badar Player of the match: DS Lehmann (AUS)

• Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.

2nd ODI

8 November 1998 Scorecard

Pakistan 217/7 (50 overs)	v	Australia 220/5 (48.1 overs)
Azhar Mahmood 65* (90) BP Julian 3/40 (10 overs)		MG Bevan 57* (83) Saqlain Mushtaq 3/35 (10 overs)

Australia won by 5 wickets Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar Umpires: Athar Zaidi and Saleem Badar Player of the match: BP Julian (AUS)

• Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
• Asif Mahmood (PAK) made his ODI debut.

3rd ODI

10 November 1998 Scorecard

Pakistan 315/8 (50 overs)	v	Australia 316/4 (48.5 overs)
Ijaz Ahmed 111 (109) GD McGrath 2/58 (10 overs)		RT Ponting 124* (129) Saqlain Mushtaq 1/44 (9.5 overs)

Australia won by 6 wickets Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore Umpires: Mian Mohammad Aslam and Mohammad Nazir Player of the match: RT Ponting (AUS)

• Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
• A Symonds (AUS) made his ODI debut.

External links

• CricketArchive
• ESPNcricinfo
• Playfair Cricket Annual
• Wisden Cricketers' Almanack (annual)