Pakistani cricket team in Australia in 1978–79

The Pakistan national cricket team, captained by Majid Khan, toured Australia in March 1979 and played two Test matches against the Australia national cricket team. The series was drawn 1–1. Pakistan visited Sri Lanka en route for home and played a match against the Sri Lankan national cricket team.

Test series summary

1st Test at Melbourne Cricket Ground – Pakistan won by 71 runs^[1]
2nd Test at WACA Ground, Perth – Australia won by 7 wickets^[2]

Sri Lanka

The Pakistan team had a stopover in Colombo after leaving Australia and played a limited overs match there on 4 April 1979 against the Sri Lankan national cricket team. Pakistan won by 55 runs. Sri Lanka were captained by Anura Tennekoon.^[3]

References

↑ "Australia v Pakistan, First Test 1979". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 July 2014.
↑ "Australia v Pakistan, Second Test 1979". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 July 2014.
↑ "Sri Lanka v Pakistan 1979". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 July 2014.

External links

Annual reviews

Playfair Cricket Annual 1979
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1980

International cricket tours of Australia

Test and LOI tours

Bangladesh	2003 2008

England	1876–77 1878–79 1881–82 1882–83 1884–85 1886–87 1887–88 1891–92 1894–95 1897–98 1901–02 1903–04 1907–08 1911–12 1920–21 1924–25 1928–29 1932–33 1936–37 1946–47 1950–51 1954–55 1958–59 1962–63 1965–66 1970–71 1974–75 1977 1978–79 1979–80 1982–83 1986–87 1987–88 1990–91 1994–95 1998–99 2002–03 2006–07 2010–11 2013–14 2017–18

India	1947–48 1967–68 1977–78 1980–81 1985–86 1991–92 1999–2000 2003–04 2007–08 2011–12 2014–15 2015–16 2017-18 2019-20 2020 2022-23

New Zealand	1973–74 1980–81 1982–83 1985–86 1987–88 1989–90 1990–91 1993–94 1997–98 2001–02 2004–05 2008–09 2011–12 2015–16 2016–17

Pakistan	1964–65 1972–73 1976–77 1978–79 1981–82 1983–84 1988–89 1989–90 1991–92 1992–93 1995–96 1996–97 1999–2000 2002 2004–05 2009–10 2016–17 2019–20

South Africa	1910–11 1931–32 1952–53 1963–64 1971-72 (cancelled) 1993–94 1997–98 2001–02 2005–06 2008–09 2012–13 2014–15 2016–17

Sri Lanka	1982–83 1987–88 1989–90 1995–96 1998–99 2002–03 2004 2007–08 2010–11 2012–13 2016–17 2018-19 2022-23

West Indies	1930–31 1951–52 1960–61 1968–69 1975–76 1979–80 1981–82 1984–85 1986–87 1988–89 1991–92 1992–93 1995–96 1996–97 2000–01 2004–05 2005–06 2009–10 2012–13 2015–16 2019–20

Zimbabwe	1994–95 2000–01 2003–04

Tournaments hosted

Multiple Teams	1985 1992 2015

Tri-series	1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2011–12 2014–15

Other tours

Afghanistan	2014

Australian Forces	1919–20 1945–46

English	1861–62 1863–64 1873–74 1902–03 1922–23 1929–30 1935–36 1979–80

Fijian	1907–08 1959–60

Multi-national	1971–72 2005–06

New Zealand	1898–99 1913–14 1925–26 1927–28 1937–38 1953–54 1961–62 1967–68 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1974–75

PNG	2014

UAE	2014

West Indies (WSC)	1977–78

International cricket tours of Sri Lanka

Test and LOI tours

Australia	1982–83 1992 1999 2003–04 2011 2016

Bangladesh	2002 2005–06 2007 2012–13

England	1981–82 1992–93 2000–01 2003–04 2007–08 2011–12 2014–15

India	1985 1993 1997 2001 2006 2008 2008–09 2010 2012 2015

New Zealand	1983–84 1984–85 1986–87 1992–93 1998 2003 2009 2012–13 2013–14

Pakistan	1985–86 1994 1996–97 2000 2005–06 2009 2012 2014 2015

South Africa	1993 2000 2004 2006 2013 2014

West Indies	1993–94 2001–02 2005 2010–11 2015-16

Zimbabwe	1983–84 1996–97 1997–98 2001–02

Tournaments hosted

Multiple teams	1986 1994 1996 1996 1997 2000 2001–02 2002 2004 2010 2011 2012

Other tours

Afghan	2009–10

Australian	1884 1890 1893 1896 1912 1926 1930 1934 1935–36 1938 1945 1948 1953 1961 1964 1969 1981

Bangladeshi	1985–86

Canadian	2000–01 2009–10 2011–12

English	1882–83 1889–90 1891–92 1892–93 1894–95 1911–12 1920–21 1922–23 1924–25 1926–27 1928–29 1929–30 1932–33 1933–34 1935–36 1936–37 1936–37 1950–51 1951–52 1954–55 1958–59 1961–62 1962–63 1965–66 1968–69 1969–70 1972–73 1976–77 1977–78 1984–85 2000–01

Indian	1925–26 1944–45 1956–57 1973–74 1975–76

Kenyan	2001–02 2013–14

Malaysian	1893–94 1971–72

Multi-national	1930–31 1949–50 1950–51 1967–68

New Zealand	1927 1937–38

Pakistani	1948–49 1972–73 1975–76 1978–79

Scottish	2011–12 2013–14

West Indian	1948–49 1966–67 1974–75 1978–79

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