The Hindu : Australia-Pakistan head to head

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Tuesday, Feb 11, 2003

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Australia-Pakistan head to head

By Mohandas Menon

**Australia and Pakistan first met each other in a LOI match during the 1975 World Cup at Leeds on 7-6-1975, when the former won by 73 runs. Since then the teams have met each other in 66 matches, with the Aussies winning 36 and the Pakistanis 26. Three matches between the two sides were left unfinished, while one match ended in a tie (on 10-12-1992 at Hobart).

**The two teams have so far met each other in six World Cup matches, with both teams winning three matches each — in 1975, in 1979 (at Nottingham — Pak won by 89 runs), in 1987 semifinal (at Lahore — Aus won by 18 runs), in 1992 (at Perth — Pak won by 48 runs) and twice in 1999 (at

Leeds — Pak won by 10 runs and then in a one-sided final at Lord's — Aus won by 8 wickets).

**In all LOIs between the two teams the highest team total for Australia is the 337-5 it made at Sydney on 4-2-2000, while Pakistan's highest is the 315-8 at Lahore on 10-11-1998. The Pakistanis had made 108 at Nairobi on 30-8-2002 which is the lowest total between the two sides while the Aussie's 120 at Hobart on 7-1-1997 remains its lowest against Pakistan.

**In all eight hundreds have been scored by the Australian batsmen, while the Pakistanis have managed six, with Zaheer Abbas being the only batsman from the two sides to hit two hundreds. Matthew Hayden's 146 (in 128 balls) at Nairobi on 30-8-2002 is the highest for Australia, while Ijaz Ahmed's 111 (in 109 balls) at Lahore on 10-11-1998 is the best by a Pakistani. **Javed Miandad has the highest run aggregate of 1019 runs (avg. 33.97) in 35 matches, while Steve Waugh has 1003 runs (avg. 31.34) in 43 matches for the Australians.

**Wasim Akram (64 wickets @ avg. 27.72 in 48 matches) and Glenn McGrath (41 wickets @ avg. 21.41 in 25 matches) - have the distinction of being the top wicket-takers for the respective countries.

**Waqar Younis' 6-59 in 8 overs at Nottingham on 19-6-2001 has the best bowling figures, while Carl Rackemann has recorded the best figures - 5-16 in 8.2 overs at Adelaide on 30-1-1984 - for the Australians.

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