Australian cricket team in Pakistan in 1982–83
| Australian cricket team in Pakistan in 1982-83 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | Pakistan | ||
| Dates | 12 September 1982 – 22 October 1982 | ||
| Captains | Kim Hughes | Imran Khan | |
| Test series | |||
| Result | Pakistan won the 3-match series 3–0 | ||
| Most runs |
John Dyson (220) Greg Ritchie (205) |
Moin Khan (297) Zaheer Abbas (269) | |
| Most wickets | Geoff Lawson (9) | Abdul Qadir (22) | |
| Player of the series | Abdul Qadir (Pak) and Geoff Lawson (Aus) | ||
| One Day International series | |||
| Results | Pakistan won the 2-match series 2–0 | ||
| Most runs | Bruce Laird (135) | Mohsin Khan (146) | |
| Most wickets | Terry Alderman (3) | Jalal-ud-Din (6) | |
The Australian cricket team toured Pakistan in September and October 1982 to play three Tests and a two-match One Day International series. Pakistan won the Test series 3–0, and one day series 2–0. Australia failed to win a single game on the entire tour.
In the words of Wisden, "The Australians proved ill-equipped to cope with a Pakistan side beginning to exert its international authority under the leadership of Imran Khan... For Pakistan it was the country's finest cricketing hour. Their three-nil Test victory was unprecedented in a short series there... It all amounted to a tour to rank among the most dismal ever made by an Australian side."
Peter McFarline of The Age wrote "on a ratio of defeats to games, the 1982 Australians in Pakistan have been this country's worst national team."
Australia's wicketkeeper on the tour, Rod Marsh, later wrote that "the more you think of the 1982 Australian cricket tour of Pakistan the more you want to forget it."