Pakistani cricket team in Australia in 2009–10
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The Pakistan cricket team toured Australia for a 3-match Test series, a 5-match ODI series, and 1 Twenty20 International from 19 December 2009 to 5 February 2010.[1]
Pakistan cricket team in Australia in 2009–10 | |||
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Pakistan | Australia | ||
Dates | 19 December 2009 – 5 February 2010 | ||
Captains |
Mohammad Yousuf Shahid Afridi (5th ODI) Shoaib Malik (T20Is) |
Ricky Ponting Michael Clarke (T20Is) | |
Test series | |||
Result | Australia won the 3-match series 3–0 | ||
Most runs | Salman Butt (280) | Ricky Ponting (378) | |
Most wickets | Mohammad Asif (13) | Nathan Hauritz (18) | |
Player of the series | Shane Watson (Aus) | ||
One Day International series | |||
Results | Australia won the 5-match series 5–0 | ||
Most runs | Umar Akmal (187) | Cameron White (245) | |
Most wickets |
Mohammad Asif (6) Shahid Afridi (6) Naved-ul-Hasan (6) | Clint McKay (14) | |
Player of the series | Ryan Harris (Aus) | ||
Twenty20 International series | |||
Results | Australia won the 1-match series 1–0 | ||
Most runs | Kamran Akmal (64) | David Hussey (40) | |
Most wickets | Umar Gul (3) | Shaun Tait (3) | |
Player of the series | Shaun Tait (Aus) |
During the final ODI match, the stand-in captain, Shahid Afridi, was involved in an alleged ball tampering incident, when he was seen biting the cricket ball.[2][3][4] He was immediately called by the match referee after the match was over. There Afridi pleaded guilty to ball tampering and he was banned from two Twenty20 Internationals.[5]
During the Twenty20 International, Australian fast bowler Shaun Tait bowled the fastest delivery ever recorded in Australia (160.7 km/h).[6] Tait achieved the feat on the second ball of his first over. It is also the third fastest delivery ever recorded behind Brett Lee and Shoaib Akhtar.[6]
Australia registered a clean sweep by winning the Test series 3–0, the ODI series 5–0 and the only T20.
During the tour, speculation was rife that captain Mohammad Yousuf was involved in a power struggle with former skippers Younis Khan and Shoaib Malik and that team morale was low.
Following the tour, the Pakistan Cricket Board conducted an inquiry and announced that Yousuf and Younis would not be selected for the country in future, implying a life exclusion, and banned Malik and Rana Naved-ul-Hasan for a year each. Afridi and the brothers Umar and Kamran Akmal were all fined and put on probation for six months.[7] Kamran had been dropped after the second Test because of a string of dropped catches, but spoke out against the decision and insisted that he was not dropped, while Umar was accused of disruption by feigning injury in an attempt to go on strike in solidarity.