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Test no. 1424

Australia in Pakistan Test Series - 1st Test
Pakistan v Australia

1998/99 season

Played at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium on 1,2,3,4,5 October 1998 (5-day match)

Result Australia won by an innings and 99 runs


Pakistan 1st innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	Saeed Anwar	c Langer b MacGill	145	386	275	12	0	52.72
	Aamer Sohail	c Healy b McGrath	4	22	15	0	0	26.66
	Mohammad Wasim	c Healy b Fleming	1	5	2	0	0	50.00
	Inzamam-ul-Haq	c Langer b McGrath	14	30	23	2	0	60.86
	Saleem Malik	c Taylor b Miller	10	17	11	2	0	90.90
	Azhar Mahmood	c McGrath b MacGill	16	53	50	1	0	32.00
	Moin Khan	c Fleming b MacGill	39	71	65	6	0	60.00
	Wasim Akram	c Fleming b MacGill	0	2	3	0	0	0.00
	Mohammad Hussain	b MacGill	1	7	3	0	0	33.33
	Mushtaq Ahmed	run out (Miller)	26	175	136	2	0	19.11
	Saqlain Mushtaq	not out	2	3	3	0	0	66.66
	Extras	(b 5, lb 2, nb 4)	11

	Total	(all out; 97 overs; 390 mins)	269	(2.77 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-13 (Aamer Sohail, 4.2 ov), 2-18 (Mohammad Wasim, 5.1 ov), 3-35 (Inzamam-ul-Haq, 12.3 ov), 4-50 (Saleem Malik, 15.5 ov), 5-81 (Azhar Mahmood, 30.2 ov), 6-140 (Moin Khan, 49.2 ov), 7-140 (Wasim Akram, 49.5 ov), 8-147 (Mohammad Hussain, 51.2 ov), 9-267 (Saeed Anwar, 96.3 ov), 10-269 (Mushtaq Ahmed, 96.6 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
GD McGrath	26	3	83	2	3.19	(1nb)
DW Fleming	20	3	39	1	1.95	(3nb)
CR Miller	23	4	65	1	2.82
SCG MacGill	22	5	66	5	3.00
DS Lehmann	4	1	3	0	0.75
SR Waugh	2	0	6	0	3.00


Australia 1st innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	MJ Slater	c Mohammad Wasim b Mohammad Hussain	108	298	238	12	1	45.37
	MA Taylor	c Moin Khan b Wasim Akram	3	26	18	0	0	16.66
	JL Langer	lbw b Wasim Akram	0	2	1	0	0	0.00
	ME Waugh	lbw b Mushtaq Ahmed	0	21	12	0	0	0.00
	SR Waugh	c Saqlain Mushtaq b Aamer Sohail	157	392	325	15	1	48.30
	DS Lehmann	b Mohammad Hussain	98	279	180	11	0	54.44
	IA Healy	c Mohammad Wasim b Saqlain Mushtaq	82	242	197	6	0	41.62
	DW Fleming	b Wasim Akram	8	22	23	1	0	34.78
	CR Miller	c & b Mushtaq Ahmed	3	9	6	0	0	50.00
	SCG MacGill	b Saqlain Mushtaq	21	66	50	2	0	42.00
	GD McGrath	not out	3	8	4	0	0	75.00
	Extras	(lb 19, nb 11)	30

	Total	(all out; 173.5 overs; 687 mins)	513	(2.95 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-11 (Taylor, 6.5 ov), 2-11 (Langer, 6.6 ov), 3-28 (ME Waugh, 11.4 ov), 4-226 (Slater, 79.2 ov), 5-352 (SR Waugh, 114.1 ov), 6-443 (Lehmann, 147.2 ov), 7-459 (Fleming, 153.1 ov), 8-464 (Miller, 155.1 ov), 9-504 (MacGill, 171.4 ov), 10-513 (Healy, 173.5 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
Wasim Akram	35	4	111	3	3.17	(9nb)
Azhar Mahmood	13	1	36	0	2.76
Mushtaq Ahmed	41	7	115	2	2.80
Saqlain Mushtaq	41.5	9	112	2	2.67	(1nb)
Mohammad Hussain	20	3	66	2	3.30
Aamer Sohail	23	3	54	1	2.34	(1nb)


Pakistan 2nd innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	Saeed Anwar	lbw b Miller	19	79	56	2	0	33.92
	Aamer Sohail	b McGrath	13	55	39	1	0	33.33
	Mohammad Wasim	lbw b Fleming	0	16	9	0	0	0.00
	Inzamam-ul-Haq	lbw b Fleming	0	2	2	0	0	0.00
	Saleem Malik	not out	52	210	159	6	0	32.70
	Moin Khan	c Taylor b MacGill	18	49	55	3	0	32.72
	Azhar Mahmood	c Langer b MacGill	1	7	2	0	0	50.00
	Wasim Akram	c Healy b Miller	15	73	71	1	0	21.12
	Mohammad Hussain	c Miller b MacGill	17	46	27	3	0	62.96
	Mushtaq Ahmed	lbw b MacGill	0	8	10	0	0	0.00
	Saqlain Mushtaq	lbw b McGrath	7	31	25	1	0	28.00
	Extras	(lb 3)	3

	Total	(all out; 75.5 overs; 286 mins)	145	(1.91 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-24 (Aamer Sohail, 13.5 ov), 2-32 (Mohammad Wasim, 17.1 ov), 3-32 (Inzamam-ul-Haq, 17.3 ov), 4-32 (Saeed Anwar, 18.1 ov), 5-66 (Moin Khan, 32.6 ov), 6-68 (Azhar Mahmood, 34.6 ov), 7-94 (Wasim Akram, 54.6 ov), 8-126 (Mohammad Hussain, 64.1 ov), 9-128 (Mushtaq Ahmed, 66.2 ov), 10-145 (Saqlain Mushtaq, 75.5 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
GD McGrath	15.5	6	24	2	1.51
DW Fleming	15	4	38	2	2.53
CR Miller	21	8	30	2	1.42
SCG MacGill	21	7	47	4	2.23
DS Lehmann	3	2	3	0	1.00

Toss Pakistan, who chose to bat first
Series Australia led the 3-match series 1-0

Test debut CR Miller (Australia)
Player of the match SR Waugh (Australia)

Umpires Javed Akhtar and P Willey (England)
TV umpire Azhar Hasan
Match referee PL van der Merwe (South Africa)

Close of play
1 Oct day 1 - Pakistan 1st innings 253/8 (Saeed Anwar 132*, Mushtaq Ahmed 26*, 85 ov)
2 Oct day 2 - Australia 1st innings 237/4 (SR Waugh 104*, DS Lehmann 4*, 84 ov)
3 Oct day 3 - Australia 1st innings 513
4 Oct day 4 - Pakistan 2nd innings 137/9 (Saleem Malik 48*, Saqlain Mushtaq 3*, 72 ov)
5 Oct day 5 - Pakistan 2nd innings 145 (75.5 ov) - end of match

Match notes

Hours of play: 10.00am - 12.00pm, 12.40pm - 2.40pm, 3.00pm - 5.00pm
Scorers: Zubair Afzal (Pakistan) and MK Walsh (Australia)
12th Men: Yousuf Youhana (Pakistan) and RT Ponting (Australia)

Day 1:
Lunch: Pakistan 78/4 (Saeed Anwar 35*, Azhar Mahmood 10*, 27 overs)
Tea: Pakistan 171/8 (Saeed Anwar 81*, Mushtaq Ahmed 0*, 59 overs)
On reaching 2, Inzamam ul-Haq scored his 3000th Test run.
IA Healy's catch of Mohammad Wasim was his 355th dismissal in Tests, equalling RW Marsh's world record for wicketkeepers.
CR Miller dismissed Saleem Malik with his 5th delivery in Test cricket.
Rain stopped play at 4.39pm

Day 2:
Play commences at 9.42am to make up time from day 1.
Lunch: Pakistan 269, Australia 55/3 (Slater 36*, SR Waugh 9*, 28 overs)
Tea: Australia 150/3 (Slater 72*, SR Waugh 66*, 53 overs)
Mushtaq Ahmed/Saeed Anwar 120 partnership: Pakistan 9th wicket record v Australia (prev. 56, Intikhab Alam & Afaq Hussain, Melbourne 1964).

Day 3:
Lunch: Australia 352/4 (SR Waugh 157*, Lehmann 61*, 113 overs)
Tea: Australia 428/5 (Lehmann 97*, Healy 36*, 143 overs)

Day 4:
Lunch: Pakistan 55/4 (Saleem Malik 9*, Moin Khan 12*, 30 overs)
Tea: Pakistan 111/7 (Saleem Malik 38*, Mohammad Hussain 5*, 59 overs)
Wasim Akram was Healy's 356th dismissal in Tests, the most in Tests by a wicketkeeper (prev. 355, RW Marsh 1970/71-1983/84).
Rain stopped play at 2.27pm local time. Tea was taken and play resumed at 4.54pm. Play was extended until bad light stopped play at 5.30pm.

Day 5:
Play started 30 minutes early due to time lost on Day 4
Match finished at 9:43am

3rd victory by Australia in Tests in Pakistan (prev. 1st Test at Dacca, 1959/60; 2nd Test at Lahore, 1959/60).
3rd innings loss by Pakistan in Tests in Pakistan. (prev. 3rd Test v West Indies at Lahore, 1958/59; 2nd Test v West Indies at Lahore, 1986/87).