Pakistan vs Australia Head to Head: The SportsRush presents for you the Head to Head statistics for the first PAK vs AUS Test.
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The first Test match of the ongoing Australia’s historic tour of Pakistan will be played at the Pindi Cricket Stadium from tomorrow. While Rawalpindi will be hosting a Test match after a year, Australia will be playing at this venue (and in this country) after as many as 24 years.
If truth be told, it is difficult to pick a favourite between these two teams for this three-match series. Going by the Test head-to-head record of both the teams, Australia are clearly at an advantage but the same isn’t concrete as none of their players have played international cricket here.
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While Pakistan have a better Test head-to-head record at home, the same can’t be considered in totality because of the elongated interval between the last match. Pakistan’s home advantage has also been neutralized to a large extent by the ruling out of first-choice players namely Faheem Ashraf (injured), Hasan Ali (injured) and Haris Rauf (COVID-19 positive).
Pakistan vs Australia Head to Head Test records
Total number of matches played: 66
Matches won by PAK: 15
Matches won by AUS: 33
Matches played in Pakistan: 20 (PAK 7, AUS 3)
Matches played in Australia: 37 (PAK 4, AUS 26)
Most runs for PAK: 1,084 (David Warner)
Most runs for AUS: 1,000 (Azhar Ali)
Most wickets for PAK: 5 (Shaheen Shah Afridi)
Most wickets for AUS: 34 (Mitchell Starc)
Most catches for PAK: 6 (Mohammad Rizwan and Azhar Ali)
Most catches for AUS: 15 (Steven Smith)
The last Pakistan vs Australia Test match had been played in Adelaide over a couple of years ago when Australia batter David Warner’s career-best 335* (418) had played a titular role in powering Australia to victory by an innings and 48 runs.
NOTE: Only players part of current squads have been considered above (most runs, wickets and catches).
