Australian cricket team against Pakistan in Sri Lanka and the UAE in 2002–03

Australia's tour of Pakistan in 2002-03
	Pakistan	Australia
Dates	October 3, 2002 (2002-10-03) – October 22, 2002 (2002-10-22)
Captains	Waqar Younis	Steve Waugh
Test series
Result	Australia won the 3-match series 3–0
Most runs	Faisal Iqbal (144)	Ricky Ponting (341)
Most wickets	Saqlain Mushtaq (14)	Shane Warne (27)
Player of the series	Shane Warne (Aus)

The Australian national cricket team played 3 Tests series against Pakistan in October 2002. Originally scheduled to take place in Pakistan, but it was changed to a neutral venue after 2002 Karachi bus bombing. This was done in consultation with Foreign Minister Alexander Downer and Prime Minister John Howard. ^[1]

The first test was played in Sri Lanka and the other two were played in the UAE. Australians won the series 3-0. ^[2]

Test series

1st Test

3–7 October 2002 Scorecard

Australia	v	Pakistan
467 (116.5 overs) Ricky Ponting 141 (163) Saqlain Mushtaq 4/136 (40.5 overs)		279 (65.3 overs) Faisal Iqbal 83 (85) Shane Warne 7/94 (24.3 overs)
127 (39.5 overs) Matthew Hayden 34 (70) Shoaib Akhtar 5/21 (8 overs)		274 (94.2 overs) Taufeeq Umar 88 (172) Shane Warne 4/94 (30.3 overs)

Australia won by 41 runs P Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo Umpires: Steve Bucknor & Srinivas Venkataraghavan Player of the match: Shane Warne (Aus)

• Australia won the toss & elected to bat

2nd Test

11–12 October 2002 Scorecard

Pakistan	v	Australia
59 (31.5 overs) Abdul Razzaq 21 (62) Shane Warne 4/11 (11 overs)		310 (92.1 overs) Matthew Hayden 119 (255) Saqlain Mushtaq 4/83 (34 overs)
53 (24.5 overs) Imran Nazir 16 (48) Shane Warne 4/13 (6.5 overs)

Australia won by an innings and 198 runs Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium Umpires: Steve Bucknor & Srinivas Venkataraghavan Player of the match: Matthew Hayden (Aus)

• Pakistan won the toss & elected to bat
• Pakistan's total of 53 surpassed their lowest total in Tests set in the first innings.
• This Test match was the 17th occasion a match was completed in two days (first involving Pakistan & 11th involving Australia).

3rd Test

19–22 October 2002 Scorecard

Australia	v	Pakistan
444 (128.3 overs) Ricky Ponting 150 (395) Waqar Younis 4/55 (17.3 overs)		221 (71.1 overs) Hasan Raza 68 (154) Shane Warne 5/74 (30.1 overs)
		203 (f/o) (67.2 overs) Hasan Raza 54* (160) Glenn McGrath 3/18 (7 overs)

Australia won by an innings and 20 runs Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium Umpires: Steve Bucknor & Srinivas Venkataraghavan Player of the match: Shane Warne (Aus)

• Australia won the toss & elected to bat

References

1. "Bangladesh v Australia tour, is Australia's tour of Bangladesh canceled, Will Australia's tour go ahead: a look back at Australia's postponed tours of Pakistan and Zimbabwe". September 28, 2015.
2. "Australia v Pakistan Test Series, Australia v Pakistan Test Series 2002 score, Match schedules, fixtures, points table, results, news". ESPNcricinfo.