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Australia cricket team in United Arab Emirates in 2014–15
	Pakistan	Australia
Dates	5 October – 3 November 2014
Captains	Shahid Afridi (T20I) Misbah-ul-Haq (Tests & ODIs)	Aaron Finch (T20I) George Bailey (ODIs) Michael Clarke (Tests)
Test series
One Day International series
Results	Australia won the 3-match series 3–0
Most runs	Sarfraz Ahmed (131 runs)	Steven Smith (190 runs)
Most wickets	Shahid Afridi (5 wickets)	Mitchell Johnson (6 wickets)
Player of the series	Steven Smith (Aus)
Twenty20 International series
Results	Australia won the 1-match series 1–0
Most runs	Saad Nasim (25 runs)	David Warner (54 runs)
Most wickets	Raza Hasan (2 wickets)	Glenn Maxwell (3 wickets)
Player of the series	Glenn Maxwell (Aus)

Australia are currently touring the UAE from 5 October to 3 November 2014 to play one Twenty20 International (T20I), three One Day Internationals (ODIs) and two Test matches against Pakistan. The series is being played in the UAE owing to ongoing security concerns in Pakistan.

Squads

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T20I		ODIs		Tests
Pakistan	Australia	Pakistan	Australia	Pakistan	Australia
Shahid Afridi (C) Ahmed Shehzad Umar Akmal Umar Amin Sohaib Maqsood Awais Zia Saad Nasim Raza Hasan Mohammad Irfan Wahab Riaz Bilawal Bhatti Sami Aslam Zulfiqar Babar Anwar Ali Sohail Tanvir	Aaron Finch (C) Sean Abbott Cameron Boyce Pat Cummins James Faulkner Glenn Maxwell Brad Haddin (wk) Phillip Hughes Mitchell Marsh Kane Richardson Steven Smith Mitchell Starc David Warner	Misbah-ul-Haq (C) Ahmed Shehzad Umar Akmal Fawad Alam Umar Amin Shan Masood Asad Shafiq Sarfraz Ahmed (wk) Shahid Afridi Raza Hasan Mohammad Irfan Anwar Ali Wahab Riaz Sami Aslam Sohail Tanvir Zulfiqar Babar Junaid Khan (Withdrawn)	George Bailey (C) Sean Abbott Xavier Doherty James Faulkner Aaron Finch Brad Haddin (wk) Phillip Hughes Mitchell Johnson Nathan Lyon Mitchell Marsh Kane Richardson Steven Smith Mitchell Starc David Warner	Misbah-ul-Haq (C) Ahmed Shehzad Asad Shafiq Azhar Ali Ehsan Adil Haris Sohail Imran Khan Mohammad Hafeez Mohammad Talha Rahat Ali Sarfraz Ahmed (WK) Shan Masood Taufeeq Umar Yasir Shah Younus Khan Zulfiqar Babar	Michael Clarke (C) Alex Doolan James Faulkner Brad Haddin (wk) Ben Hilfenhaus Phillip Hughes Mitchell Johnson Mitchell Marsh Glenn Maxwell Nathan Lyon Steve O'Keefe Chris Rogers Peter Siddle Steven Smith Mitchell Starc David Warner

Tour matches

Warm-Up: Pakistan A vs Australians

Pakistan A	v	Australians
305/8d (90 overs) Asad Shafiq 108* (156) Steve O'Keefe 3/76 (23 overs)		273/8d (90 overs) Alex Doolan 104 (194) Ehsan Adil 1/14 (6 overs)
306/3d (90 overs) Babar Azam 114 (178) Nathan Lyon 2/49 (17 overs)		185 (51.3 overs) Phillip Hughes 65 (107) Mohammad Talha 3/32 (8.3 overs)

• Pakistan A won the toss and elected to bat
• Match was 90 overs per innings with 14 players involved. However, only 11 could bat or field at a time.
• Saqlain Haider of the United Arab Emirates kept wickets for Brad Haddin on day 3.

T20I series

Only T20I

Pakistan  96/9 (20 overs)	v	Australia 98/4 (14 overs)
Saad Nasim 25 (32) Glenn Maxwell 3/13 (3 overs)		David Warner 54* (39) Raza Hasan 2/17 (4 overs)

• Pakistan won the toss and chose to bat
• Sean Abbott, Cameron Boyce, Phillip Hughes & Kane Richardson (Aus) and Saad Nasim (Pak) made their T20I debuts

In Aaron Finch's debut mach as captain Australia restricted Pakistan to a ordinary 96/9 on a slow turner with Glenn Maxwell (3/13 of 3 overs) and debutant Cameron Boyce (2/10 of 4 overs) being the chief wicket takers. Australia's reply got off to a shaky start, at one point 56/4 but David Warner (54*) steadied the innings, eventually comfortably winning the game by 6 wickets.

ODI series

1st ODI

Australia  255/8 (50 overs)	v	Pakistan 162 (38.3 overs)
Steven Smith 101 (118) Shahid Afridi 3/46 (10 overs)		Umar Akmal 46 (57) Mitchell Johnson 3/24 (7 overs)

• Australia won the toss and chose to bat.
• Sean Abbott (Aus) and Zulfiqar Babar (Pak) made their ODI debuts.

Aaron Finch (0) was caught first ball after slicing a ball to Ahmed Shehzad at point. But David Warner (43) and Steve Smith (101) but on a 86 run partnership to steady the tourists. Australia ended up with 255/8 with Steve Smith scoring his maiden ODI century. Shahid Afridi (3/46) was the best bowler for Pakistan. In response, Australia bowled very well as Pakistan lost wickets at regular intervals with no batsmen scoring over 43. Mitchell Johnson (3/24) was the main wicket taker for Australia. In an unusual side note, Fawad Alam caused minor controversy mostly on social media when he bowled with his cap facing backwards.

2nd ODI

Pakistan  215 (49.3 overs)	v	Australia 217/5 (43.2 overs)
Sarfraz Ahmed 65 (72) Mitchell Johnson 3/40 (10 overs)		Glenn Maxwell 76 (81) Zulfiqar Babar 2/52 (10 overs)

• Pakistan won the toss and chose to bat.
• Raza Hasan (Pak) made his ODI debut.

Pakistan made the perfect start to their innings with a steady 126 run opening partnership between Ahmed Shehzad (61) and Sarfraz Ahmed (65). But after both openers went in quick succession Pakistan collapsed to 215 (49.3 overs) with Mitchell Johnson continuing his form from the last match taking 3/40. In reply, Australia lost early wickets but steadied and reached the target with 40 balls remaining. Glenn Maxwell was their top run scorer with a quick knock of 76.

3rd ODI

Australia  231/9 (50 overs)	v	Pakistan 230 (50 overs)
Steven Smith 77 (105) Sohail Tanvir 3/40 (10 overs)		Asad Shafiq 50 (73) Kane Richardson 2/36 (10 overs)

• Australia won the toss and chose to bat.

Australia elected to rest Mitchell Johnson and Nathan Lyon. Steve Smith yet again starred with the bat with a patient 77 of 105 balls. David Warner (56) also chipped in to record his first half century of the series. Sohail Tanvir (3/40) was the main wicket taker for Pakistan. In reply, Pakistan seemed to have the match all but won when they needed 2 runs of the final over but Glenn Maxwell (2/41) completed a double wicket maiden earning him man of the match honors. Steve Smith's catch to dismiss Fawad Alam stirred controversy when he moved from leg slip to slip, with some commentators criticizing the decision by the umpires.

In addition to clean sweeping the series, Australia regained the number 1 ranking for ODIs.

Test series

1st Test

Pakistan	v	Australia
454 (145 overs) Sarfraz Ahmed 109 (105) Mitchell Johnson 3/39 (31 overs)		303 (103.1 overs) David Warner 133 (174) Yasir Shah 3/66 (16.3 overs)
286/2d (78 overs) Ahmed Shehzad 131 (233) Stephen O'Keefe 2/112 (27 overs)		213 (91.1 overs) Mitchell Johnson 61 (127) Zulfiqar Babar 5/74 (31.1 overs)

• Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
• Mitchell Marsh and Stephen O'Keefe (Aus) and Imran Khan and Yasir Shah (Pak) made their Test debuts.
• Younis Khan became the all-time leading century maker for Pakistan in the second innings.

Pakistan won the toss and chose to bat in what was tipped to be a pitch that would gradually deteriorate. Mitchell Johnson and Peter Siddle removed the Pakistani openers, Mohammad Hafeez (0) and Ahmed Shehzad (3), in the first few overs. However, Pakistan steadied to end the day at 219/4 with Younus Khan hitting 106 of 223 balls. Mitchell Johnson did the bulk of the damage with an economical 3/22 of 20 overs on a slow and attritional day.

On the second day, Pakistan slowly began to accelerate with Sarfraz Ahmed (109) scoring his second century in Tests at over a-run-a-ball. Australia's reply began well with David Warner reaching his fifty. They ended the day at a solid 113/0.

Australia began their innings slowly on day three and struggled against Pakistan's inexperienced bowling attack, getting bowled out for 303, with debutant Yasir Shah (3/66) the pick of the bowlers while David Warner scored completed his century (133). The match was called of due to bad light at the end of the day with 2 overs remaining.

Australian debutant Stephen O'Keefe took the early wicket of Azhar Ali (30) early on day 4. But Pakistan dominated and eventually declared their innings at 286/2. Australia's second innings began well, but the spinners took quick wickets to leave Australia in trouble at 59/4 at the end of day 4.

Australia lost 3 wickets in the first session with Zulfiqar Babar doing most of the damage on day five. Australia managed to grind their way to the final session but succumbed to a 221 run defeat. He took his maiden five-wicket haul in the second Australian innings. Johnson (61) and Steve Smith (55) were Australia's top scorers. Khan's twin centuries in the match earned him the man of the match award.

The attendance of the match was generally disappointing and criticized, with at times the Test being played in a near empty stadium.

2nd Test

Pakistan	v	Australia
570/6d (153 overs) Younus Khan 213 (349) Mitchell Starc 2/86 (27 overs)		261 (67.2 overs) Mitchell Marsh 87 (116) Imran Khan 3/60 (14 overs)
293/3d (60.4 overs) Misbah-ul-Haq 101* (57) Mitchell Johnson 2/45 (7 overs)		36/2 (13 overs) David Warner 24* (33) Zulfiqar Babar 2/12 (4 overs)

• Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
• Younus Khan scored his 8000th test run in the first innings.
• Misbah-ul-Haq broke the record for the quickest fifty (21 balls) and equaled the record for the quickest hundred (56 balls) in the second innings.

Pakistan opted to have an unchanged team after they won the toss and decided to bat. Australia had two changes, with Alex Doolan replaced by Glenn Maxwell for his third test and Stephen O'Keefe replaced by Mitchell Starc. On another flat deck Pakistan made excellent progress with only two wickets, that of the openers Ahmed Shehzad (35) and Mohammad Hafeez (45) falling on day 1. At stumps, they were at a mammoth 304/2 with Younus Khan (111*), scoring his third consecutive century and Azhar Ali (101*) the other centurion. Mitchell Johnson (1/50) and Nathan Lyon (1/86) both took a wicket each. Due to bad light, play was suspended with 2 overs still to be bowled. Michael Clarke's unusual field positions including placing Mitchell Johnson at straight hit (behind the beginning of the bowler's run up) were criticized by some commentators as not being in the 'spirit of the game'.

Within the first hour of the second day Australia finally struck with Mitchell Starc taking the wicket of Azhar Ali (109) caught by replacement wicket-keeper David Warner after Brad Haddin injured his right shoulder in a catching attempt. Pakistan continued to subdue the Australians finishing at 405/3 at lunch on an extended first session. Pakistan continued to pile on the runs in the second session with Younus Khan reaching his double century and captain Misbah-ul-Haq (101) getting his century. Pakistan made their intentions clear in the third session, scoring some quick runs before declaring at a massive 570/6. Mitchell Starc was the top wicket taker with 2/86 (27 overs). Australia had to negotiate 5.2 overs before bad light stopped play ending the day at 22/1; Pakistan at a dominant position.

Most of Australia's batsmen got starts but they lost wickets at regular intervals on day 3 before finishing at a modest 261 all out just after tea. Mitchell Marsh top scored for Australia with a valuable 87 (116). All of the Pakistani bowlers took wickets with Imran Khan (3/60) taking the most wickets, they decided to not enforce the follow-on. Mitchell Johnson removed the openers early in the innings and Pakistan finished at 61/2 before bad light once again stopped play.

Pakistan continued their dominance in the first session of day 4 scoring 149 runs with the loss of one wicket, that of Younus Khan (46). Misbah-ul-Haq smashed a 21 ball fifty that broke the record for the fastest fifty in Test cricket beating Jacques Kallis's 24 ball effort. After lunch, Misbah (101*) equaled the fastest century in Tests with Sir Vivian Richards. Azhar Ali (100*) also completed his ton shortly after and Pakistan declared. They day got better for Pakistan, with Zulfiqar Babar taking two Australian wickets before tea, that of Chris Rogers (2) and Glenn Maxwell (4).

Statistics

ODIs

Batting

Most runs

Nat	Player	Inns	Runs	BF	Ave	SR	HS	100	50	4s	6s
	Steven Smith	3	190	238	63.33	79.83	101	1	1	11	2
	Sarfraz Ahmed	3	131	152	43.66	86.18	65	0	1	10	2
	David Warner	3	128	153	42.66	83.66	56	0	1	16	1
	Glenn Maxwell	3	117	126	39	92.85	76	0	1	11	1
	Asad Shafiq	3	92	136	30.66	67.64	50	0	1	8	1

Bowling

Most wickets

Nat	Player	Inns	Wkts	Ave	Runs	SR	Econ	BBI	4WI	5WI
	Mitchell Johnson	2	6	10.66	64	17	3.76	3/24	0	0
	Shahid Afridi	3	5	25.2	126	36	4.2	3/46	0	0
	Glenn Maxwell	3	4	22.25	89	25.5	5.23	2/29	0	0
	Kane Richardson	3	4	25.25	101	39	2/36	2/36	0	0
	Sohail Tanvir	1	3	13.33	40	20	4	3/40	0	0

Tests

Batting

Most runs

Nat	Player	Inns	Runs	BF	Ave	SR	HS	100	50	4s	6s
	Younus Khan	3	412	375	209	55.73	106	2	0	16	3
	David Warner	2	162	201	81	80.59	133	1	0	14	2
	Ahmed Shehzad	2	134	242	67	55.37	131	1	0	10	4
	Sarfraz Ahmed	2	124	123	124	100.81	109	1	0	14	0
	Mitchell Johnson	2	98	189	49	51.85	61	0	1	9	1

Last Update: 26 October 2014

Bowling

Most wickets

Nat	Player	Inns	Wkts	Ave	Runs	SR	Econ	BBI	4WI	5WI
	Yasir Shah	2	7	16.57	116	35.5	2.79	4/50	1	0
	Zulfiqar Babar	2	7	22.14	155	49.8	2.66	5/74	0	1
	Stephen O'Keefe	2	4	54.75	219	85.5	3.84	2/107	0	0
	Mitchell Johnson	2	3	24.33	73	86	1.69	3/39	0	0
	Imran Khan	2	2	31.5	63	66	2.86	1/22	0	0

Last Update: 26 October 2014

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External links

• Series home at ESPNcricinfo

• 2014 in Australian cricket
• 2014 in Pakistani cricket
• Australian cricket tours of Pakistan
• International cricket competitions in 2014–15
• Current cricket tours