Australian cricket team in Pakistan in 1956–57
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The Australian national cricket team visited Pakistan in October 1956 and played a single Test match against the Pakistani national cricket team. Pakistan won the Test series 1–0. Australia were captained by Ian Johnson and Pakistan by Abdul Hafeez Kardar.[1] The Test match was the first between the two teams.[2] The opening day's play was the slowest in the history of Test cricket, with just 95 runs scored.[2]
Test Match
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- Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
- 14 and 16 October were taken as rest days.
References
- ^ "Australia in Pakistan 1956". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
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(help) - ^ a b "An insomniac's dream". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
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