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Tour of Pakistan 1979-80 Captain: Greg Chappell
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42nd Australian Test tour
Fourth Test-playing tour of Pakistan
by Australia
(February
- March 1980)
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The first visit by an Australian team
to Pakistan for sixteen years created a lot of interest, intensified by
Pakistan’s victory in the first Test.
Political events in Afghanistan where
the Soviet Union had just invaded posed a threat to the tour and the
Cricket Board met in Melbourne on 7-8 February to hear a report from Fred
Bennett, who had visited Pakistan earlier and consulted with the Australian
High Commission.
The Test series was dominated in the
first match by the spin bowlers who took all but two of the wickets that
fell, but thereafter by the batsmen who returned an average of 62 runs per
innings.
The Australian captain complained that the
pitches had been specially prepared to negate Lillee's
speed. Thus spectators were denied seeing Dennis Lillee
or Imran Khan at their best
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Other Australian Tours
Previous tour
India 1979-80
Next tour
England 1980
Next tour of Pakistan
1982-83
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Members of the Test tour party (14)
Opening batsmen: Julian Wiener, Bruce Laird
Middle-order batsmen: Allan Border, Greg Chappell, David Hookes,
Kim Hughes, Graham Yallop
Wicket-keeper: Rodney Marsh
Spin bowlers:Graham Beard, Ray Bright
Fast bowlers: Geoff Dymock,
Geoff Lawson, Dennis Lillee, Mick Malone.
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G R Beard added
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N
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29
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RHB
RM/OB
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A R Border
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N
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24
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LHB
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R J Bright
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V
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25
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SLA
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G S Chappell
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Q
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31
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RHB captain
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G Dymock
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Q
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33
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LFM
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D W Hookes
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S
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24
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RHB
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K J Hughes
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W
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26
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RHB vice-captain
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B M Laird
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W
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29
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RHB
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G F Lawson
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N
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22
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RF
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D K Lillee
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W
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29
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RF
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A A Mallett w/d
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S
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OB
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M F Malone
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W
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29
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RFM
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R W Marsh
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W
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32
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LHB WK
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J M Wiener
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V
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24
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RHB opener
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G N Yallop
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V
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27
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LHB
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State representation
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New South Wales (3)
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Queensland (2)
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South Australia (1)
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Tasmania (0)
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Victoria (3)
W
Western Australia (5)
Average age of team at time of first Test match
(27 February 1980) :
27 yrs 11
months
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Test Appearances made before the tour
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Marsh 58, G S Chappell 57, Lillee 38, Hughes 23, Yallop 21, Dymock 18, Border 17, Hookes 7, Bright 5,
Laird 5, Wiener 4, Malone 1,
Beard 0, Lawson 0.
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Tour Officials
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Fred Bennett
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Manager
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Mike Mason
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Physiotherapist
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Hugh Torode
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Medical Officer
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Selectors
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Sam Loxton (Victoria), Ray Lindwall
(Queensland) and Phil Ridings (South Australia),
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Selection
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The manager Fred Bennett was appointed on 2
January 1980. He was asked to visit Pakistan in advance
of the tour to check security arrangements.
Unavailable: Jeff Thomson, unfit. Ian Chappell, Rick McCosker
and Len Pascoe made themselves unavailable
On 9 January the selectors named a
squad of 18 players to prepare for the tour. Rodney Hogg withdrew and Max Walker was
named to replace him.
At
the last moment Jim Higgs asked not to be considered for the tour, citing
family and fitness reasons (torn muscle in his left side).
Tour
Party Announced : 30 January 1980.
Not
selected : Three players - Richie Robinson, Dav Whatmore and Max Walker -
apart from Higgs and Hogg who had withdrawn, were not chosen from
the squad of eighteen preparing for the tour. Also, Kevin Wright.
Withdrawal
: Ashley Mallett withdrew because of a shoulder injury and Beard
replaced him.
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Time
between selection and departure from Australia 18 days
(30
January - 17 February)
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Travel
Sydney Q
Bombay Q
Karachi
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The team flew out of Sydney on 17
February 1980: they arrived at Bombay at 6:30 am next morning and watched
some of the Jubilee Test match between India and England, then flew to
Karachi that evening.Greg Chappell and his
players were mobbed by hundreds of fans at the airport. Lillee
has written that he tried to avoid the crowds on arrival by posing as a
team official.
By contrast, after they had flown 1000
miles to Rawalpindi for the first match, only local officials and rain
greeted them when they touched down at Islamabad Airport at dusk on 20
February.
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Time
spent in Pakistan
36 days
(18
February - 25 March)
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On-tour selection
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Greg Chappell (captain),
Kim Hughes (vice-captain), Rodney Marsh.
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Reinforcements
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None,
although there was speculation that Mallett would
be brought out for the third Test because Lillee
had an injured knee.
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Fixtures/Results
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a
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Rawalpindi
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BCCP President's XI
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Drawn
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b
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KARACHI
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PAKISTAN
First Test
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LOST
7 w
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c
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FAISALABAD
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PAKISTAN
Second Test
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DRAWN
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d
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Multan
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Punjab Governor's XI
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Drawn
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LAHORE
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PAKISTAN
Third Test
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DRAWN
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†not first-class
Time spent in Pakistan before First
Test: 9 days
(18 February - 27 February)
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Test appearances on tour
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3 -
Beard,
Border, Bright, GS Chappell, Dymock, Hughes,
Laird, Lillee, Marsh,
Yallop.
2 -
Wiener
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- Hookes
0 - Lawson,
Malone.
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Highlights
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• Ray Bright had match figures of 10 for
111 in the first Test at Karachi.
• The entire Australian XI bowled in the
second innings at Faisalabad, which last occurred in a Test match in 1884.
• Allan Border scored 150 in each innings
of the third Test match at Lahore.
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Tour Summary
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P
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W
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L
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Aban
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Test
Matches
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3
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0
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1
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2
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Other
first-class matches
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2
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0
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2
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Minor matches
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0
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§
One-day internationals
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0
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All
Matches
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5
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0
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1
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4
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Return to Australia
Karchi Q Melbourne
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On 25 March 1980 the team flew back
from Karachi and arrived that night at Tullamarine
Airport, Melbourne.
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Time
away from Australia
37
days
(17
February to 25 March)
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Finances
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Discussions
held before the tour had to wrestle with financial problems. The guarantees
had to be substantially increased for the tour to take place at all but the
programme was cut from eight matches to five.
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Written accounts of the tour
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Postscript
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“The Australian Cricket Board's decision to
send a physiotherapist on the tour paid dividends. Mike Mason, 45, of Adelaide, managed to
get the 14 players to the last leg of the tour without any serious injury problems.â€Canberra Times
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