Test Cricket Tours - Pakistan to Australia 2004-05

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Test Cricket Tours - Pakistan to Australia 2004-05

Tour of Australia 2004-05 Captain: Imzamamul Haq

Test-playing tour of by Pakistan

(June - September)

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Members of the Test tour party

Abdul Razzaq		ODI

Asim Kamal

Danish Kaneria

Imran Farhat

Inzamamul Haq	RHB captain	ODI

Kamran Akmal		ODI

Mohammad Asif

Mohammad Khalil		ODI

Mohammad Sami

Naved-ul-Hasan		ODI

Salman Butt		ODI

Shahid Afridi		ODI

Shoaib Akhtar		ODI

Shoaib Malik		ODI

Yasir Hameed		ODI

Younis Khan		ODI

Yousuf Youhana	RHB vice-captain	ODI


Chosen for the ODI series only	Azhar Mahmood	ODI
	Mohammad Hafeez	ODI

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Average age of team at time of first Test match

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yrs 2 months

ODI Part of the squad for

Test Appearances made before the tour

Team Officials

Haroon Rashid	Team Manager
Bob Woolmer	Coach
Coertzen Hendrick	Video analyst
Darren Lifson	Physiotherapist
Murray Stevenson	Biokinesticist
Abdur Rauf	Masseur

Selectors

Wasim Bari Chairman of Selection Committee, Iqbal Qasim, Ehteshamuddin and Sultan Rana.

Selection

A 25-man preliminary squad was announced on 17 November for a two-day preparation camp. Of these Taufiq Umar, Shabbir Ahmed, Aamer Bashir, Riaz Afridi, Bazid Khan, Misbah-ul-Haq, Faisal Iqbal, Ashar Zaidi, and Faisal Athar were not in the tour party.

Unavailable: Shabbir Ahmed was ruled out of the tour as had not yet recovered from knee surgery

Inzamamul Haq was retained as captain on 21 November.

Tour Party Announced : 22 November 2004

Mohammad Asif, not called to the camp, was included in the party. The selectors chose an extra man, Shahid Afridi, in their 17-man squad so he could acclimitise before the ODI series.

Not selected : as above.

ODI squad announced : 4 January 2005.

Azhar Mahmood and Mohammad Hafeez would join the tour as ODI specialists, while Asim Kamal, Danish Kaneria and Mohammad Asif would return home.

Travel

The Pakistanis left Karachi on Sunday 27 November 2004 for Perth via Dubai and arrived in Perth on Monday night 29 November 2003. The team went to Perth about three weeks earlier than originally foreseen

On-tour selection

Reinforcements

Razzaq was complaining of dizziness and being short of breath and was taken to a private hospital

Taufeeq Umar was chosen to replace Imran Farhat, and Rao Iftikhar Anjum to replace injured Mohammad Sami . The other reserve was Bazid Khan.

Fixtures/Results

† Perth ( Crawley)	Western Australia 2nd XI	Lost 10 r
† Perth ( Crawley)	Western Australia 'A' (40 overs)	Won 126 r
† Perth (Lilac Hill)	Cricket Australia Chairman's XI	Won 43 r
Perth (WACA)	Western Australia	Lost 10 w
PERTH (WACA)	AUSTRALIA First Test	LOST 491 r
MELBOURNE	AUSTRALIA Second Test	LOST 9 w
SYDNEY	AUSTRALIA Third Test	LOST 9 w
† Adelaide	Australia A
† Adelaide	Australia A (20/20)
§ Hobart	Australia (1st ODI)
§ Brisbane	West indies (2nd ODI)
§ Sydney	Australia (3rd ODI)
† Canberra	Prime Minister's XI	Won 5 w
§ Adelaide	West indies (4th ODI)
§ Perth	Australia (5th ODI)
§ Perth	West indies (6th ODI)
§ Melbourne	Australia (1st ODI final)
§ Sydney	Australia (2nd ODI final)

† not first-class

§ one-day international

Test appearances on tour

3 - Danish Kaneria, Kamran Akmal, Salman Butt, Shoaib Akhtar, Younis Khan, Yousuf Youhana.

2 - Abdul Razzaq, Imran Farhat, Mohammad Sami, Yasir Hameed

1 - Asim Kamal, Inzamamul Haq, Mohammad Asif, Mohammad Khalil, Naved-ul-Hasan, Shahid Afridi, Shoaib Malik.

Highlights

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Tour Summary

	P	W	L	D	T
Test Matches	3	0	3	0
Other f-c matches
Minor matches
One-day internationals
All Matches

Return to Pakistan

Younis left Perth on 30 Jan on hearing of the death of his father.

Arrived Quaid-e-Azam Airport, Karachi on 8 February. Players for upcountry destinations took connecting flights

Finances

Written accounts of the tour