Tour of India 1998-99               Captain: Wasim Akram
	37th official Test tour   Sixth Test-playing tour of  India by Pakistan          (January - February 1999)	Once the extremist Hindu party Shiv Sena had removed its threat to disrupt the matches, and the Indian Government had put in place adequate security measures, Pakistan’s first Test matches against India since the drawn series in Pakistan in 1989-90 could proceed. Pakistan won narrowly at Chennai (former Madras) but India evened the series comfortably at Delhi when Anil Kumble took all ten wickets in the innings. A third Test played at Calcutta, not part of the series, became the inaugural match of the Asian Test Championship. With India on the brink of defeat, an angry crowd rioted and the police had to exclude all spectators before the few remaining balls of the match could be played to give Pakistan victory.	Other Pakistan Tours   Previous tour South Africa 1997-98   Next tour To Bangladesh to play Sri Lanka 1998-99   Next tour of India 2004-05
	Members of the Test tour party  (16)   Opening batsmen   Saeed Anwar, Naved Ashraf, Wajahatullah Wasti Middle-order batsmen  Inzamamul Haq, Ijaz Ahmed, Yousuf Youhana,  Saleem Malik Wicket-keepers  Moin Khan Spin bowlers  Mushtaq Ahmed, Saqlain Mushtaq, Nadeem Khan, Shahid Afridi Fast bowlers  Wasim Akram, Waqar Younis, Azhar Mahmood,  Shoaib Akhtar.	Azhar Mahmood   23 RHB    RFM     Ijaz Ahmed senior   30 RHB     Inzamamul Haq   28 RHB     Moin Khan   27 WK    vice-captain      Mushtaq Ahmed   28 LBG     Nadeem Khan   29 SLA     Naved Ashraf   24 RHB opener     Saeed Anwar   30 LHB opener     Saleem Malik   35 RHB     Saqlain Mushtaq   22 OB     Shahid Afridi   18 RHB opener LBG     Shoaib Akhtar   23 RF     Wajahatullah Wasti   24 RHB  opener     Waqar Younis   27 RF     Wasim Akram   32 LHB  LF  captain     Yousuf Youhana   24 RHB	Average age of players at time of first Test match (28 January 1999)  27 yrs  2 months.
	Test Appearances made before the tour	Saleem Malik 100,  Wasim Akram 83,  Waqar Younis 55,  Inzamamul Haq 51,  Ijaz Ahmed 50,  Moin Khan 42,  Mushtaq Ahmed 41,  Saeed Anwar 36,  Saqlain Mushtaq 17,  Azhar Mahmood 14,  Shoaib Akhtar 8,   Yousuf Youhana 7,  Arshad Khan 2,  Nadeem Khan 1, Shahid Afridi 1,  Wajahatullah Wasti 0.
	Team Officials	Shaharyar Khan Manager Mian Mohammad Munir Assistant manager Javed Miandad Coach Dan Kiesel Physiotherapist Amrit Mathur Liaison Officer
	Selectors	Wasim Bari (chairman), Salahuddin, Shafiq Ahmed, Javed Miandad, with Wasim Akram.
	Selection	The PCB Executive Council (Khalid Mahmood, Chairman) met in Lahore on 3 January to appoint the captain, vice-captain, coach and tour management group. Tour manager Shaharyar Khan was appointed on 17 January.  He was a former diplomat and Minister of Foreign Affairs who later became Ambassador to France.  Mian Mohammad Munir, his Assistant Manager, was President of Lahore District Cricket Association.   Training Camp: The selectors named 55 probables for the camp at Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore, under coach Javed Miandad, but on 29 December 1998 only 42 were called in. Owing to poor weather in the Punjab, the training camp shifted to Karachi National Stadium, the numbers being narrowed down to 22, to which the PCB Executive added Aamer Sohail’s name. Among those omitted from team at this point were  Aamer Nazir, Aaqib Javed, Abdur Razzaq, Arshad Khan, Fazl-e-Akbar, Hasan Raza, Humuyan Farhat, Imran Nazir and Shakeel Ahmed. The camp concluded on 14 January, with Mohammad Wasim, Mohammad Zahid, Mohammad Hussain and the reserves being left out of the tour party. Unavailable :  Aamer Sohail (did not attend the camp, unfit).  Azhar Zaidi (as Manager) Reserves : Asif Mujitaba, Rashid Latif and Shahid Nazir. Tour party announced  14 January 1999.
	Travel	The team departed from Lahore Airport on 21 January 1999, flying in to New Delhi only hours after Shiv Sena suspended its threat to disrupt the cricket.
	On-tour selection
	Reinforcements	Arshad Khan, 27, from Peshawar was called in for the Calcutta Test because Mushtaq Ahmed had returned home early, but he did not play.
	Fixtures/Results	Gwalior India ‘A’ Drawn CHENNAI INDIA:  First Test WON 12 r DELHI INDIA   Second Test LOST 212 r Kochi Board President’s XI Drawn    Not part of the official tour programme: CALCUTTA INDIA (Asian Test championship) WON 46 r	† not first-class     §  one-day international
	Test appearances on tour	3  -  Ijaz Ahmed,  Moin Khan,  Saeed Anwar, Saleem Malik,  Saqlain Mushtaq,  Shahid Afridi,  Wasim Akram,  Yousuf Youhana. 2  -  Inzamamul Haq,  Waqar Younis. 1  -  Azhar Mahmood,  Mushtaq Ahmed,  Nadeem Khan,  Shoaib Akhtar,  Wajahatullah Wasti. 0  -  Arshad Khan, Naved Ashraf.
	Highlights	•   In the Chennai and Delhi Tests Saqlain Mushtaq took five wickets in four consecutive Test innings. •   Saeed Anwar batted throughout the Pakistan innings at Calcutta and carried his bat for 188*.
	Tour Summary	P W L D Aban Test Matches 3 2 1 0 - Other first-class matches 2 0 0 2 - Minor matches 0 - - -   One-day internationals 0 - - - - All Matches 5 2 1 2 -
	Return to Pakistan	On 21 February 1999 the team flew out of Kolkata, flying via Delhi, and arrived back at Lahore Airport next day.  Brothers Moin and Nadeem Khan and Shahid Afridi then flew on to Karachi on the next flight.  Inzamam and Mushtaq Ahmed had gone to another tournament.
	Finances
	Written accounts of the tour	“Cricket : A Bridge of Peace -  the manager’s diary”  Shaharyar Khan.

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