# Australian cricket team against Pakistan in the UAE in 2012

The Pakistani cricket team played a home series against Australia from 28 August to 10 September 2012 in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The series consisted of three One Day International (ODI) and three Twenty20 International (T20I) matches. The matches began in the late evening to avoid the high temperature of the daytime. The ODI series was reduced due to Australian Cricketers' Association (ACA) and Cricket Australia (CA) concerns about the weather in the UAE during August.
Earlier the International Cricket Council (ICC) approved a six-match T20I series on the request of Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), but Pakistan still wanted to play an ODI series. The PCB chairman, Zaka Ashraf proposed the matches start in the evening to avoid the worst of the heat. The series was initially scheduled to take place in Sri Lanka but clashed with the dates of the Sri Lanka Premier League (SLPL) and was shifted to the UAE.

## Squads

| ODIs | ODIs | T20Is | T20Is |
| Pakistan | Australia | Pakistan | Australia |
| Misbah-ul-Haq (c) Mohammad Hafeez (vc) Shoaib Malik Asad Shafiq Azhar Ali Imran Farhat Abdur Rehman Anwar Ali Saeed Ajmal Kamran Akmal (wk) Shahid Afridi Sohail Tanvir Umar Akmal Junaid Khan Nasir Jamshed Aizaz Cheema | Michael Clarke (c) George Bailey (vc) Daniel Christian Xavier Doherty Callum Ferguson David Hussey Michael Hussey Mitchell Johnson Clint McKay Glenn Maxwell James Pattinson Steven Smith Mitchell Starc Matthew Wade (wk) David Warner Alister McDermott | Mohammad Hafeez (c) Shahid Afridi (vc) Asad Shafiq Imran Nazir Kamran Akmal (wk) Mohammad Sami Nasir Jamshed Raza Hasan Saeed Ajmal Abdul Razzaq Shoaib Malik Sohail Tanvir Umar Akmal Umar Gul Yasir Arafat | George Bailey (c) David Hussey(vc) Pat Cummins Xavier Doherty Ben Hilfenhaus Brad Hogg Daniel Christian Michael Hussey Clint McKay Glenn Maxwell Mitchell Starc Matthew Wade (wk) David Warner Shane Watson Cameron White |

## ODI series
### 1st ODI

* 28 August 18:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| Pakistan 198 (45.1 overs) | v | Australia 199/6 (48.2 overs) |
| Asad Shafiq 56 (77) Mitchell Starc 5/42 (10 overs) | | Michael Clarke 66 (96) Saeed Ajmal 3/30 (10 overs) |
* Australia won by 4 wickets Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, UAE Umpires: Billy Bowden (NZ) and Zameer Haider (Pak) Player of the match: Mitchell Starc (Aus)
* Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.

### 2nd ODI

* August 31 18:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| Australia 248/9 (50 overs) | v | Pakistan 249/3 (43.4 overs) |
| Michael Hussey 61 (72) Saeed Ajmal 4/32 (10 overs) | | Nasir Jamshed 97 (98) Daniel Christian 1/40 (8 overs) |
* Pakistan won by 7 wickets Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi UAE Umpires: Shozab Raza (Pak) and Zameer Haider (Pak) Player of the match: Saeed Ajmal (Pak)
* Australia won the toss and elected to bat.

### 3rd ODI

* 3 September 18:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| Pakistan 244/7 (50 overs) | v | Australia 250/7 (47 overs) |
| Mohammad Hafeez 78 (97) Mitchell Starc 4/51 (10 overs) | | Michael Hussey 65 (72) Saeed Ajmal 3/37 (9 overs) |
* Australia won by 3 wickets Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, UAE Umpires: Ahsan Raza (Pak) and Nigel Llong (Eng) Player of the match: MEK Hussey (Aus)
* Australia won the toss and elected to field.

## T20I series
### 1st T20I

* 5 September 20:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| Australia 89 (19.3 overs) | v | Pakistan 90/3 (14.5 overs) |
| David Warner 22 (25) Sohail Tanvir 3/13 (2.3 overs) | | Kamran Akmal 31* (24) Shane Watson 1/9 (2.5 overs) |
* Pakistan won by 7 wickets DSC Cricket Stadium, Dubai, UAE Umpires: Ahsan Raza (Pak) and Shozab Raza (Pak) Player of the match: Mohammad Hafeez (Pak)
* Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.
* Glenn Maxwell (Aus), Nasir Jamshed (Pak), and Raza Hasan (Pak) made their T20I debuts.

### 2nd T20I

* 7 September 20:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| Pakistan 151/4 (20 overs) | v | Australia 151/8 (20 overs) |
| Nasir Jamshed 45 (36) Mitchell Starc 1/17 (4 overs) | | George Bailey 42 (27) Abdul Razzaq 2/9 (1 overs) |
* Match tied; Pakistan won the Super Over DSC Cricket Stadium, Dubai, UAE Umpires: Shozab Raza (Pak) and Zameer Haider (Pak) Player of the match: Saeed Ajmal (Pak)
* Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
* Mitchell Starc (Aus) made his T20I debut.

### 3rd T20I

* 10 September 20:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| Australia 168/7 (20 overs) | v | Pakistan 74 (19.1 overs) |
| David Warner 59 (34) Saeed Ajmal 2/19 (4 overs) | | Nasir Jamshed 17 (23) Mitchell Starc 3/11 (3.1 overs) |
* Australia won by 94 runs DSC Cricket Stadium, Dubai, UAE Umpires: Ahsan Raza (Pak) and Zameer Haider (Pak) Player of the match: David Warner (Aus)
* Pakistan won the toss and elected to field

## Broadcasting Rights

| TV Broadcaster(s) | Country | Notes |
| TEN Sports | Pakistan Sri Lanka | Official Broadcasters of the tournament. |
| TEN Cricket | Bangladesh India | |
| PTV Sports | Pakistan | |
| Sky Sports | United Kingdom | |
| SuperSport | South Africa | |