The Benaud–Qadir Trophy is a

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series played between the men's cricket teams of

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and

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. It was launched in March 2022 during Australia's tour of Pakistan. The trophy is named after

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and

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, who were both prolific cricketers and exponents of

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bowling for their respective nations. Both nations have shared a formidable cricket rivalry at times. Under the agreement reached between

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(CA) and the

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(PCB), all bilateral Test series between the two teams from 2022 onward would be played under the Benaud–Qadir Trophy. The tours will be scheduled under the

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and will form part of the

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Summary of results

Background

Below is a summary of all Test series played prior to the Benaud–Qadir Trophy between Australia and Pakistan from

1956 Events January * January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan after 57 years. * January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian Missionary, missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, E ...

2019 This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year. Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...

, covering a 63-year period. Australia and Pakistan competed against each other in 25 Test series, with Australia winning 13, Pakistan winning seven, and five Test series ending in a

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. In terms of Test matches, the two sides played against each other a total of 66 times, out of which Australia won 33 matches, Pakistan won 15 matches, and 18 matches were drawn. The first ever Test match between the two sides was played in October 1956 in

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, which Pakistan won by nine wickets. Pakistan hosted 12 series, from 1956 onward; between Australia's tours of

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for Lunar water, frozen water, in soil i ...

and

2022 The year began with another wave in the COVID-19 pandemic, with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, Omicron spreading rapidly and becoming the dominant variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus worldwide. Tracking a decrease in cases and deaths, 2022 saw ...

, all of Pakistan's home series were held on

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s like the

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(UAE),

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and

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due to the security situation in Pakistan post-2002. Australia hosted 13 series, from

1964 Events January * January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved. * January 5 – In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patria ...

onward. Pakistan played Test matches against Australia on Australian soil on 37 occasions, out of which they won four times and drew seven times but did not win a Test series; they also played Australia in home matches held on neutral venues on nine occasions, in which they defeated Australia four times and drew once, including prominent series victories in

2014 The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...

and

2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...

in the UAE. Pakistan clinched five of their seven series victories in home conditions –

1980 Events January * January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a United States grain embargo against the Soviet Union, grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission. * January 6 – Global Positioning Sys ...

1982 Events January * January 1 – In Malaysia and Singapore, clocks are adjusted to the same time zone, UTC+8 (GMT+8.00). * January 13 – Air Florida Flight 90 crashes shortly after takeoff into the 14th Street Bridge in Washington, D.C. ...

1988 1988 was a crucial year in the early history of the Internet—it was the year of the first well-known computer virus, the Morris worm, 1988 Internet worm. The first permanent intercontinental Internet link was made between the United State ...

and

1994 The year 1994 was designated as the " International Year of the Family" and the "International Year of Sport and the Olympic Ideal" by the United Nations. In the Line Islands and Phoenix Islands of Kiribati, 1994 had only 364 days, omitti ...

, winning seven and drawing 10 of their total of 20 home games. Of their 20 matches played against Pakistan on Pakistani soil, Australia won three times and drew 10 times, including historical series victories in

1959 Events January * January 1 – Cuba: Fulgencio Batista flees Havana when the forces of Fidel Castro advance. * January 2 – Soviet lunar probe Luna 1 is the first human-made object to attain escape velocity from Earth. It reaches the ...

and

; they also defeated Pakistan in neutral venues four times and drew once out of nine occasions, including a series victory in

2002 The effects of the September 11 attacks of the previous year had a significant impact on the affairs of 2002. The war on terror was a major political focus. Without settled international law, several nations engaged in anti-terror operation ...

in Sri Lanka and the UAE. Australia seized 10 of their 13 series victories in home conditions –

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1981 Events January * January 1 ** Greece enters the European Economic Community, predecessor of the European Union. ** Palau becomes a self-governing territory. * January 6 – A funeral service is held in West Germany for Nazi Grand Admiral ...

, 1983–84,

1990 Important events of 1990 include the Reunification of Germany and the unification of Yemen, the formal beginning of the Human Genome Project (finished in 2003), the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope, the separation of Namibia from South ...

1995 1995 was designated as: * United Nations Year for Tolerance * World Year of Peoples' Commemoration of the Victims of the Second World War This was the first year that the Internet was entirely privatized, with the United States government ...

1999 1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons. Events January * January 1 – The euro currency is established and the European Central Bank assumes its full powers. * January 3 – The Mars Polar Lander is launc ...

, 2004–05, 2009–10, 2016–17 and

, winning 26 and drawing seven of their total of 37 home games. Five Test series between Australia and Pakistan were drawn. Of these, the series of October 1964 was held in Pakistan; the series of December 1964, 1976–77 and

1979 Events January * January 1 ** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the ''International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the ''Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the song ...

were held in Australia, while the series of

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was held in the neutral venues of England. * *

Benaud–Qadir Trophy series

Match venues

The following is a full list of venues for Test matches played between Pakistan and Australia since 1956, along with match records. Venues that have featured in the Benaud–Qadir Trophy are in green. Venues that no longer host matches are in red.

Media coverage

The series is broadcast through

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in Pakistan and

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in Australia. Globally, coverage has been available via

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in the rest of South Asia including

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in the Middle East and North Africa,

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in the United Kingdom,

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in New Zealand, SuperSport in Sub-Saharan Africa,

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in the Caribbean and

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in North America, with ICC TV and Daraz serving as the live streaming partners.

References

External links

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