AUS vs PAK Head To Head Ahead Of 1st T20I

Australia and Pakistan to face each other in first T20I [Source: @AussiesArmy/x]Australia and Pakistan to face each other in first T20I [Source: @AussiesArmy/x]

Hosts Australia and the visiting Pakistan team will now collide in the first T20I of their three-match series on Thursday, November 14. The match will be hosted by The Gabba in Brisbane and the action will commence from 1:30 PM IST onwards. The Pakistan team, under the leadership of newly-appointed captain Mohammad Rizwan, started off their tour by winning the ODI series by a 2-1 margin.

The Australian team drew its three-match rubber in England back in September, shortly after walloping Scotland 3-0 at the latter’s home ground in Edinburgh. Earlier this year, Australia failed to qualify for the semifinals of the 2024 T20 World Cup by coping demoralizing defeats against Afghanistan and India. A new-look Australian side, under the leadership of Josh Inglis, will now face Pakistan at home as they bid to reshape themselves for the 2026 T20 World Cup.

The series against Australia marks Pakistan’s first set of T20I fixtures since making a first-round exit from the 2024 T20 World Cup in June in the USA and the West Indies. Under the leadership of Babar Azam, the ‘Men in Green’ failed to defeat USA and arch-rivals India, and also slumped to a 0-2 defeat in England in May. With a new skipper at the helm in the form of Mohammad Rizwan, Pakistan will be aiming to replicate its newfound ODI success in the game’s truncated format.

Ahead of the first AUS vs PAK T20I match, we take a look at their head-to-head record statistics:

AUS vs PAK Head-to-Head in T20Is

Matches
Australia won
Pakistan won
Tied
N/R
251112 (+1 off Super Over)11

The Pakistan cricket team holds a slight edge over Australia in terms of head-to-head battles in T20Is. However, the ‘Men in Green’ have lost each of its past four games against Australia to form an unwanted losing streak. 

AUS vs PAK Head-to-Head in Australia

Matches
Australia won
Pakistan won
N/R
4301

The Pakistan cricket team is yet to record a single win against Australia on Australian soil. After losing their one-off affair at the MCG in February 2010, Pakistan also lost its November 2019 series by a 0-2 margin. However, the Pakistan team did manage to secure a few wins in Australia during the 2022 T20 World Cup against other nations. 

AUS vs PAK: What happened when they last played a T20I match?

Pakistan and Australia faced each other for a one-off T20I back in April 2022 at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore. Batting first, the hosts conjured 162-8 from 20 overs courtesy of a sublime 46-ball 66 from then captain Babar Azam. Usman Qadir provided the late impetus to the innings by whacking 18* from just six deliveries in the death overs.

For Australia, Nathan Ellis picked up four wickets at an expense of just 28 runs in his four overs. Cameron Green claimed the prized scalps of Mohammad Rizwan and Fakhar Zaman off successive deliveries while Adam Zampa and Sean Abbott chipped in with a wicket each.

In response, Australia chased down their 163-run target with three wickets and five balls to spare. Captain Aaron Finch (55 off 45) headlined the chase with Marcus Stoinis (23 off 9) and Ben McDermott (22* off 19) by countering the likes of Shaheen Afridi, Haris Rauf and Usman Qadir.