Top 5 Australian Test wins in the sub-continent

#2 Win vs Pakistan, Rawalpindi, 1998

The victorious Australian team vs Pakistan

When the Mark Taylor led Australian team went to tour Pakistan in 1998, they were looking to win their first test series in the country since 1959. The first Test at Rawalpindi, however, showed that this was a team that was of a rare vintage and scripted one of Australia’s most memorable wins in the subcontinent.

An attack of Glenn McGrath, Damien Fleming, Colin Miller and Stuart MacGill dismissed Pakistan for 269, with the leg spinner Macgill taking a five-for. Then Australia scored a mammoth 513 to bat Pakistan out of the match.

Michael Slater and Steve Waugh scored centuries while Darren Lehmann scored 98. Pakistan were then dismissed for 145 in the 3rd innings as Australia romped to an innings and 99 runs win. The next two Tests were drawn and Australia won a Test series in Pakistan for the first time in 39 years.