The
Pakistan national cricket team toured
Australia in the 1972–73 season and played three
Test matches against the
Australian national cricket team. After an inadequate preparation against weak teams, Pakistan lost by an innings in the first Test in Adelaide. While Australia won the series 3–0, the last two tests were competitive, with Pakistan seeming the likely winner on the second last days. The 2nd test in Melbourne was attended by 115,721.[1] Pakistan also visited
Sri Lanka and played a match against the
Sri Lankan national cricket team and followed the tour with a
series against New Zealand, where both teams played their first
ODI.
The Pakistan team had a stopover in
Colomboen route to Australia and played a first-class match there between 9 and 11 November against the
Sri Lankan national cricket team, which at that time did not have Test status. The match was drawn. Sri Lanka were captained by
Michael Tissera and Pakistan by
Intikhab Alam.[2]