The Pakistan national cricket team, captained by Mushtaq Mohammed, toured Australia in March 1979 and played two Test matches against the Australia national cricket team. The series was drawn 1–1. Pakistan visited Sri Lanka en route for home and played a match against the Sri Lankan national cricket team.
Test series summary
First Test
Second Test
Sri Lanka The Pakistan team had a stopover in Colombo after leaving Australia and played a limited overs match there on 4 April 1979 against the Sri Lankan national cricket team. Pakistan won by 55 runs. Sri Lanka were captained by Anura Tennekoon.
References
Annual reviews Playfair Cricket Annual 1979 Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1980
Further reading
Frindall, Bill. The Wisden Book of Test Cricket 1877-1978, Wisden, 1979 Harte, Chris. A History of Australian Cricket, André Deutsch, 1993