Here are the Pakistan player ratings for the 2023/24 Test series in Australia that they lost 0-3.
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Imam-ul-Haq – 3/10
94 runs @ 23.50, HS: 62, one 50
Imam top-scored the first time Pakistan in the series, in the first innings at Perth. Despite being dropped after the second Test match, Imam averaged more than the other two openers Pakistan used in the series.
Abdullah Shafique – 2.5/10
110 runs @ 18.33, HS: 62, one 50
Shafique played all three Test matches, and his 42 and 62 did not quite make up for the four failures. Loses half a point for dropping at least two catches.
Saim Ayub – 2.5/10
33 runs @ 16.50, HS: 33
Saim debuted at Sydney, and started with a duck and spilling the easiest sitter of the series, for which he loses half a point. However, there were glimpses of his talent in his second-innings 33.
Shan Masood – 5/10
181 runs @ 30.17, HS: 60, two 50s
Masood came into the series with a batting average of 28. He roughly matched that average, but still finished second on the averages chart, which tells more about his team than him. He did a decent job of leading with a depleted bowling attack.
Babar Azam – 3/10
126 runs @ 21.00, HS: 41
Much was expected of Pakistan’s biggest star, but he had a forgettable series. It was unfortunate, for he looked in touch on all five occasions he reached double figures.
Mohammad Rizwan – 7/10
193 runs @ 48.25, HS: 88, one 50 | 6 catches
Picked for the last two Test matches, Rizwan breathed fresh air into the Pakistan batting line-up with two dazzling cameos in Melbourne and 88 in Sydney, where he looked good even in the second innings.
Sarfraz Ahmed – 1/10
7 runs @ 3.50, HS: 4 | 3 catches
Sarfraz was dropped after failing twice in Perth, though, to be fair, one of his dismissals was to a near-unplayable ball.
Saud Shakeel – 2/10
92 runs @ 15.33, HS: 28
Shakeel came into the series with an average of 72.50 across seven Test matches in Asia. In his first tour outside the subcontinent, he failed to reach 30 even once.
Salman Ali Agha – 8/10
141 runs @ 28.20, HS: 53, two 50s | 3 wickets @ 77.00 | BBI: 2-43; 9 catches
While inconsistent, Salman was one of two Pakistanis to reach two fifties. He held nine catches, a remarkable feat in a side that disappointed on the field, and gets a point for that. He gets another point for dismissing David Warner twice and Marnus Labuschagne once.
Faheem Ashraf – 1/10
14 runs @ 7.00, HS: 9 | 1 wicket @ 130.00, BBI: 1-93
Barring the wicket of Labuschagne, Faheem did little of note in the Perth Test match, and was subsequently dropped.
Shaheen Shah Afridi – 4/10
28 runs @ 9.33, HS: 21 | 8 wickets @ 41.62, BBI: 4-76
The only time Afridi looked close to his best was in the second innings in Melbourne, where he rocked Australia with an early double blow and returned to produce a peach to dismiss Steve Smith.
Aamer Jamal – 9.5/10
143 runs @ 28.60, HS: 82, one 50 | 18 wickets @ 20.44, BBI: 6-69, two five-fors
Few cricketers impress in their debut series. Fewer do that in on an overseas tour. Even fewer in Australia. In a 0-3 sweep, perhaps no one. Aamer Jamal has arrived.
Mir Hamza – 7/10
7 wickets @ 20.71, BBI: 4-32
At Melbourne, Hamza took two wickets in the first innings, and followed Shaheen’s second-innings double-strike with a double-strike of his own. When he did not take wickets, he ensured they could not score runs off him.
Khurram Shahzad – 6/10
5 wickets @ 25.60, BBI: 3-45
Pakistan’s other debutant at Perth, Shahzad took new ball in the both innings. In the second, he took out Warner and Labuschagne early, but an injury kept him out for the rest of the series.
Hassan Ali – 1/10
2 wickets @ 91.00, BBI: 2-61
Left out at Perth, Hassan struck twice in the first innings at Melbourne, but that remained the last of his success.
Sajid Khan – 3/10
3 wickets @ 40.67, BBI: 2-49
Sajid played only at Sydney, and two of his three wickets came when Australia chased 130 without much fuss.
