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.
[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 Colombo en 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.
Sri Lanka were captained by Michael Tissera and Pakistan by Intikhab Alam.