The Australian national cricket team visited Pakistan in October 1956 and played a single Test match against the Pakistani national cricket team. Pakistan won the Test series 1–0. Australia were captained by Ian Johnson and Pakistan by Abdul Hafeez Kardar. The Test match was the first between the two teams. The opening day's play was the slowest in the history of Test cricket, with just 95 runs scored.

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1956 Australian Cricket Team Official Photograph Sporting Cricket

The Pakistan Cricket team photographed in Bombay . 1960 Stock Photo Alamy

On This Day Another Chapter in India and Pakistan's long cricket rivalry

FactFile History of Australia Pakistan Cricket Series

THE INVINCIBLES, 20th Australian Cricket Team to Great Britain Photos