Neil Harvey with the Australian cricket team in England in 1948 age of 19, Harvey was the youngest player of the touring party—more than six and half years younger than all the other members of the squad. An attacking left-handed middle-order batsman, Harvey had become the youngest Australian to score a Test century, by making 153 in the Fifth Test against India in the preceding Australian summer. However, Harvey struggled early in the tour and had difficulty adapting to English conditions. After being omitted from the first-choice team in the early part of the tour, Harvey's performances improved with increasing familiarity with local conditions, and he was called into the team
Australian cricket team in Pakistan in 1979–80 Australian cricket team in Pakistan in 1979–80 The Australian cricket team toured Pakistan in February to March 1980 to play a three-match Test series against Pakistan. Pakistan won the test series 1-0. There was some original doubt whether the tour would go ahead due to financial problems. Eventually the tour guarantee was increased and the amount of games played cut from eight matches to five. It was the first tour by an Australian team since the peace treaty between the Australian Cricket Board and World Series Cricket. The original squad selected was as follows: The tour was Javed Miandad's first