| Series Name: | Pakistani cricket team vs Australia in UAE in 2012 |
| Team1 Image: | Flag of Pakistan.svg |
| Team1 Name: | Pakistan |
| Team2 Image: | Flag of Australia.svg |
| Team2 Name: | Australia |
| From Date: | 28 August |
| To Date: | 10 September |
| No Of Odis: | 3 |
| Team1 Odis Won: | 1 |
| Team2 Odis Won: | 2 |
| Team1 Odis Most Runs: | Nasir Jamshed (168) |
| Team2 Odis Most Runs: | Michael Clarke (135) |
| Team1 Odis Most Wickets: | Saeed Ajmal (10) |
| Team2 Odis Most Wickets: | Mitchell Starc (9) |
| Player Of Odi Series: | Mitchell Starc (Aus) |
| No Of Twenty20s: | 3 |
| Team1 Twenty20s Won: | 2 |
| Team2 Twenty20s Won: | 1 |
| Team1 Twenty20s Most Runs: | Kamran Akmal (74) |
| Team2 Twenty20s Most Runs: | David Warner (112) |
| Team1 Twenty20s Most Wickets: | Saeed Ajmal (6) |
| Team2 Twenty20s Most Wickets: | Pat Cummins (5) |
| Player Of Twenty20 Series: | Saeed Ajmal (Pak) |
The Pakistani cricket team played a home series against Australia from 28 August to 10 September 2012 in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The series consisted of three One Day International (ODI) and three Twenty20 International (T20I) matches. The matches began in the late evening to avoid the high temperature of the daytime.[1] The ODI series was reduced due to Australian Cricketers' Association (ACA) and Cricket Australia (CA) concerns about the weather in the UAE during August.[2] [3]
Earlier the International Cricket Council (ICC) approved a six-match T20I series on the request of Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), but Pakistan still wanted to play an ODI series.[4] [5] The PCB chairman, Zaka Ashraf proposed the matches start in the evening to avoid the worst of the heat.[5] The series was initially scheduled to take place in Sri Lanka but clashed with the dates of the Sri Lanka Premier League (SLPL) and was shifted to the UAE.[6]