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9 Successive Tests that Pakistan have lost in Australia. They lost 3-0 in each of the series in 1999-2000, 2004-05 and 2009-10. In these three series they lost two Tests each in Melbourne, Sydney, Perth and Hobart, and one in Brisbane. Australia is the only country where Pakistan havent won an away Test since November 1999.46.36 Pakistans bowling average in these nine Tests. Apart from Saqlain Mushtaq, who took 10 wickets at 25.10 in 1999, no other Pakistan bowler has taken more than five wickets at a sub-35 average in Australia during this period. Their fast bowlers have taken 75 wickets at 45.94 in these nine Tests.6 Hundreds scored by Pakistan batsmen in these nine Tests: two by Salman Butt, and one each by Mohammad Yousuf, Saeed Anwar, Inzamam-ul-Haq and Ijaz Ahmed. The difference of 21 between Pakistans bowling and batting averages during this period is easily their highest in any country. 27 Successive Tests without a defeat for Australia at the Gabba - their last loss was in November 1988, when West Indies beat them by nine wickets. Since then, Australia have won 20 out of 27 Tests here, with seven draws. The most recent draw was against South Africa in 2012; since then Australia have won against England (381 runs), India (four wickets) and New Zealand (208 runs) at this venue.63.25 David Warners Test average in Brisbane: in nine innings he has scored 506 runs, including three hundreds. The last time he played a Test here, he scored 163 and 116 against New Zealand. Warner is coming off successive hundreds in his last two ODI innings, also against New Zealand, last week. 43.16 Younis Khans Test average in Australia. This is the only country where he hasnt scored a Test hundred, but he has four 40-plus scores in six innings, with a highest of 87.24 Test wickets for Nathan Lyon in Brisbane; his average of 23.95 here is his best among all Australian venues. However, his average against Pakistan is 140.66: in two Tests against them in the UAE in 2014, he took three wickets conceding 422 runs. 10 Test wickets each for Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood at the Gabba - Starc has played three Tests here and has a bowling average of 35.90, while Hazlewood averages 28.37.63 Fast bowlers average in the last five Tests at the Gabba - they have taken 111 wickets, compared to the spinners haul of 35 wickets at an average of 42.08. 2 Day-night Sheffield Shield games held at the Gabba in 2016: Queensland beat Tasmania by seven wickets in February (in the 2015-16 season), but lost to New South Wales by 225 runs at the start of the current season. 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The teams are scheduled to play four ODIs and a T20 international, and three of the four ODIs will be counted for points in the ICC Womens Championship.Australia, who are leading the Championship table with 24 points, are one point away from gaining automatic qualification into next years Womens World Cup. Sri Lanka, however, are placed at the bottom of the eight-team table with five points from 15 matches. While the top four teams gain direct entry into the World Cup, the bottom four teams will have to play the ICC Womens World Cup Qualifier with six other regional qualifiers. The top four teams in the Qualifier will then advance to the World Cup.The Australian line-up has plenty of right-handers, and Inoka and Sugandika, our most experienced spinners in the side, should make it difficult for them, de Silva said before the first ODI in Dambulla on Sunday. We also have the off-breaks of Inoshi Priyadharshani and we are banking on the three of them to deliver.De Silva stated that unlike in the past, the team had prepared for the series well in advance. He said the emphasis during selection had been on picking specialists, and, like the bowling attack, he picked out the players who would take on the batting responsibilities.We picked the squad of 14 players one month ahead and they have been practising together as a team, he said. We played six practice matches and managed scores between 215 and 220 in most of them. If we can come up with similar scores against Australia, we have the bowlers to do the job for us.The selections were also made with emphasis on specialists rather than allrounders who can do a little bit of both. 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In this series, we expect to move at least one rung up the ladder in the rankings, De Silva said.Atapattu, leading Sri Lanka in the absence of Shashikala Siriwardene, said the series against Australia was an important one in terms of preparations for the 2017 World Cup.We are sad that our captain Shashikala (Siriwardene) is out of this series due to a back injury, but we have a good team consisting of experience and talent, said Atapattu. We have selected very talented players as new caps. Although they lack experience, if they perform to their potential, we can still pose a big challenge to Australia.The Australian players are physically stronger than us and they can go for big hits whenever needed, but we are confident that our spinners will try and keep them under the 200-run mark as much as possible.Despite the huge gap in rankings between the two sides, Australia captain Meg Lanning was wary of the conditions.We know that we will have a tough time here with the conditions, but hopefully, we will give a good performance. This is a good test for us to see how we can adjust to these conditions, Lanning said.The first and second ODIs of the series will be played in Dambulla on September 18 and 20, while the third and fourth matches will be held at the Khettarama in Colombo on September 23 and 25 respectively. The only T20I of the tour will be played at the SSC on September 27. ' ' '