Rivalry renewed: 5 memorable Pakistan-Australia clashes

Australia will play their first Test in Pakistan for 24 years under heavy security when their three-match series begins in Rawalpindi on Friday.

Here, AFP Sport recalls five memorable past Test between the two nations as they renew a rivalry which stretches back over 66 years:

1956: Crawl in Karachi

The first ever encounter between Pakistan and Australia saw just 95 runs scored on the first day as 12 wickets fell on a matting pitch - still the least scored in a full day's play in Test history.

The Ian Johnson-led Australians had landed in Pakistan just two days earlier after flight delays and then were humbled for 80 as police superintendent-turned seamer Fazal Mahmood took 6-34 and pace partner Khan Mohammad 4-43.

Pakistan were 15-2 at the close before being all out for 199 on the second day.

Mahmood and Mohammad then again ran through an Australian line-up containing greats such as Neil Harvey, Keith Miller and Richie Benaud as they crawled to 187 all out off 109.5 overs, Benaud top-scoring with 56.

Mahmood finished with 7-80 and 13 wickets in the match and Mohammad took 3-69 as the seam pair accounted for all 20 wickets and Pakistan secured a famous nine-wicket victory.

1977: Imran shines in Sydney

Legendary fast bowler Imran Khan, now prime minister, took 12 wickets - six in each innings - as Pakistan registered a first Test victory on Australian soil at the Sydney Cricket Ground.

It was a turning point for Pakistan who, despite having world-class players, had struggled to win outside their own country.

The performance started the elevation of Imran among the era's great all-rounders alongside England's Ian Botham, India's Kapil Dev and New Zealand's Richard Hadlee.

It also enabled Pakistan to draw the three-Test series