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Following are the statistical highlights of the Australia and Pakistan Tests before the start of current series:

• Overall - Tests 43; Australia 15 wins, 11 losses, 17 draws.

• In Australia - Tests 23, Australia 12 wins, four losses, seven draws.

• In Brisbane - Tests three, Australia two wins, one draw.

• Series - Played 16 series, Australia seven wins, Pakistan five wins, four drawn.

• Biggest wins - Australia by an innings and 126 runs in Brisbane 1995-96. Pakistan by an innings and 188 runs in Karachi 1988-89.

• Australia have never lost a home series against Pakistan, but have drawn three home series, the last in 1978-79.

• Former captain Allan Border has scored the most runs for Australia against Pakistan, hitting 1,666 runs in 22 Tests at an average of 59.50.

• Javed Miandad top-scored for Pakistan with 1,797 in 25 Tests at 47.29.

• Dennis Lillee has taken the most wickets for Australia against Pakistan, with 71 wickets in 17 Tests at 30.44. Imran Khan has most wickets for Pakistan with 64 in 18 Tests at 24.97.

• Shane Warne destroyed the Pakistani batsmen during the last Test in Brisbane in 1995-96, claiming 11-67 - the best match figures by an Australian against Pakistan.

• Pakistani batsmen have never scored a Test hundred in Brisbane, with Zaheer Abbas' 80 in 1981-82 the best individual total at the Gabba.

• Australia's lowest total against Pakistan in three Tests at the Gabba is 463 during the 1995-96 series. Pakistan's highest score at the Gabba is 291 in 1981-82