New Zealand cricket team in Pakistan in 1976–77
International cricket tour
The New Zealand national cricket team toured Pakistan in October to November 1976 and played a three-match Test series against the Pakistan national cricket team. Pakistan won the Test series 2–0. New Zealand were captained by Glenn Turner and Pakistan by Mushtaq Mohammad.[1]
Tour matches summary
First tour match
2 – 4 October 1976 (3-day match) Scorecard |
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275/6d (70 overs) Intikhab Alam 73 Peter Petherick 4/111 (22 overs) | 255/4d (78 overs) Robert Anderson 103* Farrukh Zaman 3/80 (23 overs) | |
240/3d (42 overs) Javed Miandad 138* Richard Hadlee 2/52 (8 overs) | 106 (34.2 overs) John Morrison 33 Farrukh Zaman 4/37 (9.2 overs) |
North-West Frontier Province Chief Minister's XI won by 154 runs Peshawar Club Ground, Peshawar Umpires: Amanullah Khan and Khalid Aziz |
- North-West Frontier Province Chief Minister's XI won the toss and decided to bat
Second tour match
6 – 8 October 1976 (3-day match) Scorecard |
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188 (39.3 overs) Majid Khan 34 Richard Hadlee 5/47 (11.3 overs) | ||
- ZA Bhutto's XI won the toss and decided to bat
First Test
9 – 13 October 1976 Scorecard |
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- Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
- 12 October was taken as a rest day.
- The match was scheduled for five days but completed in four.
- Robert Anderson, Warren Lees and Peter Petherick (all NZ), and Javed Miandad (PAK) made their Test debuts.
Only ODI
16 October 1976 Scorecard |
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New Zealand won by 1 run Jinnah Park, Sialkot Umpires: Javed Akhtar and Mahboob Shah Player of the match: Glenn Turner (NZ) |
- New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
- Robert Anderson, Murray Parker, Andy Roberts and Gary Troup (all NZ) made their ODI debuts.
Third tour match
17 – 19 October 1976 (3-day match) Scorecard |
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221/6d (46.3 overs) Mohsin Khan 123 David O'Sullivan 2/32 (7.3 overs) | ||
- New Zealanders won the toss and decided to bat
Second Test
23 – 27 October 1976 Scorecard |
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4/0 (0.5 overs) Sarfraz Nawaz 4* |
- Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
- 26 October was taken as a rest day.
- The match was scheduled for five days but completed in four.
- Farrukh Zaman (PAK) made his Test debut.
Third Test
30 October – 4 November 1976 Scorecard |
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- Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
- 2 November was taken as a rest day.
- Murray Parker (NZ), and Shahid Israr and Sikander Bakht (both PAK) made their Test debuts.
References
- ^ "New Zealand in India and Pakistan 1976–77". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 July 2014.
External links
- New Zealand in Pakistan, 1976-77 at Cricinfo
- New Zealand to Pakistan and India 1976-77 at Test Cricket Tours
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