New Zealand cricket team in Pakistan in 1976–77

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]

Test series summary[]

First Test[]

9 – 13 October 1976
Scorecard

Pakistan	v	New Zealand
417 (80.5 overs) Asif Iqbal 166 RJ Hadlee 5/121 (19 overs)		157 (49.4 overs) GP Howarth 38 Intikhab Alam 4/35 (16.4 overs)
105/4 (18.7 overs) Sadiq Mohammad 38 PJ Petherick 2/26 (4.7 overs)		360 (f/o) (92.4 overs) MG Burgess 111 Imran Khan 4/59 (21 overs)

Pakistan won by 6 wickets
Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
Umpires: Amanullah Khan and Shujauddin

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.
RW Anderson, WK Lees and PJ Petherick (all NZ), and Javed Miandad (PAK) made their Test debuts.

Second Test[]

23 – 27 October 1976
Scorecard

Pakistan	v	New Zealand
473/8d (128 overs) Sadiq Mohammad 103* DR O'Sullivan 2/92 (39 overs)		219 (73.7 overs) GM Turner 49 Imran Khan 3/41 (15 overs)
4/0 (0.5 overs) Sarfraz Nawaz 4*		254 (f/o) (80.4 overs) JM Parker 82 Intikhab Alam 4/44 (20 overs)

Pakistan won by 10 wickets
Niaz Stadium, Hyderabad
Umpires: Amanullah Khan and Shakoor Rana

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

Pakistan	v	New Zealand
565/9d (105.2 overs) Javed Miandad 206 RJ Hadlee 4/138 (20.2 overs)		468 (103.5 overs) WK Lees 152 Intikhab Alam 3/76 (20.7 overs)
290/5d (47.4 overs) Javed Miandad 85 DR O'Sullivan 2/96 (17 overs)		262/7 (79.6 overs) WK Lees 46 Sikander Bakht 2/38 (8 overs)

Match drawn
National Stadium, Karachi
Umpires: Shakoor Rana and Shujauddin

Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
2 November was taken as a rest day.
NM Parker (NZ), and Shahid Israr and Sikander Bakht (both PAK) made their Test debuts.

One-day international[]

16 October 1976
Scorecard

New Zealand 198/8 (35 overs)	v	Pakistan 197/9 (35 overs)
GM Turner 67 (104) Javed Miandad 2/31 (6 overs)		Javed Miandad 47 (72) BL Cairns 2/36 (7 overs)

New Zealand won by 1 run
Jinnah Park, Sialkot
Umpires: Javed Akhtar and Mahboob Shah
Player of the match: GM Turner (NZ)

New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
RW Anderson, NM Parker, ADG Roberts and GB Troup (all NZ) made their ODI 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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