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]
Tour matches summary
[edit]First tour match
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- North-West Frontier Province Chief Minister's XI won the toss and decided to bat
Second tour match
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First Test
[edit]9 – 13 October 1976
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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
[edit] 16 October 1976
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- 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
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- New Zealanders won the toss and decided to bat
Second Test
[edit]23 – 27 October 1976
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- 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
[edit]30 October – 4 November 1976
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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
[edit]- ^ "New Zealand in India and Pakistan 1976–77". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 July 2014.
External links
[edit]- New Zealand in Pakistan, 1976-77 at Cricinfo
- New Zealand to Pakistan and India 1976-77 at Test Cricket Tours
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