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]

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Tour matches summary

First tour match

2 – 4 October 1976
(3-day match)
Scorecard

North-West Frontier Province Chief Minister's XI	v	New Zealanders
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

ZA Bhutto's XI	v	New Zealanders
188 (39.3 overs) Majid Khan 34 Richard Hadlee 5/47 (11.3 overs)		151 (35.7 overs) John Morrison 46 Mushtaq Mohammad 5/17 (7.7 overs)
77/2 (15.4 overs) Zaheer Abbas 44* Richard Hadlee 1/44 (7 overs)

Match drawn
Pindi Club Ground, Rawalpindi
Umpires: Shakoor Rana and Shujauddin

ZA Bhutto's XI won the toss and decided to bat

First Test

9 – 13 October 1976
Scorecard

Pakistan	v	New Zealand
417 (80.5 overs) Asif Iqbal 166 Richard Hadlee 5/121 (19 overs)		157 (49.4 overs) Geoff Howarth 38 Intikhab Alam 4/35 (16.4 overs)
105/4 (18.7 overs) Sadiq Mohammad 38 Peter Petherick 2/26 (4.7 overs)		360 (f/o) (92.4 overs) Mark 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.
Robert Anderson, Warren Lees and Peter Petherick (all NZ), and Javed Miandad (PAK) made their Test debuts.

Only ODI

16 October 1976
Scorecard

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

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

New Zealanders	v	Punjab
230 (58.1 overs) Mark Burgess 78 Parvez Mir 4/39 (15 overs)		221/6d (46.3 overs) Mohsin Khan 123 David O'Sullivan 2/32 (7.3 overs)
299/5d (65 overs) John Parker 96 Sikander Bakht 3/55 (14 overs)		172 (44 overs) Farooq Shera 45 Peter Petherick 3/43 (14 overs)

New Zealanders won by 136 runs
Lyallpur Stadium, Lyallpur
Umpires: Gulzar Mir and Khizer Hayat

New Zealanders won the toss and decided to bat

Second Test

23 – 27 October 1976
Scorecard

Pakistan	v	New Zealand
473/8d (128 overs) Sadiq Mohammad 103* David O'Sullivan 2/92 (39 overs)		219 (73.7 overs) Glenn Turner 49 Imran Khan 3/41 (15 overs)
4/0 (0.5 overs) Sarfraz Nawaz 4*		254 (f/o) (80.4 overs) John 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 Richard Hadlee 4/138 (20.2 overs)		468 (103.5 overs) Warren Lees 152 Intikhab Alam 3/76 (20.7 overs)
290/5d (47.4 overs) Javed Miandad 85 David O'Sullivan 2/96 (17 overs)		262/7 (79.6 overs) Warren 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.
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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