Pakistani cricket team in New Zealand in 1978–79

The Pakistan national cricket team toured New Zealand in January and February 1979 and played a three-match Test series against the New Zealand national cricket team. Pakistan won the series 1–0. New Zealand were captained by Mark Burgess and Pakistan by Mushtaq Mohammad.^[1]

Test series summary

First Test

2 – 7 February 1979 (5–day match) Scorecard

Pakistan	v	New Zealand
271 (92.6 overs) Javed Miandad 81 RJ Hadlee 5/62 (25 overs)		290 (88.4 overs) BA Edgar 129 Mushtaq Mohammad 4/60 (25 overs)
323/6d (93 overs) Javed Miandad 160* RJ Hadlee 3/83 (26 overs)		176 (56 overs) JV Coney 36 Mushtaq Mohammad 5/59 (22 overs)

Pakistan won by 128 runs Lancaster Park, Christchurch Umpires: JBR Hastie and RL Monteith

• New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.
• 5 February was taken as a rest day.
• Anwar Khan (PAK) made his Test debut.

Second Test

16 – 21 February 1979 (5–day match) Scorecard

Pakistan	v	New Zealand
360 (104.5 overs) Asif Iqbal 104 RJ Hadlee 4/101 (25 overs)		402 (101.3 overs) GP Howarth 114 Imran Khan 5/106 (33 overs)
234/3d (86 overs) Majid Khan 119* SL Boock 2/77 (30 overs)

Match drawn McLean Park, Napier Umpires: FR Goodall and SJ Woodward

• Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
• The match was scheduled for five days but extended to six, by playing on the scheduled rest day.
• There was no play on the third day.

Third Test

23 – 28 February 1979 (5–day match) Scorecard

New Zealand	v	Pakistan
254 (55.7 overs) JV Coney 82 Sarfraz Nawaz 3/56 (15 overs)		359 (103 overs) Zaheer Abbas 135 RJ Hadlee 5/104 (27 overs)
281/8d (91.2 overs) MG Burgess 71 Sarfraz Nawaz 4/61 (28.2 overs)		8/0 (0.6 overs) Talat Ali 8*

Match drawn Eden Park, Auckland Umpires: FR Goodall and JBR Hastie

• Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.
• 26 February was taken as a rest day.
• JF Reid (NZ) made his Test debut.

References

1. "Pakistan in New Zealand 1979". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 May 2014.

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