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Pakistani cricket team in New Zealand in 1972–73

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The Pakistan national cricket team toured New Zealand in January and February 1973 and played a three-match Test series against the New Zealand national cricket team. Pakistan won the series 1-0, marking their first Test series victory outside Pakistan.{{cite web |title=Enter Intikhab |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/149912.html |website=Cricinfo |access-date=28 December 2020}} Additionally, a Limited Overs International (LOI) took place between the second and third Tests; this match was the inaugural LOI of both teams.

Touring team

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Azmat Rana and Wasim Raja had replaced Mohammad Ilyas and Saeed Ahmed after the Australian leg of the tour.

Test series summary

1st Test

{{Two-innings cricket match

| date = February 2–5, 1973

| team1 = {{cr-rt|PAK}}

| team2 = {{cr|NZL}}

| score-team1-inns1 = 357 (90.4 overs)

| runs-team1-inns1 = Sadiq Mohammad 166

| wickets-team1-inns1 = BR Taylor 4/110 (24.4 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 325 (74.4 overs)

| runs-team2-inns1 = MG Burgess 79

| wickets-team2-inns1 = Sarfraz Nawaz 4/126 (29 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 290/6d (71 overs)

| runs-team1-inns2 = Majid Khan 79

| wickets-team1-inns2 = HJ Howarth 4/99 (31 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 = 78/3 (26 overs)

| runs-team2-inns2 = GM Turner 49*

| wickets-team2-inns2 = Saleem Altaf 3/15 (6 overs)

| result = Match drawn

| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/engine/match/63097.html scorecard]
[http://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/152516.html report]

| venue = Basin Reserve, Wellington

| umpires = Tony Mackintosh (NZ), Trevor Martin (NZ)

| motm =

| toss = Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat first

| rain = Rain affected first two days

| notes = Test debut of Richard Hadlee

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2nd Test

{{Two-innings cricket match

| date = February 7–10, 1973

| team1 = {{cr-rt|PAK}}

| team2 = {{cr|NZL}}

| score-team1-inns1 = 507/6d (123 overs)

| runs-team1-inns1 = Mushtaq Mohammad 201

| wickets-team1-inns1 = BR Taylor 2/91 (22 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 156 (51.5 overs)

| runs-team2-inns1 = Ken Wadsworth 45

| wickets-team2-inns1 = Intikhab Alam 7/52 (21 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 = 185 (f/o) (49.4 overs)

| runs-team2-inns2 = Vic Pollard 61

| wickets-team2-inns2 = Mushtaq Mohammad 5/49 (31 overs)

| result = Pakistan won by an innings and 166 runs

| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/17236/scorecard/63098/New-Zealand-vs-Pakistan-2nd-Test-pakistan-in-new-zealand-test-series/ scorecard]
[http://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/152517.html report]

| venue = Carisbrook, Dunedin

| umpires = Dennis Copps (NZ), Dick Shortt (NZ)

| motm =

| toss = Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat first

| rain =

| notes = Mushtaq and Asif Iqbal (175) added 350 which broke the Pakistan fourth-wicket record

  • Mushtaq became the second Test player to make a double century and take five wickets in an innings in the same match

}}

3rd Test

{{Two-innings cricket match

| date = February 16–19, 1973

| team1 = {{cr-rt|PAK}}

| team2 = {{cr|NZL}}

| score-team1-inns1 = 402 (117.5 overs)

| runs-team1-inns1 = Majid Khan 110

| wickets-team1-inns1 = BR Taylor 4/86 (32 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 402 (90.6 overs)

| runs-team2-inns1 = BF Hastings 110

| wickets-team2-inns1 = Intikhab Alam 6/127 (30 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 271 (78.7 overs)

| runs-team1-inns2 = Mushtaq Mohammad 52

| wickets-team1-inns2 = HJ Howarth 3/99 (31 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 = 92/3 (24 overs)

| runs-team2-inns2 = Rodney Redmond 56

| wickets-team2-inns2 = Wasim Raja 3/32 (8 overs)

| result = Match drawn

| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/17236/scorecard/63099/New-Zealand-vs-Pakistan-3rd-Test-pakistan-in-new-zealand-test-series/ scorecard]
[http://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/152518.html report]

| venue = Eden Park, Auckland

| umpires = Tony Mackintosh (NZ), Trevor Martin (NZ)

| motm =

| toss = Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat first

| rain =

| notes =Brian Hastings and Richard Collinge (68) had a world Test record 10th wicket stand of 151 in 155 minutes, since eclipsed by Joe Root and James Anderson (198) in 2014. The previous record of 130 by Wilfred Rhodes and R. E. Foster had stood for 70 years

  • Rodney Redmond, replacing Terry Jarvis as opener, on debut scored a rapid 107, then a fine 56. It was to be his only Test.
  • Taylor took his hundredth wicket in Tests, then moved past Dick Motz's New Zealand record

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ODI match

{{Limited overs matches|

| date = February 11, 1973

| team1 = {{cr|New Zealand}}

| score1 = 187 (38.3 overs)

| score2 = 165 (33.3 overs)

| team2 = {{cr|Pakistan}}

| runs1 = Mark Burgess 47 (68)

| wickets1 = Sarfraz Nawaz 4/46 (7.3 overs)

| runs2 = Sadiq Mohammad 37 (50)

| wickets2 = Dayle Hadlee 4/34 (8 overs)

| result = {{cr|New Zealand}} won by 22 runs

| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/17236/scorecard/64149/New-Zealand-vs-Pakistan-Only-ODI-pakistan-in-new-zealand-odi-match/ scorecard]
[http://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/153887.html report]

| toss = Pakistan won the toss and decided to field

| venue = Lancaster Park, Christchurch

| umpires = F.R. Goodall (NZ) & E.G. Wainscott (NZ)|

| rain =

| notes = This was the first ever ODI match for Pakistan and New Zealand.

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References

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External links

{{International cricket tours of New Zealand}}

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Category:1973 in New Zealand cricket

1972-73

Category:International cricket competitions from 1970–71 to 1975

Category:New Zealand cricket seasons from 1970–71 to 1999–2000

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