da brwin： Part one of the history of matches between New Zealand and Pakistan
da leao： Martin Williamson24-Jun-2008
Waqar Hassan’s 189 helped Pakistan wrap up the first series © Hulton Archive
1955-56
Pakistan won the first Test between the two countries, the matting pitch in Karachi and Zulfiqar Ahmed’s 11 for 79 proving too much for the tourists. Back on turf in Lahore, Pakistan wrapped up the series with a remarkable comeback, recovering from 111 for 6 to make 561 on their first innings. Waqar Hassan (189) and Imtiaz Ahmed (209 batting at No. 8) added 308 for the seventh wicket, but set 117 to win, they scraped home by four wickets with 18 minutes to spare. The third Test was blighted by rain.
Pakistan 2 New Zealand 0 Drawn 11964-65
Pakistan’s first series in New Zealand produced three fairly unmemorable matches. In Wellington, Pakistan were 64 for 6 after being set 259 in 188 minutes before Asif Iqbal dug in and secured a draw. Auckland was a turgid, low -scoring affair, summed up by the fact there were 71 maidens on the first day. Rain blighted the Christchurch Test where New Zealand closed on 223 for 5 chasing 314 in four hours.
New Zealand 0 Pakistan 0 Drawn 31964-65
Given what had happened a few months earlier, New Zealand’s visit in the middle of a tour of India was hardly the subject of keen anticipation, but the home support were left happy. Pakistan opened with an innings win in Rawalpindi, Pervez Sajjad returning 8 for 47. Hanid Mohammad’s 203 blunted the New Zealand attack after they had stuck Pakistan in on a rain-affected pitch, and in the final Test hundreds from Saeed Ahmed and Mohammad Ilyas steered Pakistan to an eight-wicket win.
Pakistan 2 New Zealand 0 Drawn 11969-70
A strong New Zealand side came away with a 1-0 win, their first away series success. Pakistan had the better of the opening game, Mohammad Nazir taking 7 for 99 on his debut, and New Zealand shut up shop after being reduced to 11 for 3 chasing 230 in three-and-a-quarter hours. The only positive result came in a low-scoring game in Lahore where New Zealand won by five wickets. In Dacca, Pakistan looked set to level the series when New Zealand, 17 behind on the first innings, slipped to 101 for 8. But Mark Burgess (119*) and Bob Cunis added 96 for the ninth wicket. That left Pakistan needing 184 in two-and-a-half hours, and when bad light stopped play they were 51 for 4. Any chance of a resumption was scuppered by crowd disturbances.
Pakistan 0 New Zealand 1 Drawn 21972-73
Pakistan gained revenge back in New Zealand, some solace immediately after a 3-0 loss in Australia. In the first and third Tests the bat dominated, but in Dunedin New Zealand were twice bowled out cheaply, Intikhab Alam taking 11 for 130, after Mushtaq Mohammad’s double hundred.
New Zealand 0 Pakistan 1 Drawn 21976-77
Pakistan’s formidable batting was the basis of their big wins in the first two Tests. In Lahore it was Asif Iqbal (166) and Javed Miandad (163 on debut) who dominated, and then in Hyderabad Sadiq and Mushtaq Mohammad both made first-innings hundreds. Miandad, who finished the series with 504 runs at 126.00, scored a double hundred in the Karachi Test as Pakistan made 565 for 9, but for the once New Zealand’s reply was equal to it.
Pakistan 2 New Zealand 0 Drawn 11978-79
Pakistan fielded a weakened side in Christchurch – four regulars were playing in World Series Cricket – where they recovered from a small first-innings deficit to win by 128 runs. Miandad started the fightback with 160 and then Mushtaq Mohammed (5 for 59) and Wasim Raja (4 for 68) bowled the home side out for 176. There was nothing between the sides in a dull draw in Napier, and in Auckland, New Zealand did well to salvage a draw but were never in with a chance of levelling the series. Wasim Bari caught seven of the first eight wickets to fall in New Zealand’s first innings to create a new Test record.
New Zealand 0 Pakistan 1 Drawn 2
