Pakistani cricket team in New Zealand in 1972–73
The
Limited Overs International
(LOI) took place between the second and third Tests; this match was the inaugural LOI of both teams.
Touring team
Azmat Rana and Wasim Raja had replaced Mohammad Ilyas and Saeed Ahmed after the Australian leg of the tour.
Test series summary
1st Test
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357 (90.4 overs)
BR Taylor 4/110 (24.4 overs) |
325 (74.4 overs)
MG Burgess 79 4/126 (29 overs)Sarfraz Nawaz | |
290/6d (71 overs)
HJ Howarth 4/99 (31 overs) |
- Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat first
- Rain affected first two days
- Test debut of Richard Hadlee
2nd Test
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507/6d (123 overs)
BR Taylor 2/91 (22 overs) |
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- Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat first
- 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
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402 (117.5 overs)
Majid Khan 110 BR Taylor 4/86 (32 overs) |
402 (90.6 overs)
BF Hastings 110 6/127 (30 overs)Intikhab Alam | |
271 (78.7 overs)
Mushtaq Mohammad 52 HJ Howarth 3/99 (31 overs) |
- Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat first
- 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
ODI match
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- Pakistan won the toss and decided to field
- This was the first ever ODI match for Pakistan and New Zealand.
- (Pak) all made their ODI debuts.
- New Zealand registered their first ever ODI win.
References
- ^ "Enter Intikhab". Cricinfo. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
External links
- Pakistan tour of New Zealand 1973, ESPN Cricinfo
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