New Zealand cricket team against Pakistan in the UAE in 2018–19

New Zealand cricket team against Pakistan in 2018–19
 
  Pakistan New Zealand
Dates 31 October–7 December 2018
Captains Kane Williamson
Test series
One Day International series
Twenty20 International series

The New Zealand cricket team is scheduled to tour the United Arab Emirates between October and December 2018 to play three Tests, three One Day Internationals (ODIs) and three Twenty20 International (T20Is) matches against Pakistan.[1][2][3] Originally, the tour was scheduled to have three Tests, five ODIs and one T20I match.[4]

In February 2018, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) looked at the possibility of hosting this series and Australia's tour to the UAE in Malaysia instead of the UAE, due to domestic Twenty20 fixture congestion in Sharjah.[5][6] In May 2018, the PCB invited New Zealand to play the fixtures in Pakistan.[7][8] In June 2018, the PCB and the Emirates Cricket Board (ECB) agreed to play Pakistan's future matches in the UAE.[9] In July 2018, New Zealand Cricket (NZC) confirmed that they had declined the PCB's offer to play the T20I fixtures in Pakistan because of security concerns.[10] Therefore, all the matches on the tour would take place in the UAE as scheduled.[11]

Squads

Tests ODIs T20Is
 Pakistan  New Zealand[12]  Pakistan  New Zealand[12]  Pakistan  New Zealand[12]

T20I series

1st T20I

2nd T20I

3rd T20I

ODI series

1st ODI

7 November 2018
16:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
v

2nd ODI

9 November 2018
16:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
v

3rd ODI

Test series

1st Test

16–20 November 2018
Scorecard
v

2nd Test

3rd Test

3–7 December 2018
Scorecard
v

References

  1. ↑ "Top domestic wicket-taker for three seasons, Ajaz Patel finally gets Black Caps test call". Stuff. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
  2. ↑ "Schedule confirmed for UAE tour". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
  3. ↑ "Pakistan announce dates for series against Australia and New Zealand". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
  4. ↑ "Future Tours Programme" (PDF). International Cricket Council. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
  5. ↑ "PCB mulls Malaysia as venue for NZ, Australia series". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
  6. ↑ "Cricket: Black Caps to play in Malaysia?". New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
  7. ↑ "New Zealand weighing up offer to play in Pakistan". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
  8. ↑ "New Zealand weighing cricket series in Pakistan". Geo TV. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
  9. ↑ "Pakistan to continue playing in UAE as deal with Emirates Board struck". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
  10. ↑ "New Zealand Cricket turns down offer to tour Pakistan". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
  11. ↑ "New Zealand Cricket says no to return to Pakistan for Twenty20 series". Stuff. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
  12. 1 2 3 "New Zealand pick uncapped spinner Ajaz Patel for Tests in UAE". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
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