Pakistani cricket team in New Zealand in 1995–96

The Pakistan national cricket team toured New Zealand in December 1995 and played a Test match against the New Zealand national cricket team, winning by 161 runs. New Zealand were captained by Lee Germon and Pakistan by Wasim Akram. In addition, the teams played a four-match series of Limited Overs Internationals (LOI) which was tied 2–2.[1]

Test series summary

8–12 December 1995
(5-day match)
Scorecard
v
208 (54.1 overs)
Aamer Sohail 88 (94)
CL Cairns 4/51 (11.1 overs)
286 (91.4 overs)
CL Cairns 76 (111)
Wasim Akram 5/53 (24.5 overs)
434 (145 overs)
Ijaz Ahmed 103 (213)
CL Cairns 3/114 (35 overs)
195 (80.4 overs)
RG Twose 51* (166)
Mushtaq Ahmed 7/56 (34.4 overs)
Pakistan won by 161 runs
Lancaster Park, Christchurch
Umpires: BC Cooray (SL) and RS Dunne (NZ)
Player of the match: Mushtaq Ahmed (PAK)
  • New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.
  • CM Spearman (NZ) made his Test debut.

One Day Internationals (ODIs)

The series was tied 2-2.

1st ODI

15 December 1995
Scorecard
Pakistan 
189/9 (50 overs)
v
 New Zealand
169 (47.4 overs)
Rameez Raja 35 (75)
NJ Astle 2/34 (10 overs)
RG Twose 59 (93)
Wasim Akram 3/18 (9.4 overs)
Pakistan won by 20 runs
Carisbrook, Dunedin
Umpires: RS Dunne and CE King
Player of the match: Waqar Younis (PAK)
  • Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
  • CM Spearman (NZ) made his ODI debut.

2nd ODI

17 December 1995
Scorecard
Pakistan 
232/9 (50 overs)
v
 New Zealand
236/9 (49.5 overs)
Inzamam-ul-Haq 80 (95)
DK Morrison 5/46 (10 overs)
CL Cairns 54 (63)
Waqar Younis 3/55 (10 overs)
New Zealand won by 1 wicket
Lancaster Park, Christchurch
Umpires: CE King and DM Quested
Player of the match: Inzamam-ul-Haq (PAK)
  • Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.

3rd ODI

20 December 1995
Scorecard
Pakistan 
261/4 (50 overs)
v
 New Zealand
207 (44.5 overs)
Aamer Sohail 58 (82)
RG Twose 2/31 (7 overs)
LK Germon 40 (59)
Wasim Akram 3/31 (7.5 overs)
Pakistan won by 54 runs
Basin Reserve, Wellington
Umpires: RS Dunne and EA Watkin
Player of the match: Wasim Akram (PAK)
  • New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.

4th ODI

23 December 1995
Scorecard
New Zealand 
244/8 (45 overs)
v
 Pakistan
212 (41.4 overs)
CM Spearman 48 (62)
Waqar Younis 3/70 (9 overs)
Saleem Malik 58 (52)
NJ Astle 3/42 (8 overs)
New Zealand won by 32 runs
Eden Park, Auckland
Umpires: BF Bowden and DB Cowie
Player of the match: NJ Astle (NZ)
  • Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.
  • The match was reduced before play started to 45 overs per side.

References

  1. "Pakistan in Australia and New Zealand 1995–96". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 May 2014.


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