Pakistani cricket team in New Zealand in 2016–17

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Pakistani cricket team in New Zealand in 2016–17
  Flag of New Zealand.svg Flag of Pakistan.svg
  New Zealand Pakistan
Dates 11 – 29 November 2016
Captains Kane Williamson Misbah-ul-Haq (1st Test)
Azhar Ali (2nd Test)
Test series
Result New Zealand won the 2-match series 2–0
Most runs Ross Taylor (150) Babar Azam (142)
Most wickets Tim Southee (13) Mohammad Amir (7)

The Pakistani cricket team toured New Zealand in November 2016 to play two Test matches and a three-day first-class match. [1] [2] Christchurch and Hamilton were the venues scheduled to host the two Test matches. [3] [4]

Contents

The first Test of the series went ahead as planned on 17 November, despite Christchurch suffering a 7.8 magnitude earthquake, just after midnight on 14 November. [5] However, no play was possible on the first day due to rain. [6]

New Zealand won the series 2–0. This was New Zealand's first series win against Pakistan in Tests since 1985. [7] [8]

Squads

Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand [9] Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan [10]

Azhar Ali was appointed Pakistan's captain for the second Test after Misbah-ul-Haq left the tour after the death of his father-in-law. [11] Misbah-ul-Haq was later given a one-match suspension by the International Cricket Council (ICC) for Pakistan's slow over rate in the first Test, and he would have missed the second Test because of this. [12] Mitchell Santner replaced James Neesham in New Zealand's squad ahead of the second Test. [13] Trent Boult was ruled out of the second Test with a knee injury and was replaced by Doug Bracewell. [14]

Tour match

First-class: New Zealand A vs Pakistanis

11–13 November 2016
Scorecard
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No result
Saxton Oval, Nelson, New Zealand
Umpires: Chris Brown (NZ) and Wayne Knights (NZ)
  • New Zealand A won the toss and elected to bat.
  • No play was possible on all three days due to rain.

Test series

1st Test

17–21 November 2016
Scorecard
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133 (55.5 overs)
Misbah-ul-Haq 31 (108)
Colin de Grandhomme 6/41 (15.5 overs)
200 (59.5 overs)
Jeet Raval 55 (121)
Rahat Ali 4/62 (15.5 overs)
171 (78.4 overs)
Sohail Khan 40 (39)
Neil Wagner 3/34 (20 overs)
108/2 (31.3 overs)
Kane Williamson 61 (77)
Azhar Ali 1/6 (3 overs)
New Zealand won by 8 wickets
Hagley Oval, Christchurch
Umpires: Ian Gould (Eng) and Sundaram Ravi (Ind)
Player of the match: Colin de Grandhomme (NZ)
  • New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.
  • No play was possible on day 1 due to rain.
  • Colin de Grandhomme and Jeet Raval (NZ) both made their Test debuts.
  • Misbah-ul-Haq became the first player to captain Pakistan in 50 Tests. [15]
  • Colin de Grandhomme became the eighth New Zealand player to take a five-wicket haul on debut and also took the best figures on debut for New Zealand in a Test. [16]
  • Neil Wagner (NZ) took his 100th Test wicket, becoming the second fastest New Zealand bowler to reach this milestone in Test cricket. [17]

2nd Test

25–29 November 2016
Scorecard
v
271 (83.4 overs)
Jeet Raval 55 (112)
Sohail Khan 4/99 (25 overs)
216 (67 overs)
Babar Azam 90* (196)
Tim Southee 6/80 (21 overs)
313/5d (85.3 overs)
Ross Taylor 102* (134)
Imran Khan 3/76 (20.3 overs)
230 (92.1 overs)
Sami Aslam 91 (238)
Neil Wagner 3/57 (20.1 overs)
New Zealand won by 138 runs
Seddon Park, Hamilton
Umpires: Simon Fry (Aus) and Sundaram Ravi (Ind)
Player of the match: Tim Southee (NZ)
  • Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.
  • Only 21 overs of play were possible on day 1 due to rain.
  • Only 38.1 overs of play were possible on day 3 due to rain.
  • Azhar Ali (Pak) played his first Test match as captain. [11]
  • Mohammad Rizwan (Pak) made his Test debut.

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