New Zealand cricket team in Pakistan in 1964–65

The New Zealand national cricket team toured Pakistan in March to April 1965 and played a three-match Test series against the Pakistan national cricket team. Pakistan won the Test series 2–0. New Zealand were captained by John Reid and Pakistan by Hanif Mohammad.^[1]

Test series summary

First Test

27–30 March 1965 (5-day match) Scorecard

New Zealand	v	Pakistan
175 (56.5 overs) BR Taylor 76 Pervez Sajjad 4/42 (16 overs)		318 (116.3 overs) Saeed Ahmed 68 BR Taylor 3/38 (15 overs)
79 (47 overs) BW Sinclair 21 Pervez Sajjad 4/5 (12 overs)

Pakistan won by an innings and 64 runs Pindi Club Ground, Rawalpindi Umpires: Qamaruddin Butt and Shujauddin

• Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.
• 29 March was taken as a rest day.
• The match was scheduled for five days but completed in three.
• Salahuddin (PAK) made his Test debut.

Second Test

2–7 April 1965 (5-day match) Scorecard

Pakistan	v	New Zealand
385/7d (167 overs) Hanif Mohammad 203* FJ Cameron 4/90 (44 overs)		482/6d (209 overs) BW Sinclair 130 Mohammad Farooq 2/71 (41 overs)
194/8d (77 overs) Majid Khan 44 FJ Cameron 2/15 (11 overs)

Match drawn Lahore Stadium, Lahore Umpires: Akhtar Hussain and Shujauddin

• New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.
• 5 April was taken as a rest day.

Third Test

9–14 April 1965 (5-day match) Scorecard

New Zealand	v	Pakistan
285 (103 overs) JR Reid 128 Asif Iqbal 3/35 (11 overs)		307/8d (121 overs) Saeed Ahmed 172 RC Motz 2/35 (22 overs)
223 (99.4 overs) JR Reid 76 Intikhab Alam 4/39 (26.4 overs)		202/2 (60 overs) Mohammad Ilyas 126 JR Reid 1/6 (1 over)

Pakistan won by 8 wickets National Stadium, Karachi Umpires: Daud Khan and Shujauddin

• New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
• 12 April was taken as a rest day.