New Zealand cricket team in Pakistan in 1976–77

The New Zealand national cricket team toured Pakistan in October to November 1976 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 Glenn Turner and Pakistan by Mushtaq Mohammad.^[1]

Tour matches summary

First tour match

2 – 4 October 1976 (3-day match) Scorecard

North-West Frontier Province Chief Minister's XI	v	New Zealanders
275/6d (70 overs) Intikhab Alam 73 Peter Petherick 4/111 (22 overs)		255/4d (78 overs) Robert Anderson 103* Farrukh Zaman 3/80 (23 overs)
240/3d (42 overs) Javed Miandad 138* Richard Hadlee 2/52 (8 overs)		106 (34.2 overs) John Morrison 33 Farrukh Zaman 4/37 (9.2 overs)

North-West Frontier Province Chief Minister's XI won by 154 runs Peshawar Club Ground, Peshawar Umpires: Amanullah Khan and Khalid Aziz

• North-West Frontier Province Chief Minister's XI won the toss and decided to bat

Second tour match

6 – 8 October 1976 (3-day match) Scorecard

ZA Bhutto's XI	v	New Zealanders
188 (39.3 overs) Majid Khan 34 Richard Hadlee 5/47 (11.3 overs)		151 (35.7 overs) John Morrison 46 Mushtaq Mohammad 5/17 (7.7 overs)
77/2 (15.4 overs) Zaheer Abbas 44* Richard Hadlee 1/44 (7 overs)

Match drawn Pindi Club Ground, Rawalpindi Umpires: Shakoor Rana and Shujauddin

• ZA Bhutto's XI won the toss and decided to bat

First Test

9 – 13 October 1976 Scorecard

Pakistan	v	New Zealand
417 (80.5 overs) Asif Iqbal 166 Richard Hadlee 5/121 (19 overs)		157 (49.4 overs) Geoff Howarth 38 Intikhab Alam 4/35 (16.4 overs)
105/4 (18.7 overs) Sadiq Mohammad 38 Peter Petherick 2/26 (4.7 overs)		360 (f/o) (92.4 overs) Mark Burgess 111 Imran Khan 4/59 (21 overs)

Pakistan won by 6 wickets Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore Umpires: Amanullah Khan and Shujauddin

• Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
• 12 October was taken as a rest day.
• The match was scheduled for five days but completed in four.
• Robert Anderson, Warren Lees and Peter Petherick (all NZ), and Javed Miandad (PAK) made their Test debuts.

Only ODI

16 October 1976 Scorecard

New Zealand  198/8 (35 overs)	v	Pakistan 197/9 (35 overs)
Glenn Turner 67 (104) Javed Miandad 2/31 (6 overs)		Javed Miandad 47 (72) Lance Cairns 2/36 (7 overs)

New Zealand won by 1 run Jinnah Park, Sialkot Umpires: Javed Akhtar and Mahboob Shah Player of the match: Glenn Turner (NZ)

• New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
• Robert Anderson, Murray Parker, Andy Roberts and Gary Troup (all NZ) made their ODI debuts.

Third tour match

17 – 19 October 1976 (3-day match) Scorecard

New Zealanders	v	Punjab
230 (58.1 overs) Mark Burgess 78 Parvez Mir 4/39 (15 overs)		221/6d (46.3 overs) Mohsin Khan 123 David O'Sullivan 2/32 (7.3 overs)
299/5d (65 overs) John Parker 96 Sikander Bakht 3/55 (14 overs)		172 (44 overs) Farooq Shera 45 Peter Petherick 3/43 (14 overs)

New Zealanders won by 136 runs Lyallpur Stadium, Lyallpur Umpires: Gulzar Mir and Khizer Hayat

• New Zealanders won the toss and decided to bat

Second Test

23 – 27 October 1976 Scorecard

Pakistan	v	New Zealand
473/8d (128 overs) Sadiq Mohammad 103* David O'Sullivan 2/92 (39 overs)		219 (73.7 overs) Glenn Turner 49 Imran Khan 3/41 (15 overs)
4/0 (0.5 overs) Sarfraz Nawaz 4*		254 (f/o) (80.4 overs) John Parker 82 Intikhab Alam 4/44 (20 overs)

Pakistan won by 10 wickets Niaz Stadium, Hyderabad Umpires: Amanullah Khan and Shakoor Rana

• Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
• 26 October was taken as a rest day.
• The match was scheduled for five days but completed in four.
• Farrukh Zaman (PAK) made his Test debut.

Third Test

30 October – 4 November 1976 Scorecard

Pakistan	v	New Zealand
565/9d (105.2 overs) Javed Miandad 206 Richard Hadlee 4/138 (20.2 overs)		468 (103.5 overs) Warren Lees 152 Intikhab Alam 3/76 (20.7 overs)
290/5d (47.4 overs) Javed Miandad 85 David O'Sullivan 2/96 (17 overs)		262/7 (79.6 overs) Warren Lees 46 Sikander Bakht 2/38 (8 overs)

Match drawn National Stadium, Karachi Umpires: Shakoor Rana and Shujauddin

• Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
• 2 November was taken as a rest day.
• Murray Parker (NZ), and Shahid Israr and Sikander Bakht (both PAK) made their Test debuts.