New Zealand cricket team in Pakistan in 1996–97
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The New Zealand national cricket team toured Pakistan during the 1996–97 cricket season. The tour consisted of a first-class game against an invitational Pakistani Cricket board XI, followed by two Test matches and three One Day International games. The hosts and tourists shared honours in the Test series, drawing 1–1, though New Zealand won with only a narrow 44-run margin in the first Test, and lost the second by an innings and ten runs.[1] New Zealand's Stephen Fleming enjoyed a successful series with the bat, scoring 182 runs at 60.66 in the Test series and 172 runs at 86.00 in the ODI matches, though the rest of the New Zealand batting line-up were said by the New Zealand press to have let the side down with the bat during the Test matches.[2] Nathan Astle, questioned over his place during the tour, redeemed himself with a half century in the final ODI match to alleviate heavy media pressure.[3]
New Zealand cricket team in Pakistan in 1996–97 | |||
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New Zealand | Pakistan | ||
Dates | November 1996 – December 1996 | ||
Captains | Lee Germon | Saeed Anwar | |
Test series | |||
Result | 2-match series drawn 1–1 | ||
Most runs | Stephen Fleming (182) | Saeed Anwar (157) | |
Most wickets | Simon Doull (10) | Mushtaq Ahmed (18) | |
Player of the series | Stephen Fleming (NZ) and Saeed Anwar (Pak) | ||
One Day International series | |||
Results | Pakistan won the 3-match series 2–1 | ||
Most runs | Stephen Fleming (172) | Zahoor Elahi (142) | |
Most wickets | Chris Harris (8) | Saqlain Mushtaq (7) | |
Player of the series | Stephen Fleming (NZ) and Saeed Anwar (Pak) |
Three Pakistan batsmen – Mohammad Wasim, Saeed Anwar and Ijaz Ahmed – all hit Test centuries. Ahmed also topped the Pakistan ODI batting averages. Mushtaq Ahmed was the most prolific wicket taker in the Test matches, with 18 wickets.[4][5] Fleming and Anwar were both named Player of the Series in the Test and the ODI matches for their performances.[6] The start of the series was overshadowed by political upheaval with the removal of Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto and rumours of violent unrest in Pakistan.[7] Danny Morrison, New Zealand's "premier strike bowler" also pulled out with an injury.[8]