New Zealand national cricket team against Pakistan in the 2014/15 season

The tour of the New Zealand national cricket team against Pakistan in the 2014/15 season took place in the United Arab Emirates from November 11 to December 19, 2014 . The international cricket tour was part of the 2014/15 international cricket season and included three test matches , two Twenty20s and five ODIs . The Test and Twenty20 series finished 1-1, while New Zealand won the ODI series 3-2.

prehistory

classification

Pakistan previously played a tour against Australia in the United Arab Emirates . New Zealand had previously hosted South Africa for a tour . The last tour of the two teams took place in New Zealand in the 2010/11 season.

Stages

Abu Dhabi Dubai Sharjah

Tour venues

The following stages were designated as the venue for the tour and announced on May 7, 2014.

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium	Abu Dhabi	20,000	1st test; 4th & 5th ODI
Dubai International Cricket Stadium	Dubai	25,000	2. test; 1. ODI; 1st & 2nd ODI
Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium	Sharjah	27,000	3rd test 2nd & 3rd ODI

Squad lists

Pakistan named its test squad on November 6, the ODI and Twenty20 squad on November 30, 2014. New Zealand named its test squad on October 1, and its ODI and Twenty20 squad on December 1, 2014.

test		ODI		Twenty20
Pakistan	New Zealand	Pakistan	New Zealand	Pakistan	New Zealand
Misbah-ul-Haq ( K ) Ahmed Shehzad Asad Shafiq Azhar Ali Ehsan Adil Haris Sohail Imran Khan Mohammad Hafeez Mohammad Talha Rahat Ali Sarfraz Ahmed ( wk ) Shan Masood Taufeeq Umar Yasir Shah Younus Khan Zulfiqar Babar	Brendon McCullum ( K ) Corey Anderson Trent Boult Doug Bracewell Mark Craig Tom Latham James Neesham Luke Ronchi ( wk ) Hamish Rutherford Ish Sodhi Tim Southee Ross Taylor Neil Wagner BJ Watling ( wk ) Kane Williamson	Misbah-ul-Haq ( K ) Shahid Afridi Sarfraz Ahmed ( wk ) Umar Akmal Zulfiqar Babar Bilawal Bhatti Umar Gul Mohammad Hafeez Mohammad Irfan Nasir Jamshed Younis Khan Wahab Riaz Asad Shafiq Ahmed Shehzad Haris Sohail Sohail Tanvir	Kane Williamson ( K ) Corey Anderson Dean Brownlie Anton Devcich Martin Guptill Matt Henry Tom Latham ( wk ) Mitchell McClenaghan Nathan McCullum Kyle Mills Adam Milne James Neesham Luke Ronchi Ross Taylor Daniel Vettori	Shahid Afridi ( K ) Sarfraz Ahmed ( wk ) Umar Akmal Anwar Ali Umar Gul Mohammad Hafeez Raza Hasan Mohammad Irfan Saad Nasim Wahab Riaz Ahmed Shehzad Haris Sohail Sohail Tanvir Awais Zia	Kane Williamson ( K ) Corey Anderson Dean Brownlie Anton Devcich Martin Guptill Matt Henry Tom Latham ( wk ) Mitchell McClenaghan Nathan McCullum Kyle Mills Adam Milne James Neesham Luke Ronchi Ross Taylor Daniel Vettori

Tour match

November 3rd - 5th scorecard	Sharjah	Pakistan A 215 (92.1) & 153-3 (63)	-	New Zealanders 244-8d (70)
		draw

Testing

First test in Abu Dhabi

November 9-13 Scorecard	Abu Dhabi	Pakistan 566-3d (170.5) & 175-2d (39.2)	-	New Zealand 262 (87.3) & 231 (70.3)
		Pakistan wins with 248 runs

Second test in Dubai

November 17th - 21st Scorecard	Dubai	New Zealand 403 (156) & 250-9d (64.5)	-	Pakistan 393 (147) & 196-5 (67)
		draw

Third test in Sharjah

November 26th - December 1st scorecard	Sharjah	Pakistan 351 (125.4) & 259 (63.3)	-	New Zealand 690 (143.1)
		New Zealand wins with one innings and 80 runs

Following the death of Phillip Hughes in a Sheffield Shield game in Australia , the game was not started on the second day and an additional day was added to the game.

Twenty20 Internationals

First Twenty20 in Dubai

December 4th scorecard	Dubai	New Zealand 135-7 (20)	-	Pakistan 140-3 (19.1)
		Pakistan wins with 7 wickets

Second Twenty20 in Dubai

December 5th scorecard	Dubai	New Zealand 144-8 (20)	-	Pakistan 127 (18.5)
		New Zealand wins with 17 runs

One-day internationals

First ODI in Dubai

December 8th scorecard	Dubai	New Zealand 246-7 (50)	-	Pakistan 250-7 (49.3)
		Pakistan wins with 3 wickets

Second ODI in Sharjah

December 12th scorecard	Sharjah	Pakistan 252 (48.3)	-	New Zealand 255-6 (46)
		New Zealand wins with 4 wickets

Third ODI in Sharjah

December 14th scorecard	Sharjah	Pakistan 364-7 (50)	-	New Zealand 217 (38.2)
		Pakistan wins with 147 runs

Fourth ODI in Abu Dhabi

December 17th scorecard	Abu Dhabi	New Zealand 299-5 (50)	-	Pakistan 292-8 (50)
		New Zealand wins with 7 runs

Fifth ODI in Abu Dhabi

December 19 scorecard	Abu Dhabi	New Zealand 275-4 (50)	-	Pakistan 207 (43.3)
		New Zealand wins with 68 runs

statistics

The following cricket statistics were obtained on this tour.

Testing
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Mohammad Hafeez	Pakistan	2	4th	418	139.33	197	2	1
Brendon McCullum	New Zealand	3	5	347	69.40	202	1	0
Tom Latham	New Zealand	3	5	282	56.40	137	2	0
Kane Williamson	New Zealand	3	5	261	52.20	192	1	0
Azhar Ali	Pakistan	3	6th	254	42.33	87	0	2
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Yasir Shah	Pakistan	3	141.1	15th	33.52	5/79	1	0
Zulfiqar Babar	Pakistan	3	147.2	13	38.07	4/96	0	0
Mark Craig	New Zealand	3	131.1	13	41.61	7/94	1	1
Rahat Ali	Pakistan	3	97	11	25.18	4/22	0	0
Trent Boult	New Zealand	3	109	8th	32.50	4/38	0	0
Ish Sodhi	New Zealand	3	150	8th	67.62	2/66	0	0

ODIs
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Kane Williamson	New Zealand	5	5	346	86.50	123	1	2
Ross Taylor	New Zealand	5	5	252	84.00	105 *	1	1
Haris Sohail	Pakistan	5	5	235	58.75	85 *	0	2
Shahid Afridi	Pakistan	5	5	205	41.00	61	0	2
Ahmed Shehzad	Pakistan	5	5	195	39.00	113	1	1
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Matt Henry	New Zealand	4th	38	13	16.30	5/30	1	0
Mohammad Irfan	Pakistan	5	46	9	27.55	3/57	0	0
Shahid Afridi	Pakistan	5	49.2	8th	24.87	3/37	0	0
Haris Sohail	Pakistan	5	42	6th	36.16	3/45	0	0
Mitchell McClenaghan	New Zealand	4th	37.3	6th	39.83	3/56	0	0

Twenty20s
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Sarfraz Ahmed	Pakistan	2	2	77	77.00	76 *	0	1
Luke Ronchi	New Zealand	2	2	64	32.00	33	0	0
Corey Anderson	New Zealand	1	1	48	48.00	48	0	0
Umar Akmal	Pakistan	2	2	37	37.00	27 *	0	0
Ahmed Shehzad	Pakistan	1	1	33	33.00	33	0	0
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Kyle Mills	New Zealand	1	3.5	3	8.66	3/26	0	0
James Neesham	New Zealand	2	3.1	3	10.33	3/25	0	0
Sohail Tanvir	Pakistan	2	8th	3	18.00	2/24	0	0
Shahid Afridi	Pakistan	2	8th	3	20.00	2/33	0	0
Umar Gul	Pakistan	1	4th	2	12.00	2/24	0	0
Mohammad Irfan	Pakistan	1	4th	2	13.50	2/27	0	0
Anton Devcich	New Zealand	2	6th	2	17.50	2/16	0	0
Raza Hasan	Pakistan	2	8th	2	24.00	1/24	0	0

Player of the Series

The following players were honored as Player of the Series .

series	Player of the Series
test	Mohammad Hafeez
ODI	Kane Williamson
T20	Luke Ronchi

Player of the Match

The following players were recognized as Player of the Match .

game	Player of the Match
1st test	Rahat Ali
2nd test	Ross Taylor
3rd test	Mark Craig
1. T20	Sarfraz Ahmed
2. T20	Adam Devcich
1. ODI	Haris Sohail
2. ODI	Kane Williamson
3. ODI	Ahmed Shehzad
4. ODI	Kane Williamson
5. ODI	Matt Henry

Web links

• The series on espncricinfo.com

Individual evidence

1. ^ Pakistan to host NZ in the UAE . Cricinfo. May 7, 2014. Retrieved December 13, 2015.
2. ↑ Pakistan unchanged for first New Zealand Test ( English ) Cricinfo. November 6, 2014. Accessed December 13, 2015.
3. ↑ Umar Farooq: Younis returns to Pakistan ODI side ( English ) Cricinfo. November 30, 2014. Retrieved December 13, 2015.
4. ↑ Bracewell recalled to New Zealand Test squad ( English ) Cricinfo. October 1, 2014. Retrieved December 13, 2015.
5. ↑ Williamson to captain New Zealand in ODIs, T20s ( English ) Cricinfo. December 1, 2014. Accessed December 13, 2015.
6. ↑ Play abandoned, match extended by a day ( English ) Cricinfo. November 27, 2014. Retrieved December 13, 2015.
7. ↑ Records / Pakistan v New Zealand Test Series, 2014/15 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved February 17, 2016.
8. ↑ Records / Pakistan v New Zealand Test Series, 2014/15 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved February 17, 2016.
9. ↑ Records / Pakistan v New Zealand ODI Series, 2014/15 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved February 17, 2016.
10. ↑ Records / Pakistan v New Zealand ODI Series, 2014/15 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved February 17, 2016.
11. ↑ Records / Pakistan v New Zealand T20I Series, 2014/15 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved February 17, 2016.
12. ↑ Records / Pakistan v New Zealand T20I Series, 2014/15 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved February 17, 2016.