New Zealand national cricket team in Pakistan in the 1969/70 season

The New Zealand national cricket team's tour to Pakistan in the 1969/70 season took place from October 24 to November 11, 1969. The international cricket tour was part of the 1969/70 international cricket season and included three tests . New Zealand won the series 1–0.

prehistory

New Zealand previously played a tour in India , for Pakistan it was the first tour of the season. The last meeting of the two teams on a tour took place in the 1964/65 season in Pakistan .

Stages

Dhaka (BNS)

Tour venues

Karachi Lahore

Tour venues

The following stages have been designated as the venue for the tour.

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
Bangabandhu National Stadium	Dhaka	36,000	3rd test
National Stadium	Karachi	34,228	1st test
Lahore Stadium	Lahore	60,000	2nd test

Squad lists

Both teams named the following squads.

test
Pakistan	New Zealand
Aftab Baloch Aftab Gul Asif Iqbal Asif Masood Hanif Mohammad Intikhab Alam Javed Miandad Mohammad Nazir Mushtaq Mohammad Pervez Sajjad Sadiq Mohammad Salahuddin Saleem Altaf Shafqat Rana Wasim Bari Younis Ahmed Zaheer Abbas	Mark Burgess Bevan Congdon Bob Cunis Graham Dowling Dayle Hadlee Brian Hastings Hedley Howarth Darrin Murray Vic Pollard Bruce Taylor Glenn Turner Ken Wadsworth Bryan Yuile

Testing

First test in Karachi

October 24-27 Scorecard	Karachi	Pakistan 220 (97.2) & 283-8d (134.4)	-	New Zealand 274 (85.1) & 112-5 (63)
		draw

Second test in Lahore

October 30th - November 2nd scorecard	Lahore	Pakistan 114 (67.4) & 208 (105.5)	-	New Zealand 241 (115) & 82-5 (32.3)
		New Zealand wins with 5 wickets

Third test in Dhaka

November 8-11 Scorecard	Dhaka	New Zealand 273 (166.3) & 200 (101.4)	-	Pakistan 290-7d (101.1) & 51-4 (15)
		draw

This was the last home test that was held for Pakistan in the province of East Pakistan , today's Bangladesh . Only with the final of the Asian Test Championship 1998/99 was another test held in Dhaka.

Web links

• The series on Cricinfo