Pakistani national cricket team in Australia and New Zealand in the 1964/65 season

The tour of the Pakistani national cricket team to Australia and New Zealand in the 1964/65 season took place from December 4, 1964 to February 16, 1965. The international cricket tours were part of the 1964/65 international cricket season and included three tests against New Zealand and one test against Australia. Both series ended in a 0–0 draw.

prehistory

For New Zealand it was the first tour of the season. The last time New Zealand and Pakistan met on a tour was in Pakistan in the 1955/56 season . Australia and Pakistan met in Pakistan just before that season .

Tour in Australia

Stages

Melbourne

Tour venues

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

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
Melbourne Cricket Ground	Melbourne	100.024	1st test

Squad lists

The teams named the following squads.

test
Australia	Pakistan
Brian Booth Ian Chappell Bob Cowper Neil Hawke Barry Jarman Bill Lawry Graham McKenzie Berry Shepherd Bob Simpson David Sincock Tom Veivers	Abdul Razzaq Afaq Hussain Arif Butt Asif Iqbal Farooq Hamid Hanif Mohammad Intikhab Alam Javed Miandad Mohammad Ilyas Nasim-ul-Ghani Saeed Anwar

Tour matches

Pakistan played three tour matches against Australian first-class teams during the tour .

Test in Melbourne

December 4-8 Scorecard	Melbourne	Pakistan 287 (87.6) & 326 (96.4)	-	Australia 448 (92.3) & 88-2 (11.5)
		draw

Tour in New Zealand

Stages

Auckland Christchurch (LP) Wellington (BR)

Tour venues

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

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
Eden Park	Auckland	50,000	2nd test
Lancaster Park	Christchurch	38,628	3rd test
Basin Reserve	Wellington	11,000	1st test

Squad lists

The teams named the following squads.

test
New Zealand	Pakistan
Gary Bartlett Frank Cameron Richard Collinge Bevan Congdon Artie Dick Graham Dowling Graham Gedye Chris Harris Noel McGregor Ross Morgan Dick Motz Richard Reid Mathew Sinclair Peter Truscott John Ward Bryan Yuile	Abdul Razzaq Arif Butt Asif Iqbal Hanif Mohammad Intikhab Alam Javed Burki Khalid Ibadulla Mohammad Ilyas Mufasir-ul-Haq Nasim-ul-Ghani Naushad Ali Pervez Sajjad Saeed Anwar

Testing

First test in Wellington

January 22-26 Scorecard	Wellington	New Zealand 266 (114.2) & 179-7d (80.5)	-	Pakistan 187 (95) & 140-7 (52)
		draw

Second test in Auckland

January 29th - February 2nd scorecard	Auckland	Pakistan 226 (154) & 207 (100.1)	-	New Zealand 214 (98.4) & 166-7 (80)
		draw

Third test in Christchurch

February 12-16 Scorecard	Christchurch	Pakistan 206 (83) & 309-8d (93.3)	-	New Zealand 202 (98.5) & 223-5 (83)
		draw

Web links

• The tour in Australia on Cricinfo
• The tour in New Zealand on Cricinfo