Pakistani national cricket team in New Zealand in the 1978/79 season

The tour of the Pakistani national cricket team to New Zealand in the 1978/79 season took place from February 2 to February 28, 1979. The international cricket tour was part of the 1978/79 international cricket season and included three tests . Pakistan won the series 1–0.

prehistory

Pakistan previously played a tour against India , for New Zealand it was the first tour of the season. The last meeting of the two teams on a tour took place in the 1976/77 season in Pakistan .

Stages

Auckland Christchurch (AMI) Napier

Tour venues

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

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
Eden Park	Auckland	50,000	3rd test
AMI Stadium	Christchurch	38,628	1st test
McLean Park	Napier	22,500	2nd test

Squad lists

The following cadres were named.

test
New Zealand	Pakistan
Stephen Boock Brendon Bracewell Mark Burgess Chris Cairns Jeremy Coney Bruce Edgar Richard Hadlee Geoff Howarth Warren Lees John Parker Richard Reid Gary Troup John Wright	Anwar Khan Asif Mujtaba Haroon Rasheed Imran Khan Javed Miandad Majid Khan Mohsin Kamal Mudassar Nazar Mushtaq Ahmed Sarfraz Nawaz Sikander Bakht Talat Ali Wasim Bari Wasim Raja Zaheer Abbas

Testing

First test in Christchurch

February 2-7 scorecard	Christchurch	Pakistan 271 (92.6) & 323-6d (93)	-	New Zealand 290 (88.4) & 176 (56)
		Pakistan wins with 128 runs

Second test in Napier

February 16-21 Scorecard	Napier	Pakistan 360 (104.5) & 234-3d	-	New Zealand 402 (101.3)
		draw

Third test in Auckland

February 23-28 Scorecard	Auckland	New Zealand 254 (55.7) & 281-8d (91.2)	-	Pakistan 359 (103) & 8-0 (0.6)
		draw

Web links

• The series on Cricinfo