Pakistani national cricket team in New Zealand in the 2000/01 season

The tour of the Pakistani national cricket team to New Zealand in the 2000/01 season took place from February 17 to March 27, 2001. The international cricket tour was part of the 2000/01 international cricket season and included three test matches and five ODIs . New Zealand won the ODI series 3–2, the test series ended 1–1.

prehistory

New Zealand previously played a tour against Sri Lanka , Pakistan against England . The last meeting of the two teams on a tour took place in the 1996/97 season in Pakistan .

Stages

Auckland Christchurch (AMI) Dunedin Hamilton Napier Wellington

Tour venues

The following stages were designated as venues for the tour and announced on September 15, 2000.

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
Eden Park	Auckland	50,000	1. ODI; 1st test
Jade Stadium	Christchurch	38,628	4. ODI; 2nd test
Carisbrook	Dunedin	29,000	5. ODI
Seddon Park	Hamilton	10,000	3rd test
McLean Park	Napier	22,500	2. ODI
Wellington Regional Stadium	Wellington	34,500	3. ODI

Squad

Pakistan named its ODI squad on February 3 and its test squad on March 2, 2001. New Zealand named its test squad on February 26, 2001.

test		ODI
New Zealand	Pakistan	New Zealand	Pakistan
Stephen Fleming ( K ) Nathan Astle Matthew Bell Grant Bradburn Chris Drum James Franklin Craig McMillan Chris Martin Adam Parore ( wk ) Mark Richardson Mathew Sinclair Daryl Tuffey Paul Wiseman	Moin Khan ( K & wk ) Ijaz Ahmed Mushtaq Ahmed Fazl-e-Akbar Mohammad Akram Saleem Elahi Humayun Farhat Imran Farhat Inzamam-ul-Haq Misbah-ul-Haq Faisal Iqbal Younis Khan Saqlain Mushtaq Mohammad Sami Yousuf Youhana Waqar Younis Mohammad Yousuf	Stephen Fleming ( K ) Nathan Astle James Franklin Chris Harris Chris Martin Craig McMillan Jacob Oram Adam Parore ( wk ) Daryl Tuffey Roger Twose Daniel Vettori Lou Vincent	Moin Khan ( K & wk ) Shahid Afridi Shoaib Akhtar Wasim Akram Saeed Anwar Saleem Elahi Imran Farhat Inzamam-ul-Haq Azhar Mahmood Saqlain Mushtaq Imran Nazir Abdul Razzaq Yousuf Youhana Waqar Younis Mohammad Yousuf

Tour matches

March 3-5 scorecard	Lincoln	Pakistanis 100 (48.4) & 124 (33.3)	-	New Zealand A 278 (76.5)
		New Zealand A wins with one innings and 54 runs

March 22nd - 24th Scorecard	Wellington	Pakistanis 175 (62.2) & 340-7 (92)	-	Wellington 343-8d (101.3)
		draw

One-day internationals

First ODI in Auckland

17./18. February scorecard	Auckland	New Zealand 149 (35.3)	-	Pakistan 150-4 (45)
		Pakistan wins with 6 wickets

Due to bad weather, the game was postponed to the reserve day.

Second ODI in Napier

February 20 scorecard	Napier	Pakistan 135 (50)	-	New Zealand 136-4 (30.3)
		New Zealand wins with 6 wickets

Third ODI in Wellington

February 22nd scorecard	Wellington	Pakistan 243-9 (50)	-	New Zealand 215 (48.2)
		Pakistan wins with 28 runs

Fourth ODI in Christchurch

February 25 scorecard	Christchurch	New Zealand 284-5 (50)	-	Pakistan 146 (47)
		New Zealand wins with 138 runs

Fifth ODI in Dunedin

February 28 scorecard	Dunedin	Pakistan 285 (49.3)	-	New Zealand 290-6 (48.1)
		New Zealand wins with 4 wickets

Test matches

First test in Auckland

March 8-12 scorecard	Auckland	Pakistan 346 (106) & 336-5d (103)	-	New Zealand 252 (96.4) & 131 (59.4)
		Pakistan wins with 299 runs

Second test in Christchurch

March 15-19 Scorecard	Christchurch	New Zealand 476 (156) & 196-1d (73)	-	Pakistan 571-8d (210)
		draw

Third test in Hamilton

March 27-30 scorecard	Hamilton	Pakistan 104 (26.5) & 118 (49.5)	-	New Zealand 407-4d (112.2)
		New Zealand wins with one innings and 185 runs

A fine was imposed on Pakistan for playing too slowly.

statistics

The following cricket statistics were obtained on this tour.

Testing
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Mathew Sinclair	New Zealand	3	5	325	108.33	204 *	1	1
Yousuf Youhana	Pakistan	3	5	312	62.40	203	1	1
Mark Richardson	New Zealand	3	5	285	71.25	106	1	2
Younis Khan	Pakistan	3	5	280	70.00	149 *	1	1
Matthew Bell	New Zealand	3	5	248	49.60	105	1	1
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Daryl Tuffey	New Zealand	3	129.5	16	23.00	4/39	0	0
Chris Martin	New Zealand	3	100	12	35.33	4/52	0	0
Saqlain Mushtaq	Pakistan	3	148.4	11	30.18	4/24	0	0
Mohammad Sami	Pakistan	2	93.4	8th	30.62	5/36	1	0
James Franklin	New Zealand	2	54.5	7th	21.42	4/26	0	0

ODIs
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Craig McMillan	New Zealand	5	5	247	82.33	104 *	1	1
Nathan Astle	New Zealand	5	5	240	48.00	119	1	1
Yousuf Youhana	Pakistan	5	5	160	40.00	68	0	1
Abdul Razzaq	Pakistan	5	5	149	29.80	50	0	1
Saeed Anwar	Pakistan	5	5	119	23.80	57	0	1
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Daryl Tuffey	New Zealand	5	44	13	15.23	4/24	0	0
Wasim Akram	Pakistan	5	44.2	8th	23.87	3/41	0	0
Shoaib Akhtar	Pakistan	3	17.1	7th	14.57	5/19	1	0
Waqar Younis	Pakistan	5	43	7th	31.28	3/66	0	0
Chris Harris	New Zealand	5	46	6th	21.16	2/31	0	0
Abdul Razzaq	Pakistan	5	40.3	6th	29.33	3/41	0	0

Player of the Match

The following players were recognized as Player of the Match .

game	Player of the Match
1. ODI	Shoaib Akhtar
2. ODI	Daryl Tuffey
3. ODI	Saqlain Mushtaq
4. ODI	Craig McMillan
5. ODI	Nathan Astle
1st test	Mohammad Sami
2nd test	Mathew Sinclair
3rd test	Daryl Tuffey

Web links

• The series on Cricinfo

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Lynn McConnell: Tests return to Christchurch, Auckland retained ( English ) Cricinfo. September 15, 2000. Retrieved September 10, 2016.
2. ↑ Squad for the New Zealand tour announced ( English ) Cricinfo. February 3, 2001. Retrieved September 10, 2016.
3. ↑ Imran Nazir, Shahid Afridi and Shoaib Akhtar leave Pakistan squad today ( English ) Cricinfo. March 2, 2001. Retrieved September 10, 2016.
4. ^ Matthew Bell and Paul Wiseman included in CLEAR Black Caps for First National Bank Test ( English ) Cricinfo. February 26, 2001. Retrieved September 10, 2016.
5. ↑ Lynn McConnell: First New Zealand-Pakistan ODI off until tomorrow ( English ) Cricinfo. February 17, 2001. Retrieved September 10, 2016.
6. ↑ Team fined heavily for slow over-rate at Hamilton ( English ) Cricinfo. April 9, 2001. Retrieved September 10, 2016.
7. ↑ Records / Pakistan in New Zealand Test Series, 2000/01 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved July 31, 2016.
8. ↑ Records / Pakistan in New Zealand Test Series, 2000/01 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved July 31, 2016.
9. ↑ Records / Pakistan in New Zealand ODI Series, 2000/01 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved July 31, 2016.
10. ↑ Records / Pakistan in New Zealand ODI Series, 2000/01 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved July 31, 2016.