Pakistani cricket team in New Zealand in 1995–96

The Pakistan national cricket team toured New Zealand in December 1995 and played a Test match against the New Zealand national cricket team, winning by 161 runs. New Zealand were captained by Lee Germon and Pakistan by Wasim Akram. In addition, the teams played a four-match series of Limited Overs Internationals (LOI) which was tied 2–2.^[1]

Test match

8–12 December 1995
(5-day match)
Scorecard

Pakistan	v	New Zealand
208 (54.1 overs) Aamer Sohail 88 (94) CL Cairns 4/51 (11.1 overs)		286 (91.4 overs) CL Cairns 76 (111) Wasim Akram 5/53 (24.5 overs)
434 (145 overs) Ijaz Ahmed 103 (213) CL Cairns 3/114 (35 overs)		195 (80.4 overs) RG Twose 51* (166) Mushtaq Ahmed 7/56 (34.4 overs)

Pakistan won by 161 runs
Lancaster Park, Christchurch
Umpires: BC Cooray (SL) and RS Dunne (NZ)
Player of the match: Mushtaq Ahmed (PAK)

New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.
CM Spearman (NZ) made his Test debut.
Wasim Akram became the second player to dismiss a father-son duo in Test cricket when he dismissed Chris Cairns in the first innings, having previously dismissed Lance Cairns.^[2]

One Day Internationals (ODIs)

The series was tied 2-2.

1st ODI

15 December 1995
Scorecard

Pakistan 189/9 (50 overs)	v	New Zealand 169 (47.4 overs)
Rameez Raja 35 (75) NJ Astle 2/34 (10 overs)		RG Twose 59 (93) Wasim Akram 3/18 (9.4 overs)

Pakistan won by 20 runs
Carisbrook, Dunedin
Umpires: RS Dunne and CE King
Player of the match: Waqar Younis (PAK)

Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
CM Spearman (NZ) made his ODI debut.

2nd ODI

17 December 1995
Scorecard

Pakistan 232/9 (50 overs)	v	New Zealand 236/9 (49.5 overs)
Inzamam-ul-Haq 80 (95) DK Morrison 5/46 (10 overs)		CL Cairns 54 (63) Waqar Younis 3/55 (10 overs)

New Zealand won by 1 wicket
Lancaster Park, Christchurch
Umpires: CE King and DM Quested
Player of the match: Inzamam-ul-Haq (PAK)

Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.

3rd ODI

20 December 1995
Scorecard

Pakistan 261/4 (50 overs)	v	New Zealand 207 (44.5 overs)
Aamer Sohail 58 (82) RG Twose 2/31 (7 overs)		LK Germon 40 (59) Wasim Akram 3/31 (7.5 overs)

Pakistan won by 54 runs
Basin Reserve, Wellington
Umpires: RS Dunne and EA Watkin
Player of the match: Wasim Akram (PAK)

New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.

4th ODI

23 December 1995
Scorecard

New Zealand 244/8 (45 overs)	v	Pakistan 212 (41.4 overs)
CM Spearman 48 (62) Waqar Younis 3/70 (9 overs)		Saleem Malik 58 (52) NJ Astle 3/42 (8 overs)

New Zealand won by 32 runs
Eden Park, Auckland
Umpires: BF Bowden and DB Cowie
Player of the match: NJ Astle (NZ)

Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.
The match was reduced before play started to 45 overs per side.

References

^ "Pakistan in Australia and New Zealand 1995–96". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 May 2014.
^ Bandarupalli, Sampath (12 July 2023). "Like father, like son - R Ashwin snaps up Shivnarine then, Tagenarine now". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 July 2023.

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[CATI-1] "Pakistan in Australia and New Zealand 1995–96". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 May 2014.

[2] Bandarupalli, Sampath (12 July 2023). "Like father, like son - R Ashwin snaps up Shivnarine then, Tagenarine now". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 July 2023.

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