New Zealand cricket team in Pakistan in 1990–91

The New Zealand national cricket team toured Pakistan in October to November 1990 and played a three-match Test series against the Pakistan national cricket team. Pakistan won the Test series 3–0. In addition, the teams played a three-match Limited Overs International (LOI) series which Pakistan won 3–0. New Zealand were captained by Martin Crowe and Pakistan by Javed Miandad.[1]

Test series summary

1st Test

10–15 October 1990
(5-day match)
Scorecard
v
196 (84.5 overs)
KR Rutherford 79 (141)
Waqar Younis 4/40 (22 overs)
433/6d (140.3 overs)
Shoaib Mohammad 203 (411)
DK Morrison 2/86 (28.3 overs)
194 (62.4 overs)
MD Crowe 68* (143)
Wasim Akram 4/60 (24 overs)
Pakistan won by an innings and 43 runs
National Stadium, Karachi
Umpires: Feroze Butt and Mahboob Shah
Player of the match: Shoaib Mohammad (PAK)
  • Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.
  • 13 October was taken as a rest day.
  • GE Bradburn, C Pringle and DJ White (all NZ) made their Test debuts.

2nd Test

18–23 October 1990
(5-day match)
Scorecard
v
160 (59 overs)
IDS Smith 33 (41)
Waqar Younis 3/20 (15 overs)
373/9d (125 overs)
Shoaib Mohammad 105 (223)
W Watson 6/78 (36 overs)
287 (115.5 overs)
MD Crowe 108* (306)
Waqar Younis 7/86 (37.5 overs)
77/1 (20.3 overs)
Shoaib Mohammad 42* (59)
DK Morrison 1/36 (8 overs)
Pakistan won by 9 wickets
Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
Umpires: Athar Zaidi and Saleem Badar
Player of the match: Waqar Younis (PAK)
  • New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
  • 21 October was taken as a rest day.

3rd Test

26–31 October 1990
(5-day match)
Scorecard
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102 (40.3 overs)
Javed Miandad 25 (54)
C Pringle 7/52 (16 overs)
217 (76.2 overs)
IDS Smith 61 (42)
Waqar Younis 7/76 (30.2 overs)
357 (139.5 overs)
Shoaib Mohammad 142 (368)
C Pringle 4/100 (43 overs)
177 (58.5 overs)
DN Patel 45 (105)
Waqar Younis 5/54 (23.5 overs)
Pakistan won by 65 runs
Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad
Umpires: Athar Zaidi and Saleem Badar
Player of the match: Waqar Younis (PAK)
  • New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.
  • 27 October was taken as a rest day.

One Day Internationals (ODIs)

Pakistan won the series 3-0.

1st ODI

2 November 1990
Scorecard
Pakistan 
196/8 (40 overs)
v
 New Zealand
177 (39.2 overs)
Saeed Anwar 101 (115)
DK Morrison 3/28 (8 overs)
IDS Smith 47 (31)
Saleem Malik 5/35 (7 overs)
Pakistan won by 19 runs
Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
Umpires: Khizer Hayat and Mian Mohammad Aslam
Player of the match: Saeed Anwar (PAK)
  • New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.
  • DJ White (NZ) made his ODI debut.

2nd ODI

4 November 1990
Scorecard
New Zealand 
127 (37.4 overs)
v
 Pakistan
128/2 (29.1 overs)
MD Crowe 46 (55)
Waqar Younis 5/11 (6.4 overs)
Saeed Anwar 67 (75)
GE Bradburn 2/18 (6 overs)
Pakistan won by 8 wickets
Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar
Umpires: Javed Akhtar and Said Shah
Player of the match: Saeed Anwar (PAK)
  • New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
  • GE Bradburn (NZ) made his ODI debut.

3rd ODI

6 November 1990
Scorecard
Pakistan 
223/2 (40 overs)
v
 New Zealand
118 (25 overs)
Rameez Raja 114 (123)
DN Patel 1/44 (7 overs)
KR Rutherford 24 (24)
Waqar Younis 5/16 (6 overs)
Pakistan won by 105 runs
Jinnah Stadium, Sialkot
Umpires: Khalid Aziz and Shakeel Khan
Player of the match: Rameez Raja (PAK)
  • New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.
  • Zahid Fazal (PAK) made his ODI debut.

References

  1. ^ "New Zealand in Pakistan 1990–91". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 March 2024.