New Zealand women's cricket team against Pakistan in the UAE in 2017–18

 
  Pakistan women New Zealand women
Dates 31 October – 14 November 2017
Captains Bismah Maroof Suzie Bates
One Day International series
Results New Zealand women won the 3-match series 2–1
Most runs Bismah Maroof (113)
Nahida Khan (113)		 Sophie Devine (167)
Most wickets Sana Mir (7) Amelia Kerr (6)
Twenty20 International series
Results New Zealand women won the 4-match series 4–0
Most runs Nahida Khan (89) Sophie Devine (158)
Most wickets Sadia Yousuf (5) Hannah Rowe (6)
Player of the series Sophie Devine (NZ)

The New Zealand women's cricket team played the Pakistan women's cricket team in the United Arab Emirates from 31 October to 14 November 2017.[1] The tour consisted of three Women's One Day Internationals (WODIs) and four Women's Twenty20 Internationals (WT20Is). The WODI games were part of the 2017–20 ICC Women's Championship.[2] It was the first time that New Zealand Women played an away series against Pakistan.[3] Ahead of the series, Bismah Maroof was made captain of Pakistan women's ODI team, after Sana Mir was axed from the role.[4] New Zealand Women won the WODI series 2–1[5] and the WT20I series 4–0.[6]

Squads

 Pakistan[7]  New Zealand[8]

WODI series

1st WODI

ICC Women's Championship
31 October 2017
09:30
Scorecard
New Zealand 
240/9 (50 overs)
v
 Pakistan
232 (48.3 overs)
Sophie Devine 103 (119)
Sana Mir 3/33 (10 overs)
Javeria Khan 55 (73)
Holly Huddleston 2/32 (10 overs)
New Zealand Women won by 8 runs
Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah
Umpires: Rashid Riaz (Pak) and Asif Yaqoob (Pak)
Player of the match: Sophie Devine (NZ)
  • New Zealand Women won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Points: New Zealand Women 2, Pakistan Women 0.

2nd WODI

ICC Women's Championship
2 November 2017
10:00
Scorecard
Pakistan 
147 (49.1 overs)
v
 New Zealand
148/3 (24 overs)
Nahida Khan 39 (76)
Amelia Kerr 3/35 (10 overs)
Sophie Devine 62 (48)
Javeria Khan 2/6 (3 overs)
New Zealand Women won by 7 wickets
Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah
Umpires: Khalid Mahmood (Pak) and Rashid Riaz (Pak)
Player of the match: Sophie Devine (NZ)
  • Pakistan Women won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Points: New Zealand Women 2, Pakistan Women 0.

3rd WODI

ICC Women's Championship
5 November 2017
10:00
Scorecard
New Zealand 
155 (43.4 overs)
v
 Pakistan
156/5 (48.5 overs)
Samantha Curtis 50 (77)
Sana Mir 4/25 (8.4 overs)
Bismah Maroof 36* (69)
Anna Peterson 2/25 (10 overs)
Pakistan Women won by 5 wickets
Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah
Umpires: Khalid Mahmood (Pak) and Asif Yaqoob (Pak)
Player of the match: Sana Mir (Pak)
  • New Zealand Women won the toss and elected to bat.
  • This was the Pakistan Women's first win against New Zealand Women in WODIs.[5]
  • Points: Pakistan Women 2, New Zealand Women 0.

WT20I series

1st WT20I

8 November 2017
10:00
Scorecard
New Zealand 
147/8 (20 overs)
v
 Pakistan
132/7 (20 overs)
Katey Martin 46 (27)
Sadia Yousuf 3/30 (4 overs)
Nahida Khan 34 (25)
Thamsyn Newton 2/22 (3 overs)
New Zealand Women won by 15 runs
Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah
Umpires: Khalid Mahmood (Pak) and Ahmed Shahab (Pak)
Player of the match: Katey Martin (NZ)
  • Pakistan Women won the toss and elected to field.

2nd WT20I

9 November 2017
10:00
Scorecard
New Zealand 
150/8 (20 overs)
v
 Pakistan
111/7 (20 overs)
Sophie Devine 70 (44)
Javeria Khan 2/23 (4 overs)
Aliya Riaz 23 (22)
Amy Satterthwaite 2/18 (3 overs)
New Zealand Women won by 39 runs
Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah
Umpires: Khalid Mahmood (Pak) and Ahmed Shahab (Pak)
Player of the match: Sophie Devine (NZ)

3rd WT20I

12 November 2017
10:00
Scorecard
New Zealand 
126/4 (20 overs)
v
 Pakistan
84 (19 overs)
Suzie Bates 65 (57)
Natalia Pervaiz 2/12 (3 overs)
Nahida Khan 23 (18)
Hannah Rowe 3/18 (4 overs)
New Zealand Women won by 42 runs
Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah
Umpires: Rashid Riaz (Pak) and Ahmed Shahab (Pak)
Player of the match: Suzie Bates (NZ)
  • New Zealand Women won the toss and elected to bat.

4th WT20I

14 November 2017
10:00
Scorecard
Pakistan 
89/8 (20 overs)
v
 New Zealand
93/3 (11 overs)
Javeria Khan 36 (38)
Hannah Rowe 3/22 (4 overs)
Sophie Devine 41 (17)
Aiman Anwer 2/19 (2 overs)
New Zealand Women won by 7 wickets
Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah
Umpires: Ahmed Shahab (Pak) and Khalid Mahmood (Pak)
Player of the match: Sophie Devine (NZ)
  • Pakistan Women won the toss and elected to bat.

References

  1. ^ "ICC Women's Cricket Championship 2017–2021". Pakistan Cricket Board. 10 January 2014. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
  2. ^ "PCB appoint Mark Coles as Pakistan women's head coach". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 25 September 2017.
  3. ^ "Pakistan, New Zealand gear up for ICC Women's Championship series". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
  4. ^ "Mir axed as ODI captain, Maroof to lead side". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
  5. ^ a b "Mir, Maroof drive Pakistan to historic win". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
  6. ^ "New Zealand hand out thumping to complete 4–0 whitewash". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
  7. ^ "Maroof-led Pakistan squad named for New Zealand series". ESPN Cricinfo. 10 October 2017. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
  8. ^ "Curtis named in New Zealand squad for UAE tour, Priest unfit". ESPN Cricinfo. 3 October 2017. Retrieved 3 October 2017.