Pakistani cricket team in New Zealand in 2010–11

Pakistan cricket team in New Zealand in 2010
Pakistan New Zealand
Dates 26 December 2010 – 5 February 2011
Captains Misbah Ul-Haq (Tests)
Shahid Afridi
Daniel Vettori
Ross Taylor (Twenty20)
Test series
Result Pakistan won the 2-match series 1–0
Most runs Misbah-ul-Haq (231) Martin Guptill (163)
Most wickets Umar Gul (13) Chris Martin (9)
One Day International series
Result Pakistan won the 6-match series 3–2
Most runs Misbah-ul-Haq (203) Martin Guptill (209)
Most wickets Wahab Riaz (8) Hamish Bennett (11)
Twenty20 series
Result New Zealand won the 3-match series 2–1
Most runs Mohammad Hafeez (104) Martin Guptill (98)
Most wickets Shahid Afridi (5) Tim Southee (8)

The Pakistan cricket team arrived in New Zealand in December 2010 to play two Tests, three Twenty20s (T20) and six One Day Internationals (ODIs). Three tests were initially planned but as the 2011 Cricket World Cup is being held in February/April, one test was dropped and one ODI and the three T20s were added.[1]

Contents

Tour matches

23 December
Scorecard
Pakistan 
91 (17.4 overs)
v Auckland
92/5 (13.2 overs)
Auckland won by 5 wickets
Colin Maiden Park, Auckland
Umpires: Chris Gaffaney (NZ) and Evan Gray (NZ)
Umar Akmal 25 (29)
Michael Bates 4/11 (3 overs)
Martin Guptill 28* (30)
Saeed Ajmal 2/20 (4 overs)
  • Auckland won the toss and elected to field.
2 – 4 January 2011
Scorecard
New Zealand Cricket XI 
384 (100.2 overs)
v  Pakistan
287 (93.2 overs)
Match drawn
Cobham Oval, Whangarei
Umpires: Barry Frost and Chris Gaffaney
Brendon McCullum 206 (218)
Sohail Tanvir 4/63 (19.2 overs)
Misbah-ul-Haq 126* (258)
Daniel Vettori 3/30 (23 overs)
111/4 (32 overs)
James Franklin 30 (40)
Umar Gul 2/19 (6 overs)
  • New Zealand Cricket XI won the toss and elected to bat.

Twenty20 series

1st T20I

26 December
Scorecard
Pakistan 
143/9 (20 overs)
v  New Zealand
146/5 (17.1 overs)
New Zealand won by 5 wickets
Eden Park, Auckland
Umpires: Billy Bowden and Barry Frost (both NZ)
Player of the match: Tim Southee (NZ)
Wahab Riaz 30* (21)
Tim Southee 5/18 (4 overs)
Martin Guptill 54 (29)
Shoaib Akhtar 3/38 (4 overs)
  • New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.

New Zealand bowler Tim Southee took five wickets in eight balls, including a hat-trick. He became the first New Zealander to take a five wicket haul in an international T20 match.[2]

2nd T20I

28 December
Scorecard
New Zealand 
185/7 (20 overs)
v  Pakistan
146/9 (20 overs)
New Zealand won by 39 runs
Seddon Park, Hamilton
Umpires: Gary Baxter (NZ) and Chris Gaffaney (NZ)
Player of the match: Nathan McCullum (NZ)
Martin Guptill 44 (28)
Saeed Ajmal 3/35 (4 overs)
Mohammad Hafeez 46 (30)
Nathan McCullum 4/16 (4 overs)
  • Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.

3rd T20I

30 December
Scorecard
Pakistan 
183/6 (20 overs)
v  New Zealand
80 (15.5 overs)
Pakistan won by 103 runs
AMI Stadium, Christchurch
Umpires: Gary Baxter (NZ) and Chris Gaffaney (NZ)
Player of the match: Abdul Razzaq (Pak)
Ahmed Shehzad 54 (34)
James Franklin 2/12 (3 overs)
Scott Styris 45 (34)
Shahid Afridi 4/14 (2.5 overs)
  • Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.

Test series

1st Test

7 – 9 January
Scorecard
New Zealand 
275 (97.5 overs)
v  Pakistan
367 (122.1 overs)
Pakistan won by 10 wickets
Seddon Park, Hamilton
Umpires: Daryl Harper and Rod Tucker (both Aus)
Player of the Match: Abdur Rehman (Pak)
Brendon McCullum 56 (77)
Tanvir Ahmed 4/63 (18.5 overs)
Asad Shafiq 83 (202)
Brent Arnel 4/95 (28 overs)
110 (38.3 overs) 21/0 (3.4 overs)
Brendon McCullum 35 (46)
Abdur Rehman 3/24 (15 overs)
Taufeeq Umar 12* (15)
  • Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.

New Zealand bowler Chris Martin took his 500th wicket in first-class cricket, with the dismissal of Tanvir Ahmed.[3]

2nd Test

15–19 January
Scorecard
New Zealand 
356 (127.1 overs)
v  Pakistan
376 (133 overs)
Match drawn
Basin Reserve, Wellington
Umpires: Daryl Harper and Rod Tucker (both Aus)
Player of the Match: Misbah-ul-Haq (Pak)
Daniel Vettori 110 (166)
Umar Gul 4/87 (32 overs)
Misbah-ul-Haq 99 (207)
Chris Martin 4/91 (32 overs)
293 (90.5 overs) 226/5 (92 overs)
Martin Guptill 73 (178)
Umar Gul 4/61 (20.5 overs)
Younis Khan 81 (155)
Tim Southee 2/49 (15 overs)
  • New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.

Daniel Vettori's first innings score of 110 was his sixth century in Test cricket.[4] Pakistan's wicket keeper, Adnan Akmal, took six catches in the first innings.[4]

ODI series

1st ODI

22 January
14:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Pakistan 
124 (37.3 overs)
v  New Zealand
125/1 (17.2 overs)
New Zealand won by 9 wickets
Westpac Stadium, Wellington
Umpires: Chris Gaffaney (NZ) and Amiesh Saheba (Ind)
Player of the match: Tim Southee (NZ)
Misbah-ul-Haq 50 (88)
Tim Southee 5/33 (9.3 overs)
Jesse Ryder 55 (34)
Sohail Tanvir 1/39 (7 overs)
  • Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.

2nd ODI

26 January
Scorecard
Pakistan 
31/0 (4.2 overs)
v  New Zealand
No result
Queenstown Events Centre, Queenstown
Umpires: Chris Gaffaney (NZ) and Amiesh Saheba (Ind)
Ahmed Shehzad 25* (16)
  • New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.
  • Match abandoned due to rain after 4.2 of the scheduled 48 overs.[5]

3rd ODI

29 January
Scorecard
Pakistan 
293/7 (50 overs)
v  New Zealand
250/9 (50 overs)
Pakistan won by 43 runs
Lancaster Park, Christchurch
Umpires: Gary Baxter (NZ) and Amiesh Saheba (Ind)
Player of the match: Mohammad Hafeez (Pak)
Mohammad Hafeez 115 (144)
Hamish Bennett 2/54 (7 overs)
Scott Styris 46 (67)
Umar Gul 2/33 (10 overs)
  • New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.

4th ODI

1 February
Scorecard
New Zealand 
262/7 (50 overs)
v  Pakistan
264/8 (49 overs)
Pakistan won by 2 wickets
McLean Park, Napier
Umpires: Gary Baxter (NZ) and Steve Davis (Aus)
Player of the match: Misbah-ul-Haq (Pak)
James Franklin 62 (75)
Wahab Riaz 3/51 (10 overs)
Misbah-ul-Haq 93* (91)
Scott Styris 3/40 (9 overs)
  • New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.

5th ODI

3 February
Scorecard
Pakistan 
268/9 (50 overs)
v  New Zealand
227 (46.5 overs)
Pakistan won by 41 runs
Seddon Park, Hamilton
Umpires: Steve Davis (Aus) and Tony Hill (NZ)
Player of the match: Ahmed Shehzad (Pak)
Ahmed Shehzad 115 (109)
Kyle Mills 2/42 (10 overs)
Ross Taylor 69 (91)
Wahab Riaz 3/51 (8.5 overs)
  • New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.

6th ODI

5 February
Scorecard
New Zealand 
311/7 (50 overs)
v  Pakistan
254 (44.1 overs)
New Zealand won by 57 runs
Eden Park, Auckland
Umpires: Steve Davis (Aus) and Tony Hill (NZ)
Player of the match: Jesse Ryder (NZ)
Jesse Ryder 107 (93)
Abdul Razzaq 2/23 (7 overs)
Kamran Akmal 89 (84)
Hamish Bennett 4/46 (8.1 overs)
  • Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.

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