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1st Test, New Zealand v Pakistan, Statistical Highlights
Rajneesh Gupta - 14 March 2001
- It was the 1533rd Test in cricket history.
- It was New Zealand's 286th and Pakistan's 274th Test.
- It was the 40th Test between these two sides. The record now reads: Pakistan 19, New Zealand 5, drawn 16.
- It was the 20th Test between these two sides on New Zealand soil. The record now reads: Pakistan 7, New Zealand 3, drawn 10. Umpires Doug Cowie and Russel Tiffin were officiating in their 20th and 18th match respectively.
- James Franklin (NZ); Faisal Iqbal, Imran Farhat, Misbah-ul-Haq and Mohammad Sami (Pak) were making their Test debut. A total of 214 and 167 players have now appeared for New Zealand and Pakistan respectively.
- Adam Parore by holding five catches in Pakistan's first innings, equalled the existing record of most dismissals by a New Zealander against Pakistan. Ken Wadsworth had also held five catches in the first innings of Auckland Test in 1972-73.
- It was the fourth occasion when Parore was making five dismissals in an innings. The other occasions being v England at Auckland in 1991-92,v Sri Lanka at Colombo SSC in 1992-93 and v Zimbabwe at Harare in 2000-01. Parore thus moved ahead of Ian Smith who made five or more dismissals in an innings on three occasions.
- The ninth wicket partnership of 52 runs between Moin Khan and Mushtaq Ahmed in first innings is Pakistan's best for this wicket against New Zealand equalling the partnership between Arif Butt and Intikhab Alam at this same venue in 1964-65.
- Mohammad Sami captured a wicket off his fifth ball in Test cricket (victim: Mark Richardson). He became fourth Pakistani to get a wicket in his first over in Test cricket after Intikhab Alam (dismissed Australia's Cecil McDonald at Karachi in 1959-60 off first ball), Shahid Nazir (dismissed Zimbabwe's Alistair Campbell at Sheikhupura in 1996-97 off fourth ball) and Fazl-e-Akbar (dismissed South Africa's Gary Kirsten at Durban in 1997-98 off sixth ball).
- Younis Khan played two highest innings in the Test (149* in the second & 91 in the first). He became fifth Pakistani on sixth occasion to achieve this rare honour. Others to do so for Pakistan are Wallis Mathias (64&45 v West Indies at Dhaka in 1958-59), Hanif Mohammad (104 & 93 v Australia at Melbourne in 1964-65), Salim Malik (74 & 71 v West Indies at Faisalabad in 1990-91) and Inzamam-ul-Haq (101 & 83 v Zimbabwe at Harare in 1994-95 and 86 & 138 v Sri Lanka at Karachi in 1999-00).
- Parore's seven dismissals in the match is a new record for New Zealand against Pakistan. Ken Wadsworth (at Auckland in 1972-73) and Warren Lees (at Karachi in 1976-77) had made six dismissals.
- The eight ducks in the match for New Zealand (four each in first and second innings) equalled its worst performance in a Test. New Zealand had suffered similar fate against England at this same venue in 1954-55 and v West Indies at Dunedin in 1955-56.
- The eight ducks by New Zealand is also the maximum recorded in a Test against Pakistan. The previous record was jontly held by New Zealand (at Rawalpindi in 1964-65) and India (at Karachi in 1982-83).
- James Franklin became eighth New Zealander and 31st batsman in all to suffer the mortification of bagging a pair on Test debut. Others to do so for New Zealand are: FT Badcock (v England at Christchurch in 1929-30), KC James (v England at Christchurch in 1929-30), LA Butterfield (v Australia at Wellington in 1945-46) and CG Rowe (v Australia at Wellington in 1945-46), Brendon Bracewell (v England at The Oval in 1978), Ken Rutherford (v West Indies at Port-of-Spain in 1984-85) and Chris Kuggeleijn (v India at Bangalore in 1988-89).
- New Zealand which was comfortably placed with 105 for one at the end of fourth day was eventually bowled out for 131 losing last eight wickets for only 10 runs ! This is the second worst collapse of eight wickets in an innings in Test chronicles. The Test record is also held by New Zealand as it lost its last eight wickets for only five runs (37 for 2 to 42 all out) against Australia at Wellington in 1945-46.
The accompanying table lists the worst eight wicket collapses in Test cricket:
Out For Vs Inns Test Venue Series From To Final
8/5 NZ Aus 1st 1st Wellington 1945-46 37-2 42 42
8/10 NZ Pak 2nd 1st Auckland 2000-01 121-2 131 131
8/13 SA Eng 2nd 2nd Cape Town 1898-99 18-0 31-8 35
8/14 SA Eng 2nd 2nd Cape Town 1898-99 21-1 35-9 35
8/14 SA Eng 2nd 2nd Cape Town 1898-99 21-2 35 35
8/14 SA Aus 2nd 3rd Kingsmead 1949-50 85-2 99 99
8/16 NZ Eng 2nd 2nd Auckland 1954-55 6-0 22-8 26
8/17 Eng Aus 1st 4th Melbourne 1907-08 88-2 105 105
8/17 SA Aus 1st 5th Melbourne 1931-32 16-1 33-9 36
8/17 NZ Eng 2nd 2nd Auckland 1954-55 9-2 26 26
8/17 NZ Pak 2nd 1st Rawalpindi 1964-65 42-1 59-9 79
- Mohammad Sami provided the 124th instance of a bowler capturing a five wicket innings haul on debut. Out of these 124 instances, on 10 occasions the concerned bowler went on to take five wicket haul in each innings of debut Test. Sami is the sixth Pakistani to capture a five wicket innings haul. The full roaster: Arif Butt (6 for 89 v Australia at Melbourne in 1964-65), Mohammad Nazir (7 for 99 v New Zealand at Karachi in 1969-70), Shahid Nazir (5 for 53 v Zimbabwe at Sheikhupura in 1996-97), Mohammad Zahid (7 for 66 v New Zealand at Rawalpindi in 1996-97) and Shahid Afridi (5 for 52 v Australia at Karachi in 1998-99).
- Sami's match figures of 8 for 106 are the second best by a Pakistani on debut. The best, however still remains as 11 for 130 also against New Zealand at Rawalpindi in 1996-97.
- The victory by 299 runs is the second largest for Pakistan in all Tests in terms of runs. Pakistan, however, just failed to overhaul its largest win. It had beaten Sri Lanka by 301 runs at Colombo PSS in 1994-95.
- The defeat by 299 runs is the worst ever for New Zealand in all Tests in terms of runs. It had lost to Australia by 297 runs at this same venue in 1973-74.
© CricInfo
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Teams
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New Zealand,
Pakistan.
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Players/Umpires
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James Franklin,
Faisal Iqbal,
Imran Farhat,
Misbah-ul-Haq,
Mohammad Sami,
Adam Parore,
Ken Wadsworth,
Moin Khan,
Mushtaq Ahmed,
Hanif Mohammad.
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Tours
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Pakistan in New Zealand
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