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New Zealand v Pakistan Pakistan in Sri Lanka, Australia and New Zealand 1978/79 (3rd Test) Venue Eden Park, Auckland on 23rd, 24th, 25th, 27th, 28th February 1979 (5-day match)Balls per over 8 Toss Pakistan won the toss and decided to field Result Match drawn Umpires FR Goodall , JBR Hastie Close of play day 1 New Zealand (1) 229/8 (Hadlee 36*, Troup 3*) Close of play day 2 Pakistan (1) 191/3 (Zaheer Abbas 113*, Asif Iqbal 33*) Close of play day 3 New Zealand (2) 51/1 (Wright 10*, Howarth 27*) Close of play day 4 New Zealand (2) 231/5 (Coney 41*, Lees 18*)
New Zealand first innings Runs Balls Mins 4s 6s JG Wright c Wasim Bari b Sikander Bakht 32 93 5 - BA Edgar c Wasim Bari b Imran Khan 1 - - GP Howarth c Wasim Bari b Sarfraz Nawaz 5 1 - JF Reid c Wasim Bari b Imran Khan 0 - - *MG Burgess c Sarfraz Nawaz b Sikander Bakht 3 - - JV Coney c Wasim Bari b Sarfraz Nawaz 82 189 12 1 +WK Lees c Wasim Bari b Sarfraz Nawaz 25 52 5 - BL Cairns c Wasim Bari b Asif Iqbal 17 3 - RJ Hadlee not out 53 115 7 - GB Troup c Mushtaq Mohammad b Sikander Bakht 7 57 - - SL Boock c Javed Miandad b Imran Khan 0 - - Extras (5 b, 3 lb, 20 nb, 1 w) 29 Total (all out, 347 minutes, 55.7 overs) 254 Fall of wickets: 1-11 (Edgar ), 2-31 (Howarth ), 3-32 (Reid ), 4-50 (Wright ), 5-60 (Burgess ), 6-109 (Lees ), 7-166 (Cairns ), 8-209 (Coney ), 9-251 (Troup ), 10-254 (Boock , 55.7 ov)
Pakistan first innings Runs Balls Mins 4s 6s Majid Khan b Cairns 10 1 - Talat Ali c Lees b Hadlee 1 - - Zaheer Abbas c Lees b Troup 135 387 15 1 Javed Miandad lbw b Cairns 30 156 3 - Asif Iqbal c Coney b Cairns 35 133 5 1 *Mushtaq Mohammad lbw b Hadlee 48 183 7 - Wasim Raja c Coney b Troup 19 61 4 - Imran Khan c Lees b Hadlee 33 4 1 Sarfraz Nawaz c Howarth b Hadlee 5 1 - +Wasim Bari not out 25 45 3 - Sikander Bakht c Cairns b Hadlee 6 - - Extras (4 b, 7 lb, 1 nb) 12 Total (all out, 578 minutes, 103 overs) 359 Fall of wickets: 1-5 (Talat Ali ), 2-22 (Majid Khan ), 3-118 (Javed Miandad ), 4-195 (Asif Iqbal ), 5-231 (Zaheer Abbas ), 6-273 (Wasim Raja ), 7-321 (Mushtaq Mohammad ), 8-322 (Imran Khan ), 9-345 (Sarfraz Nawaz ), 10-359 (Sikander Bakht , 103 ov)
New Zealand second innings Runs Balls Mins 4s 6s JG Wright b Sarfraz Nawaz 10 83 2 - BA Edgar b Imran Khan 0 - - GP Howarth c Wasim Raja b Sikander Bakht 38 148 4 - *MG Burgess c Asif Iqbal b Sarfraz Nawaz 71 288 8 - JF Reid c Majid Khan b Mushtaq Mohammad 19 116 2 - JV Coney c Mushtaq Mohammad b Imran Khan 49 195 6 1 +WK Lees not out 45 150 4 - BL Cairns b Sarfraz Nawaz 4 - - RJ Hadlee c Talat Ali b Sarfraz Nawaz 5 1 - GB Troup did not bat SL Boock did not bat Extras (8 b, 13 lb, 18 nb, 1 w) 40 Total (8 wickets, declared, 523 minutes, 91.2 overs) 281 Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Edgar ), 2-52 (Wright ), 3-85 (Howarth ), 4-121 (Reid ), 5-205 (Burgess ), 6-261 (Coney ), 7-275 (Cairns ), 8-281 (Hadlee , 91.2 ov)
New Zealand bowling Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Wides No-Balls Hadlee 0.6 0 8 0 - -
Notes JF Reid made his debut in Test matchesTalat Ali made his last appearance in Test matchesGP Howarth (1) passed 1000 runs in Test matches when he reached 3JV Coney (1) 50 in 100 balls with 9 foursJV Coney (1) passed his previous highest score of 69 in Test matchesWK Lees (1) passed 500 runs in Test matches when he reached 13RJ Hadlee (1) 50 in 66 balls with 7 foursZaheer Abbas (1) 50 in 95 balls with 5 foursZaheer Abbas (1) 100 in 177 balls, 237 minutes with 11 fours and 1 sixWasim Raja (1) passed 7500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 19MG Burgess (2) 50 in 161 balls, 234 minutes with 4 foursMG Burgess (2) passed 2500 runs in Test matches when he reached 9JF Reid made his debut for New Zealand in First-Class matchesRJ Hadlee reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when he dismissed Sikander Bakht , his 5th wicket in the Pakistan first inningsThis page was created by the CricketArchive Oracles
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