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International cricket tour
The
New Zealand national cricket team toured
Pakistan in October and November 1955 and played a three-match
Test series against the
Pakistan national cricket team. It was the first Test series between the two teams.
[1] Pakistan won the Test series 2β0. New Zealand were captained by
Harry Cave and Pakistan by
Abdul Hafeez Kardar.
[2]
After the Test series, the team went on to India, where they played
a five-Test series.
New Zealand team
Every player played at least one Test in the series. Cave, Reid, MacGibbon, McGregor, Moir, Poore and Sutcliffe played all three Tests.
The team was managed by
Henry Cooper, who was at the time headmaster of
Auckland Grammar School, and had previously played three first-class matches for
Auckland.
[3]
Test series summary
First Test
- New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
- 15 October was taken as a rest day.
- The match was scheduled for five days but completed in four.
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JC Alabaster,
PGZ Harris and
TG McMahon (all NZ) made their Test debuts.
Second Test
- New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
- 28 October were taken as rest days.
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NS Harford and
EC Petrie (both NZ) made their Test debuts.
Third Test
- New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
- 10 November was taken as a rest day.
- There was no play on the first three days.
-
Agha Saadat Ali and
Wallis Mathias (both PAK), and
JW Guy (NZ) made their Test debuts.
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International cricket tours of Pakistan |
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Test and LOI tours |
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South Africa | |
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West Indies | |
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Zimbabwe | |
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Tournaments hosted |
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Other tours |
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English | |
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Multi-national | |
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Tours in italics have been played in the United Arab Emirates or other neutral venues, since 2009 |