On 10 November 2020, Babar Azam was appointed captain of Pakistan's Test side,[9] replacing Azhar Ali.[10] However, he did not play in any matches on the tour, after breaking his thumb in a training session.[11]
New Zealand won the first two T20I matches, therefore winning the series with a game to spare.[12] Pakistan won the third and final match by four wickets, with New Zealand winning the series 2–1.[13]
New Zealand won the first Test by 101 runs,[14] extending their unbeaten run at home to 16 matches.[15] New Zealand won the second Test by an innings and 176 runs, to win the series 2–0.[16] The series win meant that they finished top of ICC Test Team Rankings for the first time.[17]
Pakistan named a squad of 35 players for the tour.[22][23] On 22 November 2020, Pakistan's Fakhar Zaman was ruled out of the tour due to a fever and did not travel with the team to New Zealand.[24] On 13 December 2020, Babar Azam was ruled out of the T20I series, after he broke his thumb in a training sessions.[25] As a result, Shadab Khan was named as the captain of Pakistan's squad for the T20I series.[26] Babar Azam was also ruled out of Pakistan's squad for the first Test, with Mohammad Rizwan named as captain of the side.[27] Ahead of the first Test, Shadab Khan was ruled out of the match due to an injury.[28]Zafar Gohar was added to Pakistan's squad as Khan's replacement.[29] On 26 December 2020, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) confirmed that Shadab Khan had been ruled out of the second Test,[30] and Pakistan's home Test series against South Africa.[31]Imam-ul-Haq was also ruled out of Pakistan's Test squad, due to a fractured thumb.[32] On 2 January 2021, the PCB confirmed that Babar Azam had also been ruled out of second Test match.[33]
The Pakistan A team were scheduled to play two four-day matches against the New Zealand A team, one in Queenstown and one in Whangārei, in December 2020.[41] Both fixtures were unofficial Test matches, with first-class status.[42] However, the first match was cancelled following a delay for the Pakistan cricketers to practice in isolation.[43][44] The Pakistan squad opted to play intra-squad matches in Queenstown instead.[45] The Pakistan A squad also played twenty-over matches against several New Zealand domestic sides.[46]
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pakistani, cricket, team, zealand, 2020, pakistan, cricket, team, toured, zealand, december, 2020, january, 2021, play, test, five, twenty20, international, t20i, matches, test, series, formed, part, inaugural, 2019, 2021, world, test, championship, august, 20. The Pakistan cricket team toured New Zealand in December 2020 and January 2021 to play two Test and five Twenty20 International T20I matches 1 2 The Test series formed part of the inaugural 2019 2021 ICC World Test Championship 3 4 In August 2020 New Zealand Cricket confirmed that the tour was going ahead 5 and were working with their government to comply with biosecurity during the COVID 19 pandemic 6 On 29 September 2020 New Zealand Cricket confirmed the full schedule of the tour 7 8 Pakistani cricket team in New Zealand in 2020 21 New ZealandPakistanDates18 December 2020 7 January 2021CaptainsKane Williamson n 1 Mohammad Rizwan Tests Shadab Khan T20Is Test seriesResultNew Zealand won the 2 match series 2 0Most runsKane Williamson 388 Mohammad Rizwan 202 Most wicketsKyle Jamieson 16 Shaheen Afridi 6 Player of the seriesKane Williamson NZ Twenty20 International seriesResultsNew Zealand won the 3 match series 2 1Most runsTim Seifert 176 Mohammad Hafeez 140 Most wicketsTim Southee 6 Haris Rauf 5 Player of the seriesTim Seifert NZ On 10 November 2020 Babar Azam was appointed captain of Pakistan s Test side 9 replacing Azhar Ali 10 However he did not play in any matches on the tour after breaking his thumb in a training session 11 New Zealand won the first two T20I matches therefore winning the series with a game to spare 12 Pakistan won the third and final match by four wickets with New Zealand winning the series 2 1 13 New Zealand won the first Test by 101 runs 14 extending their unbeaten run at home to 16 matches 15 New Zealand won the second Test by an innings and 176 runs to win the series 2 0 16 The series win meant that they finished top of ICC Test Team Rankings for the first time 17 Contents 1 Squads 2 Practice matches 3 T20I series 3 1 1st T20I 3 2 2nd T20I 3 3 3rd T20I 4 Test series 4 1 1st Test 4 2 2nd Test 5 Notes 6 References 7 External linksSquads EditTests T20Is nbsp New Zealand 18 nbsp Pakistan 19 nbsp New Zealand 20 nbsp Pakistan 21 Kane Williamson c Tom Blundell Trent Boult Matt Henry Kyle Jamieson Tom Latham Daryl Mitchell Henry Nicholls Mitchell Santner Tim Southee Ross Taylor Neil Wagner BJ Watling wk Will Young Mohammad Rizwan c wk Babar Azam c Mohammad Abbas Shaheen Afridi Sarfaraz Ahmed wk Abid Ali Azhar Ali Faheem Ashraf Fawad Alam Imran Butt Zafar Gohar Shadab Khan Sohail Khan Shan Masood Naseem Shah Yasir Shah Haris Sohail Imam ul Haq Kane Williamson c Todd Astle Doug Bracewell Trent Boult Mark Chapman Devon Conway Jacob Duffy Martin Guptill Kyle Jamieson Scott Kuggeleijn Daryl Mitchell James Neesham Glenn Phillips Mitchell Santner Tim Seifert wk Ish Sodhi Tim Southee Blair Tickner Shadab Khan c Babar Azam c Shaheen Afridi Iftikhar Ahmed Sarfaraz Ahmed wk Haider Ali Faheem Ashraf Mohammad Hafeez Mohammad Hasnain Usman Qadir Haris Rauf Wahab Riaz Mohammad Rizwan wk Abdullah Shafique Khushdil Shah Hussain Talat Imad WasimPakistan named a squad of 35 players for the tour 22 23 On 22 November 2020 Pakistan s Fakhar Zaman was ruled out of the tour due to a fever and did not travel with the team to New Zealand 24 On 13 December 2020 Babar Azam was ruled out of the T20I series after he broke his thumb in a training sessions 25 As a result Shadab Khan was named as the captain of Pakistan s squad for the T20I series 26 Babar Azam was also ruled out of Pakistan s squad for the first Test with Mohammad Rizwan named as captain of the side 27 Ahead of the first Test Shadab Khan was ruled out of the match due to an injury 28 Zafar Gohar was added to Pakistan s squad as Khan s replacement 29 On 26 December 2020 the Pakistan Cricket Board PCB confirmed that Shadab Khan had been ruled out of the second Test 30 and Pakistan s home Test series against South Africa 31 Imam ul Haq was also ruled out of Pakistan s Test squad due to a fractured thumb 32 On 2 January 2021 the PCB confirmed that Babar Azam had also been ruled out of second Test match 33 New Zealand named Mitchell Santner as captain for the first T20I with Kane Williamson named as captain for the remaining matches 34 Santner along with Blair Tickner Mark Chapman Jacob Duffy and Doug Bracewell were included for the first T20I before being replaced by Trent Boult Kane Williamson Kyle Jamieson Daryl Mitchell and Tim Southee 35 Lockie Ferguson and Colin de Grandhomme were both ruled out of New Zealand s Test squad due to injuries 36 37 with New Zealand Cricket naming the Test squad on 21 December 2020 38 Neil Wagner was ruled out of New Zealand s squad for the second Test after suffering two broken toes during the first Test 39 Matt Henry was named as Wagner s replacement for the second Test 40 Practice matches EditThe Pakistan A team were scheduled to play two four day matches against the New Zealand A team one in Queenstown and one in Whangarei in December 2020 41 Both fixtures were unofficial Test matches with first class status 42 However the first match was cancelled following a delay for the Pakistan cricketers to practice in isolation 43 44 The Pakistan squad opted to play intra squad matches in Queenstown instead 45 The Pakistan A squad also played twenty over matches against several New Zealand domestic sides 46 17 20 December 2020 ScorecardPakistan A nbsp v nbsp New Zealand A194 73 overs Azhar Ali 58 172 Edward Nuttall 5 54 17 overs 226 82 5 overs Rachin Ravindra 70 158 Mohammad Abbas 4 40 21 5 overs 329 96 3 overs Fawad Alam 139 233 Matt Henry 6 53 25 3 overs 208 64 overs Nathan Smith 45 108 Amad Butt 3 38 11 overs Pakistan A won by 89 runsCobham Oval Whangarei Umpires John Dempsey NZ and Derek Walker NZ New Zealand A won the toss and elected to field 27 December 2020 16 00 D N ScorecardNorthern Knights203 2 20 overs v nbsp Pakistan A182 9 20 overs Tim Seifert 99 55 Khushdil Shah 1 22 3 overs Zeeshan Malik 52 33 Josh Brown 3 42 4 overs Northern Knights won by 21 runsSeddon Park Hamilton Umpires John Dempsey NZ and Derek Walker NZ Pakistan A won the toss and elected to field 29 December 2020 14 40 ScorecardPakistan A nbsp 91 17 4 overs v Wellington Firebirds97 1 9 5 overs Danish Aziz 28 31 Jamie Gibson 3 30 4 overs Devon Conway 48 32 Mohammad Hasnain 1 14 2 overs Wellington Firebirds won by 9 wicketsBasin Reserve Wellington Umpires Cory Black NZ and Tim Parlane NZ Wellington Firebirds won the toss and elected to field 1 January 2021 14 00 ScorecardCanterbury Kings169 5 20 overs v nbsp Pakistan A170 3 15 1 overs Harry Chamberlain 66 46 Haris Rauf 2 36 4 overs Rohail Nazir 69 39 Sean Davey 1 24 2 1 overs Pakistan A won by 7 wicketsBert Sutcliffe Oval Lincoln Umpires Billy Bowden NZ and Derek Walker NZ Pakistan A won the toss and elected to field 3 January 2021 11 00 ScorecardPakistan A nbsp 231 5 20 overs v nbsp New Zealand XI130 18 1 overs Haider Ali 64 28 Simon Keene 2 34 4 overs Rhys Mariu 48 35 Usman Qadir 3 18 3 overs Pakistan A won by 101 runsBert Sutcliffe Oval Lincoln Umpires Billy Bowden NZ and Derek Walker NZ New Zealand XI won the toss and elected to field 5 January 2021 11 00 ScorecardNew Zealand XI nbsp 181 5 20 overs v nbsp Pakistan A161 18 3 overs Joe Carter 81 52 Mohammad Hasnain 2 23 4 overs Khushdil Shah 70 42 Jakob Bhula 3 9 2 overs New Zealand XI won by 20 runsBert Sutcliffe Oval Lincoln Umpires Billy Bowden NZ and Derek Walker NZ Pakistan A won the toss and elected to field T20I series Edit1st T20I Edit 18 December 2020 19 00 N ScorecardPakistan nbsp 153 9 20 overs v nbsp New Zealand156 5 18 5 overs Shadab Khan 42 32 Jacob Duffy 4 33 4 overs Tim Seifert 57 43 Haris Rauf 3 29 4 overs New Zealand won by 5 wicketsEden Park Auckland Umpires Shaun Haig NZ and Wayne Knights NZ Player of the match Jacob Duffy NZ Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat Jacob Duffy NZ made his T20I debut Shadab Khan captained Pakistan for the first time in T20Is 47 2nd T20I Edit 20 December 2020 19 00 N ScorecardPakistan nbsp 163 6 20 overs v nbsp New Zealand164 1 19 2 overs Mohammad Hafeez 99 57 Tim Southee 4 21 4 overs Tim Seifert 84 63 Faheem Ashraf 1 19 3 2 overs New Zealand won by 9 wicketsSeddon Park Hamilton Umpires Chris Brown NZ and Shaun Haig NZ Player of the match Tim Southee NZ Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat 3rd T20I Edit 22 December 2020 19 00 N ScorecardNew Zealand nbsp 173 7 20 overs v nbsp Pakistan177 6 19 4 overs Devon Conway 63 45 Faheem Ashraf 3 20 4 overs Mohammad Rizwan 89 59 Tim Southee 2 25 4 overs Pakistan won by 4 wicketsMcLean Park Napier Umpires Chris Brown NZ and Wayne Knights NZ Player of the match Mohammad Rizwan Pak Pakistan won the toss and elected to field Test series Edit1st Test Edit 26 30 December 2020 ScorecardNew Zealand nbsp v nbsp Pakistan431 155 overs Kane Williamson 129 297 Shaheen Afridi 4 109 36 overs 239 102 2 overs Faheem Ashraf 91 134 Kyle Jamieson 3 35 23 2 overs 180 5d 45 3 overs Tom Blundell 64 107 Naseem Shah 3 55 12 3 overs 271 123 3 overs Fawad Alam 102 269 Tim Southee 2 33 23 overs New Zealand won by 101 runsBay Oval Mount Maunganui Umpires Chris Gaffaney NZ and Wayne Knights NZ Player of the match Kane Williamson NZ Pakistan won the toss and elected to field Mohammad Rizwan captained Pakistan for the first time in Tests 48 Ross Taylor became the most capped player for New Zealand in international cricket playing in his 438th match across all three formats 49 Tim Southee NZ took his 300th wicket in Tests 50 World Test Championship points New Zealand 60 Pakistan 0 2nd Test Edit 3 7 January 2021 n 2 ScorecardPakistan nbsp v nbsp New Zealand297 83 5 overs Azhar Ali 93 172 Kyle Jamieson 5 69 21 overs 659 6d 158 5 overs Kane Williamson 238 364 Mohammad Abbas 2 98 34 overs 186 81 4 overs Zafar Gohar 37 64 Kyle Jamieson 6 48 20 overs New Zealand won by an innings and 176 runsHagley Oval Christchurch Umpires Chris Brown NZ and Chris Gaffaney NZ Player of the match Kyle Jamieson NZ New Zealand won the toss and elected to field Zafar Gohar Pak made his Test debut Henry Nicholls NZ scored his 2 000th run in Tests 51 Kane Williamson became the fastest batsman for New Zealand in terms of innings to score 7 000 runs in Tests 144 52 Kane Williamson and Henry Nicholls recorded highest fourth wicket partnership for New Zealand in Tests 369 53 Daryl Mitchell NZ scored his first century in Tests 54 World Test Championship points New Zealand 60 Pakistan 0 Notes Edit Mitchell Santner captained New Zealand for the first T20I While five days of play were scheduled for each Test the second Test reached a result in four days References Edit Complete schedule of Pakistan cricket team in 2020 including Asia Cup and T20 World Cup The National Retrieved 30 December 2019 Black Caps home season likely to start mid November as cricket schedule takes shape Stuff Retrieved 27 June 2020 Schedule for inaugural World Test Championship announced International Cricket Council Retrieved 11 January 2019 Men s Future Tours Programme PDF International Cricket Council Retrieved 11 October 2019 NZ Cricket confirms West Indies Bangladesh Pakistan and Australia will tour here this 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out New Zealand Cricket Retrieved 12 December 2020 Williamson Boult return to New Zealand side for Pakistan T20Is International Cricket Council Retrieved 12 December 2020 Ferguson out for six weeks with stress fracture to his back ESPN Cricinfo Retrieved 21 December 2020 Colin de Grandhomme out of Pakistan Tests Kane Williamson expected for second T20I ESPN Cricinfo Retrieved 21 December 2020 Santner retained for Pakistan Tests as WTC Final looms New Zealand Cricket Retrieved 21 December 2020 Injured Neil Wagner out of second Test could be out of action for five to six weeks ESPN Cricinfo Retrieved 31 December 2020 Matt Henry replaces injured Neil Wagner for second Test ESPN Cricinfo Retrieved 1 January 2021 Nicholls Conway amp Young to face West Indies in Queenstown New Zealand Cricket Retrieved 12 November 2020 Glenn Phillips Lockie Ferguson and Devon Conway named in New Zealand A squads Business World Retrieved 3 December 2020 Shaheens New Zealand A first four day match cancelled ARY Sports Retrieved 3 December 2020 PCB NZC mutually scrap Pakistan Shaheen s 1st four day game due to training delays Geo Super Retrieved 3 December 2020 First match between Pakistan Shaheens and New Zealand A cancelled Geo News Retrieved 3 December 2020 Pakistan Shaheens schedule for New Zealand tour finalised Geo News Retrieved 3 December 2020 Run fest on the cards as inexperienced New Zealand face Babar less Pakistan ESPN Cricinfo Retrieved 18 December 2020 Mohammad Rizwan From being an outlier to Pakistan s main man ESPN Cricinfo Retrieved 25 December 2020 Black Caps vs Pakistan Ross Taylor and Tim Southee nearing big milestones Stuff Retrieved 25 December 2020 Black Caps vs Pakistan 300th test wicket special for Tim Southee Stuff Retrieved 29 December 2020 Cricket Records tumble for Black Caps on day three of test against Pakistan New Zealand Herald Retrieved 5 January 2021 Kane Williamson masterclass and hundreds from Henry Nicholls Daryl Mitchell as New Zealand grind down Pakistan Stuff Retrieved 5 January 2021 The records Kane Williamson and Henry Nicholls broke ESPN Cricinfo Retrieved 5 January 2021 New Zealand v Pakistan Daryl Mitchell s unlikely maiden test century a pretty surreal feeling Stuff Retrieved 5 January 2021 External links EditSeries home at ESPN Cricinfo Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Pakistani cricket team in New Zealand in 2020 21 amp oldid 1166113793, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
