Pakistani cricket team in New Zealand in 1978–79

The Pakistan national cricket team toured New Zealand in January and February 1979 and played a three-match Test series against the New Zealand national cricket team. Pakistan won the series 1–0. New Zealand were captained by Mark Burgess and Pakistan by Mushtaq Mohammad.

Test series summary

First Test

2 – 7 February 1979 (5–day match) Scorecard

Pakistan	v	New Zealand
271 (92.6 overs) Javed Miandad 81 RJ Hadlee 5/62 (25 overs)		290 (88.4 overs) BA Edgar 129 Mushtaq Mohammad 4/60 (25 overs)
323/6d (93 overs) Javed Miandad 160* RJ Hadlee 3/83 (26 overs)		176 (56 overs) JV Coney 36 Mushtaq Mohammad 5/59 (22 overs)

Pakistan won by 128 runs Lancaster Park, Christchurch Umpires: JBR Hastie and RL Monteith

• New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.
• 5 February was taken as a rest day.
• Anwar Khan (PAK) made his Test debut.

Second Test

16 – 21 February 1979 (5–day match) Scorecard

Pakistan	v	New Zealand
360 (104.5 overs) Asif Iqbal 104 RJ Hadlee 4/101 (25 overs)		402 (101.3 overs) GP Howarth 114 Imran Khan 5/106 (33 overs)
234/3d (86 overs) Majid Khan 119* SL Boock 2/77 (30 overs)

Match drawn McLean Park, Napier Umpires: FR Goodall and SJ Woodward

• Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
• The match was scheduled for five days but extended to six, by playing on the scheduled rest day.
• There was no play on the third day.

Third Test

23 – 28 February 1979 (5–day match) Scorecard

New Zealand	v	Pakistan
254 (55.7 overs) JV Coney 82 Sarfraz Nawaz 3/56 (15 overs)		359 (103 overs) Zaheer Abbas 135 RJ Hadlee 5/104 (27 overs)
281/8d (91.2 overs) MG Burgess 71 Sarfraz Nawaz 4/61 (28.2 overs)		8/0 (0.6 overs) Talat Ali 8*

Match drawn Eden Park, Auckland Umpires: FR Goodall and JBR Hastie

• Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.
• 26 February was taken as a rest day.
• JF Reid (NZ) made his Test debut.