| Tour of Pakistan & India 1976-77 Captain : Glenn Turner | |
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| 13th New Zealand Test tour. ( September - December 1976) Fourth Test-playing tours of Pakistan and India by New Zealand (previous tour 1969-70) | The tourists played two Test series in the sub-continent, with only two warm-up matches for preparation in Pakistan and none in India. Results were disappointing and the visitors lost both series 2-0. There was much commendable cricket from a side weakened by the unavailability of some of the country’s leading players. The bowlers produced a spirited performance against an imposing Indian batting line-up, but illnesses led to changes in selection not to the team’s advanatge. There were several notable batting partnerships but Turner’s opening partners consistently failed to score well, so the middle-order batting was often placed under pressure. The tourists also felt they were victims of some dubious umpiring, and the team debated walking away from the third Test as a protest against bad decisions. | All New Zealand tours Previous tour Australia 1973-74 Next tour England 1978 Next tour of Pakistan 1984-85 Next tour of India 1988-89 | |
| Members of the Test tour party (15) Opening batsmen Glenn Turner, John Morrison, Murray Parker. Middle-order batsmen Mark Burgess, Robert Anderson, Geoff Howarth, John Parker, Andy Roberts Wicket-keeper Warren Lees Spin bowlers Peter Petherick, David O’Sullivan Fast bowlers Richard Hadlee, Dick Collinge, Lance Cairns, Gary Troup. | R W Anderson | O | 28 | RHB | | M G Burgess | A | 32 | RHB | | B L Cairns | CD | 27 | RFM | | R O Collinge | ND | 30 | LFM | | R J Hadlee | C | 25 | RF | | G P Howarth | ND | 25 | RHB | | W K Lees | O | 24 | WK | | J F M Morrison | W | 29 | RHB opener | | D R O'Sullivan | CD | 31 | SLA | | J M Parker | ND | 25 | RHB vice-captain | | N M Parker | C | 28 | RHB opener | | P J Petherick | O | 34 | OB | | A D G Roberts | ND | 29 | RHB (RM) | | G B Troup | A | 24 | LFM | | G M Turner | O | 29 | RHB opener captain | | |
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Provincial representation (Shell Trophy teams) A - Auckland (2) C - Canterbury (2) CD - Central Districts (2) ND - Northern Districts (4) O - Otago (4) W - Wellington (1) Average age of team at time of first Test match (9 October 1976) : 28 yrs 3 months. | |
| Test Appearances made before the tour | Turner 32, Burgess 30, Collinge 28, J M Parker 15, Morrison 11, R J Hadlee 9, O'Sullivan 5, Cairns 3, G P Howarth 2, Roberts 2, Anderson 0, Lees 0, N M Parker 0, Petherick 0, Troup 0. | | |
| Tour Officials | Murray Chapple | Tour Manager |
The touring party was accompanied by A C Graham of the NZ Press Association and G A Richards of Radio New Zealand. | | |
| Selectors | Frank J Cameron, Ian A Colquhoun, John R Reid. | | |
| Selection | Glenn Turner was appointed captain on 7 April. As a professional cricketer, he considered withdrawing over his fees, because the Board wanted to pay him on the same basis as amateur players some of whom would be paid by their employers as well as earning a tour fee. Unavailable : Bevan Congdon (business reasons), Hedley Howarth. Tour Party Announced : 25 April 1976. Withdrawal: Ken Wadsworth was ill and Lees replaced him. On 8 August Dayle Hadlee withdrew for family reasons, as did Brian McKechnie with a finger injury. They were replaced by Gary Troup and Geoff Howarth a week later. Not selected: | Time between selection and departure from New Zealand 153 days (25 April to 25 September) | |
| Travel Auckland Q Lahore Karachi Q Bombay | The captain Glenn Turner returned to Dunedin from Worcestershire on 14 September. The Pakistanis also recalled their players from English county cricket for the series. The tour started when the team had a weekend get-together in Christchurch. The next weekend they assembled in Auckland on Friday 24 September. They flew out the next day by way of Singapore (but no match was arranged there), and Karachi. The team flew in to Lahore on 26 September for several days of nets and acclimatisation before playing their first fixture in Peshawar. After the Pakistansection of the tour the Kiwis left Karachi by air for Bombay, arriving on the evening of 5 November. | Time spent in Pakistan & India 68 days (26 September- 3 December) | |
| On-tour selection panel | Glenn Turner, John Parker, Mark Burgess and Murray Chapple (non-voting) | | |
| Reinforcements | None. John Parker, who played in every match, kept wicket in the one-day international. | | |
| Fixtures/Results | a | Peshawar | N W F P Chief Minister's XI | Lost 154 r | b | Rawalpindi | Mr Z A Bhutto's XI | Drawn | c | LAHORE | PAKISTAN First Test | LOST 6 w | d | § Sialkot | Pakistan (ODI - 35 overs) | Won 1 r | e | Lyallpur | Punjab | Won 136 r | f | HYDERABAD | PAKISTAN Second Test | LOST 10 w | g | KARACHI | PAKISTAN Third Test | DRAWN | h | BOMBAY | INDIA First Test | LOST 162 r | i | KANPUR | INDIA Second Test | DRAWN | j | MADRAS | INDIA Third Test | LOST 216 r |
| � not first-class Time spent in Pakistan before First Test: 14 days (26 September - 9 October 1976) | |
| Test appearances on tour | 6 - Burgess, R J Hadlee, Lees, O'Sullivan, J M Parker 5 - Petherick, Roberts, Turner 4 - Cairns, G P Howarth, 3 - Anderson, Collinge, Morrison, N M Parker, 1 - Troup. | | |
| Match appearances T Test match o one-day international x other match ∙ played for opposition W won L lost D drawn N no result A abandoned u unknown result | | a | b | c | d | e | f | g | h | i | j | R W Anderson | x | x | T | o | x | T | T | | | | M G Burgess | x | x | T | | x | T | T | T | T | T | B L Cairns | | x | | o | x | T | T | T | | T | R O Collinge | x | | T | o | x | | T | T | | | R J Hadlee | x | x | T | | | T | T | T | T | T | G P Howarth | x | x | T | o | x | T | | | T | T | W K Lees | x | x | T | | x | T | T | T | T | T | J F Morrison | x | x | T | o | | | T | | | T | D R O'Sullivan | x | | T | o | x | T | T | T | T | T | J M Parker | x | x | T | o | x | T | T | T | T | T | N M Parker | x | | | o | | | T | T | T | | P J Petherick | x | x | T | | x | T | | T | T | T | A D G Roberts | | | | o | x | T | T | T | T | T | G B Troup | | x | | o | | | | | T | | G M Turner | | x | T | o | x | T | | T | T | T | R E S U L T S | L | D | L | W | W | L | D | L | D | L |
| New Zealand’s six previous Test tour results: in Australia 1973-74 (3 Tests) - lost 0-2 in England 1973 (3 Tests) - lost 0-2 in West Indies 1971-72 (5 Tests) - drew 0-0 in India & Pakistan 1969-70 (6 Tests) - drew 1-1 and won 1-0 in England 1969 (3 Tests) - lost 0-2 in England 1965 (3 Tests) - lost 0-3 | |
| Highlights | • Off-spinner Peter Petherick took a hat-trick at Lahore, the second player to do the feat on Test debut. • Mark Burgess (111) and Robert Anderson (92) added 183, a New Zealand record for the fifth wicket • Warren Lees made 152, his maiden first-class century, in the third Test at Karachi. • With Richard Hadlee (87), Lees shared a seventh wicket partnership of 186, a New Zealand Test record. • Glenn Turner scored 113 in the 2nd Test against India at Kanpur. • Lees (49*) and O’Sullivan (23*) defied India for the last two hours of the Kanpur Test to earn a draw. | | |
| Tour Summary | | F | W | L | D | Aban | Test Matches | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | - | Other first-class matches | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | ϯ Minor matches | 0 | - | - | - | - | § One-day internationals | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | All Matches | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | |
| F Fixtures W Won L Lost T Tied D Drawn Canc Cancelled Aban abandoned | |
| Return to New Zealand Madras Q Auckland | The team flew out of Madras on 3 December 1976 to Mangere International Airport, Auckland. They arrived in Auckland on Sunday 5 December. | Time away from New Zealand 71 days (25 September to 5 December) | |
| Finances | The B.C.C.P. (Board of Control for Cricket in Pakistan) paid New Zealand $47 000. The profit from the tour for New Zealand was $10 000. | | |
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| Other Test tours in 1976-77 | England (M.C.C.) in India and Australia 1976-77 Pakistanis to Australia & West Indies 1976-77 Australians to New Zealand 1976-77 | | |