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from December 1964 to February 1965 and played a three-match Test series against the New Zealand team. All three Tests were drawn. Pakistan also played

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against all six

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teams, two non-first-class matches against minor provincial teams, and a first-class match against a President's XI. Of these matches Pakistan won four and drew five, so they went through the tour undefeated.

Test series summary

First Test

Second Test

Third Test

Leading players

In the low-scoring series only one player, John Reid, reached 200 runs: he made 229 at an average of 38.16.

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was Pakistan's highest scorer, with 194 runs at 38.80, and he made the only century, 100

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in the Third Test. Six bowlers took 10 wickets or more, all of them at an average below 23. Asif Iqbal took the most, 18 at 13.77; Richard Collinge with 15 at 17.66, in his first series, was New Zealand's most successful bowler.

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& Richard Payne, ''Men in White: The History of New Zealand International Cricket, 1894–1985'', Moa, Auckland, 1986, p. 338.

References

Bibliography

& Richard Payne, ''Men in White: The History of New Zealand International Cricket, 1894–1985'', Moa, Auckland, 1986, pp. 335–38 * R. T. Brittenden, "Pakistan in Australia and New Zealand, 1964-65", ''

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'' 1966, pp. 832–44

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