New Zealand cricket team against Pakistan in the UAE in 2014–15
# New Zealand cricket team against Pakistan in the UAE in 2014–15

The New Zealand cricket team toured the United Arab Emirates from 11 November to 19 December 2014 to play Pakistan. The tour consisted of three Test matches, two Twenty20 Internationals and five One Day International matches. The Test and T20I series were both drawn 1–1 and New Zealand won the ODI series 3–2.

## Squads

| Tests | Tests | T20I | T20I | ODIs | ODIs |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pakistan | New Zealand | Pakistan | New Zealand | Pakistan | New Zealand |
| Misbah-ul-Haq (C) Ahmed Shehzad Asad Shafiq Azhar Ali Ehsan Adil Haris Sohail Imran Khan Mohammad Hafeez Mohammad Talha Rahat Ali Sarfraz Ahmed (WK) Shan Masood Taufeeq Umar Yasir Shah Younus Khan Zulfiqar Babar | Brendon McCullum (C) Corey Anderson Trent Boult Doug Bracewell Mark Craig Tom Latham James Neesham Luke Ronchi (WK) Hamish Rutherford Ish Sodhi Tim Southee Ross Taylor Neil Wagner BJ Watling (WK) Kane Williamson | Shahid Afridi (C) Sarfraz Ahmed (WK) Umar Akmal Anwar Ali Umar Gul Mohammad Hafeez Raza Hasan Mohammad Irfan Saad Nasim Wahab Riaz Ahmed Shehzad Haris Sohail Sohail Tanvir Awais Zia | Kane Williamson (C) Corey Anderson Dean Brownlie Anton Devcich Martin Guptill Matt Henry Tom Latham (WK) Mitchell McClenaghan Nathan McCullum Kyle Mills Adam Milne James Neesham Luke Ronchi Ross Taylor Daniel Vettori | Misbah-ul-Haq (C) Shahid Afridi Sarfraz Ahmed (WK) Umar Akmal Zulfiqar Babar Bilawal Bhatti Umar Gul Mohammad Hafeez Mohammad Irfan Nasir Jamshed Younis Khan Wahab Riaz Asad Shafiq Ahmed Shehzad Haris Sohail Sohail Tanvir | Kane Williamson (C) Corey Anderson Dean Brownlie Anton Devcich Martin Guptill Matt Henry Tom Latham (WK) Mitchell McClenaghan Nathan McCullum Kyle Mills Adam Milne James Neesham Luke Ronchi Ross Taylor Daniel Vettori |

## Tour match

### 3-Day Warm-up: Pakistan A vs New Zealanders

* 3–5 November 2014 Scorecard
* Match drawn Sharjah Cricket Stadium Umpires: Ahmed Shahab (Pak) & Shozab Raza (Pak)
* Pakistan A won the toss and chose to bat
* Players per side 15 (11 batting, 11 fielding)

## Test series

### 1st Test

* 9–13 November 2014 Scorecard
* Pakistan won by 248 runs Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi Umpires: Rod Tucker (Aus) and Ranmore Martinesz (SL) Player of the match: Rahat Ali (Pak)
* Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.

### 2nd Test

* 17–21 November 2014 Scorecard
* Match Drawn Dubai International Cricket Stadium Umpires: Ranmore Martinesz (SL) and Paul Reiffel (Aus) Player of the match: Ross Taylor (NZ)
* New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.

### 3rd Test

* 26 November - 1 December 2014 Scorecard
* New Zealand won by an innings and 80 runs Sharjah Cricket Stadium Umpires: Rod Tucker (Aus) and Paul Reiffel (Aus) Player of the match: Mark Craig (NZ)
* Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
* Daniel Vettori became the most-capped New Zealander Test player.
* Play on day 2 was suspended after the death of Australian cricketer Phillip Hughes. The match was extended by a day, and 28 November was Day 2.
* Mark Craig's figures of 7/94 in the first innings are his best in Test cricket.

## T20I series

### 1st T20I

* 4 December 2014 20:00 (D/N) Scorecard

| New Zealand 135/7 (20 overs) | v | Pakistan 140/3 (19.1 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Corey Anderson 48 (37) Sohail Tanvir 2/24 (4 overs) | | Sarfraz Ahmed 76* (64) Mitchell McClenaghan 1/21 (4 overs) |

* Pakistan won by 7 wickets Dubai International Cricket Stadium Umpires: Ahmed Shahab (Pak) and Ahsan Raza (Pak) Player of the match: Sarfraz Ahmed (Pak)
* Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.
* Matt Henry (NZ) made his T20I debut.

### 2nd T20I

* 5 December 2014 20:00 (D/N) Scorecard

| New Zealand 144/8 (20 overs) | v | Pakistan 127 (18.5 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Kane Williamson 32 (31) Umar Gul 2/24 (4 overs) | | Ahmed Shehzad 33 (36) James Neesham 3/25 (3 overs) |

* New Zealand won by 17 runs Dubai International Cricket Stadium Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Shozab Raza (Pak) Player of the match: Anton Devcich (NZ)
* Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.

## ODI series

### 1st ODI

* 8 December 2014 15:00 (D/N) Scorecard

| New Zealand 246/7 (50 overs) | v | Pakistan 250/7 (49.3 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Ross Taylor 105* (135) Mohammad Irfan 3/57 (10 overs) | | Haris Sohail 85* (109) Daniel Vettori 2/40 (10 overs) |

* Pakistan won by 3 wickets Dubai International Cricket Stadium Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Joel Wilson (WI) Player of the match: Haris Sohail (Pak)
* Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.

### 2nd ODI

* 12 December 2014 15:00 (D/N) Scorecard

| Pakistan 252 (48.3 overs) | v | New Zealand 255/6 (46 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Mohammad Hafeez 76 (92) Matt Henry 4/45 (10 overs) | | Kane Williamson 70* (91) Haris Sohail 3/48 (9 overs) |

* New Zealand won by 4 wickets Sharjah Cricket Stadium Umpires: Richard Illingworth (Eng) and Ahsan Raza (Pak) Player of the match: Kane Williamson (NZ)
* Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.

### 3rd ODI

* 14 December 2014 15:00 (D/N) Scorecard

| Pakistan 364/7 (50 overs) | v | New Zealand 217 (38.2 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Ahmed Shehzad 113 (120) Matt Henry 3/69 (9 overs) | | Kane Williamson 46 (52) Shahid Afridi 3/37 (9.2 overs) |

* Pakistan won by 147 runs Sharjah Cricket Stadium Umpires: Shozab Raza (Pak) and Joel Wilson (WI) Player of the match: Ahmed Shehzad (Pak)
* Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.

### 4th ODI

* 17 December 2014 15:00 (D/N) Scorecard

| New Zealand 299/5 (50 overs) | v | Pakistan 292/8 (50 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Kane Williamson 123 (105) Mohammad Irfan 2/53 (10 overs) | | Younis Khan 103 (117) Daniel Vettori 3/53 (10 overs) |

* New Zealand won by 7 runs Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi Umpires: Richard Illingworth (Eng) and Shozab Raza (Pak) Player of the match: Kane Williamson (NZ)
* New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.

### 5th ODI

* 19 December 2014 15:00 (D/N) Scorecard

| New Zealand 275/4 (50 overs) | v | Pakistan 207 (43.3 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Kane Williamson 97 (116) Mohammad Irfan 2/62 (10 overs) | | Haris Sohail 65 (74) Matt Henry 5/30 (9 overs) |

* New Zealand won by 68 runs Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi Umpires: Ahsan Raza (Pak) and Joel Wilson (WI) Player of the match: Matt Henry (NZ)
* New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
