Pakistan cricket team arrives in New Zealand for ODI, T20 series
December 29, 20177 Views2 Min Read
LAHORE (Monitoring Desk): The Pakistan cricket team arrived in New Zealand Friday morning for five-match ODI series starting from January 6, 2018, followed by three T20 internationals.

The team reached Auckland via Dubai after a long-haul flight from Lahore’s Allama Iqbal International Airport.

Mohammad Hafeez ran into former India batsman Rahul Dravid during the journey. The all-rounder shared a selfie with ‘The Wall’ with the caption: “Met with a man called THE WALL in cricket RAHUL bhai @Im_Dravid he is a great human being always there to talk about cricket & helping u out , honored to play with him in the Field & always pleasure to meet U , stay blessed.”

The squad also met up with an unexpected guest along the way, Meera ji.

Pakistan ODI squad: Sarfraz Ahmed (captain, wicketkeeper), Azhar Ali, Fakhar Zaman, Imam Ul Haq, Babar Azam, Shoaib Malik, Muhammad Hafeez, Haris Sohail, Faheem Ashraf, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Amir, Hasan Ali, Aamir Yamin and Rumman Raees.

Fixtures

ODIs:

Jan 03: New Zealand XI vs Pakistan, One-day practice match, Saxton Oval, Nelson (3:00 AM)

Jan 06: New Zealand vs Pakistan, 1st ODI, Basin Reserve, Wellington (3:00 AM)

Jan 09: New Zealand vs Pakistan, 2nd ODI, Saxton Oval, Nelson (3:00 AM)

Jan 13: New Zealand vs Pakistan, 3rd ODI, University Oval, Dunedin (3:00 AM)

Jan 16: New Zealand vs Pakistan, 4th ODI, Seddon Park, Hamilton (6:00 AM)

Jan 19: New Zealand vs Pakistan, 5th ODI, Basin Reserve, Wellington (3:00 AM)

T20Is:

Jan 22: New Zealand vs Pakistan, 1st T20I, Westpac Stadium, Wellington (8:00 AM)

Jan 25: New Zealand vs Pakistan, 2nd T20I, Eden Park, Auckland (11:00 AM)

Jan 28: New Zealand vs Pakistan, 3rd T20I, Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui (11:00 AM)

The Pakistan cricket team is scheduled to tour New Zealand in January 2018 to play five One Day Internationals (ODIs) and three Twenty20 International (T20I) matches.[1][2][3]

Contents [hide]
1 Squads
2 Tour match
2.1 One-day match: New Zealand XI vs Pakistan
3 ODI series
3.1 1st ODI
3.2 2nd ODI
3.3 3rd ODI
3.4 4th ODI
3.5 5th ODI
4 T20I series
4.1 1st T20I
4.2 2nd T20I
4.3 3rd T20I
5 References
6 External links
Squads[edit]
ODIs T20Is
New Zealand Pakistan[4] New Zealand Pakistan
Sarfraz Ahmed (c, wk)
Azhar Ali
Hasan Ali
Mohammad Amir
Faheem Ashraf
Babar Azam
Imam-ul-Haq
Mohammad Hafeez
Shadab Khan
Shoaib Malik
Mohammad Nawaz
Rumman Raees
Haris Sohail
Aamer Yamin
Fakhar Zaman
Tour match[edit]
One-day match: New Zealand XI vs Pakistan[edit]
3 January 2018
11:00
Scorecard
New Zealand XI
v
Pakistan
Saxton Oval, Nelson
ODI series[edit]
1st ODI[edit]
6 January 2018
11:00
Scorecard
New Zealand
v
Pakistan
Basin Reserve, Wellington
2nd ODI[edit]
9 January 2018
11:00
Scorecard
New Zealand
v
Pakistan
Saxton Oval, Nelson
3rd ODI[edit]
13 January