New Zealand cricket team in Pakistan in 1955–56

The New Zealand national cricket team toured Pakistan in October to November 1955 and played a three-match Test series against the Pakistan national cricket team. Pakistan won the Test series 2–0. New Zealand were captained by Harry Cave and Pakistan by Abdul Hafeez Kardar.^[1]

After the Test series, the team went on to India, where they played a five-Test series.

New Zealand team

Every player played at least one Test in the series. Cave, Reid, MacGibbon, McGregor, Moir, Poore and Sutcliffe played all three Tests.

The team was managed by Henry Cooper, who was at the time headmaster of Auckland Grammar School, and had previously played three first-class matches for Auckland.^[2]

1st Test at National Stadium, Karachi – Pakistan won by an innings and 1 run^[3]
2nd Test at Bagh-e-Jinnah, Lahore – Pakistan won by 4 wickets^[4]
3rd Test at Dacca Stadium, Dacca – match drawn^[5]

↑ "New Zealand in India and Pakistan 1955–56". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 July 2014.
↑ Richard Boock, The Last Everyday Hero: The Bert Sutcliffe Story, Longacre, Auckland, 2010, p. 131.
↑ "Pakistan v New Zealand, First Test 1955". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 July 2014.
↑ "Pakistan v New Zealand, Second Test 1955". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 July 2014.
↑ "Pakistan v New Zealand, Third Test 1955". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 July 2014.

International cricket tours of Pakistan

Test and LOI tours

Australia	1956–57 1959–60 1964–65 1979–80 1982–83 1988–89 1994–95 1998–99 2002–03 2009 2010 2012 2014–15

Bangladesh	2001–02 2003 2008

England	1961–62 1968–69 1972–73 1977–78 1983–84 1987–88 2000–01 2005–06 2009–10 2011–12 2015–16

India	1954–55 1978–79 1982–83 1984–85 1989–90 2003–04 2005–06

New Zealand	1955–56 1964–65 1969–70 1976–77 1984–85 1990–91 1996–97 2002 2003–04 2009–10 2014–15

South Africa	1997–98 2003–04 2007–08 2010–11 2013–14

Sri Lanka	1981–82 1985–86 1991–92 1995–96 1999–2000 2004–05 2008–09 2011–12 2013–14

West Indies	1948–49 1958–59 1974–75 1980–81 1986–87 1990–91 1991–92 1997–98 2006–07 2008–09 2016–17

Zimbabwe	1993–94 1996–97 1998–99 2007–08 2015

Tournaments hosted

Multiple teams	1987 1994–95 1996 1997 2004–05 2008

Other tours

Afghan	2000–01 2011 2012–13

Bangladeshi	1985–86

Ceylonese/Sri Lankan	1949–50 1966–67 1973–74

English	1951–52 1955–56 1997–98 1998–99

Multi-national	1949–50 1961–62 1963–64 1967–68 1967–68 1970–71 1970–71 1973–74 1976–77 1981–82

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