Test Cricket Tour New Zealand to Pakistan and India 1976-77

Test Cricket Tours - New Zealand to Pakistan and India 1976-77

Tour of Pakistan & India 1976-77            Captain : Glenn Turner

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

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.

Written accounts of the tour

Postscript

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