After a disastrous home series against England, Pakistan will be playing two-match home Test series against New Zealand in 2022/23. Pakistan's team performance in the 2022 Tests has been a very big disappointment as they haven't performed up to their expectations even on their home soil. New Zealand also lost their previous Test series to England by a 0-3 margin and notably, they lost a Test match to Bangladesh as well earlier this year.
Although, both Pakistan and New Zealand are out of the WTC 2023 final race, both teams will still be aiming for a competitive series. Here in this article, we will have a look at some of the stats and numbers before the start of the PAK vs NZ 1st Test.
0 - Pakistan haven't won a single Test match on home soil in this calendar year (2022).
0 - New Zealand team hasn't won a single Test match at the National Stadium in Karachi so far.
Overall, New Zealand have won only just 2 out of 21 Test matches on Pakistan soil so far.
3 - Tim Southee needs 3 more wickets to take 350 wickets in Test cricket.
4 - Neil Wagner needs 4 more wickets to take 250 wickets in Test cricket.
7 - New Zealand have won 7 out of the last 10 Test matches they played against Pakistan.
PAK vs NZ Test series results in recent times:
NZ won 2-0 (2) in 2020/21, Host: NZ
NZ won 2-1 (3) in 2018, Host: UAE
NZ won 2-0 (2) in 2016, Host: NZ
Drawn 1-1 (3) in 2014, Host: UAE
Drawn 1-1 (2) in 2011, Host: NZ
7 - Abrar Ahmed needs 7 more wickets to take 100 wickets in FC cricket.
Abrar Ahmed impressed everyone by taking 11 wickets on his debut Test game itself in the recently concluded England series.
58.42 - Babar Azam averages 58.42 with the bat in Tests against New Zealand. He has smashed 409 runs from 9 innings vs NZ in Test cricket.
59.14 - Kane Williamson averages 59.14 with the bat in Tests against Pakistan. He has smashed 1242 runs from 22 innings vs PAK in Test cricket.
1000 - Abdullah Shafique needs 51 more runs & Devon Conway needs 82 more runs to complete 1000 runs in Test cricket.