Pakistan women's cricket team in New Zealand in 2023–24

For men's, see Pakistani cricket team in New Zealand in 2023–24.

The Pakistan women's cricket team toured New Zealand in December 2023 to play three One Day International (ODI) and three Twenty20 International (T20I) matches.^[1] The ODI series was a part of the 2022–2025 ICC Women's Championship.^[2][3]

Pakistan women's cricket team in New Zealand in 2023–24
	New Zealand	Pakistan
Dates	3 – 18 December 2023
Captains	Sophie Devine[a]	Nida Dar[b]
One Day International series
Results	New Zealand won the 3-match series 2–1
Most runs	Suzie Bates (206)	Sidra Ameen (141)
Most wickets	Sophie Devine (5) Lea Tahuhu (5) Amelia Kerr (5)	Ghulam Fatima (6)
Player of the series	Amelia Kerr (NZ)
Twenty20 International series
Results	Pakistan won the 3-match series 2–1
Most runs	Suzie Bates (97)	Muneeba Ali (85)
Most wickets	Amelia Kerr (3)	Fatima Sana (6)
Player of the series	Fatima Sana (Pak)

Pakistan won the first two T20Is to take an unassailable lead in the series,^[4] and registered their first series victory against New Zealand in the format.^[5]

Squads

New Zealand[6]	Pakistan[7]
Sophie Devine[c] (c) Kate Anderson Suzie Bates Bernadine Bezuidenhout (wk) Eden Carson[d] Izzy Gaze[e] (wk) Maddy Green (wk) Fran Jonas Amelia Kerr Jess Kerr Molly Penfold Georgia Plimmer Hannah Rowe Lea Tahuhu	Nida Dar[f] (c) Muneeba Ali (wk) Najiha Alvi (wk) Sidra Ameen Waheeda Akhtar Diana Baig[g] Umm-e-Hani Ghulam Fatima Sadia Iqbal Bismah Maroof Natalia Pervaiz Aliya Riaz Fatima Sana Nashra Sandhu Sadaf Shamas Omaima Sohail Shawaal Zulfiqar[h]

Tour matches

28 November 2023 11:00 Scorecard

Pakistan  238/13 (50 overs)	v	New Zealand XI 181/13 (50 overs)
Najiha Alvi 38 (52) Gabby Sullivan 4/41 (6 overs)		Abigale Gerken 42 (78) Nida Dar 4/11 (4 overs)

Pakistan won by 57 runs Bert Sutcliffe Oval, Lincoln Umpires: Kim Cotton (NZ) and Tina Semmens (NZ)

• Toss uncontested.

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30 November 2023 11:00 Scorecard

New Zealand XI  168/7 (20 overs)	v	Pakistan 140/8 (20 overs)
Georgia Plimmer 52 (35) Nida Dar 2/28 (3 overs)		Muneeba Ali 32 (31) Nensi Patel 3/19 (3 overs)

New Zealand XI won by 28 runs Bert Sutcliffe Oval, Lincoln Umpires: Kim Cotton (NZ) and Tina Semmens (NZ)

• Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.

T20I series

1st T20I

3 December 2023 13:00 Scorecard

New Zealand  127/6 (20 overs)	v	Pakistan 132/3 (18.2 overs)
Maddy Green 43* (28) Fatima Sana 3/18 (4 overs)		Shawaal Zulfiqar 41 (42) Sophie Devine 2/23 (3 overs)

Pakistan won by 7 wickets University Oval, Dunedin Umpires: Cory Black (NZ) and Kim Cotton (NZ) Player of the match: Fatima Sana (Pak)

• New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
• This was the first win for Pakistan against New Zealand in women's T20Is.^[16]

2nd T20I

5 December 2023 13:00 Scorecard

Pakistan  137/6 (20 overs)	v	New Zealand 127/7 (20 overs)
Muneeba Ali 35 (28) Fran Jonas 2/21 (4 overs)		Hannah Rowe 33 (24) Fatima Sana 3/22 (4 overs)

Pakistan won by 10 runs University Oval, Dunedin Umpires: Cory Black (NZ) and Shaun Haig (NZ) Player of the match: Aliya Riaz (Pak)

• New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.

3rd T20I

9 December 2023 13:00 Scorecard

Pakistan  137/5 (20 overs)	v	New Zealand 101/2 (15 overs)
Sidra Ameen 43 (38) Amelia Kerr 3/11 (4 overs)		Suzie Bates 51* (42) Sadia Iqbal 1/15 (4 overs)

New Zealand won by 6 runs (DLS method) John Davies Oval, Queenstown Umpires: Kim Cotton (NZ) and Shaun Haig (NZ) Player of the match: Suzie Bates (NZ)

• New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.
• No further play was possible due to rain.
• Amelia Kerr captained New Zealand in T20Is for the first time.^[17]

ODI series

1st ODI

12 December 2023 11:00 Scorecard

New Zealand  365/4 (50 overs)	v	Pakistan 234 (49.5 overs)
Suzie Bates 108 (104) Nashra Sandhu 1/52 (10 overs)		Sidra Ameen 105 (117) Amelia Kerr 3/44 (8.5 overs)

New Zealand won by 131 runs John Davies Oval, Queenstown Umpires: Kim Cotton (NZ) and John Dempsey (NZ) Player of the match: Suzie Bates (NZ)

• Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.
• Sadaf Shamas replaced Nida Dar as concussion substitute for Pakistan.^[18]
• Women's Championship points: New Zealand 2, Pakistan 0.

2nd ODI

15 December 2023 14:00 (D/N) Scorecard

Pakistan  220 (50 overs)	v	New Zealand 221/9 (48.5 overs)
Fatima Sana 90 (104) Sophie Devine 3/25 (6 overs)		Maddy Green 83 (96) Ghulam Fatima 4/47 (10 overs)

New Zealand won by 1 wicket Hagley Oval, Christchurch Umpires: John Dempsey (NZ) and Kannan Jagannathan (NZ) Player of the match: Maddy Green (NZ)

• New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.
• Fatima Sana captained Pakistan in ODIs for the first time.^[19]
• Sophie Devine (NZ) took her 100th wicket in ODIs.^[20]
• Women's Championship points: New Zealand 2, Pakistan 0.

3rd ODI

18 December 2023 14:00 (D/N) Scorecard

New Zealand  251/8 (50 overs)	v	Pakistan 251/9 (50 overs)
Amelia Kerr 77 (87) Ghulam Fatima 2/59 (10 overs) Nashra Sandhu 2/59 (10 overs)		Bismah Maroof 68 (86) Lea Tahuhu 2/30 (9 overs)

Match tied (Pakistan won the Super Over) Hagley Oval, Christchurch Umpires: Kim Cotton (NZ) and John Dempsey (NZ) Player of the match: Bismah Maroof (Pak)

• New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
• Women's Championship points: Pakistan 2, New Zealand 0.
• This was the first win for Pakistan against New Zealand in New Zealand in women's ODIs.^[21]

Notes

1. Amelia Kerr captained New Zealand in the 3rd T20I.
2. Fatima Sana captained Pakistan in the last two ODIs.
3. Ruled out of 3rd T20I due to knee injury.^[8]
4. Only named for T20Is.^[9]
5. Only named for ODIs, 1st & 3rd T20Is.^[10][11]
6. Ruled out of last two ODIs due to concussion.^[12][13]
7. Ruled out of ODIs due to an injury.^[14]
8. Ruled out of and 3rd T20I & ODIs due to an injury.^[15]