| Series Name: | New Zealand cricket team against Pakistan in 2018–19 |
| Team1 Image: | Flag of Pakistan.svg |
| Team1 Name: | Pakistan |
| Team2 Image: | Flag of New Zealand.svg |
| Team2 Name: | New Zealand |
| From Date: | 31 October |
| To Date: | 7 December 2018 |
| Team1 Captain: | Sarfaraz Ahmed |
| Team2 Captain: | Kane Williamson[1] |
| No Of Tests: | 3 |
| Team1 Tests Won: | 1 |
| Team2 Tests Won: | 2 |
| Team1 Tests Most Runs: | Azhar Ali (307) |
| Team2 Tests Most Runs: | Kane Williamson (386) |
| Team1 Tests Most Wickets: | Yasir Shah (29) |
| Team2 Tests Most Wickets: | Ajaz Patel (13) |
| Player Of Test Series: | Yasir Shah (Pak) |
| No Of Odis: | 3 |
| Team1 Odis Won: | 1 |
| Team2 Odis Won: | 1 |
| Team1 Odis Most Runs: | Fakhar Zaman (154) |
| Team2 Odis Most Runs: | Ross Taylor (166) |
| Team1 Odis Most Wickets: | Shaheen Afridi (9) |
| Team2 Odis Most Wickets: | Lockie Ferguson (11) |
| Player Of Odi Series: | Shaheen Afridi (Pak) |
| No Of Twenty20s: | 3 |
| Team1 Twenty20s Won: | 3 |
| Team2 Twenty20s Won: | 0 |
| Team1 Twenty20s Most Runs: | Mohammad Hafeez (132) |
| Team2 Twenty20s Most Runs: | Kane Williamson (108) |
| Team1 Twenty20s Most Wickets: | Imad Wasim (4) Shadab Khan (4) |
| Team2 Twenty20s Most Wickets: | Adam Milne (4) |
| Player Of Twenty20 Series: | Mohammad Hafeez (Pak) |
The New Zealand cricket team toured the United Arab Emirates between October and December 2018 to play three Tests, three One Day Internationals (ODIs) and three Twenty20 International (T20Is) matches against Pakistan.[2] [3] [4] Originally, the tour was scheduled to have three Tests, five ODIs and one T20I match.[5]
In February 2018, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) looked at the possibility of hosting this series and Australia's tour to the UAE in Malaysia instead of the UAE, due to domestic Twenty20 fixture congestion in Sharjah.[6] [7] In May 2018, the PCB invited New Zealand to play the fixtures in Pakistan.[8] [9] In June 2018, the PCB and the Emirates Cricket Board (ECB) agreed to play Pakistan's future matches in the UAE.[10] In July 2018, New Zealand Cricket (NZC) confirmed that they had declined the PCB's offer to play the T20I fixtures in Pakistan because of security concerns.[11] Therefore, all the matches on the tour took place in the UAE as scheduled.[12]
Pakistan won the T20I series 3–0,[13] setting a new record for the most consecutive series wins in T20Is, with eleven.[14] The ODI series was drawn 1–1, after the third match finished as a no result due to rain.[15]
During the third Test, Pakistan's Mohammad Hafeez announced that he would retire from Test cricket following the conclusion of the match, to focus on limited-overs cricket.[16] Hafeez said that the time was right to retire from Test cricket and that he was honoured to represent Pakistan in 55 Test matches, including captaining the side.[17] In the same match, Pakistan's Yasir Shah set a new record for the fastest bowler to take 200 wickets in Tests.[18] He achieved it in his 33rd Test, breaking an 82-year old record that was set by Clarrie Grimmett of Australia, who took his 200th wicket in his 36th match.[19] New Zealand went on to win the Test series 2–1.[20] It was New Zealand's first away Test series win against Pakistan since 1969.[21]
Ahead of the tour, Martin Guptill was ruled out of New Zealand's ODI and T20I squads with a calf injury.[26] Corey Anderson, Glenn Phillips and Ajaz Patel were added to New Zealand's T20I squad before the start of the tour.[27] [28] Ahead of the ODI series, Lockie Ferguson, Ajaz Patel and George Worker were added to New Zealand's ODI squad.[29] Todd Astle was ruled out of both the ODI and Test series with a knee injury with William Somerville replacing him in New Zealand's Test squad.[30]