Pakistan wicketkeeper Wasim Bari set a world record in a 1978-79 Test by dismissing seven batsmen (all catches) in a single innings. Against which team did he achieve this?

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Wasim Bari caught seven New Zealand batsmen in a single Test innings during the 1978-79 series, setting a world record for most dismissals by a wicketkeeper in a Test innings at the time.

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