- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras8 (lb 7, w 1)TOTAL307/8 (50 Overs, RR: 6.14)Did not bat: RJ KennedyFall of wickets: 1-1 (Nathan Astle), 2-117 (Craig Spearman), 3-155 (Stephen Fleming), 4-165 (Roger Twose), 5-253 (Chris Cairns), 6-279 (Adam Parore), 7-292 (Chris Harris), 8-306 (Dipak Patel)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB RP Lefebvre 10 0 48 0 4.8 0 0 PJ Bakker 10 0 51 2 5.1 0 0 TBM de Leede 7 0 58 0 8.28 1 0 GJAF Aponso 10 0 60 1 6 0 0 SW Lubbers 9 0 48 3 5.33 0 0 PE Cantrell 4 0 35 1 8.75 0 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras18 (b 3, lb 5, nb 2, w 8)TOTAL188/7 (50 Overs, RR: 3.76)Fall of wickets: 1-18 (Nolan Clarke), 2-52 (Flavian Aponso), 3-66 (Steven Lubbers), 4-100 (Peter Cantrell), 5-102 (Tim de Leede), 6-147 (Roland Lefebvre), 7-181 (Marcel Schewe)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB DK Morrison 4 1 11 0 2.75 0 0 RJ Kennedy 10 2 36 2 3.6 4 1 CL Cairns 7 1 24 0 3.42 0 1 CZ Harris 10 1 24 3 2.4 0 0 DN Patel 10 0 43 0 4.3 0 0 NJ Astle 5 0 20 0 4 0 0 SP Fleming 2 0 8 1 4 0 0 RG Twose 2 0 14 0 7 4 0
Match Details
Series
Toss
New Zealand , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Match number
Season
Match days
17 February 1996 (50-over match)
ODI debut
Umpires
TV Umpires
Match Referee
Points
New Zealand 2, Netherlands 0
Match Notes
- 1st ever ODI at the IPCL (Indian Petrochemicals Corporation Ltd) Sports Complex
- CM Spearman 68 off 59 balls, 76 minutes, 8x4 0x6.
- 4 out of the last 5 players in the Netherlands batting order did not bowl a ball
- SP Fleming 1st wicket in ODIs (39th match)
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