- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras15 (b 2, lb 12, nb 1)TOTAL276/8 (47 Overs, RR: 5.87)Did not bat: RJ KennedyFall of wickets: 1-11 (Nathan Astle), 2-42 (Stephen Fleming), 3-162 (Craig Spearman), 4-173 (Chris Cairns), 5-210 (Adam Parore), 6-228 (Roger Twose), 7-239 (Lee Germon), 8-266 (Dion Nash)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB JA Samarasekera 6 0 30 1 5 0 0 Arshad Laeeq 2 0 16 0 8 0 0 Saleem Raza 9 0 48 1 5.33 0 0 SF Dukanwala 10 0 46 1 4.6 0 1 Mazhar Hussain 3 0 28 0 9.33 0 0 Azhar Saeed 7 0 45 3 6.42 0 0 Sultan Zarawani 10 0 49 2 4.9 0 0
27/02Result
18th Match, Wills World Cup at Faisalabad, Feb 27 1996
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![New Zealand]( "New Zealand")
276/8 (47/47 ov) -
![United Arab Emirates]( "United Arab Emirates")
167/9 (47 ov, target 277)
Player of the Match
27/02Result
18th Match, Wills World Cup at Faisalabad, Feb 27 1996
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![New Zealand]( "New Zealand")
276/8 (47/47 ov) -
![United Arab Emirates]( "United Arab Emirates")
167/9 (47 ov, target 277)
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras7 (lb 2, nb 2, w 3)TOTAL167/9 (47 Overs, RR: 3.55)Fall of wickets: 1-23 (Azhar Saeed), 2-29 (Saleem Raza), 3-65 (Vijay Mehra), 4-70 (Mazhar Hussain), 5-81 (Mohammad Ishaq), 6-88 (Mohammad Aslam), 7-92 (Shaukat Dukanwala), 8-124 (Arshad Laeeq), 9-162 (Sultan Zarawani)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB DK Morrison 7 0 37 1 5.28 0 2 DJ Nash 9 1 34 2 3.77 2 0 CL Cairns 10 2 31 1 3.1 0 0 RJ Kennedy 6 0 20 1 3.33 1 0 SA Thomson 10 2 20 3 2 0 0 NJ Astle 5 0 23 0 4.6 0 0
Match Details
Series
Toss
United Arab Emirates , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Match number
Season
Match days
27 February 1996 (50-over match)
TV Umpires
Match Referee
Points
New Zealand 2, United Arab Emirates 0
Match Notes
- Match reduced to 47 overs a side due to heavy fog at the start of the match.
- RG Twose 92, highest ODI score by a New Zealander in Pakistan (2nd highest: CM Spearman also in this match).
- 3 out of the top 4 partnerships for UAE in WC96 so far are for the 9th wicket (80* v SA, 38 v NZ, 35 v ENG).
- 1st win by NZ in Pakistan since 02/12/1984, 3rd win out of 10 in Pakistan.
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