- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras7 (lb 5, w 2)TOTAL328/3 (50 Overs, RR: 6.56)Fall of wickets: 1-186 (Gary Kirsten), 2-274 (Andrew Hudson), 3-301 (Hansie Cronje)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB PJ Bakker 10 1 64 0 6.4 1 0 SW Lubbers 8 0 50 0 6.25 0 0 TBM de Leede 10 0 59 0 5.9 1 0 GJAF Aponso 10 0 57 1 5.7 0 0 PE Cantrell 10 0 61 1 6.1 0 0 EL Gouka 2 0 32 1 16 0 1
05/03Result
27th Match, Wills World Cup at Rawalpindi, Mar 5 1996
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![South Africa]( "South Africa")
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![Netherlands]( "Netherlands")
168/8 (50 ov)
Player of the Match
05/03Result
27th Match, Wills World Cup at Rawalpindi, Mar 5 1996
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![South Africa]( "South Africa")
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![Netherlands]( "Netherlands")
168/8 (50 ov)
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras13 (lb 7, nb 1, w 5)TOTAL168/8 (50 Overs, RR: 3.36)Did not bat: PJ BakkerFall of wickets: 1-56 (Peter Cantrell), 2-70 (Nolan Clarke), 3-81 (Tim de Leede), 4-86 (Klaas-Jan van Noortwijk), 5-97 (Flavian Aponso), 6-126 (Bas Zuiderent), 7-158 (Eric Gouka), 8-163 (Marcel Schewe)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB SM Pollock 8 0 35 1 4.37 5 0 CR Matthews 10 0 38 2 3.8 0 0 AA Donald 6 0 21 2 3.5 1 0 WJ Cronje 3 1 3 0 1 0 0 PL Symcox 10 1 22 2 2.2 0 0 BM McMillan 4 2 5 0 1.25 0 0 JH Kallis 7 1 30 0 4.28 0 0 DJ Cullinan 2 0 7 0 3.5 0 0
Match Details
Series
Toss
South Africa , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Match number
Season
Match days
5 March 1996 (50-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Match Referee
Points
South Africa 2, Netherlands 0
Match Notes
- AC Hudson 161, 9th highest score in ODIs, 3rd highest for South Africa.
- South Africa 328 runs, 13th highest ODI score, highest ever for South Africa, 2nd highest in Pakistan by any team, highest ever at Rawalpindi (South Africa have the top 2 high scores in Rawalpindi - also 321 v UAE 16/02/1996).
- 10 straight ODI wins for South Africa.
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