- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras28 (lb 5, nb 3, w 20)TOTAL192 all out (50 Overs, RR: 3.84)Fall of wickets: 1-2 (Craig Spearman), 2-7 (Bryan Young), 3-28 (Nathan Astle), 4-57 (Chris Cairns), 5-57 (Mark Greatbatch), 6-60 (Chris Harris), 7-175 (Adam Parore), 8-187 (Dipak Patel), 9-191 (Lee Germon), 10-192 (Danny Morrison)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB Waqar Younis 10 1 44 6 4.4 8 0 Shahid Nazir 7 1 35 2 5 9 3 Mushtaq Ahmed 10 0 30 0 3 2 0 Saqlain Mushtaq 10 1 30 1 3 0 0 Shahid Afridi 7 1 26 0 3.71 0 0 Saleem Malik 6 0 22 0 3.66 1 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras14 (lb 3, nb 2, w 9)TOTAL196/6 (48.3 Overs, RR: 4.04)Fall of wickets: 1-66 (Saeed Anwar), 2-101 (Ijaz Ahmed), 3-109 (Aamer Sohail), 4-113 (Hasan Raza), 5-181 (Saleem Malik), 6-187 (Shahid Afridi)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB DK Morrison 8 0 46 1 5.75 2 1 SB Doull 0.2 0 7 0 21 5 0 NJ Astle 9.4 0 29 1 3 0 0 DN Patel 10 2 60 0 6 1 0 CZ Harris 10 1 27 1 2.7 0 1 CL Cairns 10 2 18 3 1.8 0 0 CM Spearman 0.3 0 6 0 12 1 0
Match Details
Toss
Pakistan , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Match number
Season
Match days
13 November 1996 (50-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Match Referee
Points
Pakistan 2, New Zealand 0
Match Notes
- SB Doull left the field after straining a hamstring in the 2nd over of the Pakistan innings. NJ Astle completed the over.
- After much confusion, it was established that New Zealand qualified for the final based on preliminary match results against Sri Lanka.
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