New Zealand v Zimbabwe (728)

a7444 o728 wc98	New Zealand v Zimbabwe
	Benson and Hedges World Cup 1991/92
Venue	McLean Park, Napier on 3rd March 1992 (50-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Zimbabwe won the toss and decided to field
Result	New Zealand won by 48 runs (Highest scoring overs)
Points	New Zealand 2; Zimbabwe 0
Umpires	DP Buultjens, KE Liebenberg
Referee	PW Moody
Man of the Match	MD Crowe

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New Zealand innings Runs Balls Mins 4s 6s MJ Greatbatch b Duers 15 16 27 2 - RT Latham b Brandes 2 6 10 - - AH Jones c Waller b Butchart 57 58 76 9 - *MD Crowe not out 74 44 64 8 2 CL Cairns not out 1 2 4 - - KR Rutherford did not bat CZ Harris did not bat +IDS Smith did not bat DN Patel did not bat DK Morrison did not bat GR Larsen did not bat Extras (6 b, 7 lb) 13 Total (3 wickets, innings closed, 20.5 overs) 162 Fall of wickets: 1-9 (Latham), 2-25 (Greatbatch), 3-154 (Jones) Zimbabwe bowling Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Wides No-Balls Brandes 5 1 28 1 - - Duers 6 0 17 1 - - Omarshah 4 0 34 0 - - Butchart 4 0 53 1 - - Burmester 1.5 0 17 0 - - Zimbabwe innings Runs Balls Mins 4s 6s +A Flower b Larsen 30 27 45 5 - AC Waller b Morrison 11 11 14 1 1 *DL Houghton b Larsen 10 14 19 2 - IP Butchart c Cairns b Larsen 3 7 9 - - EA Brandes b Harris 6 8 9 - - AJ Pycroft not out 13 20 25 - - ADR Campbell c Crowe b Harris 8 9 6 1 - AH Omarshah b Harris 7 8 5 1 - MG Burmester not out 4 8 3 - - AJ Traicos did not bat KG Duers did not bat Extras (9 lb, 1 nb, 3 w) 13 Total (7 wickets, innings closed, 18 overs) 105 Fall of wickets: 1-21 (Waller), 2-41 (Houghton), 3-63 (Flower), 4-63 (Butchart), 5-75 (Brandes), 6-86 (Campbell), 7-97 (Omarshah) New Zealand bowling Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Wides No-Balls Morrison 4 0 14 1 2 1 Cairns 2 0 27 0 - - Larsen 4 0 16 3 - - Harris 4 0 15 3 1 - Latham 3 0 18 0 - - Crowe 1 0 6 0 - -

Notes
--> The match was reduced before play started to 43 overs per side
--> New Zealand innings was reduced to 20.5 overs, Zimbabwe target was 154 runs in 18 overs
--> MG Burmester made his debut in ODIs
--> GR Larsen achieved his best innings bowling analysis in ODIs in the Zimbabwe innings (previous best was 3-30)
--> CZ Harris achieved his best innings bowling analysis in ListA Matches in the Zimbabwe innings (previous best was 3-33)
--> CZ Harris achieved his best innings bowling analysis in ODIs in the Zimbabwe innings (previous best was 3-33)

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Rain stopped play during the NZ innings three times and according to the rules, Zimbabwe was set a target of 154 to within 18 overs.