England v New Zealand (1048)

a9711 o1048 wc123	England v New Zealand
	Wills World Cup 1995/96 (Group B)
Venue	Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad on 14th February 1996 (50-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	England won the toss and decided to field
Result	New Zealand won by 11 runs
Points	England 0; New Zealand 2
Umpires	BC Cooray, SG Randell
Third umpire	S Tovey
Referee	MAK Pataudi
Man of the Match	NJ Astle

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New Zealand innings Runs Balls Mins 4s 6s CM Spearman c and b Cork 5 16 22 - - NJ Astle c Hick b Martin 101 132 172 8 2 SP Fleming c Thorpe b Hick 28 47 73 3 - RG Twose c Thorpe b Hick 17 26 26 1 - CL Cairns c Cork b Illingworth 36 30 36 4 1 CZ Harris run out 10 16 22 1 - SA Thomson not out 17 23 22 1 - *+LK Germon not out 13 12 16 - - GR Larsen did not bat DJ Nash did not bat DK Morrison did not bat Extras (4 b, 2 lb, 2 nb, 4 w) 12 Total (6 wickets, innings closed, 50 overs) 239 Fall of wickets: 1-12 (Spearman), 2-108 (Fleming), 3-141 (Twose), 4-196 (Cairns), 5-204 (Astle), 6-212 (Harris) England bowling Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Wides No-Balls Cork 10 1 36 1 1 1 Martin 6 0 37 1 - - Gough 10 0 63 0 - - Illingworth 10 1 31 1 - - Hick 9 0 45 2 3 - White 5 0 21 0 - 1 England innings Runs Balls Mins 4s 6s *MA Atherton b Nash 1 3 5 - - AJ Stewart c and b Harris 34 71 96 3 - GA Hick run out 85 102 134 9 - GP Thorpe b Larsen 9 21 22 - - NH Fairbrother b Morrison 36 46 47 1 - +RC Russell c Morrison b Larsen 2 9 12 - - C White c Cairns b Thomson 13 12 18 - 1 DG Cork c Germon b Nash 19 11 21 2 1 D Gough not out 15 17 32 - - PJ Martin c Cairns b Nash 3 7 9 - - RK Illingworth not out 3 4 6 - - Extras (1 b, 4 lb, 2 nb, 1 w) 8 Total (9 wickets, innings closed, 50 overs) 228 Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Atherton), 2-100 (Stewart), 3-123 (Thorpe), 4-144 (Hick), 5-151 (Russell), 6-180 (White), 7-185 (Fairbrother), 8-210 (Cork), 9-222 (Martin) New Zealand bowling Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Wides No-Balls Morrison 8 0 38 1 1 1 Nash 7 1 26 3 1 - Cairns 4 0 24 0 - - Larsen 10 1 33 2 - - Thomson 10 0 51 1 - - Harris 9 0 45 1 - - Astle 2 0 6 0 - -

Notes
--> SP Fleming passed 1000 runs in ODIs when he reached 16
--> DJ Nash achieved his best innings bowling analysis in ODIs in the England innings (previous best was 3-30)

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England dropped 4 catches, including Astle when he was on 1.
When Atherton was dismissed he remained on the field to act as a runner for Hick.