New Zealand v U.A.E. (1065)

a9746 o1065 wc140	New Zealand v United Arab Emirates
	Wills World Cup 1995/96 (Group B)
Venue	Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad on 27th February 1996 (50-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	United Arab Emirates won the toss and decided to field
Result	New Zealand won by 109 runs
Points	New Zealand 2; United Arab Emirates 0
Umpires	BC Cooray, S Venkataraghavan
Third umpire	Ikram Rabbani
Referee	RS Madugalle
Man of the Match	RG Twose

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New Zealand innings Runs Balls Mins 4s 6s CM Spearman b Saleem Raza 78 77 114 10 - NJ Astle b Samarasekera 2 2 11 - - SP Fleming c and b Dukanwala 16 11 17 4 - RG Twose c Mazhar Hussain b Azhar Saeed 92 112 134 8 - CL Cairns c Imtiaz Abbasi b Sultan Zarawani 6 20 10 - - AC Parore c Azhar Saeed b Sultan Zarawani 15 18 24 - - SA Thomson not out 31 35 40 2 - *+LK Germon b Azhar Saeed 3 6 8 - - DJ Nash lbw b Azhar Saeed 8 12 14 - - DK Morrison not out 10 2 2 1 1 RJ Kennedy did not bat Extras (2 b, 12 lb, 1 nb) 15 Total (8 wickets, innings closed, 47 overs) 276 Fall of wickets: 1-11 (Astle), 2-42 (Fleming), 3-162 (Spearman), 4-173 (Cairns), 5-210 (Parore), 6-228 (Twose), 7-239 (Germon), 8-266 (Nash) United Arab Emirates bowling Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Wides No-Balls Samarasekera 6 0 30 1 - - Arshad Laeeq 2 0 16 0 - - Saleem Raza 9 0 48 1 - - Dukanwala 10 0 46 1 - 1 Mazhar Hussain 3 0 28 0 - - Azhar Saeed 7 0 45 3 - - Sultan Zarawani 10 0 49 2 - - United Arab Emirates innings Runs Balls Mins 4s 6s Azhar Saeed c Fleming b Nash 5 20 25 - - Saleem Raza c Kennedy b Morrison 21 17 30 3 1 Mazhar Hussain c Cairns b Thomson 29 53 63 5 - V Mehra c Cairns b Thomson 12 21 49 1 - Mohammad Ishaq c Fleming b Kennedy 8 9 19 - - Mohammad Aslam c Twose b Thomson 1 12 22 - - SF Dukanwala c and b Cairns 8 21 21 - - Arshad Laeeq run out 14 36 39 3 - JA Samarasekera not out 47 59 65 5 - *Sultan Zarawani c Thomson b Nash 13 18 29 1 - +Imtiaz Abbasi not out 2 6 5 - - Extras (2 lb, 2 nb, 3 w) 7 Total (9 wickets, innings closed, 47 overs) 167 Fall of wickets: 1-23 (Azhar Saeed), 2-29 (Saleem Raza), 3-65 (Mehra), 4-70 (Mazhar Hussain), 5-81 (Mohammad Ishaq), 6-88 (Mohammad Aslam), 7-92 (Dukanwala), 8-124 (Arshad Laeeq), 9-162 (Sultan Zarawani) New Zealand bowling Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Wides No-Balls Morrison 7 0 37 1 - 2 Nash 9 1 34 2 2 - Cairns 10 2 31 1 - - Kennedy 6 0 20 1 1 - Thomson 10 2 20 3 - - Astle 5 0 23 0 - -

Notes
--> The match was reduced before play started to 47 overs per side
--> CM Spearman passed his previous highest ListA Matches score of 68
--> CM Spearman passed his previous highest ODIs score of 68
--> RG Twose passed his previous highest ODIs score of 60
--> RG Twose passed 500 runs in ODIs when he reached 70
--> RG Twose passed 5000 runs in ListA Matches when he reached 70
--> JA Samarasekera passed his previous highest ListA Matches score of 31
--> JA Samarasekera passed his previous highest ODIs score of 31
--> Azhar Saeed achieved his best innings bowling analysis in ODIs when he dismissed LK Germon in the New Zealand innings (previous best was 1-26)

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Match reduced to 47 overs a side due to heavy fog at the start of the match.