a7445 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
Player of the Match	MD Crowe

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New Zealand innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
MJ Greatbatch	b Duers	15	16	27	2	-	93.75
RT Latham	b Brandes	2	6	10	-	-	33.33
AH Jones	c Waller b Butchart	57	58	76	9	-	98.28
*MD Crowe	not out	74	44	64	8	2	168.18
CL Cairns	not out	1	2	4	-	-	50.00
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	S-Rate	Econ
Brandes	5	1	28	1	-	-	30.00	5.60
Duers	6	0	17	1	-	-	36.00	2.83
Omarshah	4	0	34	0	-	-	-	8.50
Butchart	4	0	53	1	-	-	24.00	13.25
Burmester	1.5	0	17	0	-	-	-	9.27

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Zimbabwe innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
+A Flower	b Larsen	30	27	45	5	-	111.11
AC Waller	b Morrison	11	11	14	1	1	100.00
*DL Houghton	b Larsen	10	14	19	2	-	71.43
IP Butchart	c Cairns b Larsen	3	7	9	-	-	42.86
EA Brandes	b Harris	6	8	9	-	-	75.00
AJ Pycroft	not out	13	20	25	-	-	65.00
ADR Campbell	c Crowe b Harris	8	9	6	1	-	88.89
AH Omarshah	b Harris	7	8	5	1	-	87.50
MG Burmester	not out	4	8	3	-	-	50.00
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	S-Rate	Econ
Morrison	4	0	14	1	2	1	24.00	3.50
Cairns	2	0	27	0	-	-	-	13.50
Larsen	4	0	16	3	-	-	8.00	4.00
Harris	4	0	15	3	1	-	8.00	3.75
Latham	3	0	18	0	-	-	-	6.00
Crowe	1	0	6	0	-	-	-	6.00

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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 World Cup matches
--> MG Burmester made his debut in ODI matches
--> MD Crowe 50 in 30 balls
--> MG Burmester made his debut in New Zealand in List A matches
--> ADR Campbell made his debut in New Zealand in List A matches
--> ADR Campbell made his debut in New Zealand in ODI matches
--> ADR Campbell made his debut in New Zealand in World Cup matches
--> AH Omarshah made his debut in New Zealand in List A matches
--> AH Omarshah made his debut in New Zealand in ODI matches
--> AH Omarshah made his debut in New Zealand in World Cup matches
--> GR Larsen achieved his best innings bowling analysis in ODI matches in the Zimbabwe innings (previous best was 3-30)
--> CZ Harris achieved his best innings bowling analysis in List A matches in the Zimbabwe innings (previous best was 3-33)
--> CZ Harris achieved his best innings bowling analysis in ODI matches in the Zimbabwe innings (previous best was 3-33)
--> CZ Harris achieved his best innings bowling analysis in World Cup matches in the Zimbabwe innings (previous best was 3-43)
--> GR Larsen achieved his best innings bowling analysis in World Cup matches in the Zimbabwe innings (previous best was 3-30)

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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.