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| Venue | National Stadium, Karachi on 8th December 1996 (50-over match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Pakistan won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | New Zealand won by 7 wickets |
| Umpires | Mahboob Shah, Shakeel Khan |
| TV umpire | Saleem Badar |
| Referee | CW Smith |
| Player of the Match | NJ Astle |
| Pakistan innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| Saeed Anwar | c Young b Vaughan | 16 | 24 | 35 | 3 | - | 66.67 |
| Zahoor Elahi | b Hart | 51 | 99 | 115 | 6 | 1 | 51.52 |
| Inzamam-ul-Haq | st Germon b Hart | 7 | 27 | 38 | - | 1 | 25.93 |
| Ijaz Ahmed | not out | 73 | 87 | 125 | 6 | - | 83.91 |
| Mohammad Wasim | c and b Harris | 8 | 27 | 25 | - | - | 29.63 |
| *Wasim Akram | not out | 66 | 39 | 58 | 4 | 5 | 169.23 |
| Shahid Afridi | did not bat | ||||||
| +Moin Khan | did not bat | ||||||
| Saqlain Mushtaq | did not bat | ||||||
| Mushtaq Ahmed | did not bat | ||||||
| Mohammad Zahid | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (5 lb, 3 nb, 5 w) | 13 | |||||
| Total | (4 wickets, innings closed, 50 overs) | 234 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-38 (Saeed Anwar), 2-62 (Inzamam-ul-Haq), 3-103 (Zahoor Elahi), 4-126 (Mohammad Wasim) | |||||||
| New Zealand bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ |
| Doull | 4 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 1 | - | - | 5.75 |
| Vaughan | 10 | 3 | 59 | 1 | 3 | - | 60.00 | 5.90 |
| Cairns | 9 | 0 | 45 | 0 | - | 2 | - | 5.00 |
| Astle | 8 | 2 | 27 | 0 | 1 | - | - | 3.38 |
| Hart | 10 | 1 | 33 | 2 | - | 1 | 30.00 | 3.30 |
| Harris | 9 | 0 | 42 | 1 | - | - | 54.00 | 4.67 |
| New Zealand innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| BA Young | c Wasim Akram b Shahid Afridi | 32 | 38 | 66 | 5 | - | 84.21 |
| NJ Astle | run out (Wasim Akram) | 60 | 69 | 67 | 5 | 1 | 86.96 |
| AC Parore | c Moin Khan b Wasim Akram | 47 | 69 | 61 | 2 | 1 | 68.12 |
| SP Fleming | not out | 48 | 60 | 121 | 6 | - | 80.00 |
| CL Cairns | not out | 25 | 36 | 42 | 1 | 1 | 69.44 |
| MJ Greatbatch | did not bat | ||||||
| CZ Harris | did not bat | ||||||
| *+LK Germon | did not bat | ||||||
| JTC Vaughan | did not bat | ||||||
| MN Hart | did not bat | ||||||
| SB Doull | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (1 b, 10 lb, 6 nb, 6 w) | 23 | |||||
| Total | (3 wickets, 45.1 overs) | 235 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-96 (Young), 2-99 (Astle), 3-183 (Parore) | |||||||
| Pakistan bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ |
| Wasim Akram | 8 | 0 | 36 | 1 | - | - | 48.00 | 4.50 |
| Mohammad Zahid | 6 | 0 | 41 | 0 | - | - | - | 6.83 |
| Mushtaq Ahmed | 10 | 0 | 49 | 0 | - | - | - | 4.90 |
| Saqlain Mushtaq | 10 | 0 | 43 | 0 | - | - | - | 4.30 |
| Shahid Afridi | 8.1 | 1 | 39 | 1 | - | - | 49.00 | 4.78 |
| Ijaz Ahmed | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | - | - | - | 6.00 |
| Saeed Anwar | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | - | - | - | 5.00 |