New Zealand v Zimbabwe @ Eden Park, Auckland
28 January 1996
Toss: New Zealand (bat)
Umpires: BF Bowden, RS Dunne
Third Umpire: DB Cowie.
Match Referee: Nasim-ul-Ghani
Match Result: New Zealand won by 74 runs
New Zealand
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| 1. Craig Spearman | c Guy Whittall b Heath Streak | 22 | 23 | 31 | 3 | 1 | |
| 2. Nathan Astle | c Alistair Campbell b Stephen Peall | 120 | 137 | 182 | 13 | 1 | |
| 3. Stephen Fleming | run out (Paul Strang > ) | 2 | 20 | 29 | - | - | |
| 4. Roger Twose | c Eddo Brandes b Paul Strang | 53 | 69 | 99 | 5 | 1 | |
| 5. Chris Cairns | run out (Alistair Campbell > ) | 23 | 25 | 31 | - | 1 | |
| 6. Adam Parore | not out | 26 | 18 | 25 | 1 | - | |
| 7. Shane Thomson | not out | 11 | 11 | 14 | 1 | - | |
| *+8. Lee Germon | |||||||
| 9. Dipak Patel | |||||||
| 10. Gavin Larsen | |||||||
| 11. Danny Morrison |
| FOW | 1-40 (Craig Spearman), 2-61 (Stephen Fleming), 3-196 (Roger Twose), 4-232 (Nathan Astle), 5-252 (Chris Cairns). |
| Extras | 0b, 6lb, 14w, 1nb, 0pen) 21 |
| Total | (for 5 wickets, 50 ovs) 278 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Heath Streak | 10 | 0 | 32 | 1 | (5w,1nb) |
| Eddo Brandes | 6 | 0 | 58 | 0 | (3w,0nb) |
| Bryan Strang | 7 | 0 | 34 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Guy Whittall | 10 | 0 | 58 | 0 | (1w,0nb) |
| Stephen Peall | 7 | 0 | 48 | 1 | (1w,0nb) |
| Paul Strang | 10 | 0 | 42 | 1 | (4w,0nb) |
Zimbabwe
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| 1. Grant Flower | c Adam Parore b Gavin Larsen | 46 | 48 | 64 | 6 | - | |
| 2. Craig Evans | lbw b Danny Morrison | 1 | 11 | 8 | - | - | |
| 3. Guy Whittall | run out (Roger Twose > ) | 70 | 73 | 103 | 9 | - | |
| *+4. Andy Flower | c Gavin Larsen b Shane Thomson | 21 | 17 | 19 | 2 | - | |
| 5. Alistair Campbell | c sub b Shane Thomson | 23 | 47 | 46 | 2 | - | |
| 6. Sean Davies | c Stephen Fleming b Shane Thomson | 3 | 12 | 13 | - | - | |
| 7. Heath Streak | c Craig Spearman b Gavin Larsen | 17 | 31 | 35 | 1 | - | |
| 8. Paul Strang | c Shane Thomson b Gavin Larsen | 11 | 16 | 22 | - | - | |
| 9. Eddo Brandes | b Danny Morrison | 1 | 9 | 14 | - | - | |
| 10. Stephen Peall | c Dipak Patel b Danny Morrison | 0 | 1 | 2 | - | - | |
| 11. Bryan Strang | not out | 0 | 0 | 3 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-6 (Craig Evans), 2-91 (Grant Flower), 3-117 (Andy Flower), 4-158 (Guy Whittall), 5-170 (Sean Davies), 6-171 (Alistair Campbell), 7-193 (Paul Strang), 8-200 (Heath Streak), 9-200 (Stephen Peall), 204 (Eddo Brandes). |
| Extras | 0b, 2lb, 4w, 5nb, 0pen) 11 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 43.5 ovs) 204 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Danny Morrison | 6.5 | 0 | 34 | 3 | (2w,5nb) |
| Dipak Patel | 10 | 0 | 44 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Gavin Larsen | 8 | 0 | 42 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Nathan Astle | 5 | 0 | 28 | 0 | (1w,0nb) |
| Shane Thomson | 10 | 1 | 32 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Roger Twose | 4 | 0 | 22 | 0 | (1w,0nb) |
New Zealand: Craig Spearman, Nathan Astle, Stephen Fleming, Roger Twose, Chris Cairns, Adam Parore, Shane Thomson, Lee Germon, Dipak Patel, Gavin Larsen, Danny Morrison
Zimbabwe: Grant Flower, Craig Evans, Guy Whittall, Andy Flower, Alistair Campbell, Sean Davies, Heath Streak, Paul Strang, Eddo Brandes, Stephen Peall, Bryan Strang
