New Zealand v Zimbabwe @ Basin Reserve, Wellington
31 January 1996
Toss: Zimbabwe (bat)
Umpires: DB Cowie, CE King
Third Umpire: EA Watkin.
Match Referee: Nasim-ul-Ghani
Match Result: New Zealand won by 6 wickets
Zimbabwe
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| 1. Grant Flower | run out (Shane Thomson > ) | 48 | 90 | 127 | 6 | - | |
| 2. Craig Evans | c Stephen Fleming b Danny Morrison | 2 | 5 | 11 | - | - | |
| 3. Guy Whittall | run out (Roger Twose > ) | 9 | 12 | 14 | 1 | - | |
| *+4. Andy Flower | lbw b Dion Nash | 10 | 24 | 27 | 1 | - | |
| 5. Alistair Campbell | lbw b Dion Nash | 2 | 4 | 8 | - | - | |
| 6. Sean Davies | b Gavin Larsen | 10 | 46 | 58 | 1 | - | |
| 7. Stuart Carlisle | run out (Danny Morrison > ) | 28 | 61 | 80 | 2 | - | |
| 8. Heath Streak | b Dion Nash | 15 | 37 | 48 | 1 | - | |
| 9. Paul Strang | not out | 28 | 23 | 32 | 4 | - | |
| 10. Bryan Strang | run out (Robert Kennedy > ) | 3 | 3 | 5 | - | - | |
| 11. Charlie Lock |
| FOW | 1-10 (Craig Evans), 2-33 (Guy Whittall), 3-55 (Andy Flower), 4-65 (Alistair Campbell), 5-98 (Sean Davies), 6-98 (Grant Flower), 7-132 (Heath Streak), 8-171 (Stuart Carlisle), 9-181 (Bryan Strang). |
| Extras | 1b, 14lb, 8w, 3nb, 0pen) 26 |
| Total | (for 9 wickets, 50 ovs) 181 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Danny Morrison | 10 | 2 | 37 | 1 | (1w,0nb) |
| Robert Kennedy | 10 | 0 | 57 | 0 | (2w,2nb) |
| Dion Nash | 10 | 1 | 30 | 3 | (3w,0nb) |
| Gavin Larsen | 10 | 5 | 14 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Nathan Astle | 10 | 0 | 28 | 0 | (2w,1nb) |
New Zealand
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| 1. Craig Spearman | c Grant Flower b Heath Streak | 1 | 6 | 10 | - | - | |
| 2. Nathan Astle | b Guy Whittall | 18 | 27 | 59 | 1 | - | |
| 3. Stephen Fleming | b Heath Streak | 70 | 101 | 120 | 10 | - | |
| 4. Roger Twose | c Grant Flower b Craig Evans | 41 | 77 | 99 | 4 | - | |
| 5. Adam Parore | not out | 25 | 19 | 38 | 3 | 1 | |
| 6. Shane Thomson | not out | 4 | 11 | 10 | 1 | - | |
| *+7. Lee Germon | |||||||
| 8. Gavin Larsen | |||||||
| 9. Dion Nash | |||||||
| 10. Danny Morrison | |||||||
| 11. Robert Kennedy |
| FOW | 1-6 (Craig Spearman), 2-56 (Nathan Astle), 3-143 (Stephen Fleming), 4-169 (Roger Twose). |
| Extras | 1b, 7lb, 15w, 2nb, 0pen) 25 |
| Total | (for 4 wickets, 39.3 ovs) 184 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Heath Streak | 10 | 0 | 44 | 2 | (5w,0nb) |
| Charlie Lock | 8 | 1 | 34 | 0 | (5w,0nb) |
| Guy Whittall | 5 | 0 | 22 | 1 | (2w,0nb) |
| Bryan Strang | 9.3 | 0 | 50 | 0 | (2w,0nb) |
| Paul Strang | 5 | 0 | 20 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Craig Evans | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | (1w,0nb) |
New Zealand: Craig Spearman, Nathan Astle, Stephen Fleming, Roger Twose, Adam Parore, Shane Thomson, Lee Germon, Gavin Larsen, Dion Nash, Danny Morrison, Robert Kennedy
Zimbabwe: Grant Flower, Craig Evans, Guy Whittall, Andy Flower, Alistair Campbell, Sean Davies, Stuart Carlisle, Heath Streak, Paul Strang, Bryan Strang, Charlie Lock
