Bank of New Zealand Centenary Series 1994–95

The 1994–95 New Zealand Centenary Tournament was a quadrangular ODI cricket tournament held in February, 1995 to mark the centenary of the establishment of the New Zealand Cricket Council in Christchurch on December 27, 1894.[1] It featured the national cricket teams of South Africa, India, Australia and the hosts New Zealand. The tournament was won by Australia, who defeated the hosts in the final.

NZ Centenary Tournament 1995
Dates15 – 26 February 1995
Administrator(s)International Cricket Council
Cricket formatOne Day International
Host(s) New Zealand
Champions Australia
Runners-up New Zealand
Participants4
Matches7
Most runsNew Zealand Mark Greatbatch (190)
Most wicketsAustralia Paul Reiffel (9)

Points table

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Team P W L T NR ARR Points
  New Zealand 3 2 1 0 0 +4.821 4
  Australia 3 2 1 0 0 +4.381 4
  India 3 1 2 0 0 +4.140 2
  South Africa 3 1 2 0 0 +3.660 2

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Matches

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Using the round robin format, each team played the others once. Australia defeated South Africa in the tournament opener and lost only one match in the whole tournament. Similarly, New Zealand succeeded in its opening match against India and lost only to Australia including in the final.

15 February 1995
Scorecard
South Africa  
123 (46.2 overs)
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  Australia
124/7 (43.2 overs)
Jonty Rhodes 25 (61)
Paul Reiffel 4/27 (8.2 overs)
Steve Waugh 44* (92)
Hansie Cronje 2/15 (6.2 overs)
Australia won by 3 wickets
Basin Reserve, Wellington
Umpires: Brian Aldridge (NZ) and Steve Dunne (NZ)
Player of the match: Steve Waugh (AUS)

16 February 1995
Scorecard
India  
160 (45.5 overs)
v
  New Zealand
162/6 (32.2 overs)
Navjot Singh Sidhu 73 (111)
Danny Morrison 3/22 (7.5 overs)
Stephen Fleming 59* (60)
Javagal Srinath 4/52 (9.2 overs)
New Zealand won by 4 wickets
McLean Park, Napier
Umpires: Doug Cowie (NZ) and Christopher King (NZ)
Player of the match: Stephen Fleming (NZ)
  • New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.

18 February 1995
Scorecard
South Africa  
223/6 (50 overs)
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  India
209/9 (50 overs)
Gary Kirsten 80 (127)
Anil Kumble 4/40 (10 overs)
Javagal Srinath 37 (25)
Hansie Cronje 2/34 (10 overs)
South Africa won by 14 runs
Seddon Park, Hamilton
Umpires: Doug Cowie (NZ) and Evan Watkin (NZ)
Player of the match: Gary Kirsten (SA)
  • South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.

19 February 1995
Scorecard
Australia  
254/5 (50 overs)
v
  New Zealand
227/9 (50 overs)
Mark Taylor 97 (128)
Chris Pringle 2/54 (10 overs)
Mark Greatbatch 74 (93)
Paul Reiffel 3/35 (10 overs)
Australia won by 27 runs
Eden Park, Auckland
Umpires: Doug Cowie (NZ) and Dave Quested (NZ)
Player of the match: Mark Taylor (AUS)
  • Australia won the toss and elected to bat.

22 February 1995
Scorecard
Australia  
250/6 (50 overs)
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  India
252/5 (47.5 overs)
Ricky Ponting 62 (92)
Javagal Srinath 2/49 (9 overs)
Navjot Singh Sidhu 54 (70)
Jo Angel 2/47 (10 overs)
India won by 5 wickets
Carisbrook, Dunedin
Umpires: Steve Dunne (NZ) and Christopher King (NZ)
Player of the match: Navjot Singh Sidhu (Ind)

23–24 February 1995
Scorecard
New Zealand  
249/7 (50 overs)
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  South Africa
203 (47 overs)
Mark Greatbatch 76 (85)
Craig Matthews 3/49 (10 overs)
Gary Kirsten 63 (92)
Justin Vaughan 3/37 (10 overs)
New Zealand won by 46 runs
Lancaster Park, Christchurch
Umpires: Brian Aldridge (NZ) and Dave Quested (NZ)
Player of the match: Mark Greatbatch (NZ)
  • South Africa won the toss and elected to field.
  • Reserve day used. No play first day.

Final

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26 February 1995
Scorecard
New Zealand  
137/9 (50 overs)
v
  Australia
138/4 (31.1 overs)
Ken Rutherford 46 (92)
Tim May 3/19 (10 overs)
Mark Waugh 46 (47)
Justin Vaughan 1/18 (6 overs)
Australia won by 6 wickets
Eden Park, Auckland
Umpires: Steve Dunne (NZ) and Brian Aldridge (NZ)
Player of the match: Tim May (AUS)
  • New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.

References

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  1. ^ "NZ Centenary Tournament". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
  2. ^ Final Points Summary

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