a8392 o863	Australia v New Zealand
	Benson and Hedges World Series Cup 1993/94
Venue	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 16th December 1993 (50-over match) (day/night)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Australia won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Australia won by 3 runs
Points	Australia 2; New Zealand 0
Umpires	LJ King, AJ McQuillan
TV umpire	WP Sheahan
Referee	S Venkataraghavan
Player of the Match	SK Warne

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Australia innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
ML Hayden	c Cairns b Pringle	5	18	18	-	-	27.78
MA Taylor	c Blain b Cairns	81	129	189	1	-	62.79
ME Waugh	c Rutherford b de Groen	53	78	93	1	-	67.95
DC Boon	c Morrison b de Groen	14	30	37	-	-	46.67
SR Waugh	retired hurt	25	28	45	3	-	89.29
*AR Border	run out	9	10	17	-	-	90.00
+IA Healy	not out	5	7	10	-	-	71.43
PR Reiffel	did not bat
SK Warne	did not bat
TBA May	did not bat
CJ McDermott	did not bat
Extras	(7 lb, 3 w)	10
Total	(5 wickets, innings closed, 207 minutes, 50 overs)	202
Fall of wickets:
1-8 (Hayden), 2-97 (ME Waugh), 3-131 (Boon), 4-183 (Taylor), 5-202 (Border)

New Zealand bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Pringle	9	1	26	1	1	-	54.00	2.89
Morrison	7	2	17	0	-	-	-	2.43
Cairns	7	0	33	1	2	-	42.00	4.71
Larsen	10	0	57	0	-	-	-	5.70
de Groen	10	0	40	2	-	-	30.00	4.00
Thomson	7	0	22	0	-	-	-	3.14

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New Zealand innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
BA Young	lbw b McDermott	0	3	1	-	-	0.00
RT Latham	st Healy b Warne	39	94	108	2	-	41.49
*KR Rutherford	b ME Waugh	39	67	80	5	-	58.21
MJ Greatbatch	lbw b Warne	41	51	69	4	-	80.39
CL Cairns	c Healy b Warne	5	16	13	-	-	31.25
SA Thomson	c Border b McDermott	42	41	60	2	1	102.44
+TE Blain	c Border b Warne	1	6	7	-	-	16.67
GR Larsen	b ME Waugh	17	15	17	1	-	113.33
C Pringle	run out	4	4	6	-	-	100.00
DK Morrison	not out	2	1	5	-	-	200.00
RP de Groen	not out	2	2	3	-	-	100.00
Extras	(1 b, 5 lb, 1 w)	7
Total	(9 wickets, innings closed, 189 minutes, 50 overs)	199
Fall of wickets:
1-0 (Young), 2-66 (Rutherford), 3-99 (Latham), 4-109 (Cairns), 5-146 (Greatbatch), 6-154 (Blain), 7-187 (Larsen), 8-193 (Thomson), 9-194 (Pringle)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
McDermott	9	1	40	2	-	-	27.00	4.44
Reiffel	10	1	44	0	-	-	-	4.40
ME Waugh	9	0	42	2	-	-	27.00	4.67
May	10	0	35	0	-	-	-	3.50
Warne	10	1	19	4	1	-	15.00	1.90
Border	2	0	13	0	-	-	-	6.50

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Notes
--> RP de Groen made his debut in ODI matches
--> MA Taylor 50 in 92 balls, 142 minutes with 1 four
--> MA Taylor passed 1500 runs in ODI matches when he reached 79
--> ME Waugh 50 in 77 balls, 89 minutes with 1 four
--> IA Healy passed 1000 runs in List A matches when he reached 2
--> RP de Groen made his debut for New Zealand in List A matches
--> SA Thomson made his debut in Australia in List A matches
--> SA Thomson made his debut in Australia in ODI matches
--> RP de Groen made his debut in Australia in List A matches
--> SK Warne achieved his best innings bowling analysis in List A matches in the New Zealand innings (previous best was 4-25)
--> SK Warne achieved his best innings bowling analysis in ODI matches in the New Zealand innings (previous best was 4-25)
--> SR Waugh retired hurt in the Australia innings having scored 25 (team score 188/4) (pulled hamstring )

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