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ICC World Cup, 1999 / Scorecard

ICC World Cup - 10th match, Group B

Australia v New Zealand

New Zealand won by 5 wickets (with 28 balls remaining)

ODI no. 1452 | 1999 season
Played at Sophia Gardens, Cardiff (neutral venue)
20 May 1999 (50-over match)


Australia innings (50 overs maximum)		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
ME Waugh	lbw b Allott	2	9	5	0	0	40.00
2.1 pitched up, lovely ball, swinging away, then seaming in, Waugh wasn't expecting the seam, playing the defence outside the off stump, ball into the pad, plumb plumb plumb, middle stump 7/1
AC Gilchrist†	c Astle b Allott	14	38	28	1	0	50.00
8.1 late cut, hopeless cut, top edge flies at the face of the second slip, good safe catch 32/2
RT Ponting	c Harris b Astle	47	120	88	4	0	53.40
30.6 leaning forward into the drive, thick outside edge, Harris takes a safe catch diving forward at point 126/3
DS Lehmann	c Astle b Harris	76	133	94	8	0	80.85
41.4 coming down the wicket, trying the off drive, not quite to the pitch of it, the ball slips off the face of the bat into the waiting hands of Astle at cover 172/5
SR Waugh*	c Astle b Harris	7	18	18	0	0	38.88
35.5 his favourite slog over mid wicket, only problem is it was direct to mid wicket, great catch from a ball which was hit hard 149/4
MG Bevan	b Allott	21	47	32	1	0	65.62
46.2 lovely delivery again, pitching outside the off stump, seaming in from outside the off stump, into the stumps, Bevan driving a big drive to somewhere or the other, plays outside the line 192/7
S Lee	run out (Nash)	2	8	8	0	0	25.00
43.4 Nash to Bevan, defending close, Lee calls him thru, sacrifices himself for the sake of the team, Nash racing him up the wicket, picks up and dives from point blank, Lee out by a couple of metres 175/6
SK Warne	b Allott	15	24	14	2	0	107.14
48.3 Allott's the star, moving off the seam off the leg stump, Warne tries to tuck it thru the mid wicket, plays inside it, the ball cannons into the off stump 204/8
DW Fleming	not out	8	14	11	0	0	72.72

AC Dale	not out	3	4	5	0	0	60.00

Extras	(lb 10, w 5, nb 3)	18

Total	(8 wickets; 50 overs)	213	(4.26 runs per over)

Did not bat GD McGrath

Fall of wickets 1-7 (ME Waugh, 2.1 ov), 2-32 (Gilchrist, 8.1 ov), 3-126 (Ponting, 30.6 ov), 4-149 (SR Waugh, 35.5 ov), 5-172 (Lehmann, 41.4 ov), 6-175 (Lee, 43.4 ov), 7-192 (Bevan, 46.2 ov), 8-204 (Warne, 48.3 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
GI Allott	10	0	37	4	3.70	(2nb, 2w)
2.1 to ME Waugh, pitched up, lovely ball, swinging away, then seaming in, Waugh wasn't expecting the seam, playing the defence outside the off stump, ball into the pad, plumb plumb plumb, middle stump 7/1 8.1 to Gilchrist, late cut, hopeless cut, top edge flies at the face of the second slip, good safe catch 32/2 46.2 to Bevan, lovely delivery again, pitching outside the off stump, seaming in from outside the off stump, into the stumps, Bevan driving a big drive to somewhere or the other, plays outside the line 192/7 48.3 to Warne, Allott's the star, moving off the seam off the leg stump, Warne tries to tuck it thru the mid wicket, plays inside it, the ball cannons into the off stump 204/8
DJ Nash	8	1	30	0	3.75

CL Cairns	7	0	44	0	6.28	(1nb, 2w)

GR Larsen	10	2	26	0	2.60	(1w)

CZ Harris	10	0	50	2	5.00
35.5 to SR Waugh, his favourite slog over mid wicket, only problem is it was direct to mid wicket, great catch from a ball which was hit hard 149/4 41.4 to Lehmann, coming down the wicket, trying the off drive, not quite to the pitch of it, the ball slips off the face of the bat into the waiting hands of Astle at cover 172/5
NJ Astle	5	0	16	1	3.20
30.6 to Ponting, leaning forward into the drive, thick outside edge, Harris takes a safe catch diving forward at point 126/3


New Zealand innings (target: 214 runs from 50 overs)		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
MJ Horne	c †Gilchrist b Dale	5	5	8	1	0	62.50
1.2 pitching just outside off stump, seaming in a little, thru the gate at waist height, thru to the keeper, appeal, and Shep says "yes, it brushed the glove" 5/1
NJ Astle	c Ponting b Fleming	4	25	8	0	0	50.00
6.1 driving at it on the stumps, thick edge travels straight to Ponting at point, Astle's run of garbage scores in the WCs continues 21/2
CD McMillan	c Fleming b Warne	29	59	55	3	0	52.72
15.3 not the shot to play when you have a busted hamstring, trying to sweep, then aborted it short, turns into an awful shot, mistimed into the air, Fleming dives forward with an excellent catch at mid on 49/4
SP Fleming*	b McGrath	9	34	20	1	0	45.00
14.4 a beautiful delivery, cast that one in stone, an outswinger to the left hander, Fleming couldn't adjust quick enough, yorker length, cleans up the leg stump, fantastic stuff 47/3
RG Twose	not out	80	131	99	10	0	80.80

CL Cairns	c Dale b Fleming	60	111	77	5	3	77.92
43.1 going for another huge six, definitely after a net run rate improvement, skies it very high, Dale takes a top backward running catch from mid off 197/5
AC Parore†	not out	10	10	9	1	1	111.11

Extras	(lb 2, w 11, nb 4)	17

Total	(5 wickets; 45.2 overs)	214	(4.72 runs per over)

Did not bat CZ Harris, DJ Nash, GR Larsen, GI Allott

Fall of wickets 1-5 (Horne, 1.2 ov), 2-21 (Astle, 6.1 ov), 3-47 (Fleming, 14.4 ov), 4-49 (McMillan, 15.3 ov), 5-197 (Cairns, 43.1 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
DW Fleming	8.2	1	43	2	5.16	(3w)
6.1 to Astle, driving at it on the stumps, thick edge travels straight to Ponting at point, Astle's run of garbage scores in the WCs continues 21/2 43.1 to Cairns, going for another huge six, definitely after a net run rate improvement, skies it very high, Dale takes a top backward running catch from mid off 197/5
AC Dale	5	1	18	1	3.60	(1w)
1.2 to Horne, pitching just outside off stump, seaming in a little, thru the gate at waist height, thru to the keeper, appeal, and Shep says "yes, it brushed the glove" 5/1
GD McGrath	9	0	43	1	4.77	(4nb)
14.4 to Fleming, a beautiful delivery, cast that one in stone, an outswinger to the left hander, Fleming couldn't adjust quick enough, yorker length, cleans up the leg stump, fantastic stuff 47/3
S Lee	6	0	24	0	4.00	(1w)

SK Warne	10	1	44	1	4.40	(4w)
15.3 to McMillan, not the shot to play when you have a busted hamstring, trying to sweep, then aborted it short, turns into an awful shot, mistimed into the air, Fleming dives forward with an excellent catch at mid on 49/4
SR Waugh	4	0	25	0	6.25	(1w)

MG Bevan	3	0	15	0	5.00	(1w)

Match details

Toss Australia, who chose to bat
Points New Zealand 2, Australia 0

Player of the match RG Twose (New Zealand)

Umpires Javed Akhtar (Pakistan) and DR Shepherd
TV umpire RE Koertzen (South Africa)
Match referee R Subba Row

Match notes

4th (reserve) umpire: S Modi (Ken)
12th Men: DR Martyn (Australia) and MN Hart (New Zealand)
Rain stopped play from 12:00pm to 12:37pm. Lunch was rescheduled to be of 30 minutes length and will be taken at 2:55pm, with the NZ innings set for 3:25pm to 6:55pm.
DS Lehmann 50 off 65 balls, 6x4
RG Twose 50 off 72 balls, 6x4 0x6
CL Cairns 50 off 70 balls, 3x4 3x6

Tournament Results

Australia v Pakistan at Lord's - Jun 20, 1999
Australia won by 8 wickets (with 179 balls remaining)

Australia v South Africa at Birmingham - Jun 17, 1999
Match tied

New Zealand v Pakistan at Manchester - Jun 16, 1999
Pakistan won by 9 wickets (with 15 balls remaining)

Australia v South Africa at Leeds - Jun 13, 1999
Australia won by 5 wickets (with 2 balls remaining)

India v New Zealand at Nottingham - Jun 12, 1999
New Zealand won by 5 wickets (with 10 balls remaining)

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