a9749 o1068 wc143	Australia v Zimbabwe
	Wills World Cup 1995/96 (Group A)
Venue	Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur on 1st March 1996 (50-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Zimbabwe won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Australia won by 8 wickets
Points	Australia 2; Zimbabwe 0
Umpires	RS Dunne, DR Shepherd
TV umpire	TM Samarasinghe
Referee	CH Lloyd
Player of the Match	SK Warne

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Zimbabwe innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
AC Waller	run out	67	101	137	10	-	66.34
GW Flower	b McGrath	4	16	24	-	-	25.00
GJ Whittall	c and b SR Waugh	6	22	24	1	-	27.27
ADR Campbell	c ME Waugh b SR Waugh	5	10	18	1	-	50.00
*+A Flower	st Healy b Warne	7	15	14	1	-	46.67
CN Evans	c Healy b Warne	18	24	29	2	1	75.00
HH Streak	c SR Waugh b Fleming	13	41	43	-	-	31.71
PA Strang	not out	16	29	42	1	-	55.17
BC Strang	b Fleming	0	2	2	-	-	0.00
SG Peall	c Healy b Warne	0	4	5	-	-	0.00
ACI Lock	b Warne	5	11	13	1	-	45.45
Extras	(8 lb, 2 nb, 3 w)	13
Total	(all out, 45.3 overs)	154
Fall of wickets:
1-21 (GW Flower), 2-41 (Whittall), 3-55 (Campbell), 4-68 (A Flower), 5-106 (Evans), 6-126 (Waller), 7-140 (Streak), 8-140 (BC Strang), 9-145 (Peall), 10-154 (Lock)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
McGrath	8	2	12	1	-	-	48.00	1.50
Fleming	9	1	30	2	-	1	27.00	3.33
Lee	4	2	8	0	-	1	-	2.00
SR Waugh	7	2	22	2	-	-	21.00	3.14
Warne	9.3	1	34	4	3	-	14.25	3.58
ME Waugh	5	0	30	0	-	-	-	6.00
Law	3	0	10	0	-	-	-	3.33

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Australia innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
*MA Taylor	c BC Strang b PA Strang	34	50	72	5	-	68.00
ME Waugh	not out	76	109	129	10	-	69.72
RT Ponting	c and b PA Strang	33	51	47	4	-	64.71
SR Waugh	not out	5	7	8	1	-	71.43
SG Law	did not bat
MG Bevan	did not bat
S Lee	did not bat
+IA Healy	did not bat
SK Warne	did not bat
DW Fleming	did not bat
GD McGrath	did not bat
Extras	(6 b, 2 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	10
Total	(2 wickets, 36 overs)	158
Fall of wickets:
1-92 (Taylor), 2-150 (Ponting)

Zimbabwe bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Streak	10	3	29	0	1	1	-	2.90
Lock	4	0	25	0	-	-	-	6.25
BC Strang	3	0	20	0	-	-	-	6.67
Whittall	2	0	11	0	-	-	-	5.50
PA Strang	10	2	33	2	-	-	30.00	3.30
Peall	4	0	20	0	-	-	-	5.00
GW Flower	3	0	12	0	-	-	-	4.00

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Notes
--> AC Waller 50 in 77 balls, 96 minutes with 9 fours
--> ME Waugh 50 in 68 balls, 70 minutes with 8 fours
--> RT Ponting passed his previous highest score of 12 in World Cup matches
--> RT Ponting passed 500 runs in ODI matches when he reached 18
--> SK Warne achieved his best innings bowling analysis in World Cup matches when he dismissed CN Evans in the Zimbabwe innings (previous best was 1-25)

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