Bank of New Zealand Centenary Series 1994–95

NZ Centenary Tournament 1995
Dates	15 – 26 February 1995
Administrator(s)	International Cricket Council
Cricket format	One Day International
Host(s)	New Zealand
Champions	Australia
Runners-up	New Zealand
Participants	4
Matches	7
Most runs	Mark Greatbatch (190)
Most wickets	Paul Reiffel (9)

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.

Points table

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

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Matches

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)	v	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)

South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.
Ricky Ponting and Greg Blewett (AUS) made their ODI debut.

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)	v	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)	v	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)

Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
Prashant Vaidya and Aashish Kapoor (India) made their ODI debut.

23–24 February 1995
Scorecard

New Zealand 249/7 (50 overs)	v	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

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

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

External links

Series home at ESPNcricinfo

[C-1] "NZ Centenary Tournament". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 22 September 2017.

[PointsSummary-2] Final Points Summary

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December 1994	Benson & Hedges World Series Mandela Trophy
January 1995	Pakistan in South Africa West Indies in New Zealand Pakistan in Zimbabwe
February 1995	Bank of New Zealand Centenary Series
March 1995	South Africa in New Zealand Australia in West Indies Sri Lanka in New Zealand
April 1995	Asia Cup
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