Bank of New Zealand Centenary Series 1994–95
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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.
| Dates | 15 – 26 February 1995 |
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| 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) |
Points table
edit| Team | P | W | L | T | NR | ARR | Points |
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| New Zealand
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +4.821 | 4 |
| Australia
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +4.381 | 4 |
 India
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3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | +4.140 | 2 |
 South Africa
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3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | +3.660 | 2 |
Matches
editUsing 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
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- South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.
- Ricky Ponting and Greg Blewett (AUS) made their ODI debut.
22 February 1995
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- Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
- Prashant Vaidya and Aashish Kapoor (India) made their ODI debut.
23–24 February 1995
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- South Africa won the toss and elected to field.
- Reserve day used. No play first day.
Final
editReferences
edit- ^ "NZ Centenary Tournament". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
- ^ Final Points Summary