Watch the highlights of New Zealand vs South Africa 7th Match WSC 1993-94 - Benson & Hedges World Series Cup one-day international tournament of the 7th ODI match played between South Africa and New Zealand at Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane on 08th January 1994.
All-round display from Chris Cairns, Shane Thomson and Chris Pringle's three-wickets helped to New Zealand narrow 9-run victory over South Africa, despite a Peter Kirsten's classy 93 in a rain-affected game of the seventh match of a Benson and Hedges World Series Cup.
New Zealand scored 256-7 in 50 overs with top scorer by Chris Cairns hammered a 70 off 54-balls including 4-fours & 3-sixes with strike rate of 129.62.
Shane Thomson struck 68 off 90-balls including 3-fours & a six, Tony Blain blasted a unbeaten 36 off 23-balls included 2-sixes & a four with strike rate of 156.52.
Bryan Young cracked a 28 off 47-balls including two boundaries and Mark Greatbatch scored 21 off 35-balls without a boundary.
South Africa best bowler by Allan Donald, Brian McMillan both took 2-wickets and one for Hansie Cronje - Craig Matthews.
South Africa scored 219-8 in 39 overs - due to rain revised target of 229 from 39 overs - with top scorer by Peter Kirsten cracked a 97 off 108-balls - who fell three-run short of his century.
Daryll Cullinan blasted a 37 off 32-balls including 4-fours with strike rate of 115.62, Jonty Rhodes hit 21 off 13-balls included a boundary, Hansie Cronje and Errol Stewart each scored 19-runs.
New Zealand best bowler by Chris Pringle picked up 3-wickets for 38-runs in 8-overs including a maiden, Shane Thomson, Chris Cairns both took 2-wickets and one for Richard de Groen.
This match reported by The Canberra Times Staff (Third Party Reference from The Canberra Times)
SOUTH Africa's World Cup nightmare continued as it wore the brunt of the controversial rain rule and fell 10 runs short of a World Series win against New Zealand at the Gabba.
Facing heavy work to overhaul New Zealand's 256, South Africa fell foul of the Australian interpretation of the rule governing rain delays but not before almost pulling off a miraculous victory.
South Africa was 0-19 when rain stopped play, needing a further 238 to win the game at just over five an over.
When openers Andrew Hudson and Peter Kirsten returned an hour later South Africa needed 229 runs in 39 oversat a run rate of 6.18.
Led by a classic innings from Kirsten, South Africa finished just 10 runs short of a brilliant win.
Kirsten, playing his first international of the summer after replacing injured captain Kepler Wessels, struck 97 from 108 balls.
He combined in a barnstorming 85-run partnership with Daryll Cullinan (37 from 32 balls) to put South Africa into a strong position.
Kirsten and the dangerous Jonty Rhodes both fell with two overs to go just as the victory looked within reach of the South Africans. "We might have pulled it off if not for that over," Kirsten said.
Memories of their controversial rain-affected defeat to England in the 1991 World Cup semi-final in Sydney came flooding back for the South Africans who again felt the unfairness of the current rules.
New Zealand captain Ken Rutherford admitted the rain rule worked in his team's favour.
"But I was worried throughout the innings because we weren't getting wickets," he said. "It didn't start happening until the last four or five overs."
Should South Africa beat Australia here today, however, yesterday's result will at least breath life back into the competition with all three teams within a point of each other.
As it stands Australia is one clear of New Zealand on six points.
New Zealand began disastrously slumping to 5-86 in the 23rd over, before all-rounder Chris Cairns and off-spinner Shane Thomson put on a magnificent 111 to rescue the Kiwi innings.
Their stand came off only 96 balls, with Cairns bludgeoning 70 off only 54 balls. Thomson's 68 came from 90 deliveries.
"Chris did a great job. It was a marvellous all round innings. He was involved for the full 89 overs," Kiwi captain Ken Rutherford said.
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