ICC World Cup - 1st semi final
Pakistan won by 9 wickets (with 15 balls remaining)
| New Zealand innings (50 overs maximum) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| MJ Horne | b Abdul Razzaq | 35 | 67 | 48 | 5 | 0 | 72.91 | |
| NJ Astle | b Shoaib Akhtar | 3 | 24 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 16.66 | |
| CD McMillan | c †Moin Khan b Wasim Akram | 3 | 22 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 15.78 | |
| SP Fleming* | b Shoaib Akhtar | 41 | 93 | 57 | 5 | 0 | 71.92 | |
| RG Twose | c Ijaz Ahmed b Abdul Razzaq | 46 | 101 | 83 | 3 | 0 | 55.42 | |
| CL Cairns | not out | 44 | 77 | 48 | 3 | 0 | 91.66 | |
| CZ Harris | b Shoaib Akhtar | 16 | 26 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 76.19 | |
| AC Parore† | b Wasim Akram | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| DJ Nash | not out | 6 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 60.00 | |
| Extras | (b 4, lb 14, w 17, nb 12) | 47 | ||||||
| Total | (7 wickets; 50 overs) | 241 | (4.82 runs per over) | |||||
| Did not bat GR Larsen, GI Allott |
| Fall of wickets1-20 (Astle, 5.3 ov), 2-38 (McMillan, 10.3 ov), 3-58 (Horne, 15.1 ov), 4-152 (Fleming, 33.5 ov), 5-176 (Twose, 39.3 ov), 6-209 (Harris, 45.4 ov), 7-211 (Parore, 46.4 ov) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| Wasim Akram | 10 | 0 | 45 | 2 | 4.50 | (4nb, 7w) | ||
| Shoaib Akhtar | 10 | 0 | 55 | 3 | 5.50 | (2nb, 1w) | ||
| Abdul Razzaq | 8 | 0 | 28 | 2 | 3.50 | (1w) | ||
| Saqlain Mushtaq | 8 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 4.50 | (1w) | ||
| Azhar Mahmood | 9 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 3.55 | (3w) | ||
| Shahid Afridi | 5 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 5.40 | (2nb, 2w) |
| Pakistan innings (target: 242 runs from 50 overs) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| Saeed Anwar | not out | 113 | 193 | 148 | 9 | 0 | 76.35 | |
| Wajahatullah Wasti | c Fleming b Cairns | 84 | 166 | 123 | 10 | 1 | 68.29 | |
| Ijaz Ahmed | not out | 28 | 25 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 133.33 | |
| Extras | (lb 3, w 7, nb 7) | 17 | ||||||
| Total | (1 wicket; 47.3 overs) | 242 | (5.09 runs per over) | |||||
| Did not bat Inzamam-ul-Haq, Abdul Razzaq, Shahid Afridi, Moin Khan†, Wasim Akram*, Azhar Mahmood, Saqlain Mushtaq, Shoaib Akhtar |
| Fall of wickets1-194 (Wajahatullah Wasti, 40.3 ov) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| GI Allott | 9 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 4.55 | (1nb, 1w) | ||
| DJ Nash | 5 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 6.80 | (2nb, 2w) | ||
| GR Larsen | 10 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 4.00 | (1nb) | ||
| CL Cairns | 8 | 0 | 33 | 1 | 4.12 | (3nb) | ||
| CZ Harris | 6 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 5.16 | |||
| NJ Astle | 7.3 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 5.46 | (1w) | ||
| CD McMillan | 2 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 9.50 | (1w) |
| Match details |
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Toss New Zealand, who chose to bat Series Pakistan advanced |
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Player of the match
Shoaib Akhtar (Pakistan) |
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Umpires
DB Hair (Australia) and P Willey TV umpire DL Orchard (South Africa) Match referee CW Smith (West Indies) |
| Match notes |
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Jun 16, 1999 Saeed Anwar's second consecutive hundred pushed Pakistan into the final © Getty Images |
Jun 16, 1999 Shoaib Akhtar runs in during the semi-finals © Getty Images |
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