# Bank of New Zealand Centenary Series 1994–95

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. 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 | T | NR | ARR | Points |
| New Zealand | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +4.821 | 4 |
| Australia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +4.381 | 4 |
| India | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | +4.140 | 2 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | +3.660 | 2 |

## 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.