Pakistan staged a remarkable comeback victory over New Zealand at Wellington, chasing down a world record 4th innings target of 492 and winning the match by 1 wicket thanks mainly to a massive partnership of 312 between Javed Miandad and Imran Khan.
As they had throughout much of the World Cup in 1992, the pair held the team together when batting was was under most pressure, before eventually launching into a thrilling counterattack.
The New Zealand team had dominated the early stages, posting 449 in the first innings, and dismissing Pakistan for 213 to claim a 236 run first innings lead thanks to Cairns 6-71.
With their seamers exhausted, New Zealand were unable to enforce the follow on.
As it was, 492 in 4 sessions was a very difficult equation, and required a world record performance, which seemed impossible when Pakistan had slumped to 66/4.
Despite not being able to claim 20 New Zealand wickets, and generally batting badly, Pakistan had somehow won the match.
Pakistan claimed 16 points for their victory, while the unlucky New Zealanders at least gained some reward with 11.
Pitch: 109
Toss: New Zealand
New Zealand 449 all out (137.1 overs)
(J.G.Wright 45, A.H.Jones 90, M.D.Crowe 61, M.J.Greatbatch 53, C.L.Cairns 38, I.D.S.Smith 88, D.K.Morrison 24, C.S.Pringle 25*; Wasim Akram 2-96, Saleem Jaffer 3-75, Waqar Younus 3-108)
Pakistan 213 all out (64.5 overs)
(Shoaib Mohammad 24, Javed Miandad 39, Imran Khan 32, Waqar Younus 25, Saleem Jaffer 26, Aaqib Javed 22*; C.L.Cairns 6-71, C.S.Pringle 2-43)
New Zealand 255/6 declared (81.5 overs)
(J.G.Wright 68, A.H.Jones 48, M.D.Crowe 32, M.J.Greatbatch 66*; Waqar Younus 4-91)
Pakistan 494/9 (118.2 overs)
(Javed Miandad 183, Imran Khan 168, Wasim Akram 31, Moin Khan 35*; D.K.Morrison 2-96, C.L.Cairns 4-157, D.N.Patel 2-124)
Pakistan win by 1 wicket.
Man of the Match: Javed Miandad
Points: Pakistan 16 (1 bat, 3 bowl) New Zealand 11 (3 bat, 4 bowl)
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