chase by the standards of the time.
However, Crowe — in a bid to be fit for the final — wasn’t on the field when Pakistan batted and, as a result, a series of elaborate bowling changes he had planned were not carried out by acting skipper Wright.
Pakistan were 140 for four after 35 overs, needing 123 from the last 15. But Inzamam-ul-Haq announced himself to the world with a brilliant innings and, with veteran batsman Javed Miandad, he shared a match-changing stand of 87.
1999, Old Trafford: New Zealand 241-7 lost to Pakistan 242-1 (Saeed Anwar 113 no, Wajahatullah Wasti 84) by 9 wkts
New Zealand, despite fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar taking three wickets, still managed what seemed a decent total.
But they were undone by a superb opening stand of 194 between Saeed Anwar and Wajahatullah Wasti.
The match ended in chaos when, with Pakistan needing two runs for victory, Roger Twose abandoned an attempt to catch Anwar as spectators charged on to the field, with the runs awarded later by the umpires.
2007, Kingston: New Zealand 208 (M Muralitharan 4-31) lost to Sri Lanka 289-5 (M Jayawardene 115 no, U Tharanga 73) by 81 runs New Zealand were rarely in this contest at Jamaica’s Sabina Park.
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