1992 World Cup League match between Zimbabwe vs Sri Lanka played at Pukekura Park, New Plymouth witnessed a record-breaking encounter. For the first time in the history of ODI, target of 300+ was successfully chased by Sri Lanka. The match aggregate was one short of the 626 shared by Pakistan and Sri Lanka at Swansea in 1983.
Zimbabwe were put in to bat by Sri Lanka and made the most of it. Andy Flower, on his one-day debut scored a superb unbeaten century. He was supported first by Arnott, and then Waller in an unbroken fifth-wicket stand of 145 - a World Cup record - in 13 overs. Waller's 83 took a mere 45 balls (three sixes, nine fours), and his 32-ball 50 was also a Cup record at that time. Chasing down a mamooth total of 313, Mahanama and Samarasekera (50 in 33 balls) gave an opening stand of 128 at almost a run a ball. While the middle order collapsed but captain Arjuna Ranatunga played a superbknock of 88*. He shared a good partnership with Sanath Jayasuriya (32 off 24 balls) and guided his team to a superb victory.
