That innings was one of only two half-centuries Payne scored from 37 ODIs for the Netherlands. The second came against in the 1997 World Cup, an innings of 55 runs in the team's defeat of Sri Lanka. Payne's last ODIs for the Netherlands came against Denmark in July 1998, again in Germany, in a repeat of the series played the previous year. She finished her Dutch ODI career with 631 runs from 37 matches, as well as 19 wickets, taken at an average of 20.26. As of January 2015, Payne is ranked sixth for ODIs played for the Dutch team, and fourth for ODI runs scored. She also captained the Netherlands in seven matches from 1993 to 1997, winning only one. Payne played for Voorburg Cricket Club in Voorburg, adjacent to The Hague. Having played club cricket there previously, Payne emigrated to New Zealand in 1998, playing for the Canterbury Magicians in the newly established State Insurance Cup (sponsored by State Insurance, and from the 2001–02 season known as the State League). She made her ODI debut for New Zealand in February 2000, against Australia, becoming one of the few cricketers to represent more than one international team. New Zealand-born Rowan Milburn and Kerry-Anne Tomlinson also represented both New Zealand and The Netherlands. Nicola Payne played more and more regularly for New Zealand than for the Netherlands, playing eight ODIs in February 2000 online. She played three matches for the New Zealand team that won the 2000 World Cup (hosted by New Zealand), but did not feature in the side that defeated Australia in the final. Following the 2000 World Cup, Payne established herself as one of New Zealand's opening batsmen, during 2002 playing in the Rose Bowl series against Australia, tours of Ireland and the Netherlands, and a tri-series featuring England and India, played in England and Jersey. She scored her maiden half-century for New Zealand in the first ODI against Ireland, an innings of 60 runs in a 153-run opening partnership with Rebecca Rolls. Payne's last series for New Zealand came at home in early 2003, in a tri-series against Australia and India dubbed the "World Series of Women's Cricket". Against India, she was run out for 93 off 130 balls, her highest ODI score. She injured her hamstring during that match, and, with other injuries in mind, announced her retirement in April 2003. Payne also finished her domestic limited-overs career for Canterbury at the end of the 2002–03 season, with her 49-match career including twelve half-centuries and a single century, 117 not out against the Wellington Blaze in December 1999.