Australia v New Zealand @ MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Madras
11 March 1996
Toss: New Zealand (bat)
Umpires: CJ Mitchley, S Venkataraghavan
Third Umpire: Khizer Hayat
Match Referee: MAK Pataudi
Match Result: Australia won by 6 wickets
New Zealand
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| 1. Craig Spearman | c Ian Healy b Paul Reiffel | 12 | 12 | 16 | 3 | - | |
| 2. Nathan Astle | c Ian Healy b Damien Fleming | 1 | 6 | 10 | - | - | |
| *+3. Lee Germon | c Damien Fleming b Glenn McGrath | 89 | 96 | 149 | 9 | 1 | |
| 4. Stephen Fleming | c Steve Waugh b Glenn McGrath | 8 | 18 | 18 | - | - | |
| 5. Chris Harris | c Paul Reiffel b Shane Warne | 130 | 124 | 162 | 13 | 4 | |
| 6. Roger Twose | b Michael Bevan | 4 | 12 | 14 | - | - | |
| 7. Chris Cairns | c Paul Reiffel b Mark Waugh | 4 | 9 | 6 | - | - | |
| 8. Adam Parore | lbw b Shane Warne | 11 | 13 | 16 | - | - | |
| 9. Shane Thomson | run out | 11 | 10 | 13 | 1 | - | |
| 10. Dipak Patel | not out | 3 | 4 | 3 | - | - | |
| 11. Dion Nash |
| FOW | 1-15 (Nathan Astle), 2-16 (Craig Spearman), 3-44 (Stephen Fleming), 4-212 (Lee Germon), 5-227 (Roger Twose), 6-240 (Chris Cairns), 7-259 (Adam Parore), 8-282 (Chris Harris), 9-286 (Shane Thomson). |
| Extras | 0b, 6lb, 3w, 4nb, 0pen) 13 |
| Total | (for 9 wickets, 50 ovs) 286 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Paul Reiffel | 4 | 0 | 38 | 1 | (1w,3nb) |
| Damien Fleming | 5 | 1 | 20 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Glenn McGrath | 9 | 2 | 50 | 2 | (0w,1nb) |
| Mark Waugh | 8 | 0 | 43 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Shane Warne | 10 | 0 | 52 | 2 | (1w,0nb) |
| Michael Bevan | 10 | 0 | 52 | 1 | (1w,1nb) |
| Steve Waugh | 4 | 0 | 25 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
Australia
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| *1. Mark Taylor | c Lee Germon b Dipak Patel | 10 | 24 | 23 | 1 | - | |
| 2. Mark Waugh | c Adam Parore b Dion Nash | 110 | 112 | 156 | 6 | 2 | |
| 3. Ricky Ponting | c sub b Shane Thomson | 31 | 43 | 32 | 4 | - | |
| 4. Shane Warne | lbw b Nathan Astle | 24 | 14 | 40 | 1 | 2 | |
| 5. Steve Waugh | not out | 59 | 68 | 99 | 5 | - | |
| 6. Stuart Law | not out | 42 | 30 | 47 | 3 | 1 | |
| 7. Michael Bevan | |||||||
| +8. Ian Healy | |||||||
| 9. Paul Reiffel | |||||||
| 10. Damien Fleming | |||||||
| 11. Glenn McGrath |
| FOW | 1-19 (Mark Taylor), 2-84 (Ricky Ponting), 3-127 (Shane Warne), 4-213 (Mark Waugh). |
| Extras | 1b, 6lb, 3w, 3nb, 0pen) 13 |
| Total | (for 4 wickets, 47.5 ovs) 289 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Dion Nash | 9 | 1 | 44 | 1 | (1w,0nb) |
| Dipak Patel | 8 | 0 | 45 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Chris Cairns | 6.5 | 0 | 51 | 0 | (0w,1nb) |
| Chris Harris | 10 | 0 | 41 | 0 | (1w,2nb) |
| Shane Thomson | 8 | 0 | 57 | 1 | (1w,0nb) |
| Nathan Astle | 3 | 0 | 21 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Roger Twose | 3 | 0 | 23 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
Australia: Mark Taylor, Mark Waugh, Ricky Ponting, Shane Warne, Steve Waugh, Stuart Law, Michael Bevan, Ian Healy, Paul Reiffel, Damien Fleming, Glenn McGrath
New Zealand: Craig Spearman, Nathan Astle, Lee Germon, Stephen Fleming, Chris Harris, Roger Twose, Chris Cairns, Adam Parore, Shane Thomson, Dipak Patel, Dion Nash
