New Zealand v Australia @ Lancaster Park, Christchurch
8 February 1998
Toss: New Zealand (bat)
Umpires: DB Cowie, DM Quested
Third Umpire: AL Hill
Match Referee: Hanumant Singh
Match Result: Australia won by 7 wickets
New Zealand
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| 1. Llorne Howell | b Gavin Robertson | 50 | 63 | 98 | 4 | - | |
| 2. Nathan Astle | b Tom Moody | 23 | 34 | 36 | 5 | - | |
| +3. Adam Parore | c Michael Bevan b Gavin Robertson | 29 | 63 | 68 | 1 | - | |
| *4. Stephen Fleming | c & b Gavin Robertson | 2 | 6 | 9 | - | - | |
| 5. Craig McMillan | run out (Tom Moody > ) | 4 | 19 | 18 | 1 | - | |
| 6. Chris Cairns | c Adam Dale b Steve Waugh | 16 | 34 | 37 | - | - | |
| 7. Chris Harris | c Stuart Law b Tom Moody | 38 | 43 | 66 | 3 | - | |
| 8. Dion Nash | not out | 39 | 39 | 48 | 4 | - | |
| 9. Simon Doull | not out | 0 | 0 | 3 | - | - | |
| 10. Daniel Vettori | |||||||
| 11. Shayne O'Connor |
| FOW | 1-40 (Nathan Astle), 2-104 (Llorne Howell), 3-109 (Adam Parore), 4-109 (Stephen Fleming), 5-119 (Craig McMillan), 6-136 (Chris Cairns), 7-202 (Chris Harris). |
| Extras | 0b, 7lb, 4w, 0nb, 0pen) 11 |
| Total | (for 7 wickets, 50 ovs) 212 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Paul Wilson | 7 | 1 | 39 | 0 | (2w,0nb) |
| Adam Dale | 8 | 0 | 34 | 0 | (0w,1nb) |
| Tom Moody | 8 | 2 | 36 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Gavin Robertson | 10 | 0 | 32 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Steve Waugh | 10 | 1 | 24 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Mark Waugh | 3 | 0 | 19 | 0 | (2w,0nb) |
| Stuart Law | 4 | 0 | 21 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
Australia
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| +1. Adam Gilchrist | c Chris Cairns b Craig McMillan | 118 | 117 | 137 | 10 | 5 | |
| 2. Mark Waugh | c Dion Nash b Daniel Vettori | 65 | 78 | 99 | 8 | - | |
| 3. Tom Moody | b Craig McMillan | 17 | 14 | 16 | 1 | 2 | |
| 4. Ricky Ponting | not out | 10 | 18 | 25 | 1 | - | |
| 5. Darren Lehmann | not out | 0 | 2 | 4 | - | - | |
| 6. Michael Bevan | |||||||
| 7. Stuart Law | |||||||
| *8. Steve Waugh | |||||||
| 9. Gavin Robertson | |||||||
| 10. Adam Dale | |||||||
| 11. Paul Wilson |
| FOW | 1-146 (Mark Waugh), 2-173 (Tom Moody), 3-208 (Adam Gilchrist). |
| Extras | 2b, 1lb, 1w, 1nb, 0pen) 5 |
| Total | (for 3 wickets, 38.2 ovs) 215 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Shayne O'Connor | 4 | 0 | 31 | 0 | (1w,0nb) |
| Simon Doull | 4 | 0 | 25 | 0 | (0w,2nb) |
| Chris Cairns | 4 | 0 | 16 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Chris Harris | 8 | 0 | 43 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Daniel Vettori | 10 | 0 | 44 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Nathan Astle | 2 | 0 | 15 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Craig McMillan | 6.2 | 0 | 38 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
New Zealand: Llorne Howell, Nathan Astle, Adam Parore, Stephen Fleming, Craig McMillan, Chris Cairns, Chris Harris, Dion Nash, Simon Doull, Daniel Vettori, Shayne O'Connor
Australia: Adam Gilchrist, Mark Waugh, Tom Moody, Ricky Ponting, Darren Lehmann, Michael Bevan, Stuart Law, Steve Waugh, Gavin Robertson, Adam Dale, Paul Wilson
