New Zealand v Australia @ Basin Reserve, Wellington
10 February 1998
Toss: Australia (bat)
Umpires: DM Quested, EA Watkin
Third Umpire: DB Cowie
Match Referee: Hanumant Singh
Match Result: Australia won by 66 runs
Australia
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| 1. Mark Waugh | c Llorne Howell b Nathan Astle | 85 | 112 | 153 | 7 | - | |
| +2. Adam Gilchrist | c Craig McMillan b Shayne O'Connor | 0 | 2 | 2 | - | - | |
| 3. Ricky Ponting | c Stephen Fleming b Dion Nash | 26 | 30 | 35 | 2 | - | |
| 4. Darren Lehmann | c Daniel Vettori b Shayne O'Connor | 62 | 66 | 94 | 4 | - | |
| 5. Michael Bevan | run out (Nathan Astle > ) | 39 | 39 | 59 | 3 | - | |
| *6. Steve Waugh | c Stephen Fleming b Shayne O'Connor | 47 | 40 | 50 | 3 | 1 | |
| 7. Stuart Law | not out | 13 | 12 | 18 | - | - | |
| 8. Tom Moody | not out | 12 | 6 | 7 | 2 | - | |
| 9. Gavin Robertson | |||||||
| 10. Adam Dale | |||||||
| 11. Andy Bichel |
| FOW | 1-1 (Adam Gilchrist), 2-46 (Ricky Ponting), 3-168 (Darren Lehmann), 4-191 (Mark Waugh), 5-265 (Michael Bevan), 6-277 (Steve Waugh). |
| Extras | 0b, 5lb, 3w, 5nb, 0pen) 13 |
| Total | (for 6 wickets, 50 ovs) 297 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Shayne O'Connor | 9 | 0 | 55 | 3 | (1w,1nb) |
| Chris Cairns | 9 | 0 | 55 | 0 | (1w,3nb) |
| Dion Nash | 10 | 0 | 52 | 1 | (1w,3nb) |
| Simon Doull | 4 | 1 | 16 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Chris Harris | 6 | 0 | 31 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Daniel Vettori | 7 | 0 | 49 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Nathan Astle | 5 | 0 | 34 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
New Zealand
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| 1. Llorne Howell | c Darren Lehmann b Adam Dale | 1 | 6 | 5 | - | - | |
| 2. Nathan Astle | st Adam Gilchrist b Gavin Robertson | 37 | 55 | 65 | 4 | 1 | |
| 3. Chris Cairns | lbw b Steve Waugh | 67 | 76 | 103 | 6 | 1 | |
| *4. Stephen Fleming | run out (Darren Lehmann > ) | 3 | 10 | 7 | - | - | |
| +5. Adam Parore | run out (Ricky Ponting > ) | 0 | 2 | 3 | - | - | |
| 6. Craig McMillan | c Gavin Robertson b Michael Bevan | 25 | 41 | 42 | 3 | - | |
| 7. Chris Harris | b Michael Bevan | 45 | 47 | 68 | 2 | 1 | |
| 8. Dion Nash | c Adam Gilchrist b Michael Bevan | 23 | 36 | 37 | 1 | - | |
| 9. Daniel Vettori | c Mark Waugh b Steve Waugh | 4 | 8 | 13 | - | - | |
| 10. Simon Doull | not out | 9 | 4 | 9 | - | 1 | |
| 11. Shayne O'Connor | run out (Tom Moody > ) | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | - |
| FOW | 1-1 (Llorne Howell), 2-82 (Nathan Astle), 3-86 (Stephen Fleming), 4-89 (Adam Parore), 5-132 (Chris Cairns), 6-142 (Craig McMillan), 7-193 (Dion Nash), 8-209 (Daniel Vettori), 9-219 (Chris Harris), 231 (Shayne O'Connor). |
| Extras | 4b, 2lb, 7w, 0nb, 0pen) 13 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 47.3 ovs) 231 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Andy Bichel | 6 | 0 | 28 | 0 | (1w,0nb) |
| Adam Dale | 5 | 1 | 23 | 1 | (0w,1nb) |
| Gavin Robertson | 9 | 0 | 40 | 1 | (1w,0nb) |
| Tom Moody | 8 | 1 | 34 | 0 | (2w,0nb) |
| Michael Bevan | 10 | 1 | 54 | 3 | (2w,1nb) |
| Steve Waugh | 9.3 | 0 | 46 | 2 | (1w,0nb) |
New Zealand: Llorne Howell, Nathan Astle, Chris Cairns, Stephen Fleming, Adam Parore, Craig McMillan, Chris Harris, Dion Nash, Daniel Vettori, Simon Doull, Shayne O'Connor
Australia: Mark Waugh, Adam Gilchrist, Ricky Ponting, Darren Lehmann, Michael Bevan, Steve Waugh, Stuart Law, Tom Moody, Gavin Robertson, Adam Dale, Andy Bichel
