New Zealand v Australia @ McLean Park, Napier
12 February 1998
Toss: Australia (bat)
Umpires: BF Bowden, EA Watkin
Third Umpire: AL Hill
Match Referee: Hanumant Singh
Match Result: New Zealand won by 7 wickets
Australia
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| +1. Adam Gilchrist | c Chris Cairns b Dion Nash | 40 | 47 | 50 | 3 | - | |
| 2. Mark Waugh | c Adam Parore b Daniel Vettori | 42 | 54 | 80 | 5 | - | |
| 3. Ricky Ponting | c Stephen Fleming b Chris Harris | 30 | 47 | 59 | 1 | - | |
| 4. Darren Lehmann | c Adam Parore b Chris Cairns | 44 | 55 | 87 | 2 | - | |
| 5. Tom Moody | b Daniel Vettori | 3 | 6 | 5 | - | - | |
| *6. Steve Waugh | c Adam Parore b Chris Cairns | 42 | 48 | 53 | - | 1 | |
| 7. Michael Bevan | run out (Simon Doull > ) | 10 | 15 | 21 | - | - | |
| 8. Stuart Law | c Dion Nash b Chris Cairns | 1 | 4 | 6 | - | - | |
| 9. Andy Bichel | c Stephen Fleming b Chris Cairns | 0 | 1 | 2 | - | - | |
| 10. Gavin Robertson | not out | 11 | 11 | 17 | - | - | |
| 11. Paul Wilson | c Stephen Fleming b Chris Cairns | 2 | 6 | 8 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-60 (Adam Gilchrist), 2-98 (Mark Waugh), 3-136 (Ricky Ponting), 4-141 (Tom Moody), 5-209 (Darren Lehmann), 6-210 (Steve Waugh), 7-214 (Stuart Law), 8-215 (Andy Bichel), 9-226 (Michael Bevan), 236 (Paul Wilson). |
| Extras | 0b, 6lb, 4w, 1nb, 0pen) 11 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 48.4 ovs) 236 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Shayne O'Connor | 5 | 0 | 20 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Chris Cairns | 7.4 | 0 | 42 | 5 | (1w,2nb) |
| Simon Doull | 7 | 0 | 28 | 0 | (1w,0nb) |
| Dion Nash | 6 | 0 | 37 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Daniel Vettori | 10 | 0 | 35 | 2 | (2w,0nb) |
| Nathan Astle | 3 | 0 | 16 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Chris Harris | 10 | 0 | 52 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
New Zealand
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| 1. Llorne Howell | c Adam Gilchrist b Paul Wilson | 4 | 4 | 3 | - | - | |
| 2. Nathan Astle | run out (Ricky Ponting > ) | 55 | 93 | 109 | 4 | 1 | |
| +3. Adam Parore | b Andy Bichel | 0 | 4 | 3 | - | - | |
| *4. Stephen Fleming | not out | 111 | 137 | 183 | 5 | - | |
| 5. Craig McMillan | not out | 53 | 59 | 78 | 1 | 2 | |
| 6. Chris Cairns | |||||||
| 7. Chris Harris | |||||||
| 8. Dion Nash | |||||||
| 9. Daniel Vettori | |||||||
| 10. Simon Doull | |||||||
| 11. Shayne O'Connor |
| FOW | 1-4 (Llorne Howell), 2-5 (Adam Parore), 3-121 (Nathan Astle). |
| Extras | 1b, 6lb, 3w, 7nb, 0pen) 17 |
| Total | (for 3 wickets, 48.2 ovs) 240 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Paul Wilson | 6.2 | 0 | 42 | 1 | (0w,6nb) |
| Andy Bichel | 10 | 0 | 42 | 1 | (1w,0nb) |
| Tom Moody | 10 | 0 | 39 | 0 | (1w,0nb) |
| Gavin Robertson | 10 | 1 | 38 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Steve Waugh | 10 | 0 | 56 | 0 | (1w,0nb) |
| Stuart Law | 2 | 0 | 16 | 0 | (0w,1nb) |
New Zealand: Llorne Howell, Nathan Astle, Adam Parore, Stephen Fleming, Craig McMillan, Chris Cairns, Chris Harris, Dion Nash, Daniel Vettori, Simon Doull, Shayne O'Connor
Australia: Adam Gilchrist, Mark Waugh, Ricky Ponting, Darren Lehmann, Tom Moody, Steve Waugh, Michael Bevan, Stuart Law, Andy Bichel, Gavin Robertson, Paul Wilson
