New Zealand v Australia @ Eden Park, Auckland
14 February 1998
Toss: Australia (field)
Umpires: BF Bowden, RS Dunne
Third Umpire: EA Watkin
Match Referee: Hanumant Singh
Match Result: New Zealand won by 30 runs
New Zealand
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| 1. Llorne Howell | lbw b Gavin Robertson | 51 | 54 | 69 | 7 | 1 | |
| 2. Nathan Astle | c Gavin Robertson b Andy Bichel | 20 | 27 | 35 | - | 1 | |
| +3. Adam Parore | c Ricky Ponting b Gavin Robertson | 32 | 59 | 70 | 2 | - | |
| *4. Stephen Fleming | c Adam Gilchrist b Gavin Robertson | 13 | 15 | 21 | 1 | - | |
| 5. Craig McMillan | b Darren Lehmann | 13 | 20 | 32 | 1 | - | |
| 6. Chris Cairns | c Steve Waugh b Michael Bevan | 2 | 11 | 12 | - | - | |
| 7. Chris Harris | run out (Darren Lehmann > ) | 55 | 57 | 78 | 2 | 2 | |
| 8. Dion Nash | not out | 31 | 58 | 73 | - | - | |
| 9. Mark Priest | |||||||
| 10. Simon Doull | |||||||
| 11. Shayne O'Connor |
| FOW | 1-46 (Nathan Astle), 2-85 (Llorne Howell), 3-107 (Stephen Fleming), 4-120 (Adam Parore), 5-132 (Chris Cairns), 6-134 (Craig McMillan), 7-223 (Chris Harris). |
| Extras | 0b, 0lb, 5w, 1nb, 0pen) 6 |
| Total | (for 7 wickets, 50 ovs) 223 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Paul Wilson | 4 | 0 | 25 | 0 | (0w,1nb) |
| Adam Dale | 6 | 0 | 33 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Andy Bichel | 7 | 0 | 33 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Gavin Robertson | 10 | 0 | 29 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Mark Waugh | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Michael Bevan | 10 | 0 | 37 | 1 | (1w,0nb) |
| Darren Lehmann | 9 | 0 | 37 | 1 | (1w,0nb) |
| Stuart Law | 2 | 0 | 18 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
Australia
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| +1. Adam Gilchrist | c Adam Parore b Dion Nash | 42 | 40 | 59 | 7 | - | |
| 2. Mark Waugh | lbw b Simon Doull | 4 | 11 | 19 | - | - | |
| 3. Ricky Ponting | b Simon Doull | 10 | 26 | 24 | - | - | |
| 4. Darren Lehmann | c Nathan Astle b Mark Priest | 26 | 43 | 86 | - | - | |
| *5. Steve Waugh | c sub b Mark Priest | 23 | 50 | 83 | 1 | - | |
| 6. Stuart Law | c Stephen Fleming b Craig McMillan | 7 | 16 | 16 | - | - | |
| 7. Michael Bevan | c Dion Nash b Simon Doull | 37 | 52 | 84 | - | - | |
| 8. Andy Bichel | c Chris Cairns b Chris Harris | 21 | 37 | 37 | - | - | |
| 9. Gavin Robertson | c Dion Nash b Simon Doull | 7 | 11 | 16 | - | - | |
| 10. Adam Dale | c Dion Nash b Chris Cairns | 6 | 8 | 12 | - | - | |
| 11. Paul Wilson | not out | 1 | 2 | 4 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-26 (Mark Waugh), 2-48 (Ricky Ponting), 3-60 (Adam Gilchrist), 4-105 (Stuart Law), 5-107 (Darren Lehmann), 6-147 (Andy Bichel), 7-176 (Steve Waugh), 8-183 (Michael Bevan), 9-190 (Gavin Robertson), 193 (Adam Dale). |
| Extras | 0b, 4lb, 4w, 1nb, 0pen) 9 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 49.1 ovs) 193 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Shayne O'Connor | 2 | 0 | 21 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Chris Cairns | 9.1 | 0 | 32 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Simon Doull | 8 | 1 | 25 | 4 | (1w,0nb) |
| Dion Nash | 5 | 0 | 23 | 1 | (0w,1nb) |
| Mark Priest | 10 | 0 | 31 | 2 | (1w,0nb) |
| Chris Harris | 10 | 0 | 33 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Craig McMillan | 3 | 0 | 14 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Nathan Astle | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
New Zealand: Llorne Howell, Nathan Astle, Adam Parore, Stephen Fleming, Craig McMillan, Chris Cairns, Chris Harris, Dion Nash, Mark Priest, Simon Doull, Shayne O'Connor
Australia: Adam Gilchrist, Mark Waugh, Ricky Ponting, Darren Lehmann, Steve Waugh, Stuart Law, Michael Bevan, Andy Bichel, Gavin Robertson, Adam Dale, Paul Wilson
