New Zealand v Zimbabwe @ McLean Park, Napier
6 March 1998
Toss: Zimbabwe (bat)
Umpires: DB Cowie, AL Hill
Third Umpire: CE King
Match Referee: Hanumant Singh
Match Result: New Zealand won by 9 wickets
Zimbabwe
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| 1. Grant Flower | run out (Chris Cairns > ) | 11 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2. Craig Wishart | c Nathan Astle b Chris Harris | 41 | 65 | 101 | 3 | - | |
| 3. Murray Goodwin | c Daniel Vettori b Chris Cairns | 1 | 14 | 19 | - | - | |
| *4. Alistair Campbell | c Nathan Astle b Shayne O'Connor | 18 | 22 | 24 | 3 | - | |
| +5. Andy Flower | c Adam Parore b Dion Nash | 30 | 46 | 61 | 1 | - | |
| 6. Guy Whittall | b Dion Nash | 18 | 41 | 52 | - | - | |
| 7. Dirk Viljoen | c Stephen Fleming b Dion Nash | 7 | 16 | 17 | - | - | |
| 8. Heath Streak | c & b Chris Harris | 9 | 21 | 29 | - | - | |
| 9. Paul Strang | not out | 31 | 36 | 46 | - | - | |
| 10. John Rennie | not out | 23 | 28 | 34 | 1 | - | |
| 11. Andrew Whittall |
| FOW | 1-15 (Grant Flower), 2-25 (Murray Goodwin), 3-56 (Alistair Campbell), 4-107 (Craig Wishart), 5-122 (Andy Flower), 6-134 (Dirk Viljoen), 7-145 (Guy Whittall), 8-153 (Heath Streak). |
| Extras | 0b, 7lb, 9w, 2nb, 0pen) 18 |
| Total | (for 8 wickets, 50 ovs) 207 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Shayne O'Connor | 10 | 1 | 53 | 1 | (3w,0nb) |
| Chris Cairns | 10 | 1 | 39 | 1 | (1w,0nb) |
| Dion Nash | 10 | 2 | 29 | 3 | (0w,1nb) |
| Daniel Vettori | 10 | 0 | 49 | 0 | (5w,1nb) |
| Chris Harris | 10 | 0 | 30 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
New Zealand
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| 1. Llorne Howell | c Craig Wishart b Dirk Viljoen | 66 | 91 | 124 | 3 | 2 | |
| 2. Nathan Astle | not out | 104 | 137 | 166 | 2 | 3 | |
| *3. Stephen Fleming | not out | 33 | 46 | 51 | 4 | - | |
| 4. Matt Horne | |||||||
| 5. Craig McMillan | |||||||
| 6. Chris Cairns | |||||||
| +7. Adam Parore | |||||||
| 8. Chris Harris | |||||||
| 9. Dion Nash | |||||||
| 10. Daniel Vettori | |||||||
| 11. Shayne O'Connor |
| FOW | 1-147 (Llorne Howell). |
| Extras | 0b, 3lb, 5w, 0nb, 0pen) 8 |
| Total | (for 1 wickets, 45.4 ovs) 211 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Heath Streak | 6 | 1 | 23 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| John Rennie | 7 | 0 | 35 | 0 | (2w,0nb) |
| Andrew Whittall | 10 | 0 | 43 | 0 | (2w,0nb) |
| Paul Strang | 7 | 0 | 38 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Dirk Viljoen | 6 | 0 | 30 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Grant Flower | 8 | 0 | 30 | 0 | (1w,0nb) |
| Murray Goodwin | 1.4 | 0 | 9 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
New Zealand: Llorne Howell, Nathan Astle, Stephen Fleming, Matt Horne, Craig McMillan, Chris Cairns, Adam Parore, Chris Harris, Dion Nash, Daniel Vettori, Shayne O'Connor
Zimbabwe: Grant Flower, Craig Wishart, Murray Goodwin, Alistair Campbell, Andy Flower, Guy Whittall, Dirk Viljoen, Heath Streak, Paul Strang, John Rennie, Andrew Whittall
