Australia v New Zealand @ Docklands Stadium, Melbourne
5 December 2004
Toss: New Zealand (field)
Umpires: SJ Davis, RE Koertzen
Third Umpire: RL Parry
Match Referee: MJ Procter
Match Result: New Zealand won by 4 wickets
Australia
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| +1. Adam Gilchrist | b Chris Cairns | 68 | 54 | 87 | 9 | - | |
| 2. Matthew Hayden | c Mathew Sinclair b Jacob Oram | 13 | 21 | 34 | - | - | |
| *3. Ricky Ponting | lbw b Daniel Vettori | 29 | 49 | 53 | 4 | - | |
| 4. Darren Lehmann | c Ian Butler b Jacob Oram | 50 | 73 | 109 | 2 | - | |
| 5. Damien Martyn | lbw b Daniel Vettori | 1 | 4 | 6 | - | - | |
| 6. Andrew Symonds | c Kyle Mills b Daniel Vettori | 0 | 3 | 1 | - | - | |
| 7. Michael Clarke | b Chris Cairns | 36 | 49 | 65 | 2 | - | |
| 8. Shane Watson | c Brendon McCullum b Ian Butler | 3 | 7 | 7 | - | - | |
| 9. Brad Hogg | not out | 20 | 23 | 42 | 1 | - | |
| 10. Brett Lee | b Chris Cairns | 8 | 11 | 14 | - | - | |
| 11. Michael Kasprowicz | not out | 9 | 9 | 7 | 1 | - |
| FOW | 1-64 (Matthew Hayden), 2-113 (Adam Gilchrist), 3-121 (Ricky Ponting), 4-123 (Damien Martyn), 5-123 (Andrew Symonds), 6-194 (Michael Clarke), 7-198 (Shane Watson), 8-220 (Darren Lehmann), 9-236 (Brett Lee). |
| Extras | 2b, 2lb, 2w, 3nb, 0pen) 9 |
| Total | (for 9 wickets, 50 ovs, 215 mins) 246 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Kyle Mills | 4 | 0 | 28 | 0 | (1w,0nb) |
| Ian Butler | 8 | 0 | 58 | 1 | (1w,2nb) |
| Jacob Oram | 9 | 0 | 51 | 2 | (0w,1nb) |
| Chris Cairns | 10 | 0 | 39 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Daniel Vettori | 10 | 1 | 31 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Scott Styris | 9 | 0 | 35 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
New Zealand
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| *1. Stephen Fleming | lbw b Brett Lee | 0 | 2 | 1 | - | - | |
| 2. Nathan Astle | c Ricky Ponting b Darren Lehmann | 70 | 102 | 126 | 3 | 1 | |
| 3. Mathew Sinclair | run out (Michael Clarke > Andrew Symonds) | 48 | 86 | 119 | 3 | - | |
| 4. Scott Styris | c Brett Lee b Darren Lehmann | 5 | 10 | 12 | - | - | |
| 5. Hamish Marshall | not out | 50 | 52 | 83 | 1 | - | |
| 6. Jacob Oram | c Adam Gilchrist b Michael Kasprowicz | 24 | 22 | 37 | 2 | - | |
| 7. Chris Cairns | b Brett Lee | 14 | 11 | 12 | 1 | - | |
| +8. Brendon McCullum | not out | 20 | 13 | 22 | 3 | - | |
| 9. Daniel Vettori | |||||||
| 10. Kyle Mills | |||||||
| 11. Ian Butler |
| FOW | 1-0 (Stephen Fleming), 2-128 (Mathew Sinclair), 3-131 (Nathan Astle), 4-140 (Scott Styris), 5-189 (Jacob Oram), 6-208 (Chris Cairns). |
| Extras | 0b, 9lb, 7w, 0nb, 0pen) 16 |
| Total | (for 6 wickets, 49.4 ovs, 209 mins) 247 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Brett Lee | 8 | 0 | 40 | 2 | (1w,0nb) |
| Michael Kasprowicz | 9 | 1 | 53 | 1 | (2w,0nb) |
| Shane Watson | 8.4 | 0 | 42 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Brad Hogg | 7 | 0 | 33 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Darren Lehmann | 9 | 0 | 35 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Andrew Symonds | 8 | 0 | 35 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
Australia: Adam Gilchrist, Matthew Hayden, Ricky Ponting, Darren Lehmann, Damien Martyn, Andrew Symonds, Michael Clarke, Shane Watson, Brad Hogg, Brett Lee, Michael Kasprowicz
New Zealand: Stephen Fleming, Nathan Astle, Mathew Sinclair, Scott Styris, Hamish Marshall, Jacob Oram, Chris Cairns, Brendon McCullum, Daniel Vettori, Kyle Mills, Ian Butler