Australia v New Zealand @ Sydney Cricket Ground
8 December 2004
Toss: Australia (bat)
Umpires: RE Koertzen, PD Parker
Third Umpire: SJA Taufel
Match Referee: MJ Procter
Match Result: Australia won by 17 runs
Australia
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| +1. Adam Gilchrist | c Nathan Astle b Scott Styris | 60 | 48 | 57 | 9 | 1 | |
| 2. Matthew Hayden | run out (Mathew Sinclair > ) | 43 | 65 | 116 | 2 | - | |
| *3. Ricky Ponting | c Stephen Fleming b Kyle Mills | 32 | 36 | 49 | 4 | - | |
| 4. Damien Martyn | lbw b Kyle Mills | 5 | 5 | 9 | 1 | - | |
| 5. Andrew Symonds | lbw b Daniel Vettori | 0 | 2 | 4 | - | - | |
| 6. Darren Lehmann | run out (Scott Styris > Jacob Oram) | 52 | 77 | 97 | 5 | - | |
| 7. Michael Clarke | c Brendon McCullum b Chris Cairns | 6 | 17 | 23 | - | - | |
| 8. Brad Hogg | not out | 41 | 53 | 86 | 2 | - | |
| 9. Brett Lee | not out | 10 | 5 | 11 | 1 | - | |
| 10. Jason Gillespie | |||||||
| 11. Glenn McGrath |
| FOW | 1-86 (Adam Gilchrist), 2-140 (Ricky Ponting), 3-147 (Matthew Hayden), 4-148 (Damien Martyn), 5-148 (Andrew Symonds), 6-161 (Michael Clarke), 7-235 (Darren Lehmann). |
| Extras | 0b, 2lb, 2w, 8nb, 0pen) 12 |
| Total | (for 7 wickets, 50 ovs, 228 mins) 261 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Kyle Mills | 10 | 0 | 49 | 2 | (1w,3nb) |
| Jacob Oram | 10 | 0 | 77 | 0 | (0w,3nb) |
| Chris Cairns | 10 | 0 | 60 | 1 | (0w,2nb) |
| Scott Styris | 10 | 0 | 37 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Daniel Vettori | 10 | 1 | 36 | 1 | (1w,0nb) |
New Zealand
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| *1. Stephen Fleming | lbw b Brad Hogg | 34 | 44 | 92 | 3 | - | |
| 2. Nathan Astle | c Adam Gilchrist b Brett Lee | 11 | 22 | 26 | 1 | - | |
| 3. Mathew Sinclair | c Matthew Hayden b Jason Gillespie | 17 | 30 | 38 | 2 | - | |
| 4. Scott Styris | lbw b Andrew Symonds | 5 | 6 | 6 | 1 | - | |
| 5. Hamish Marshall | b Brett Lee | 9 | 24 | 33 | - | - | |
| 6. Jacob Oram | lbw b Brad Hogg | 2 | 8 | 8 | - | - | |
| 7. Chris Cairns | c Glenn McGrath b Jason Gillespie | 50 | 40 | 52 | 4 | 2 | |
| +8. Brendon McCullum | lbw b Brad Hogg | 21 | 44 | 65 | - | - | |
| 9. Daniel Vettori | run out (Ricky Ponting > ) | 33 | 36 | 52 | 2 | - | |
| 10. Kyle Mills | not out | 44 | 26 | 46 | 1 | 4 | |
| 11. Chris Harris | b Glenn McGrath | 4 | 6 | 11 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-27 (Nathan Astle), 2-63 (Mathew Sinclair), 3-68 (Scott Styris), 4-78 (Stephen Fleming), 5-84 (Jacob Oram), 6-86 (Hamish Marshall), 7-154 (Chris Cairns), 8-166 (Brendon McCullum), 9-236 (Daniel Vettori), 244 (Chris Harris). |
| Extras | 0b, 5lb, 6w, 3nb, 0pen) 14 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 47.1 ovs, 219 mins) 244 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Glenn McGrath | 7.1 | 0 | 27 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Brett Lee | 9 | 0 | 48 | 2 | (4w,3nb) |
| Jason Gillespie | 10 | 1 | 41 | 2 | (2w,0nb) |
| Andrew Symonds | 10 | 1 | 47 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Brad Hogg | 8 | 0 | 45 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Darren Lehmann | 3 | 0 | 31 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
Australia: Adam Gilchrist, Matthew Hayden, Ricky Ponting, Damien Martyn, Andrew Symonds, Darren Lehmann, Michael Clarke, Brad Hogg, Brett Lee, Jason Gillespie, Glenn McGrath
New Zealand: Stephen Fleming, Nathan Astle, Mathew Sinclair, Scott Styris, Hamish Marshall, Jacob Oram, Chris Cairns, Brendon McCullum, Daniel Vettori, Kyle Mills, Chris Harris
