New Zealand v Australia @ Basin Reserve, Wellington
26 March 1986
Toss: New Zealand (bat)
Umpires: BL Aldridge, GC Morris
Match Result: Australia won by 3 wickets
New Zealand
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| 1. Ken Rutherford | c Simon Davis b Greg Matthews | 79 | 105 | 132 | 3 | - | |
| 2. Bruce Edgar | st Wayne Phillips b Greg Matthews | 29 | 62 | 97 | 2 | - | |
| 3. Martin Crowe | b Craig McDermott | 28 | 38 | 38 | 1 | - | |
| *4. Jeremy Coney | run out | 24 | 27 | 32 | 1 | - | |
| 5. Jeff Crowe | b Steve Waugh | 16 | 25 | 35 | - | - | |
| 6. Bruce Blair | run out | 19 | 23 | 40 | - | - | |
| 7. Sir Richard Hadlee | run out | 7 | 10 | 13 | - | - | |
| +8. Tony Blain | c Wayne Phillips b Simon Davis | 11 | 10 | 13 | 1 | - | |
| 9. John Bracewell | c Geoff Marsh b Simon Davis | 0 | 2 | 3 | - | - | |
| 10. Stu Gillespie | not out | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | - | |
| 11. Ewen Chatfield |
| FOW | 1-86 (Bruce Edgar), 2-145 (Ken Rutherford), 3-146 (Martin Crowe), 4-184 (Jeremy Coney), 5-190 (Jeff Crowe), 6-205 (Sir Richard Hadlee), 7-224 (Tony Blain), 8-228 (John Bracewell), 9-229 (Bruce Blair). |
| Extras | 7b, 8lb, 0w, 1nb, 0pen) 16 |
| Total | (for 9 wickets, 50 ovs) 229 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Craig McDermott | 10 | 1 | 41 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Simon Davis | 10 | 1 | 37 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Bruce Reid | 7 | 0 | 32 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Steve Waugh | 7 | 0 | 31 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Greg Matthews | 10 | 0 | 42 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ray Bright | 6 | 0 | 31 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
Australia
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| 1. David Boon | b Ewen Chatfield | 1 | 17 | 20 | - | - | |
| 2. Geoff Marsh | c Jeremy Coney b Martin Crowe | 53 | 96 | 132 | 5 | - | |
| *3. Allan Border | c Tony Blain b Martin Crowe | 21 | 43 | 58 | 3 | - | |
| 4. Greg Ritchie | run out | 1 | 6 | 5 | - | - | |
| 5. Steve Waugh | run out | 71 | 94 | 130 | 5 | - | |
| 6. Greg Matthews | b Stu Gillespie | 9 | 14 | 30 | - | - | |
| +7. Wayne Phillips | lbw b Sir Richard Hadlee | 53 | 32 | 50 | 9 | - | |
| 8. Ray Bright | not out | 0 | 1 | 3 | - | - | |
| 9. Craig McDermott | not out | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | |
| 10. Bruce Reid | |||||||
| 11. Simon Davis |
| FOW | 1-12 (David Boon), 2-54 (Allan Border), 3-56 (Greg Ritchie), 4-108 (Geoff Marsh), 5-142 (Greg Matthews), 6-228 (Wayne Phillips), 7-228 (Steve Waugh). |
| Extras | 2b, 10lb, 1w, 6nb, 0pen) 19 |
| Total | (for 7 wickets, 49.3 ovs) 232 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Sir Richard Hadlee | 9.3 | 3 | 26 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ewen Chatfield | 10 | 3 | 48 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Stu Gillespie | 10 | 0 | 45 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Martin Crowe | 8 | 1 | 44 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| John Bracewell | 10 | 0 | 46 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Jeremy Coney | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
New Zealand: Ken Rutherford, Bruce Edgar, Martin Crowe, Jeremy Coney, Jeff Crowe, Bruce Blair, Sir Richard Hadlee, Tony Blain, John Bracewell, Stu Gillespie, Ewen Chatfield
Australia: David Boon, Geoff Marsh, Allan Border, Greg Ritchie, Steve Waugh, Greg Matthews, Wayne Phillips, Ray Bright, Craig McDermott, Bruce Reid, Simon Davis
