Australia v New Zealand @ Sydney Cricket Ground
20 January 1988
Toss: Australia (bat)
Umpires: AR Crafter, LJ King
Match Result: Australia won by 78 runs
Australia
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| 1. Geoff Marsh | c Vaughan Brown b Ewen Chatfield | 101 | 148 | 202 | 5 | - | |
| 2. David Boon | c Tony Blain b Martin Snedden | 8 | 16 | 25 | 1 | - | |
| 3. Dean Jones | c John Bracewell b Stu Gillespie | 15 | 24 | 32 | 3 | - | |
| 4. Mike Veletta | c Stu Gillespie b John Bracewell | 19 | 33 | 40 | 1 | - | |
| 5. Steve Waugh | c Jeff Crowe b Willie Watson | 0 | 4 | 4 | - | - | |
| *6. Allan Border | run out | 22 | 34 | 43 | 2 | 1 | |
| +7. Greg Dyer | c Jeff Crowe b Vaughan Brown | 11 | 18 | 16 | - | - | |
| 8. Craig McDermott | c Andrew Jones b Ewen Chatfield | 18 | 14 | 19 | 1 | 1 | |
| 9. Tony Dodemaide | not out | 11 | 13 | 20 | - | - | |
| 10. Peter Taylor | not out | 3 | 2 | 2 | - | - | |
| 11. Simon Davis |
| FOW | 1-17 (David Boon), 2-50 (Dean Jones), 3-88 (Mike Veletta), 4-88 (Steve Waugh), 5-145 (Allan Border), 6-162 (Greg Dyer), 7-194 (Craig McDermott), 8-217 (Geoff Marsh). |
| Extras | 2b, 6lb, 4w, 1nb, 0pen) 13 |
| Total | (for 8 wickets, 50 ovs) 221 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Martin Snedden | 10 | 1 | 36 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ewen Chatfield | 10 | 3 | 26 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Willie Watson | 10 | 1 | 49 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Stu Gillespie | 6 | 0 | 31 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| John Bracewell | 10 | 1 | 47 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Vaughan Brown | 4 | 0 | 24 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
New Zealand
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| +1. Tony Blain | c Dean Jones b Craig McDermott | 1 | 11 | 8 | - | - | |
| 2. Andrew Jones | c Greg Dyer b Simon Davis | 19 | 38 | 48 | 2 | - | |
| *3. Jeff Crowe | c Mike Veletta b Tony Dodemaide | 6 | 31 | 44 | - | - | |
| 4. Ken Rutherford | c Craig McDermott b Simon Davis | 10 | 24 | 56 | 1 | - | |
| 5. Dipak Patel | b Simon Davis | 13 | 26 | 30 | - | - | |
| 6. Vaughan Brown | st Greg Dyer b Peter Taylor | 32 | 71 | 75 | 1 | - | |
| 7. John Bracewell | b Steve Waugh | 38 | 52 | 74 | 2 | - | |
| 8. Martin Snedden | c Mike Veletta b Peter Taylor | 6 | 8 | 10 | - | - | |
| 9. Stu Gillespie | lbw b Peter Taylor | 2 | 5 | 6 | - | - | |
| 10. Willie Watson | c David Boon b Steve Waugh | 1 | 11 | 8 | - | - | |
| 11. Ewen Chatfield | not out | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-3 (Tony Blain), 2-30 (Andrew Jones), 3-34 (Jeff Crowe), 4-48 (Dipak Patel), 5-73 (Ken Rutherford), 6-119 (Vaughan Brown), 7-131 (Martin Snedden), 8-138 (Stu Gillespie), 9-141 (John Bracewell), 143 (Willie Watson). |
| Extras | 0b, 7lb, 5w, 2nb, 0pen) 14 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 44.5 ovs) 143 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Tony Dodemaide | 9 | 1 | 21 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Craig McDermott | 8 | 1 | 31 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Simon Davis | 10 | 1 | 27 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Steve Waugh | 7.5 | 0 | 33 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Peter Taylor | 10 | 2 | 24 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
Australia: Geoff Marsh, David Boon, Dean Jones, Mike Veletta, Steve Waugh, Allan Border, Greg Dyer, Craig McDermott, Tony Dodemaide, Peter Taylor, Simon Davis
New Zealand: Tony Blain, Andrew Jones, Jeff Crowe, Ken Rutherford, Dipak Patel, Vaughan Brown, John Bracewell, Martin Snedden, Stu Gillespie, Willie Watson, Ewen Chatfield
