Australia v New Zealand @ Melbourne Cricket Ground
11 December 1990
Toss: New Zealand (field)
Umpires: LJ King, SG Randell
Match Result: Australia won by 39 runs
Australia
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| 1. Geoff Marsh | b Grant Bradburn | 51 | 86 | 122 | 2 | 1 | |
| 2. David Boon | c Martin Crowe b Richard Petrie | 5 | 23 | 29 | - | - | |
| 3. Dean Jones | run out | 54 | 60 | 77 | 3 | - | |
| 4. Simon O'Donnell | b Danny Morrison | 66 | 43 | 52 | 7 | 2 | |
| *5. Allan Border | c Rod Latham b Chris Pringle | 40 | 42 | 69 | 1 | - | |
| 6. Mark Waugh | c Martin Crowe b Chris Pringle | 9 | 18 | 23 | - | - | |
| 7. Steve Waugh | c Martin Crowe b Danny Morrison | 4 | 11 | 15 | - | - | |
| 8. Greg Matthews | not out | 16 | 13 | 17 | 1 | - | |
| +9. Ian Healy | not out | 6 | 4 | 9 | - | - | |
| 10. Merv Hughes | |||||||
| 11. Terry Alderman |
| FOW | 1-16 (David Boon), 2-102 (Dean Jones), 3-122 (Geoff Marsh), 4-202 (Simon O'Donnell), 5-232 (Mark Waugh), 6-237 (Allan Border), 7-244 (Steve Waugh). |
| Extras | 0b, 7lb, 5w, 0nb, 0pen) 12 |
| Total | (for 7 wickets, 50 ovs) 263 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Chris Pringle | 10 | 1 | 40 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Richard Petrie | 8 | 2 | 38 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Danny Morrison | 10 | 0 | 45 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Grant Bradburn | 9 | 1 | 56 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Willie Watson | 10 | 0 | 59 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Rod Latham | 3 | 0 | 18 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
New Zealand
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| *1. Martin Crowe | c Greg Matthews b Mark Waugh | 81 | 116 | 168 | 5 | - | |
| 2. John Wright | c Mark Waugh b Terry Alderman | 24 | 37 | 55 | 2 | - | |
| 3. Mark Greatbatch | c Greg Matthews b Simon O'Donnell | 7 | 5 | 5 | 1 | - | |
| 4. Ken Rutherford | c Terry Alderman b Steve Waugh | 37 | 51 | 69 | - | - | |
| 5. Rod Latham | run out | 4 | 11 | 6 | - | - | |
| 6. Grant Bradburn | c Ian Healy b Steve Waugh | 6 | 14 | 17 | - | - | |
| +7. Bryan Young | not out | 26 | 36 | 43 | 1 | - | |
| 8. Richard Petrie | b Mark Waugh | 10 | 16 | 11 | - | - | |
| 9. Chris Pringle | b Mark Waugh | 6 | 7 | 6 | - | - | |
| 10. Danny Morrison | not out | 9 | 9 | 11 | 1 | - | |
| 11. Willie Watson |
| FOW | 1-52 (John Wright), 2-59 (Mark Greatbatch), 3-142 (Ken Rutherford), 4-146 (Rod Latham), 5-167 (Grant Bradburn), 6-181 (Martin Crowe), 7-195 (Richard Petrie), 8-205 (Chris Pringle). |
| Extras | 0b, 8lb, 4w, 2nb, 0pen) 14 |
| Total | (for 8 wickets, 50 ovs) 224 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Terry Alderman | 8 | 1 | 24 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Merv Hughes | 8 | 0 | 40 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Simon O'Donnell | 10 | 1 | 42 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Steve Waugh | 10 | 0 | 39 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Greg Matthews | 8 | 0 | 51 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Mark Waugh | 6 | 0 | 20 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
Australia: Geoff Marsh, David Boon, Dean Jones, Simon O'Donnell, Allan Border, Mark Waugh, Steve Waugh, Greg Matthews, Ian Healy, Merv Hughes, Terry Alderman
New Zealand: Martin Crowe, John Wright, Mark Greatbatch, Ken Rutherford, Rod Latham, Grant Bradburn, Bryan Young, Richard Petrie, Chris Pringle, Danny Morrison, Willie Watson
