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Australia v New Zealand @ Melbourne Cricket Ground
21 January 1998
Toss: Australia (bat)
Umpires: TA Prue, SG Randell
Third Umpire: WP Sheahan
Match Referee: RS Madugalle
Match Result: New Zealand won by 4 wickets
1st Innings
Australia
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Tom Moody | c Shayne O'Connor b Chris Harris | 19 | 55 | 63 | 2 | - |
| 2. Mark Waugh | c Dion Nash b Daniel Vettori | 31 | 31 | 45 | 4 | - |
| 3. Ricky Ponting | c Shayne O'Connor b Chris Cairns | 100 | 114 | 140 | 6 | - |
| 4. Darren Lehmann | run out (Stephen Fleming > ) | 46 | 51 | 63 | - | - |
| *5. Steve Waugh | not out | 45 | 47 | 61 | 2 | - |
| 6. Ian Harvey | not out | 4 | 4 | 2 | - | - |
| 7. Michael Bevan | ||||||
| +8. Adam Gilchrist | ||||||
| 9. Paul Reiffel | ||||||
| 10. Shane Warne | ||||||
| 11. Paul Wilson |
| FOW | 1-51 (Mark Waugh), 2-65 (Tom Moody), 3-153 (Darren Lehmann), 4-246 (Ricky Ponting). |
| Extras | 0b, 0lb, 6w, 0nb, 0pen) 6 |
| Total | (for 4 wickets, 50 ovs, 189 mins) 251 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Shayne O'Connor | 4 | 0 | 23 | 0 | (2w,0nb) |
| Chris Cairns | 10 | 2 | 46 | 1 | (0w,1nb) |
| Daniel Vettori | 10 | 0 | 41 | 1 | (3w,0nb) |
| Chris Harris | 10 | 0 | 50 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Nathan Astle | 7 | 0 | 35 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Dion Nash | 3 | 0 | 24 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Craig McMillan | 6 | 0 | 32 | 0 | (1w,1nb) |
2nd Innings
New Zealand
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Craig Spearman | c Adam Gilchrist b Paul Wilson | 10 | 27 | 28 | 1 | - |
| 2. Nathan Astle | c sub b Paul Wilson | 13 | 21 | 34 | - | - |
| 3. Bryan Young | c Mark Waugh b Tom Moody | 8 | 21 | 28 | 1 | - |
| *4. Stephen Fleming | not out | 116 | 122 | 182 | 8 | - |
| +5. Adam Parore | c & b Tom Moody | 46 | 77 | 112 | - | - |
| 6. Craig McMillan | lbw b Shane Warne | 26 | 14 | 21 | 2 | 1 |
| 7. Chris Cairns | c sub b Paul Wilson | 4 | 5 | 6 | - | - |
| 8. Chris Harris | not out | 13 | 11 | 17 | 2 | - |
| 9. Dion Nash | ||||||
| 10. Daniel Vettori | ||||||
| 11. Shayne O'Connor |
| FOW | 1-25 (Craig Spearman), 2-26 (Nathan Astle), 3-42 (Bryan Young), 4-178 (Adam Parore), 5-219 (Craig McMillan), 6-226 (Chris Cairns). |
| Extras | 1b, 5lb, 9w, 2nb, 0pen) 17 |
| Total | (for 6 wickets, 49.1 ovs, 217 mins) 253 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Paul Wilson | 10 | 1 | 39 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Paul Reiffel | 8 | 1 | 31 | 0 | (1w,2nb) |
| Tom Moody | 10 | 1 | 52 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ian Harvey | 8 | 0 | 42 | 0 | (1w,1nb) |
| Shane Warne | 8.1 | 0 | 50 | 1 | (2w,0nb) |
| Michael Bevan | 5 | 0 | 33 | 0 | (1w,0nb) |
Squads
Australia:
Tom Moody, Mark Waugh, Ricky Ponting, Darren Lehmann, Steve Waugh, Ian Harvey, Michael Bevan, Adam Gilchrist, Paul Reiffel, Shane Warne, Paul Wilson