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Australia v New Zealand @ Sharjah C.A. Stadium
21 April 1998
Toss: New Zealand (bat)
Umpires: Javed Akhtar, ID Robinson
Third Umpire: SA Bucknor
Match Referee: Talat Ali
Match Result: Australia won by 5 wickets
1st Innings
New Zealand
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Llorne Howell | b Ian Harvey | 2 | 11 | 12 | - | - |
| 2. Nathan Astle | c & b Ian Harvey | 78 | 125 | 166 | 6 | 1 |
| *3. Stephen Fleming | c & b Adam Dale | 20 | 22 | 59 | 3 | - |
| 4. Craig McMillan | run out (Gavin Robertson > Darren Lehmann) | 43 | 63 | 81 | 1 | 1 |
| 5. Chris Cairns | st Adam Gilchrist b Shane Warne | 56 | 50 | 56 | 5 | 1 |
| +6. Adam Parore | not out | 22 | 20 | 35 | 1 | - |
| 7. Chris Harris | not out | 26 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 2 |
| 8. Dion Nash | ||||||
| 9. Simon Doull | ||||||
| 10. Mark Priest | ||||||
| 11. Paul Wiseman |
| FOW | 1-9 (Llorne Howell), 2-56 (Stephen Fleming), 3-138 (Craig McMillan), 4-179 (Nathan Astle), 5-229 (Chris Cairns). |
| Extras | 0b, 5lb, 6w, 1nb, 0pen) 12 |
| Total | (for 5 wickets, 50 ovs) 259 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Adam Dale | 10 | 1 | 30 | 1 | (1w,1nb) |
| Ian Harvey | 10 | 0 | 59 | 2 | (2w,0nb) |
| Gavin Robertson | 10 | 0 | 41 | 0 | (1w,0nb) |
| Shane Warne | 10 | 0 | 56 | 1 | (1w,0nb) |
| Tom Moody | 4 | 0 | 21 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Darren Lehmann | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | (1w,0nb) |
| Steve Waugh | 4 | 0 | 38 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
Australia
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Darren Lehmann | b Craig McMillan | 26 | 44 | 57 | 2 | - |
| 2. Damien Martyn | c Chris Harris b Simon Doull | 16 | 24 | 32 | 2 | - |
| *3. Steve Waugh | lbw b Paul Wiseman | 32 | 45 | 61 | 3 | - |
| 4. Tom Moody | c Simon Doull b Dion Nash | 63 | 74 | 90 | 5 | 1 |
| 5. Michael Bevan | c Adam Parore b Dion Nash | 57 | 64 | 87 | 2 | 1 |
| 6. Mark Waugh | not out | 34 | 28 | 50 | 2 | 1 |
| +7. Adam Gilchrist | not out | 11 | 9 | 16 | 1 | - |
| 8. Ian Harvey | ||||||
| 9. Shane Warne | ||||||
| 10. Gavin Robertson | ||||||
| 11. Adam Dale |
| FOW | 1-39 (Damien Martyn), 2-59 (Darren Lehmann), 3-115 (Steve Waugh), 4-188 (Tom Moody), 5-228 (Michael Bevan). |
| Extras | 2b, 14lb, 6w, 0nb, 0pen) 22 |
| Total | (for 5 wickets, 47.5 ovs) 261 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Simon Doull | 10 | 0 | 48 | 1 | (3w,0nb) |
| Chris Cairns | 8.5 | 0 | 52 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Dion Nash | 9 | 1 | 39 | 2 | (1w,0nb) |
| Craig McMillan | 3 | 0 | 14 | 1 | (1w,0nb) |
| Chris Harris | 4 | 0 | 28 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Mark Priest | 6 | 0 | 25 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Paul Wiseman | 6 | 0 | 31 | 1 | (1w,0nb) |
| Nathan Astle | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
Australia:
Darren Lehmann, Damien Martyn, Steve Waugh, Tom Moody, Michael Bevan, Mark Waugh, Adam Gilchrist, Ian Harvey, Shane Warne, Gavin Robertson, Adam Dale