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Australia v New Zealand @ Sydney Cricket Ground
14 January 1998
Toss: Australia (bat)
Umpires: ,
Third Umpire: DB Hair
Match Referee: RS Madugalle
Match Result: Australia won by 131 runs
1st Innings
Australia
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Jimmy Maher | c Daniel Vettori b Shayne O'Connor | 8 | 17 | 20 | 1 | - |
| 2. Stuart Law | c Adam Parore b Chris Cairns | 12 | 15 | 24 | 1 | - |
| 3. Ian Harvey | c Dion Nash b Shayne O'Connor | 11 | 12 | 19 | 2 | - |
| 4. Ricky Ponting | b Craig McMillan | 84 | 102 | 138 | 8 | 1 |
| 5. Darren Lehmann | c Bryan Young b Craig McMillan | 52 | 69 | 107 | 1 | - |
| 6. Michael Bevan | c & b Chris Harris | 25 | 30 | 37 | 1 | - |
| +7. Adam Gilchrist | c Craig McMillan b Shayne O'Connor | 28 | 28 | 44 | 1 | - |
| 8. Tom Moody | c & b Chris Harris | 0 | 2 | 2 | - | - |
| 9. Paul Reiffel | c Stephen Fleming b Shayne O'Connor | 17 | 13 | 16 | 1 | - |
| *10. Shane Warne | not out | 0 | 1 | 3 | - | - |
| 11. Paul Wilson | run out (Shayne O'Connor > ) | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-18 (Jimmy Maher), 2-22 (Stuart Law), 3-36 (Ian Harvey), 4-168 (Darren Lehmann), 5-190 (Ricky Ponting), 6-217 (Michael Bevan), 7-217 (Tom Moody), 8-250 (Paul Reiffel), 9-250 (Adam Gilchrist), 250 (Paul Wilson). |
| Extras | 0b, 7lb, 5w, 1nb, 0pen) 13 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 47.5 ovs) 250 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Shayne O'Connor | 9.5 | 0 | 51 | 4 | (0w,1nb) |
| Chris Cairns | 7 | 0 | 29 | 1 | (3w,0nb) |
| Dion Nash | 10 | 0 | 56 | 0 | (1w,1nb) |
| Chris Harris | 10 | 0 | 42 | 2 | (1w,0nb) |
| Daniel Vettori | 6 | 0 | 35 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Craig McMillan | 5 | 0 | 30 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
New Zealand
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Craig Spearman | run out (Ricky Ponting > ) | 6 | 11 | 13 | 1 | - |
| 2. Bryan Young | b Tom Moody | 22 | 40 | 52 | 2 | - |
| 3. Matt Horne | c Adam Gilchrist b Paul Wilson | 14 | 25 | 45 | 2 | - |
| *4. Stephen Fleming | c Michael Bevan b Ian Harvey | 28 | 53 | 93 | - | - |
| 5. Craig McMillan | run out (Ricky Ponting > ) | 10 | 15 | 22 | 1 | - |
| 6. Chris Cairns | c Shane Warne b Ian Harvey | 5 | 22 | 17 | - | - |
| 7. Chris Harris | run out (Jimmy Maher > Shane Warne) | 8 | 13 | 14 | 1 | - |
| +8. Adam Parore | c Ricky Ponting b Ian Harvey | 0 | 1 | 2 | - | - |
| 9. Dion Nash | b Shane Warne | 5 | 10 | 10 | - | - |
| 10. Daniel Vettori | c Michael Bevan b Shane Warne | 4 | 13 | 15 | - | - |
| 11. Shayne O'Connor | not out | 0 | 3 | 3 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-11 (Craig Spearman), 2-51 (Bryan Young), 3-53 (Matt Horne), 4-78 (Craig McMillan), 5-86 (Chris Cairns), 6-99 (Chris Harris), 7-101 (Adam Parore), 8-109 (Dion Nash), 9-118 (Stephen Fleming), 119 (Daniel Vettori). |
| Extras | 0b, 4lb, 9w, 4nb, 0pen) 17 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 33.1 ovs) 119 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Paul Wilson | 8 | 0 | 29 | 1 | (4w,3nb) |
| Paul Reiffel | 6 | 0 | 28 | 0 | (2w,0nb) |
| Tom Moody | 6 | 1 | 22 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ian Harvey | 7 | 1 | 17 | 3 | (0w,1nb) |
| Shane Warne | 6.1 | 0 | 19 | 2 | (3w,0nb) |
Squads
Australia:
Jimmy Maher, Stuart Law, Ian Harvey, Ricky Ponting, Darren Lehmann, Michael Bevan, Adam Gilchrist, Tom Moody, Paul Reiffel, Shane Warne, Paul Wilson