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India v New Zealand @ Sharjah C.A. Stadium
17 April 1998
Toss: India (bat)
Umpires: SA Bucknor, Javed Akhtar
Third Umpire: ID Robinson
Match Referee: Talat Ali
Match Result: India won by 15 runs
1st Innings
India
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Sachin Tendulkar | c Simon Doull b Chris Harris | 40 | 41 | 62 | 5 | 1 |
| 2. Sourav Ganguly | b Dion Nash | 105 | 140 | 200 | 8 | 1 |
| *3. Mohammad Azharuddin | run out (Chris Harris > ) | 31 | 54 | 69 | 2 | - |
| 4. Navjot Sidhu | lbw b Craig McMillan | 4 | 12 | 11 | - | - |
| 5. Ajay Jadeja | c Matt Horne b Dion Nash | 17 | 29 | 31 | - | - |
| 6. Hrishikesh Kanitkar | c Simon Doull b Dion Nash | 1 | 6 | 7 | - | - |
| 7. Ajit Agarkar | b Chris Cairns | 9 | 8 | 5 | 1 | - |
| +8. Nayan Mongia | c Llorne Howell b Dion Nash | 0 | 3 | 2 | - | - |
| 9. Anil Kumble | not out | 3 | 4 | 8 | - | - |
| 10. Venkatesh Prasad | run out (Adam Parore > Chris Cairns) | 5 | 4 | 10 | - | - |
| 11. Harbhajan Singh | not out | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-76 (Sachin Tendulkar), 2-148 (Mohammad Azharuddin), 3-157 (Navjot Sidhu), 4-190 (Ajay Jadeja), 5-195 (Hrishikesh Kanitkar), 6-211 (Ajit Agarkar), 7-212 (Nayan Mongia), 8-212 (Sourav Ganguly), 9-219 (Venkatesh Prasad). |
| Extras | 0b, 2lb, 2w, 1nb, 0pen) 5 |
| Total | (for 9 wickets, 50 ovs) 220 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Simon Doull | 6 | 1 | 25 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Chris Cairns | 10 | 0 | 47 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Dion Nash | 10 | 1 | 38 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
| Chris Harris | 10 | 0 | 45 | 1 | (0w,1nb) |
| Mark Priest | 5 | 0 | 29 | 0 | (1w,0nb) |
| Craig McMillan | 9 | 0 | 34 | 1 | (1w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
New Zealand
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Llorne Howell | c Nayan Mongia b Ajit Agarkar | 0 | 5 | 3 | - | - |
| 2. Nathan Astle | c Nayan Mongia b Venkatesh Prasad | 24 | 26 | 33 | 4 | - |
| 3. Chris Cairns | b Venkatesh Prasad | 4 | 12 | 23 | 1 | - |
| *4. Stephen Fleming | c Anil Kumble b Ajit Agarkar | 75 | 97 | 140 | 7 | - |
| 5. Matt Horne | st Nayan Mongia b Harbhajan Singh | 16 | 40 | 59 | 1 | - |
| 6. Craig McMillan | lbw b Ajit Agarkar | 49 | 66 | 88 | 4 | 1 |
| 7. Chris Harris | c Nayan Mongia b Anil Kumble | 4 | 13 | 23 | - | - |
| +8. Adam Parore | not out | 9 | 10 | 30 | - | - |
| 9. Dion Nash | b Ajit Agarkar | 2 | 8 | 6 | - | - |
| 10. Mark Priest | c Ajay Jadeja b Anil Kumble | 0 | 2 | 5 | - | - |
| 11. Simon Doull | b Anil Kumble | 10 | 9 | 11 | 1 | - |
| FOW | 1-0 (Llorne Howell), 2-24 (Chris Cairns), 3-33 (Nathan Astle), 4-85 (Matt Horne), 5-170 (Stephen Fleming), 6-184 (Craig McMillan), 7-186 (Chris Harris), 8-189 (Dion Nash), 9-190 (Mark Priest), 205 (Simon Doull). |
| Extras | 0b, 5lb, 6w, 1nb, 0pen) 12 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 47.5 ovs) 205 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Ajit Agarkar | 10 | 2 | 35 | 4 | (1w,1nb) |
| Venkatesh Prasad | 8 | 0 | 48 | 2 | (2w,0nb) |
| Anil Kumble | 9.5 | 0 | 39 | 3 | (1w,0nb) |
| Harbhajan Singh | 10 | 0 | 32 | 1 | (2w,0nb) |
| Sourav Ganguly | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Hrishikesh Kanitkar | 7 | 0 | 29 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Sachin Tendulkar | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
India:
Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, Mohammad Azharuddin, Navjot Sidhu, Ajay Jadeja, Hrishikesh Kanitkar, Ajit Agarkar, Nayan Mongia, Anil Kumble, Venkatesh Prasad, Harbhajan Singh