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India v New Zealand @ Sharjah C.A. Stadium
20 April 1998
Toss: India (bat)
Umpires: SA Bucknor, Javed Akhtar
Third Umpire: ID Robinson
Match Referee: Talat Ali
Match Result: New Zealand won by 4 wickets
1st Innings
India
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Sachin Tendulkar | run out (Chris Harris > Adam Parore) | 38 | 58 | 93 | 2 | - |
| 2. Sourav Ganguly | c Stephen Fleming b Chris Cairns | 31 | 36 | 54 | 4 | - |
| *3. Mohammad Azharuddin | run out (Craig McMillan > Adam Parore) | 11 | 28 | 31 | - | - |
| 4. Ajay Jadeja | run out (Stephen Fleming > Adam Parore) | 11 | 30 | 28 | - | - |
| 5. VVS Laxman | c Shayne O'Connor b Mark Priest | 23 | 56 | 69 | 1 | - |
| +6. Nayan Mongia | c Craig McMillan b Chris Cairns | 22 | 25 | 22 | - | 1 |
| 7. Hrishikesh Kanitkar | b Mark Priest | 13 | 24 | 32 | - | - |
| 8. Anil Kumble | b Nathan Astle | 10 | 18 | 25 | - | - |
| 9. Harvinder Singh | b Chris Cairns | 0 | 2 | 4 | - | - |
| 10. Venkatesh Prasad | c Paul Wiseman b Nathan Astle | 8 | 13 | 19 | - | - |
| 11. Harbhajan Singh | not out | 3 | 6 | 7 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-60 (Sourav Ganguly), 2-82 (Mohammad Azharuddin), 3-85 (Sachin Tendulkar), 4-100 (Ajay Jadeja), 5-131 (Nayan Mongia), 6-153 (VVS Laxman), 7-161 (Hrishikesh Kanitkar), 8-162 (Harvinder Singh), 9-172 (Anil Kumble), 181 (Venkatesh Prasad). |
| Extras | 0b, 3lb, 8w, 0nb, 0pen) 11 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 49.3 ovs) 181 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Simon Doull | 5 | 0 | 20 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Shayne O'Connor | 4 | 0 | 29 | 0 | (3w,0nb) |
| Craig McMillan | 6 | 0 | 25 | 0 | (2w,0nb) |
| Chris Cairns | 10 | 1 | 26 | 3 | (3w,0nb) |
| Chris Harris | 10 | 2 | 24 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Mark Priest | 10 | 1 | 44 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Nathan Astle | 4.3 | 0 | 10 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
New Zealand
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Matt Horne | c Mohammad Azharuddin b Harvinder Singh | 4 | 11 | 26 | - | - |
| 2. Nathan Astle | c Nayan Mongia b Venkatesh Prasad | 14 | 20 | 19 | - | 1 |
| *3. Stephen Fleming | b Anil Kumble | 33 | 47 | 69 | 5 | - |
| 4. Craig McMillan | c Nayan Mongia b Sachin Tendulkar | 59 | 122 | 163 | 1 | 1 |
| 5. Chris Cairns | c VVS Laxman b Venkatesh Prasad | 19 | 39 | 47 | 1 | 1 |
| +6. Adam Parore | c Harvinder Singh b Anil Kumble | 27 | 38 | 56 | 3 | - |
| 7. Chris Harris | not out | 9 | 12 | 23 | 1 | - |
| 8. Mark Priest | not out | 2 | 8 | 14 | - | - |
| 9. Simon Doull | ||||||
| 10. Paul Wiseman | ||||||
| 11. Shayne O'Connor |
| FOW | 1-18 (Nathan Astle), 2-22 (Matt Horne), 3-82 (Stephen Fleming), 4-116 (Chris Cairns), 5-165 (Craig McMillan), 6-168 (Adam Parore). |
| Extras | 0b, 8lb, 5w, 3nb, 0pen) 16 |
| Total | (for 6 wickets, 49 ovs) 183 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Venkatesh Prasad | 10 | 0 | 34 | 2 | (0w,3nb) |
| Harvinder Singh | 5 | 0 | 25 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Anil Kumble | 10 | 0 | 26 | 2 | (3w,0nb) |
| Harbhajan Singh | 10 | 1 | 30 | 0 | (1w,0nb) |
| Hrishikesh Kanitkar | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Sachin Tendulkar | 7 | 0 | 28 | 1 | (1w,0nb) |
| Sourav Ganguly | 5 | 0 | 20 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
India:
Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, Mohammad Azharuddin, Ajay Jadeja, VVS Laxman, Nayan Mongia, Hrishikesh Kanitkar, Anil Kumble, Harvinder Singh, Venkatesh Prasad, Harbhajan Singh