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Wed, 21 Jan 1998 - 00:00 – 12th • Melbourne Cricket Ground
New Zealand won by 4 wickets (with 5 balls remaining)
Australia
251/4 (44.00)
New Zealand
253/6 (49.10)
Summary
Scorecard
Match Stats
Performance
Australia innigs
251/4 (44.00)
Batsmen
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
Season
R
4s
6s
All time
R
4s
6s
Tom Moody
c O'Connor b Harris
19
55
63
2
0
34.54
In 1998
Career
Mark Waugh
c Nash b Vettori
31
31
45
4
0
100.00
In 1998
Career
Ricky Ponting
c O'Connor b Cairns
100
114
140
6
0
87.71
In 1998
Career
Darren Lehmann
run out (Fleming)
46
51
63
0
0
90.19
In 1998
Career
Steve Waugh (c)
not out
45
47
61
2
0
95.74
In 1998
Career
Ian Harvey
not out
4
4
2
0
0
100.00
In 1998
Career
Extras
(w 6)
6
Total
251/4 50 Ov (RR: 5.02, 189 Mins)
251
302
0
14
0
0.00
Bowler
O
M
R
W
ECO
0s
4s
6s
Season
W
0s
Best
All time
W
0s
Best
Shayne O'Connor
4.00
0
23
0
5.75
0
2
0
In 1998
Career
Chris Cairns
10.00
2
46
1
4.60
0
0
1
In 1998
Career
Daniel Vettori
10.00
0
41
1
4.10
0
3
0
In 1998
Career
Chris Harris
10.00
0
50
1
5.00
0
0
0
In 1998
Career
Nathan Astle
7.00
0
35
0
5.00
0
0
0
In 1998
Career
Dion Nash
3.00
0
24
0
8.00
0
0
0
In 1998
Career
Craig McMillan
6.00
0
32
0
5.33
0
1
1
In 1998
Career
New Zealand innigs
253/6 (49.10)
Batsmen
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
Season
R
4s
6s
All time
R
4s
6s
Craig Spearman
c †Gilchrist b Wilson
10
27
28
1
0
37.03
In 1998
Career
Nathan Astle
c sub (SG Law) b Wilson
13
21
34
0
0
61.90
In 1998
Career
Bryan Young
c ME Waugh b Moody
8
21
28
1
0
38.09
In 1998
Career
Stephen Fleming (c)
not out
116
122
182
8
0
95.08
In 1998
Career
Adam Parore (WK)
c & b Moody
46
77
112
0
0
59.74
In 1998
Career
Craig McMillan
lbw b Warne
26
14
21
2
1
185.71
In 1998
Career
Chris Cairns
c sub (SG Law) b Wilson
4
5
6
0
0
80.00
In 1998
Career
Chris Harris
not out
13
11
17
2
0
118.18
In 1998
Career
Extras
(b 1, lb 5, nb 2, w 9)
17
Total
253/6 49.1 Ov (RR: 5.14, 217 Mins)
253
298
0
14
1
0.00
Bowler
O
M
R
W
ECO
0s
4s
6s
Season
W
0s
Best
All time
W
0s
Best
Paul Wilson
10.00
1
39
3
3.90
0
0
0
In 1998
Career
Paul Reiffel
8.00
1
31
0
3.87
0
1
2
In 1998
Career
Tom Moody
10.00
1
52
2
5.20
0
0
0
In 1998
Career
Ian Harvey
8.00
0
42
0
5.25
0
1
1
In 1998
Career
Shane Warne
8.10
0
50
1
6.12
0
2
0
In 1998
Career
Michael Bevan
5.00
0
33
0
6.60
0
1
0
In 1998
Career
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