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- ODI no. 1281 | 1997/98 season
- Played at Melbourne Cricket Ground
- 21 January 1998 - day/night (50-over match)
| Australia innings (50 overs maximum) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| TM Moody | c O'Connor b Harris | 19 | 63 | 55 | 2 | 0 | 34.54 | |
| ME Waugh | c Nash b Vettori | 31 | 45 | 31 | 4 | 0 | 100.00 | |
| RT Ponting | c O'Connor b Cairns | 100 | 140 | 114 | 6 | 0 | 87.71 | |
| DS Lehmann | run out (Fleming) | 46 | 63 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 90.19 | |
| SR Waugh* | not out | 45 | 61 | 47 | 2 | 0 | 95.74 | |
| IJ Harvey | not out | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | |
| Extras | (w 6) | 6 | ||||||
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| Total | (4 wickets; 50 overs; 189 mins) | 251 | (5.02 runs per over) | |||||
| Did not bat MG Bevan, AC Gilchrist†, PR Reiffel, SK Warne, P Wilson |
| Fall of wickets 1-51 (ME Waugh, 12.2 ov), 2-65 (Moody, 17.3 ov), 3-153 (Lehmann, 34.1 ov), 4-246 (Ponting, 49.1 ov) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| SB O'Connor | 4 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 5.75 | (2w) | ||
| CL Cairns | 10 | 2 | 46 | 1 | 4.60 | (1nb) | ||
| DL Vettori | 10 | 0 | 41 | 1 | 4.10 | (3w) | ||
| CZ Harris | 10 | 0 | 50 | 1 | 5.00 | |||
| NJ Astle | 7 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 5.00 | |||
| DJ Nash | 3 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 8.00 | |||
| CD McMillan | 6 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 5.33 | (1nb, 1w) |
| New Zealand innings (target: 252 runs from 50 overs) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| CM Spearman | c †Gilchrist b Wilson | 10 | 28 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 37.03 | |
| NJ Astle | c sub (SG Law) b Wilson | 13 | 34 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 61.90 | |
| BA Young | c ME Waugh b Moody | 8 | 28 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 38.09 | |
| SP Fleming* | not out | 116 | 182 | 122 | 8 | 0 | 95.08 | |
| AC Parore† | c & b Moody | 46 | 112 | 77 | 0 | 0 | 59.74 | |
| CD McMillan | lbw b Warne | 26 | 21 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 185.71 | |
| CL Cairns | c sub (SG Law) b Wilson | 4 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 80.00 | |
| CZ Harris | not out | 13 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 118.18 | |
| Extras | (b 1, lb 5, w 9, nb 2) | 17 | ||||||
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| Total | (6 wickets; 49.1 overs; 217 mins) | 253 | (5.14 runs per over) | |||||
| Did not bat DJ Nash, DL Vettori, SB O'Connor |
| Fall of wickets 1-25 (Spearman, 6.6 ov), 2-26 (Astle, 8.1 ov), 3-42 (Young, 13.2 ov), 4-178 (Parore, 41.4 ov), 5-219 (McMillan, 45.1 ov), 6-226 (Cairns, 46.2 ov) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| P Wilson | 10 | 1 | 39 | 3 | 3.90 | |||
| PR Reiffel | 8 | 1 | 31 | 0 | 3.87 | (2nb, 1w) | ||
| TM Moody | 10 | 1 | 52 | 2 | 5.20 | |||
| IJ Harvey | 8 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 5.25 | (1nb, 1w) | ||
| SK Warne | 8.1 | 0 | 50 | 1 | 6.12 | (2w) | ||
| MG Bevan | 5 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 6.60 | (1w) |
| Match details |
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Toss Australia, who chose to bat Points New Zealand 2, Australia 0 |
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Player of the match
SP Fleming (New Zealand) |
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Umpires
TA Prue and SG Randell TV umpire WP Sheahan Match referee RS Madugalle (Sri Lanka) |
| Match notes |
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Tournament Results
Australia v South Africa at Sydney
- Jan 26, 1998
Australia won by 7 wickets (with 49 balls remaining)
Australia won by 7 wickets (with 49 balls remaining)
Australia v New Zealand at Melbourne
- Jan 21, 1998
New Zealand won by 4 wickets (with 5 balls remaining)
New Zealand won by 4 wickets (with 5 balls remaining)
Australia v South Africa at Perth
- Jan 18, 1998
South Africa won by 7 wickets (with 130 balls remaining)
More results »
South Africa won by 7 wickets (with 130 balls remaining)
Match Coverage
Photos
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Jan 21, 1998 
Ricky Ponting pulls on the way to a century © Getty Images |
Jan 21, 1998 
Darren Lehmann sweeps, Australia v New Zealand, Melbourne, 1997/98 © Action Photographics |
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