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Trans-Tasman Trophy - 1st Test

Australia v New Zealand

Australia won by 186 runs

Australia 1st innings R M B 4s 6s SR
MA Taylor* c Young b Doull 112 313 258 10 0 43.41
MTG Elliott c Young b Cairns 18 42 33 2 0 54.54
GS Blewett c Vettori b Cairns 7 35 24 0 0 29.16
ME Waugh c Vettori b Cairns 3 13 13 0 0 23.07
SR Waugh lbw b Cairns 2 9 6 0 0 33.33
RT Ponting c Pocock b Doull 26 72 56 3 0 46.42
IA Healy† b Doull 68 212 146 5 0 46.57
PR Reiffel c †Parore b Allott 77 139 113 10 0 68.14
SK Warne c Fleming b Vettori 21 53 35 2 0 60.00
MS Kasprowicz not out 13 37 30 0 0 43.33
GD McGrath c Fleming b Doull 6 26 20 0 0 30.00
Extras (b 4, lb 9, w 1, nb 6) 20
Total (all out; 121 overs; 480 mins) 373 (3.08 runs per over)
Fall of wickets 1-27 (Elliott), 2-46 (Blewett), 3-50 (ME Waugh), 4-52 (SR Waugh), 5-108 (Ponting), 6-225 (Taylor), 7-294 (Healy), 8-349 (Warne), 9-359 (Reiffel), 10-373 (McGrath)
Bowling O M R W Econ
SB Doull 30 6 70 4 2.33 (1w)
GI Allott 31 3 117 1 3.77
CL Cairns 24 5 90 4 3.75 (4nb)
DL Vettori 21 5 46 1 2.19
NJ Astle 11 2 20 0 1.81
CZ Harris 4 1 17 0 4.25 (2nb)
New Zealand 1st innings R M B 4s 6s SR
BA Young c Taylor b Kasprowicz 1 7 6 0 0 16.66
BA Pocock c Taylor b Warne 57 238 182 5 0 31.31
NJ Astle run out (Ponting) 12 54 31 1 0 38.70
SP Fleming* lbw b Kasprowicz 91 282 229 13 0 39.73
DL Vettori c SR Waugh b Blewett 14 59 41 0 0 34.14
CD McMillan lbw b Warne 54 141 104 8 1 51.92
CL Cairns b McGrath 64 178 132 9 0 48.48
AC Parore† c Taylor b Warne 12 46 32 1 0 37.50
CZ Harris b Warne 13 31 30 2 0 43.33
SB Doull not out 2 20 11 0 0 18.18
GI Allott c Elliott b McGrath 4 15 15 0 0 26.66
Extras (b 4, lb 4, nb 17) 25
Total (all out; 132.2 overs; 540 mins) 349 (2.63 runs per over)
Fall of wickets 1-2 (Young), 2-36 (Astle), 3-134 (Pocock), 4-173 (Vettori), 5-210 (Fleming), 6-279 (McMillan), 7-317 (Parore), 8-343 (Harris), 9-343 (Cairns), 10-349 (Allott)
Bowling O M R W Econ
GD McGrath 32.2 6 96 2 2.96 (10nb)
MS Kasprowicz 24 6 57 2 2.37 (6nb)
SK Warne 42 13 106 4 2.52
PR Reiffel 21 6 53 0 2.52 (1nb)
ME Waugh 7 2 18 0 2.57
GS Blewett 6 2 11 1 1.83
Australia 2nd innings R M B 4s 6s SR
MTG Elliott c Fleming b Vettori 11 81 63 1 0 17.46
MA Taylor* c Astle b Cairns 16 41 35 2 0 45.71
IA Healy† c Fleming b Allott 25 92 77 4 0 32.46
GS Blewett c Fleming b Cairns 91 262 203 12 0 44.82
ME Waugh c Fleming b Vettori 17 53 50 1 0 34.00
SR Waugh c †Parore b Cairns 23 92 61 3 0 37.70
RT Ponting not out 73 119 85 7 2 85.88
PR Reiffel not out 28 56 40 3 0 70.00
Extras (b 1, lb 4, nb 5) 10
Total (6 wickets dec; 100.5 overs) 294 (2.91 runs per over)
Did not bat SK Warne, MS Kasprowicz, GD McGrath
Fall of wickets 1-24 (Taylor), 2-36 (Elliott), 3-72 (Healy), 4-105 (ME Waugh), 5-163 (SR Waugh), 6-217 (Blewett)
Bowling O M R W Econ
SB Doull 19 5 44 0 2.31
GI Allott 19.5 4 60 1 3.02 (2nb)
CL Cairns 16 4 54 3 3.37 (3nb)
DL Vettori 36 13 87 2 2.41
CZ Harris 9 0 30 0 3.33
NJ Astle 1 0 14 0 14.00
New Zealand 2nd innings (target: 319 runs) R M B 4s 6s SR
BA Pocock c Taylor b Reiffel 3 14 18 0 0 16.66
BA Young lbw b McGrath 45 119 77 3 0 58.44
NJ Astle c Blewett b McGrath 14 87 67 0 0 20.89
SP Fleming* c †Healy b McGrath 0 29 18 0 0 0.00
CD McMillan lbw b McGrath 0 1 1 0 0 0.00
CL Cairns b Reiffel 21 87 64 3 0 32.81
AC Parore† not out 39 126 97 1 0 40.20
CZ Harris b Warne 0 7 8 0 0 0.00
DL Vettori c Taylor b Warne 0 6 3 0 0 0.00
SB Doull c †Healy b McGrath 2 12 11 0 0 18.18
GI Allott lbw b Warne 0 20 15 0 0 0.00
Extras (lb 2, nb 6) 8
Total (all out; 62 overs) 132 (2.12 runs per over)
Fall of wickets 1-4 (Pocock), 2-55 (Astle), 3-68 (Young), 4-68 (McMillan), 5-69 (Fleming), 6-112 (Cairns), 7-115 (Harris), 8-117 (Vettori), 9-126 (Doull), 10-132 (Allott)
Bowling O M R W Econ
GD McGrath 17 6 32 5 1.88 (1nb)
MS Kasprowicz 8 1 17 0 2.12 (2nb)
PR Reiffel 12 4 27 2 2.25 (3nb)
SK Warne 25 6 54 3 2.16 (1nb)
Match details
Toss New Zealand, who chose to field
Series Australia led the 3-match series 1-0
Test debut CD McMillan (New Zealand)
Player of the match MA Taylor (Australia)
Umpires VK Ramaswamy (India) and SG Randell
TV umpire PD Parker
Match referee CW Smith (West Indies)
Close of play
Fri, 7 Nov - day 1 - Australia 1st innings 269/6 (IA Healy 62*, PR Reiffel 23*)
Sat, 8 Nov - day 2 - New Zealand 1st innings 134/3 (SP Fleming 49*, DL Vettori 0*)
Sun, 9 Nov - day 3 - Australia 2nd innings 25/1 (MTG Elliott 7*, IA Healy 1*)
Mon, 10 Nov - day 4 - New Zealand 2nd innings 4/0 (BA Pocock 3*, BA Young 0*)
Tue, 11 Nov - day 5 - New Zealand 2nd innings 132 (62 ov) - end of match
Match notes
  • General
  • Taylor's catch of Vettori in New Zealand's second innings was his 40th from the bowling of Warne in 57 Tests - passing the previous world record for the most catches by one fielder from one bowler, in Tests (GS Sobers from the bowling of LR Gibbs, 60 Tests, WI).
  • Attendance: Day 1 - 10,104. Day 2 - 7333. Day 3 - 6677. Day 4 - 2217. Day 5 - 2169. (Aggregate: 28500)
 
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Series Results
Australia v New Zealand at Hobart - Nov 27-Dec 1, 1997
Match drawn
Australia v New Zealand at Perth - Nov 20-23, 1997
Australia won by an innings and 70 runs
Australia v New Zealand at Brisbane - Nov 7-11, 1997
Australia won by 186 runs
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Feb 23, 1998

Michael Kasprowicz, Australia v New Zealand, 1st Test, 1997/98

Michael Kasprowicz

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Nov 11, 1997

Shane Warne catches Geoff Allott in front LBW to win the Australia v New Zealand Test at the Gabba in Brisbane, 7 - 11 Nov 1997

Australia win the 1st Test

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