Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Phil Horne	c †Dyer b Dodemaide	7	58	81	1	0	12.06
John Wright	c †Dyer b McDermott	99	223	310	10	0	44.39
Andrew Jones	c †Dyer b McDermott	40	89	128	1	0	44.94
Martin Crowe	c Veletta b McDermott	82	147	195	9	0	55.78
Jeff Crowe (c)	lbw b McDermott	6	22	29	1	0	27.27
Dipak Patel	b McDermott	0	2	7	0	0	0.00
John Bracewell	c †Dyer b Whitney	9	39	60	1	0	23.07
Richard Hadlee	c Dodemaide b Whitney	11	20	31	1	0	55.00
Ian Smith †	c Jones b Whitney	44	45	82	7	0	97.77
Danny Morrison	c Border b Whitney	0	13	23	0	0	0.00
Ewen Chatfield	not out	6	22	29	1	0	27.27
Extras	(b 1, lb 4, nb 8)	13
Total	110.3 Ov (RR: 2.86)	317
Fall of wickets: 1-32 (Phil Horne), 2-119 (Andrew Jones), 3-187 (John Wright), 4-221 (Jeff Crowe), 5-223 (Dipak Patel), 6-254 (Martin Crowe), 7-254 (John Bracewell), 8-280 (Richard Hadlee), 9-294 (Danny Morrison), 10-317 (Ian Smith)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Craig McDermott	35	8	97	5	2.77	-	-	-
Mike Whitney	33.3	6	92	4	2.74	-	-	-
Tony Dodemaide	20	4	48	1	2.40	-	-	-
Steve Waugh	10	1	44	0	4.40	-	-	-
Peter Sleep	12	1	31	0	2.58	-	-	-

Australia 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
David Boon	lbw b Hadlee	10	17	21	1	0	58.82
Geoff Marsh	c sub (KR Rutherford) b Hadlee	13	36	46	3	0	36.11
Dean Jones	c †Smith b Hadlee	4	15	29	0	0	26.66
Allan Border (c)	c JJ Crowe b Bracewell	31	54	77	4	0	57.40
Mike Veletta	lbw b Hadlee	31	95	119	2	0	32.63
Steve Waugh	c Jones b Bracewell	55	92	130	7	0	59.78
Peter Sleep	lbw b Hadlee	90	256	311	5	0	35.15
Greg Dyer †	run out (Bracewell/†Smith)	21	61	76	1	0	34.42
Tony Dodemaide	c †Smith b Morrison	50	191	243	4	0	26.17
Craig McDermott	b Morrison	33	67	81	5	0	49.25
Mike Whitney	not out	0	2	10	0	0	0.00
Extras	(lb 8, nb 11)	19
Total	145.4 Ov (RR: 2.45)	357
Fall of wickets: 1-24 (David Boon), 2-30 (Geoff Marsh), 3-31 (Dean Jones), 4-78 (Allan Border), 5-121 (Mike Veletta), 6-170 (Steve Waugh), 7-213 (Greg Dyer), 8-293 (Peter Sleep), 9-354 (Craig McDermott), 10-357 (Tony Dodemaide)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Richard Hadlee	44	11	109	5	2.47	-	-	-
Danny Morrison	27.4	5	93	2	3.36	-	-	-
Ewen Chatfield	30	10	55	0	1.83	-	-	-
John Bracewell	32	8	69	2	2.15	-	-	-
Dipak Patel	12	6	23	0	1.91	-	-	-

New Zealand 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Phil Horne	c Boon b Dodemaide	27	79	102	3	0	34.17
John Wright	b Sleep	43	71	119	5	0	60.56
Andrew Jones	run out (Dodemaide/Jones)	20	79	109	3	0	25.31
Martin Crowe	c Border b Dodemaide	79	111	116	12	0	71.17
Jeff Crowe (c)	c Boon b Sleep	25	62	70	1	0	40.32
Dipak Patel	c †Dyer b Dodemaide	38	60	98	3	1	63.33
Richard Hadlee	lbw b Sleep	29	44	48	1	1	65.90
John Bracewell	c Veletta b Dodemaide	1	12	19	0	0	8.33
Ian Smith †	c †Dyer b Dodemaide	12	28	34	3	0	42.85
Danny Morrison	b Dodemaide	0	9	11	0	0	0.00
Ewen Chatfield	not out	1	1	5	0	0	100.00
Extras	(b 2, lb 8, nb 1)	11
Total	92.3 Ov (RR: 3.09)	286
Fall of wickets: 1-73 (Phil Horne), 2-76 (John Wright), 3-158 (Andrew Jones), 4-178 (Martin Crowe), 5-220 (Jeff Crowe), 6-272 (Richard Hadlee), 7-272 (Dipak Patel), 8-281 (John Bracewell), 9-285 (Danny Morrison), 10-286 (Ian Smith)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Craig McDermott	10	3	43	0	4.30	-	-	-
Mike Whitney	20	5	45	0	2.25	-	-	-
Tony Dodemaide	28.3	10	58	6	2.03	-	-	-
Peter Sleep	26	5	107	3	4.11	-	-	-
Dean Jones	8	3	23	0	2.87	-	-	-

Australia 2nd Innings (T: 247 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
David Boon	c MD Crowe b Morrison	54	121	184	7	0	44.62
Geoff Marsh	c Bracewell b Hadlee	23	85	98	2	0	27.05
Dean Jones	c MD Crowe b Chatfield	8	18	22	1	0	44.44
Allan Border (c)	lbw b Hadlee	43	97	119	5	0	44.32
Mike Veletta	c Patel b Bracewell	39	88	137	4	0	44.31
Steve Waugh	c Patel b Chatfield	10	30	36	2	0	33.33
Peter Sleep	lbw b Hadlee	20	30	38	2	0	66.66
Greg Dyer †	c †Smith b Hadlee	4	33	31	0	0	12.12
Tony Dodemaide	lbw b Hadlee	3	25	52	0	0	12.00
Craig McDermott	not out	10	32	49	0	0	31.25
Mike Whitney	not out	2	18	23	0	0	11.11
Extras	(b 1, lb 9, nb 4)	14
Total	92 Ov (RR: 2.50)	230/9
Fall of wickets: 1-45 (Geoff Marsh), 2-59 (Dean Jones), 3-103 (David Boon), 4-147 (Allan Border), 5-176 (Steve Waugh), 6-209 (Peter Sleep), 7-209 (Mike Veletta), 8-216 (Greg Dyer), 9-227 (Tony Dodemaide)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Richard Hadlee	31	9	67	5	2.16	-	-	-
Danny Morrison	16	2	54	1	3.37	-	-	-
Ewen Chatfield	21	6	41	2	1.95	-	-	-
John Bracewell	24	5	58	1	2.41	-	-	-

Close of Play

Sat, 26 Dec - day 1 - New Zealand 1st innings 242/5 (Martin Crowe 76*, John Bracewell 4*)

Sun, 27 Dec - day 2 - Australia 1st innings 170/5 (Steve Waugh 55*, Peter Sleep 16*)

Mon, 28 Dec - day 3 - New Zealand 2nd innings 0/0 (Phil Horne 0*, John Wright 0*)

Tue, 29 Dec - day 4 - New Zealand 2nd innings 285/9 (Ian Smith 12*, Ewen Chatfield 0*)

Wed, 30 Dec - day 5 - Australia 2nd innings 230/9 (92 ov) - end of match

Match Details

Melbourne Cricket Ground
Toss	Australia, elected to field first
Series	New Zealand tour of Australia
Season	1987/88
Player Of The Match	Richard Hadlee
Player Of The Series	Richard Hadlee
Series result	Australia won the 3-match series 1-0
Match number	Test no. 1087
Match days	day (5-day match)
Test debut	Tony Dodemaide
Umpires	Dick French Tony Crafter

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AUSTRALIA v NEW ZEALAND 1987-88

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Australia Innings

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
RJ Hadlee	31	9	67	5	2.16
DK Morrison	16	2	54	1	3.37
EJ Chatfield	21	6	41	2	1.95
JG Bracewell	24	5	58	1	2.41

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