Australia vs New Zealand, 6th Match at Melbourne, Dec 17 1997 - Full Scorecard
RESULT
6th Match (D/N), Melbourne, December 17, 1997, Carlton & United Series
141
(38.5/50 ov, T:142) 142/4
Australia won by 6 wickets (with 67 balls remaining)
New Zealand (50 ovs maximum)
| Batting | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| c †Gilchrist b Dale | 3 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 37.50 | |||
| c †Gilchrist b Dale | 20 | 33 | 64 | 1 | 0 | 60.60 | |||
| b Wilson | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| c Bevan b Wilson | 6 | 16 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 37.50 | |||
| c Harvey b Warne | 9 | 24 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 37.50 | |||
| run out (Dale) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | |||
| c †Gilchrist b Wilson | 5 | 27 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 18.51 | |||
| not out | 62 | 118 | 142 | 2 | 0 | 52.54 | |||
| c Warne b Bevan | 14 | 32 | 43 | 1 | 0 | 43.75 | |||
| c SR Waugh b Bevan | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| run out (Dale/Bichel/†Gilchrist) | 8 | 41 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 19.51 | |||
| Extras | (lb 4, nb 5, w 5) | 14 | |||||||
| Total | 49.3 Ov (RR: 2.84, 207 Mins) | 141 | |||||||
Fall of wickets 1-5 (Matt Horne, 1.4 ov), 2-9 (Chris Cairns, 2.4 ov), 3-19 (Stephen Fleming, 6.1 ov), 4-45 (Craig McMillan, 12.6 ov), 5-45 (Roger Twose, 13.1 ov), 6-45 (Nathan Astle, 13.2 ov), 7-75 (Adam Parore, 24.5 ov), 8-108 (Daniel Vettori, 35.4 ov), 9-108 (Gavin Larsen, 35.6 ov), 10-141 (Shayne O'Connor, 49.3 ov) | |||||||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | 0 | 39 | 3 | 3.90 | - | 0 | 6 | |
| 10 | 2 | 22 | 2 | 2.20 | - | 2 | 1 | |
| 10 | 2 | 25 | 1 | 2.50 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | 0 | 26 | 2 | 2.60 | - | 1 | 0 | |
| 9 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 1.88 | - | 1 | 0 | |
| 0.3 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 16.00 | - | 0 | 0 |
Australia (T: 142 runs from 50 ovs)
| Batting | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| c Astle b Cairns | 7 | 14 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 | |||
| c †Parore b Cairns | 9 | 22 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 40.90 | |||
| not out | 60 | 92 | 142 | 4 | 0 | 65.21 | |||
| c †Parore b Cairns | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| c Astle b Cairns | 42 | 83 | 102 | 2 | 0 | 50.60 | |||
| not out | 11 | 21 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 52.38 | |||
| Extras | (lb 4, nb 1, w 8) | 13 | |||||||
| Total | 38.5 Ov (RR: 3.65, 164 Mins) | 142/4 | |||||||
Did not bat | |||||||||
Fall of wickets 1-17 (Michael Di Venuto, 5.1 ov), 2-22 (Mark Waugh, 7.2 ov), 3-22 (Steve Waugh, 7.4 ov), 4-117 (Michael Bevan, 31.6 ov) | |||||||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | 0 | 43 | 0 | 4.30 | - | 4 | 0 | |
| 10 | 3 | 40 | 4 | 4.00 | - | 1 | 1 | |
| 9 | 1 | 32 | 0 | 3.55 | - | 2 | 0 | |
| 9.5 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 2.33 | - | 1 | 0 |
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Match Flow
12th Men: GS Blewett (Aus) and BA Young (NZ)
All of Wilson's 6 no balls were because of the back foot touching the return crease. NJ Astle was caught at deep square leg off one of them.
Attendance: 31,097.
Match Details
GroundMelbourne Cricket Ground
TossNew Zealand, elected to bat first
Season1997/98
Player Of The Match
Match numberODI no. 1265
Match daysdaynight (50-over match)
ODI debut
Umpires
TV Umpire
Match Referee
PointsAustralia 2, New Zealand 0