BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Matthew Elliott	c SR Waugh b Lee	187	332	446	25	6	56.32
Graeme Vimpani	st †Emery b MacGill	30	52	69	4	0	57.69
Dean Jones	c & b MacGill	13	17	16	2	0	76.47
Laurie Harper	c Slater b MacGill	160	280	351	22	1	57.14
Grant Gardiner	not out	50	75	105	6	1	66.66
Ian Harvey	c SR Waugh b Lee	15	10	15	3	0	150.00
Darren Berry †	st †Emery b Bevan	0	7	5	0	0	0.00
Paul Reiffel	not out	24	27	23	1	1	88.88
Extras	(b 9, lb 6, nb 14, w 1)	30
TOTAL	132 Ov (RR: 3.85, 487 Mins)	509/6d
Did not bat: Tony Dodemaide, Shane Warne (c), David Saker
Fall of wickets: 1-50 (Graeme Vimpani), 2-68 (Dean Jones), 3-371 (Laurie Harper), 4-444 (Matthew Elliott), 5-469 (Ian Harvey), 6-470 (Darren Berry)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Glenn McGrath	25	7	92	0	3.68	-	-	-	0	0
Anthony Stuart	18	2	91	0	5.05	-	-	-	1	1
Stuart MacGill	36	8	139	3	3.86	-	-	-	0	5
Greg Matthews	21	3	63	0	3.00	-	-	-	0	1
Michael Bevan	15	1	49	1	3.26	-	-	-	0	0
Shane Lee	15	3	51	2	3.40	-	-	-	0	0
Mark Waugh	2	0	9	0	4.50	-	-	-	0	0

New South Wales 1st Innings

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Michael Slater	c Dodemaide b Reiffel	0	4	1	0	0	0.00
Mark Taylor (c)	b Saker	23	69	85	4	0	33.33
Steve Waugh	not out	202	304	389	29	0	66.44
Mark Waugh	c Harvey b Elliott	72	119	132	9	2	60.50
Michael Bevan	c Harvey b Warne	13	48	53	3	0	27.08
Shane Lee	not out	81	101	116	7	3	80.19
Extras	(lb 2, nb 14)	16
TOTAL	106.2 Ov (RR: 3.82, 392 Mins)	407/4d
Did not bat: Greg Matthews, Phil Emery †, Anthony Stuart, Stuart MacGill, Glenn McGrath
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Michael Slater), 2-56 (Mark Taylor), 3-212 (Mark Waugh), 4-245 (Michael Bevan)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Paul Reiffel	22.2	4	77	1	3.44	-	-	-	6
David Saker	18	4	53	1	2.94	-	-	-	1
Tony Dodemaide	13	2	63	0	4.84	-	-	-	0
Shane Warne	33	3	117	1	3.54	-	-	-	0
Ian Harvey	12	0	39	0	3.25	-	-	-	0
Matthew Elliott	8	0	56	1	7.00	-	-	-	0

Victoria 2nd Innings

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Graeme Vimpani	c †Emery b Matthews	22	50	64	3	0	44.00
Matthew Elliott	lbw b MacGill	22	76	92	1	0	28.94
Dean Jones	c Slater b MacGill	6	16	15	0	0	37.50
Laurie Harper	b MacGill	14	44	36	1	0	31.81
Grant Gardiner	c ME Waugh b Stuart	56	139	159	9	0	40.28
Ian Harvey	c Stuart b McGrath	109	153	177	11	3	71.24
Darren Berry †	c Lee b Stuart	18	34	41	0	1	52.94
Shane Warne (c)	not out	5	2	13	1	0	250.00
Paul Reiffel	c Taylor b Stuart	11	7	6	0	1	157.14
Extras	(b 1, lb 9, nb 6)	16
TOTAL	84.5 Ov (RR: 3.28, 303 Mins)	279/8d
Did not bat: Tony Dodemaide, David Saker
Fall of wickets: 1-37 (Graeme Vimpani), 2-48 (Dean Jones), 3-53 (Matthew Elliott), 4-72 (Laurie Harper), 5-225 (Grant Gardiner), 6-253 (Darren Berry), 7-264 (Ian Harvey), 8-279 (Paul Reiffel)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Glenn McGrath	12	2	30	1	2.50	-	-	-	1
Anthony Stuart	7.5	0	44	3	5.61	-	-	-	0
Shane Lee	3	0	6	0	2.00	-	-	-	0
Greg Matthews	31	5	65	1	2.09	-	-	-	0
Stuart MacGill	25	5	93	3	3.72	-	-	-	2
Michael Bevan	6	0	31	0	5.16	-	-	-	0

New South Wales 2nd Innings (T: 382 runs)

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Mark Taylor (c)	c Saker b Warne	50	106	113	5	0	47.16
Michael Slater	c Warne b Dodemaide	85	123	165	13	0	69.10
Steve Waugh	not out	60	104	113	10	0	57.69
Mark Waugh	b Warne	2	18	20	0	0	11.11
Michael Bevan	not out	10	31	36	0	0	32.25
Extras	(b 7, lb 3, nb 8)	18
TOTAL	63 Ov (RR: 3.57, 227 Mins)	225/3
Did not bat: Shane Lee, Greg Matthews, Phil Emery †, Anthony Stuart, Stuart MacGill, Glenn McGrath
Fall of wickets: 1-106 (Mark Taylor), 2-191 (Michael Slater), 3-202 (Mark Waugh)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Paul Reiffel	5	2	11	0	2.20	-	-	-	3
David Saker	5	0	19	0	3.80	-	-	-	0
Shane Warne	25	6	78	2	3.12	-	-	-	0
Tony Dodemaide	12	1	49	1	4.08	-	-	-	1
Matthew Elliott	6	2	9	0	1.50	-	-	-	0
Ian Harvey	9	1	37	0	4.11	-	-	-	0
Dean Jones	1	0	12	0	12.00	-	-	-	0

CLOSE OF PLAY

Wed, 22 Oct - day 1 - Victoria 1st innings 364/2 (Matthew Elliott 145*, Laurie Harper 153*)

Thu, 23 Oct - day 2 - NSW 1st innings 233/3 (Steve Waugh 113*, Michael Bevan 13*)

Fri, 24 Oct - day 3 - Victoria 2nd innings 176/4 (Grant Gardiner 39*, Ian Harvey 61*)

Sat, 25 Oct - day 4 - NSW 2nd innings 225/3 (63 ov) - end of match

MATCH FLOW

General

The first Sheffield Shield match played at North Sydney Oval.
Twelfth Men: SH Cook (New South Wales) and SAJ Craig (Victoria)
Elliott/Harper partnership, 303 for third wicket: *** New first-class partnership record for all wickets at North Sydney (prev. 137, 2nd wkt, SM Small and ME Waugh, NSW v Wellington, 1990-91). *** Victorian 3rd wicket record v NSW (prev. 212*, WN Phillips & JD Siddons, MCG, 1990-91).
SR Waugh 202*: Highest first-class score at North Sydney Oval, surpassing Elliott 187 in first innings (Best prior to this match: 126, SM Small, NSW v Wellington, 1990-91).
New South Wales target for victory: 382 in approximately 73 overs.
In the New South Wales 2nd innings, 5 byes were conceded when the ball struck the helmet behind the Victorian wicketkeeper (Berry).
Attendance: 7822

MATCH DETAILS

North Sydney Oval, Sydney
Toss	Victoria, elected to bat first
Series	Sheffield Shield
Season	1997/98
Match days	day (4-day match)
Umpires	Simon Taufel Steve Davis
Points	Victoria 2, New South Wales 0

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NSW Innings

PLAYER NAME	O	M	R	W	Econ
PR Reiffel	5	2	11	0	2.2 (3 nb)
DJ Saker	5	0	19	0	3.8
SK Warne	25	6	78	2	3.12
AIC Dodemaide	12	1	49	1	4.08 (1 nb)
MTG Elliott	6	2	9	0	1.5
IJ Harvey	9	1	37	0	4.11
DM Jones	1	0	12	0	12

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TEAM	M	W	L	D	PT	Quotient
WA	10	6	3	1	40	1.324
TAS	10	6	3	1	40	1.271
QLD	10	3	4	3	22	1.043
NSW	10	3	3	4	20	0.987
VIC	10	2	4	4	18	0.887
SOA	10	1	4	5	14	0.649