Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Michael Slater	c Hayden b Law	25	63	75	2	1	39.68
Mark Taylor (c)	c Hayden b Kasprowicz	124	331	391	11	0	37.46
Steve Waugh	run out (Symonds/†Healy)	11	25	23	0	0	44.00
Mark Waugh	c †Healy b Kasprowicz	18	50	53	1	0	36.00
Michael Bevan	c †Healy b Kasprowicz	153	288	357	21	0	53.12
Shane Lee	lbw b Dale	1	7	10	0	0	14.28
Greg Matthews	c †Healy b Dale	35	114	136	3	0	30.70
Phil Emery †	c Dale b Kasprowicz	50	72	91	7	0	69.44
Anthony Stuart	c †Healy b Symonds	21	36	45	5	0	58.33
Simon Cook	b Dale	1	6	11	0	0	16.66
Glenn McGrath	not out	2	5	5	0	0	40.00
Extras	(lb 9, nb 8, w 6)	23
Total	165 Ov (RR: 2.81, 603 Mins)	464
Fall of wickets: 1-53 (Michael Slater), 2-67 (Steve Waugh), 3-104 (Mark Waugh), 4-304 (Mark Taylor), 5-307 (Shane Lee), 6-382 (Michael Bevan), 7-408 (Greg Matthews), 8-445 (Anthony Stuart), 9-462 (Simon Cook), 10-464 (Phil Emery)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Michael Kasprowicz	43	10	129	4	3.00	-	-	-	1	4
Adam Dale	43	15	77	3	1.79	-	-	-	5	0
Brendan Creevey	2	0	14	0	7.00	-	-	-	0	0
Stuart Law	27	15	50	1	1.85	-	-	-	0	0
Paul Jackson	17	4	59	0	3.47	-	-	-	0	0
Geoff Foley	17	0	75	0	4.41	-	-	-	0	0
Andrew Symonds	11	3	36	1	3.27	-	-	-	0	0
Jimmy Maher	5	2	15	0	3.00	-	-	-	0	0

Queensland 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Matthew Hayden	c †Emery b McGrath	181	270	348	18	2	67.03
Martin Love	run out (SR Waugh)	129	223	274	13	0	57.84
Jimmy Maher	lbw b Matthews	44	150	165	5	0	29.33
Stuart Law	retired hurt	107	138	162	16	0	77.53
Andrew Symonds	c Bevan b Matthews	63	130	141	5	0	48.46
Geoff Foley	not out	70	89	120	7	1	78.65
Ian Healy (c)†	c SR Waugh b Matthews	12	26	34	0	0	46.15
Brendan Creevey	not out	7	16	13	0	0	43.75
Extras	(b 5, lb 12, nb 20)	37
Total	172 Ov (RR: 3.77, 631 Mins)	650/5d
Did not bat: Adam Dale, Michael Kasprowicz, Paul Jackson
Fall of wickets: 1-286 (Martin Love), 2-336 (Matthew Hayden), 3-416 (Jimmy Maher), 3-520* (Stuart Law, retired not out), 4-591 (Andrew Symonds), 5-638 (Ian Healy)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Glenn McGrath	31	6	80	1	2.58	-	-	-	1
Anthony Stuart	13	2	63	0	4.84	-	-	-	4
Greg Matthews	57	10	197	3	3.45	-	-	-	0
Simon Cook	20	4	87	0	4.35	-	-	-	4
Shane Lee	21	1	87	0	4.14	-	-	-	1
Mark Waugh	24	2	84	0	3.50	-	-	-	0
Steve Waugh	6	0	35	0	5.83	-	-	-	0

New South Wales 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Mark Taylor (c)	c Hayden b Jackson	55	135	171	5	0	40.74
Michael Slater	c †Healy b Jackson	27	51	70	1	0	52.94
Steve Waugh	c Hayden b Kasprowicz	18	30	30	3	0	60.00
Mark Waugh	not out	69	107	108	11	1	64.48
Michael Bevan	not out	11	25	38	0	0	44.00
Extras	(nb 11)	11
Total	57 Ov (RR: 3.35, 210 Mins)	191/3
Did not bat: Shane Lee, Greg Matthews, Phil Emery †, Anthony Stuart, Simon Cook, Glenn McGrath
Fall of wickets: 1-52 (Michael Slater), 2-81 (Steve Waugh), 3-163 (Mark Taylor)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Michael Kasprowicz	10	2	31	1	3.10	-	-	-	5
Adam Dale	10	2	36	0	3.60	-	-	-	0
Geoff Foley	4	0	14	0	3.50	-	-	-	0
Paul Jackson	16	4	42	2	2.62	-	-	-	0
Jimmy Maher	8	0	30	0	3.75	-	-	-	0
Andrew Symonds	9	1	38	0	4.22	-	-	-	0

Close of Play

Wed, 15 Oct - day 1 - NSW 1st innings 290/3 (Mark Taylor 116*, Michael Bevan 104*)

Thu, 16 Oct - day 2 - Queensland 1st innings 133/0 (Matthew Hayden 76*, Martin Love 52*)

Fri, 17 Oct - day 3 - Queensland 1st innings 520/3 (Stuart Law 107*, Andrew Symonds 30*)

Sat, 18 Oct - day 4 - NSW 2nd innings 191/3 (57 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

General

Twelfth Men: MP Mott (Queensland) and SCG MacGill (New South Wales)
Taylor and Bevan, 200 partnership: new NSW Sheffield Shield 4th wicket record against Queensland at the Gabba (Previous: 195, JH Fingleton and SJ McCabe, 1931-32).
Taylor, on reaching 75, became the 4th highest run-scorer for NSW in all first-class cricket (passing W Bardsley on 6419).
Bevan, on reaching 28, passed 5000 fc runs for NSW, the 18th player to do so.
Hayden and Love, 286 partnership: new record for the first wicket for Queensland against NSW (prev. 265, WA Brown & GG Cook at Sydney, 1938-39).
SG Law retired hurt at 520/3 (overnight following Day 3)
Queensland total, 5/650: Record score by Queensland against NSW at the Gabba (prev. 613 in 1963-64 season).
New South Wales 2nd Innings:
Boyd Williams acted as substitute fieldsman for Queensland, MP Mott having been released on the Saturday to play grade cricket.
JP Maher kept wicket for Queensland for the last 30 minutes of the match.
Attendance: Day 1 - 1126; Day 2 - 979; Day 3 - 1706, Day 4 - 883.

Match Details

Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane
Toss	Queensland, elected to field first
Series	Sheffield Shield
Season	1997/98
Match days	day (4-day match)
Umpires	Peter Parker Steve Randell
Points	New South Wales 0, Queensland 2

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NSW Innings

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
MS Kasprowicz	10	2	31	1	3.1 (5 nb)
AC Dale	10	2	36	0	3.6
GI Foley	4	0	14	0	3.5
PW Jackson	16	4	42	2	2.62
JP Maher	8	0	30	0	3.75
A Symonds	9	1	38	0	4.22

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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