Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Bryan Young	c †Berry b Fleming	3	35	42	0	0	8.57
Blair Pocock	c Harper b Saker	6	26	32	0	0	23.07
Matt Horne	c Harper b Williams	8	32	57	1	0	25.00
Nathan Astle	c †Berry b Fleming	4	19	16	0	0	21.05
Craig McMillan	lbw b Dodemaide	11	44	59	0	0	25.00
Chris Cairns (c)	c Elliott b Saker	24	38	52	1	1	63.15
Adam Parore †	c Fleming b Saker	2	20	20	0	0	10.00
Daniel Vettori	c †Berry b Fleming	2	10	12	0	0	20.00
Shayne O'Connor	c Craig b Fleming	13	37	52	0	0	35.13
Heath Davis	c †Berry b Saker	0	6	10	0	0	0.00
Geoff Allott	not out	7	33	35	0	0	21.21
Extras	(lb 2)	2
Total	50 Ov (RR: 1.64, 200 Mins)	82
Fall of wickets: 1-9 (Blair Pocock), 2-13 (Bryan Young), 3-17 (Nathan Astle), 4-25 (Matt Horne), 5-45 (Craig McMillan), 6-58 (Adam Parore), 7-61 (Chris Cairns), 8-61 (Daniel Vettori), 9-62 (Heath Davis), 10-82 (Shayne O'Connor)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
David Saker	18	7	27	4	1.50	-	-	-
Damien Fleming	17	9	18	4	1.05	-	-	-
Brad Williams	7	3	15	1	2.14	-	-	-
Tony Dodemaide	6	2	14	1	2.33	-	-	-
Ian Harvey	2	0	6	0	3.00	-	-	-

Victoria 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Matthew Elliott	c †Parore b Allott	12	14	17	1	0	85.71
Graeme Vimpani	c McMillan b Davis	16	51	80	0	0	31.37
Dean Jones	lbw b Allott	9	16	18	0	0	56.25
Laurie Harper	c Young b O'Connor	25	72	110	1	0	34.72
Shawn Craig	b Allott	0	4	10	0	0	0.00
Ian Harvey	c †Parore b Cairns	36	50	61	3	0	72.00
Darren Berry (c)†	lbw b O'Connor	27	80	106	0	0	33.75
Tony Dodemaide	lbw b O'Connor	4	37	50	0	0	10.81
David Saker	b Allott	5	41	53	0	0	12.19
Damien Fleming	not out	7	15	29	1	0	46.66
Brad Williams	b Allott	20	24	25	2	1	83.33
Extras	(lb 2, nb 10)	12
Total	66.3 Ov (RR: 2.60, 284 Mins)	173
Fall of wickets: 1-18 (Matthew Elliott), 2-36 (Dean Jones), 3-52 (Graeme Vimpani), 4-57 (Shawn Craig), 5-99 (Laurie Harper), 6-105 (Ian Harvey), 7-121 (Tony Dodemaide), 8-143 (Darren Berry), 9-143 (David Saker), 10-173 (Brad Williams)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Geoff Allott	19.3	6	47	5	2.41	-	-	-	4
Shayne O'Connor	20	4	65	3	3.25	-	-	-	0
Heath Davis	12	5	25	1	2.08	-	-	-	1
Daniel Vettori	6	1	11	0	1.83	-	-	-	0
Chris Cairns	9	3	23	1	2.55	-	-	-	0

New Zealanders 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Blair Pocock	c †Berry b Saker	44	198	232	2	0	22.22
Bryan Young	lbw b Williams	22	61	87	0	0	36.06
Matt Horne	c †Berry b Saker	37	87	118	1	0	42.52
Nathan Astle	c Elliott b Williams	13	22	28	1	0	59.09
Craig McMillan	lbw b Fleming	8	26	40	0	0	30.76
Chris Cairns (c)	b Saker	0	6	6	0	0	0.00
Adam Parore †	not out	21	75	99	1	0	28.00
Daniel Vettori	c †Berry b Fleming	0	2	4	0	0	0.00
Shayne O'Connor	b Saker	9	28	39	1	0	32.14
Heath Davis	lbw b Saker	0	6	8	0	0	0.00
Geoff Allott	c sub (GB Gardiner) b Saker	0	10	14	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 5, lb 11, w 3)	19
Total	86.5 Ov (RR: 1.99, 342 Mins)	173
Fall of wickets: 1-43 (Bryan Young), 2-115 (Matt Horne), 3-127 (Blair Pocock), 4-129 (Nathan Astle), 5-130 (Chris Cairns), 6-145 (Craig McMillan), 7-145 (Daniel Vettori), 8-163 (Shayne O'Connor), 9-163 (Heath Davis), 10-173 (Geoff Allott)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD
Brad Williams	16	5	32	2	2.00	-	-	-	2
Damien Fleming	14	3	27	2	1.92	-	-	-	0
Tony Dodemaide	19	8	30	0	1.57	-	-	-	0
David Saker	23.5	8	39	6	1.63	-	-	-	1
Shawn Craig	12	7	20	0	1.66	-	-	-	0
Matthew Elliott	2	0	9	0	4.50	-	-	-	0

Victoria 2nd Innings (T: 83 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Graeme Vimpani	c Astle b Allott	0	7	9	0	0	0.00
Matthew Elliott	c Astle b Vettori	34	93	121	1	0	36.55
Dean Jones	not out	34	102	153	0	0	33.33
Laurie Harper	c Young b Vettori	2	4	8	0	0	50.00
Shawn Craig	c †Parore b Vettori	0	13	16	0	0	0.00
Ian Harvey	c Cairns b Vettori	1	6	9	0	0	16.66
Darren Berry (c)†	not out	2	6	5	0	0	33.33
Extras	(b 1, lb 3, nb 6)	10
Total	38 Ov (RR: 2.18, 163 Mins)	83/5
Did not bat: Tony Dodemaide, Damien Fleming, David Saker, Brad Williams
Fall of wickets: 1-2 (Graeme Vimpani), 2-69 (Matthew Elliott), 3-71 (Laurie Harper), 4-75 (Shawn Craig), 5-77 (Ian Harvey)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Geoff Allott	5	0	15	1	3.00	-	-	-	0
Shayne O'Connor	8	4	13	0	1.62	-	-	-	0
Heath Davis	16	6	25	0	1.56	-	-	-	3
Chris Cairns	4	1	13	0	3.25	-	-	-	0
Daniel Vettori	5	0	13	4	2.60	-	-	-	0

Close of Play

Fri, 14 Nov - day 1 - no play

Sat, 15 Nov - day 2 - Victoria 1st innings 131/7 (Darren Berry 18*, David Saker 2*)

Sun, 16 Nov - day 3 - New Zealand 2nd innings 147/7 (Adam Parore 7*, Shayne O'Connor 0*)

Mon, 17 Nov - day 4 - Victoria 2nd innings 83/5 (38 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

General

12th Men: GB Gardiner (Vic) and CZ Harris (NZ)
Play abandoned on the first day at 1.30pm due to heavy rain. Playing time to be extended on each of the remaining days by an extra hour with play to commence at 10.30am each day.
New Zealand's first innings total of 82 is their lowest against Victoria (prev. 141 in 1913-14) and their lowest complete first-class total in Australia this century (all time lowest: 64 vs NSW, 1898-99).
Day 3: Bad light ended play at 5.20pm.

Match Details

Princes Park, Melbourne
Toss	New Zealanders, elected to bat first
Series	New Zealand tour of Australia
Season	1997/98
Match days	day (4-day match)
Umpires	Bill Sheahan Steve Davis

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Victoria Innings

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
GI Allott	5	0	15	1	3
SB O'Connor	8	4	13	0	1.62
HT Davis	16	6	25	0	1.56 (3 nb)
CL Cairns	4	1	13	0	3.25
DL Vettori	5	0	13	4	2.6

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