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

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New Zealand

141

Australia

(38.5/50 ov, T:142) 142/4

Australia won by 6 wickets (with 67 balls remaining)

Player Of The Match

Michael Bevan

, AUS

42 (83) & 2/26

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New Zealand  (50 ovs maximum)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Matt Horne	c †Gilchrist b Dale	3	8	6	0	0	37.50
Nathan Astle	c †Gilchrist b Dale	20	33	64	1	0	60.60
Chris Cairns	b Wilson	0	4	5	0	0	0.00
Stephen Fleming (c)	c Bevan b Wilson	6	16	16	1	0	37.50
Craig McMillan	c Harvey b Warne	9	24	28	1	0	37.50
Roger Twose	run out (Dale)	0	0	2	0	0	-
Adam Parore †	c †Gilchrist b Wilson	5	27	50	0	0	18.51
Chris Harris	not out	62	118	142	2	0	52.54
Daniel Vettori	c Warne b Bevan	14	32	43	1	0	43.75
Gavin Larsen	c SR Waugh b Bevan	0	2	2	0	0	0.00
Shayne O'Connor	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	4s	6s	WD	NB
Paul Wilson	10	0	39	3	3.90	-	-	-	0	6
Adam Dale	10	2	22	2	2.20	-	-	-	2	1
Shane Warne	10	2	25	1	2.50	-	-	-	0	0
Michael Bevan	10	0	26	2	2.60	-	-	-	1	0
Andy Bichel	9	0	17	0	1.88	-	-	-	1	0
Ian Harvey	0.3	0	8	0	16.00	-	-	-	0	0

Australia  (T: 142 runs from 50 ovs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Michael Di Venuto	c Astle b Cairns	7	14	21	0	0	50.00
Mark Waugh	c †Parore b Cairns	9	22	31	0	0	40.90
Ricky Ponting	not out	60	92	142	4	0	65.21
Steve Waugh (c)	c †Parore b Cairns	0	2	1	0	0	0.00
Michael Bevan	c Astle b Cairns	42	83	102	2	0	50.60
Adam Gilchrist †	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: Ian Harvey,  Shane Warne,  Adam Dale,  Paul Wilson,  Andy Bichel
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	4s	6s	WD	NB
Shayne O'Connor	10	0	43	0	4.30	-	-	-	4	0
Chris Cairns	10	3	40	4	4.00	-	-	-	1	1
Daniel Vettori	9	1	32	0	3.55	-	-	-	2	0
Chris Harris	9.5	1	23	0	2.33	-	-	-	1	0

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• 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

Melbourne Cricket Ground
Toss	New Zealand, elected to bat first
Series	Carlton & United Series New Zealand tour of Australia
Season	1997/98
Player Of The Match	Michael Bevan
Match number	ODI no. 1265
Match days	daynight (50-over match)
ODI debut	Paul Wilson
Umpires	Darrell Hair Ross Emerson
TV Umpire	Bill Sheahan
Match Referee	Cammie Smith
Points	Australia 2, New Zealand 0