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| Venue | Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney on 14th January 1986 (50-over match) (day/night) | 
| Balls per over | 6 | 
| Toss | Australia won the toss and decided to field | 
| Result | Australia won by 4 wickets | 
| Points | Australia 2; New Zealand 0 | 
| Umpires | BE Martin, SG Randell | 
| Player of the Match | DR Gilbert | 
| New Zealand innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| BA Edgar | c Ritchie b Davis | 0 | 5 | 5 | - | - | 0.00 | 
| JG Wright | st Phillips b Matthews | 22 | 66 | 93 | 1 | - | 33.33 | 
| MD Crowe | c Phillips b Gilbert | 9 | 24 | 36 | - | - | 37.50 | 
| JF Reid | c Phillips b Waugh | 9 | 28 | 44 | - | - | 32.14 | 
| JJ Crowe | c Marsh b Reid | 12 | 37 | 40 | - | - | 32.43 | 
| *JV Coney | c Boon b Gilbert | 58 | 86 | 100 | 2 | - | 67.44 | 
| JG Bracewell | c and b Gilbert | 5 | 16 | 27 | - | - | 31.25 | 
| RJ Hadlee | c Phillips b Gilbert | 21 | 24 | 39 | 1 | - | 87.50 | 
| +EB McSweeney | b Gilbert | 3 | 4 | 8 | - | - | 75.00 | 
| SR Gillespie | c Matthews b Davis | 1 | 13 | 15 | - | - | 7.69 | 
| EJ Chatfield | not out | 4 | 5 | 8 | - | - | 80.00 | 
| Extras | (2 lb, 3 nb, 3 w) | 8 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 49.2 overs) | 152 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-1 (Edgar), 2-19 (MD Crowe), 3-42 (Reid), 4-44 (Wright), 5-68 (JJ Crowe), 6-84 (Bracewell), 7-140 (Coney), 8-144 (Hadlee), 9-147 (McSweeney), 10-152 (Gillespie) | |||||||
| Australia bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ | 
| McDermott | 9 | 3 | 21 | 0 | - | - | - | 2.33 | 
| Davis | 8.2 | 3 | 17 | 2 | - | - | 25.00 | 2.04 | 
| Gilbert | 10 | 0 | 46 | 5 | - | - | 12.00 | 4.60 | 
| Matthews | 10 | 1 | 17 | 1 | - | - | 60.00 | 1.70 | 
| Waugh | 3 | 0 | 12 | 1 | - | - | 18.00 | 4.00 | 
| Reid | 9 | 0 | 37 | 1 | - | - | 54.00 | 4.11 | 
| Australia innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| DC Boon | lbw b Gillespie | 21 | 36 | 40 | 2 | - | 58.33 | 
| GR Marsh | c McSweeney b Chatfield | 13 | 43 | 55 | - | - | 30.23 | 
| *AR Border | st McSweeney b Bracewell | 16 | 31 | 45 | 1 | - | 51.61 | 
| GM Ritchie | c McSweeney b Hadlee | 68 | 92 | 111 | 5 | - | 73.91 | 
| +WB Phillips | c Coney b Hadlee | 3 | 20 | 26 | - | - | 15.00 | 
| SR Waugh | not out | 19 | 48 | 66 | 1 | - | 39.58 | 
| GRJ Matthews | c MD Crowe b Chatfield | 1 | 7 | 6 | - | - | 14.29 | 
| CJ McDermott | not out | 1 | 1 | 5 | - | - | 100.00 | 
| BA Reid | did not bat | ||||||
| DR Gilbert | did not bat | ||||||
| SP Davis | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (5 lb, 2 nb, 4 w) | 11 | |||||
| Total | (6 wickets, 45.1 overs) | 153 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-34 (Boon), 2-41 (Marsh), 3-72 (Border), 4-87 (Phillips), 5-151 (Ritchie), 6-152 (Matthews) | |||||||
| New Zealand bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ | 
| Hadlee | 10 | 0 | 42 | 2 | - | - | 30.00 | 4.20 | 
| Chatfield | 10 | 3 | 21 | 2 | - | - | 30.00 | 2.10 | 
| Gillespie | 7.1 | 0 | 30 | 1 | - | - | 43.00 | 4.19 | 
| Bracewell | 10 | 2 | 29 | 1 | - | - | 60.00 | 2.90 | 
| Coney | 5 | 0 | 15 | 0 | - | - | - | 3.00 | 
| MD Crowe | 3 | 1 | 11 | 0 | - | - | - | 3.67 |