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| Venue | Bellerive Oval, Hobart on 11th December 1997 (50-over match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | South Africa won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | South Africa won by 1 run |
| Points | New Zealand 0; South Africa 2 |
| Umpires | AJ McQuillan, SG Randell |
| TV umpire | JH Smeaton |
| Referee | CW Smith |
| Player of the Match | L Klusener |
| South Africa innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| G Kirsten | b O'Connor | 6 | 13 | 11 | - | - | 46.15 |
| HH Gibbs | c Vettori b O'Connor | 12 | 22 | 48 | - | - | 54.55 |
| L Klusener | run out (Fleming) | 37 | 60 | 76 | 1 | 1 | 61.67 |
| PL Symcox | c and b Harris | 15 | 25 | 37 | 1 | - | 60.00 |
| *WJ Cronje | run out (McMillan) | 0 | 2 | 4 | - | - | 0.00 |
| JH Kallis | c and b Harris | 45 | 82 | 83 | - | - | 54.88 |
| JN Rhodes | b Vettori | 14 | 28 | 33 | 1 | - | 50.00 |
| SM Pollock | c Larsen b Cairns | 31 | 49 | 69 | 1 | - | 63.27 |
| BM McMillan | b Cairns | 1 | 6 | 5 | - | - | 16.67 |
| +DJ Richardson | not out | 9 | 13 | 12 | - | - | 69.23 |
| AA Donald | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (4 w) | 4 | |||||
| Total | (9 wickets, innings closed, 188 minutes, 50 overs) | 174 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-14 (Kirsten), 2-41 (Gibbs), 3-71 (Symcox), 4-72 (Cronje), 5-73 (Klusener), 6-99 (Rhodes), 7-153 (Kallis), 8-155 (McMillan), 9-174 (Pollock) | |||||||
| New Zealand bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ |
| O'Connor | 7 | 0 | 42 | 2 | 2 | - | 21.00 | 6.00 |
| Cairns | 10 | 2 | 26 | 2 | 1 | - | 30.00 | 2.60 |
| Harris | 10 | 0 | 36 | 2 | - | - | 30.00 | 3.60 |
| Larsen | 8 | 1 | 23 | 0 | - | - | - | 2.88 |
| Vettori | 6 | 1 | 17 | 1 | - | - | 36.00 | 2.83 |
| Astle | 9 | 0 | 30 | 0 | - | 1 | - | 3.33 |
| New Zealand innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| MJ Horne | lbw b Klusener | 3 | 6 | 5 | - | - | 50.00 |
| NJ Astle | c McMillan b Klusener | 1 | 4 | 9 | - | - | 25.00 |
| CL Cairns | b Klusener | 29 | 27 | 36 | 5 | - | 107.41 |
| *SP Fleming | c Pollock b Symcox | 32 | 75 | 105 | 1 | - | 42.67 |
| CD McMillan | c Kirsten b Symcox | 18 | 53 | 88 | - | - | 33.96 |
| RG Twose | c Kirsten b Pollock | 11 | 34 | 35 | 1 | - | 32.35 |
| +AC Parore | run out (Kallis) | 6 | 11 | 13 | 1 | - | 54.55 |
| CZ Harris | not out | 37 | 50 | 82 | 3 | - | 74.00 |
| DL Vettori | not out | 25 | 40 | 62 | - | - | 62.50 |
| GR Larsen | did not bat | ||||||
| SB O'Connor | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (8 lb, 3 w) | 11 | |||||
| Total | (7 wickets, innings closed, 228 minutes, 50 overs) | 173 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-5 (Horne), 2-6 (Astle), 3-45 (Cairns), 4-83 (Fleming), 5-89 (McMillan), 6-97 (Parore), 7-111 (Twose) | |||||||
| South Africa bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ |
| Pollock | 10 | 2 | 24 | 1 | 1 | - | 60.00 | 2.40 |
| Klusener | 10 | 0 | 46 | 3 | - | - | 20.00 | 4.60 |
| Donald | 10 | 2 | 32 | 0 | 1 | - | - | 3.20 |
| McMillan | 10 | 1 | 28 | 0 | 1 | - | - | 2.80 |
| Symcox | 10 | 1 | 35 | 2 | - | - | 30.00 | 3.50 |