a11000 o1292	New Zealand v Australia
	Australia in New Zealand 1997/98 (3rd ODI)
Venue	McLean Park, Napier on 12th February 1998 (50-over match) (day/night)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Australia won the toss and decided to bat
Result	New Zealand won by 7 wickets
Umpires	BF Bowden, EA Watkin
TV umpire	AL Hill
Referee	Hanumant Singh
Player of the Match	SP Fleming

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Australia innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
+AC Gilchrist	c Cairns b Nash	40	47	50	3	-	85.11
ME Waugh	c Parore b Vettori	42	54	80	5	-	77.78
RT Ponting	c Fleming b Harris	30	47	59	1	-	63.83
DS Lehmann	c Parore b Cairns	44	55	87	2	-	80.00
TM Moody	b Vettori	3	6	5	-	-	50.00
*SR Waugh	c Parore b Cairns	42	48	53	-	1	87.50
MG Bevan	run out (Doull)	10	15	21	-	-	66.67
SG Law	c Nash b Cairns	1	4	6	-	-	25.00
AJ Bichel	c Fleming b Cairns	0	1	2	-	-	0.00
GR Robertson	not out	11	11	17	-	-	100.00
P Wilson	c Fleming b Cairns	2	6	8	-	-	33.33
Extras	(6 lb, 1 nb, 4 w)	11
Total	(all out, 48.4 overs)	236
Fall of wickets:
1-60 (Gilchrist, 12.3 ov), 2-98 (ME Waugh, 19.6 ov), 3-136 (Ponting, 28.2 ov), 4-141 (Moody, 29.4 ov), 5-209 (Lehmann, 42.3 ov), 6-210 (SR Waugh, 42.6 ov), 7-214 (Law, 44.1 ov), 8-215 (Bichel, 44.4 ov), 9-226 (Bevan, 46.5 ov), 10-236 (Wilson, 48.4 ov)

New Zealand bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
O'Connor	5	0	20	0	-	-	-	4.00
Cairns	7.4	0	42	5	1	2	9.20	5.48
Doull	7	0	28	0	1	-	-	4.00
Nash	6	0	37	1	-	-	36.00	6.17
Vettori	10	0	35	2	2	-	30.00	3.50
Astle	3	0	16	0	-	-	-	5.33
Harris	10	0	52	1	-	-	60.00	5.20

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New Zealand innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
LG Howell	c Gilchrist b Wilson	4	4	3	-	-	100.00
NJ Astle	run out (Ponting)	55	93	109	4	1	59.14
+AC Parore	b Bichel	0	4	3	-	-	0.00
*SP Fleming	not out	111	137	183	5	-	81.02
CD McMillan	not out	53	59	78	1	2	89.83
CL Cairns	did not bat
CZ Harris	did not bat
DJ Nash	did not bat
DL Vettori	did not bat
SB Doull	did not bat
SB O'Connor	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 6 lb, 7 nb, 3 w)	17
Total	(3 wickets, 48.2 overs)	240
Fall of wickets:
1-4 (Howell, 0.4 ov), 2-5 (Parore, 1.3 ov), 3-121 (Astle, 28.3 ov)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Wilson	6.2	0	42	1	-	6	38.00	6.63
Bichel	10	0	42	1	1	-	60.00	4.20
Moody	10	0	39	0	1	-	-	3.90
Robertson	10	1	38	0	-	-	-	3.80
SR Waugh	10	0	56	0	1	-	-	5.60
Law	2	0	16	0	-	1	-	8.00

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Notes
--> SR Waugh passed 8000 runs in List A matches when he reached 4
--> NJ Astle 50 in 84 balls, 95 minutes with 3 fours and 1 six
--> NJ Astle passed 4000 runs in List A matches when he reached 39
--> SP Fleming 50 in 73 balls, 98 minutes with 4 fours
--> SP Fleming 100 in 130 balls, 172 minutes with 4 fours
--> CD McMillan 50 in 58 balls, 75 minutes with 1 four and 2 sixes
--> CL Cairns achieved his best innings bowling analysis in ODI matches when he dismissed P Wilson in the Australia innings (previous best was 4-40)
--> CL Cairns achieved his first five wickets in an innings in ODI matches in the Australia innings

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