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| Venue | Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah on 18th April 1998 (50-over match) (day/night) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | New Zealand won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Australia won by 6 wickets |
| Points | Australia 2; New Zealand 0 |
| Umpires | Javed Akhtar, ID Robinson |
| TV umpire | SA Bucknor |
| Referee | Talat Ali |
| Player of the Match | DW Fleming |
| New Zealand innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| LG Howell | lbw b Fleming | 13 | 18 | 29 | 2 | - | 72.22 |
| NJ Astle | run out (Ponting) | 7 | 10 | 15 | 1 | - | 70.00 |
| CL Cairns | c and b Moody | 19 | 40 | 48 | 3 | - | 47.50 |
| *SP Fleming | b Robertson | 59 | 94 | 129 | 3 | - | 62.77 |
| MJ Horne | c Moody b Warne | 14 | 26 | 34 | 2 | - | 53.85 |
| CD McMillan | c Lehmann b Warne | 1 | 3 | 4 | - | - | 33.33 |
| CZ Harris | c Lehmann b ME Waugh | 26 | 69 | 77 | - | - | 37.68 |
| +AC Parore | b Fleming | 5 | 19 | 24 | - | - | 26.32 |
| DJ Nash | not out | 2 | 6 | 14 | - | - | 33.33 |
| MW Priest | c Gilchrist b Fleming | 2 | 5 | 6 | - | - | 40.00 |
| SB O'Connor | lbw b Fleming | 0 | 2 | 2 | - | - | 0.00 |
| Extras | (7 lb, 4 w) | 11 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 48.4 overs) | 159 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-20 (Astle, 3.3 ov), 2-28 (Howell, 6.3 ov), 3-61 (Cairns, 14.6 ov), 4-90 (Horne, 23.2 ov), 5-92 (McMillan, 23.6 ov), 6-143 (Fleming, 40.4 ov), 7-153 (Harris, 45.5 ov), 8-155 (Parore, 46.5 ov), 9-159 (Priest, 48.2 ov), 10-159 (O'Connor, 48.4 ov) | |||||||
| Australia bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ |
| Fleming | 9.4 | 1 | 28 | 4 | 1 | - | 14.50 | 2.90 |
| Kasprowicz | 6 | 0 | 24 | 0 | - | - | - | 4.00 |
| Moody | 5 | 0 | 16 | 1 | - | - | 30.00 | 3.20 |
| Warne | 10 | 1 | 28 | 2 | 1 | - | 30.00 | 2.80 |
| Robertson | 10 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 1 | - | 60.00 | 3.00 |
| ME Waugh | 8 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 1 | - | 48.00 | 3.25 |
| Australia innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| +AC Gilchrist | c Astle b Harris | 57 | 89 | 99 | 3 | 1 | 64.04 |
| ME Waugh | c Fleming b O'Connor | 11 | 18 | 24 | 1 | - | 61.11 |
| RT Ponting | c Horne b Harris | 52 | 71 | 75 | 4 | 2 | 73.24 |
| MG Bevan | not out | 15 | 21 | 33 | 3 | - | 71.43 |
| *SR Waugh | lbw b McMillan | 3 | 5 | 6 | - | - | 60.00 |
| DS Lehmann | not out | 11 | 19 | 13 | 2 | - | 57.89 |
| TM Moody | did not bat | ||||||
| SK Warne | did not bat | ||||||
| GR Robertson | did not bat | ||||||
| MS Kasprowicz | did not bat | ||||||
| DW Fleming | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (6 lb, 2 nb, 3 w) | 11 | |||||
| Total | (4 wickets, 36.5 overs) | 160 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-35 (ME Waugh, 6.1 ov), 2-125 (Gilchrist, 27.5 ov), 3-131 (Ponting, 29.4 ov), 4-134 (SR Waugh, 31.2 ov) | |||||||
| New Zealand bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ |
| O'Connor | 5 | 0 | 31 | 1 | - | 1 | 30.00 | 6.20 |
| Cairns | 5 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 2 | - | - | 4.80 |
| Nash | 4 | 1 | 15 | 0 | - | - | - | 3.75 |
| Harris | 10 | 2 | 31 | 2 | - | 1 | 30.00 | 3.10 |
| Priest | 9.5 | 1 | 42 | 0 | 1 | - | - | 4.27 |
| McMillan | 3 | 0 | 11 | 1 | - | - | 18.00 | 3.67 |