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| Venue | Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah on 21st 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 5 wickets |
| Points | Australia 2; New Zealand 0 |
| Umpires | Javed Akhtar, ID Robinson |
| TV umpire | SA Bucknor |
| Referee | Talat Ali |
| Player of the Match | TM Moody |
| New Zealand innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| LG Howell | b Harvey | 2 | 11 | 12 | - | - | 18.18 |
| NJ Astle | c and b Harvey | 78 | 125 | 166 | 6 | 1 | 62.40 |
| *SP Fleming | c and b Dale | 20 | 22 | 59 | 3 | - | 90.91 |
| CD McMillan | run out (Robertson->Lehmann) | 43 | 63 | 81 | 1 | 1 | 68.25 |
| CL Cairns | st Gilchrist b Warne | 56 | 50 | 56 | 5 | 1 | 112.00 |
| +AC Parore | not out | 22 | 20 | 35 | 1 | - | 110.00 |
| CZ Harris | not out | 26 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 260.00 |
| DJ Nash | did not bat | ||||||
| SB Doull | did not bat | ||||||
| MW Priest | did not bat | ||||||
| PJ Wiseman | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (5 lb, 1 nb, 6 w) | 12 | |||||
| Total | (5 wickets, innings closed, 50 overs) | 259 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-9 (Howell, 3.1 ov), 2-56 (Fleming, 12.2 ov), 3-138 (McMillan, 33.3 ov), 4-179 (Astle, 40.6 ov), 5-229 (Cairns, 47.4 ov) | |||||||
| Australia bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ |
| Dale | 10 | 1 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 60.00 | 3.00 |
| Harvey | 10 | 0 | 59 | 2 | 2 | - | 30.00 | 5.90 |
| Robertson | 10 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 1 | - | - | 4.10 |
| Warne | 10 | 0 | 56 | 1 | 1 | - | 60.00 | 5.60 |
| Moody | 4 | 0 | 21 | 0 | - | - | - | 5.25 |
| Lehmann | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | - | - | 4.50 |
| SR Waugh | 4 | 0 | 38 | 0 | - | - | - | 9.50 |
| Australia innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| DS Lehmann | b McMillan | 26 | 44 | 57 | 2 | - | 59.09 |
| DR Martyn | c Harris b Doull | 16 | 24 | 32 | 2 | - | 66.67 |
| *SR Waugh | lbw b Wiseman | 32 | 45 | 61 | 3 | - | 71.11 |
| TM Moody | c Doull b Nash | 63 | 74 | 90 | 5 | 1 | 85.14 |
| MG Bevan | c Parore b Nash | 57 | 64 | 87 | 2 | 1 | 89.06 |
| ME Waugh | not out | 34 | 28 | 50 | 2 | 1 | 121.43 |
| +AC Gilchrist | not out | 11 | 9 | 16 | 1 | - | 122.22 |
| IJ Harvey | did not bat | ||||||
| SK Warne | did not bat | ||||||
| GR Robertson | did not bat | ||||||
| AC Dale | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (2 b, 14 lb, 6 w) | 22 | |||||
| Total | (5 wickets, 47.5 overs) | 261 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-39 (Martyn, 8.5 ov), 2-59 (Lehmann, 14.2 ov), 3-115 (SR Waugh, 23.5 ov), 4-188 (Moody, 38.1 ov), 5-228 (Bevan, 44.5 ov) | |||||||
| New Zealand bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ |
| Doull | 10 | 0 | 48 | 1 | 3 | - | 60.00 | 4.80 |
| Cairns | 8.5 | 0 | 52 | 0 | - | - | - | 5.89 |
| Nash | 9 | 1 | 39 | 2 | 1 | - | 27.00 | 4.33 |
| McMillan | 3 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 1 | - | 18.00 | 4.67 |
| Harris | 4 | 0 | 28 | 0 | - | - | - | 7.00 |
| Priest | 6 | 0 | 25 | 0 | - | - | - | 4.17 |
| Wiseman | 6 | 0 | 31 | 1 | 1 | - | 36.00 | 5.17 |
| Astle | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | - | - | - | 8.00 |