Australia v New Zealand (1265)

a10868 o1265	Australia v New Zealand
	Carlton and United Series 1997/98
Venue	Melbourne Cricket Ground on 17th December 1997 (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	RA Emerson, DB Hair
Third umpire	WP Sheahan
Referee	CW Smith
Man of the Match	MG Bevan

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New Zealand innings Runs Balls Mins 4s 6s MJ Horne c Gilchrist b Dale 3 8 6 - - NJ Astle c Gilchrist b Dale 20 33 64 1 - CL Cairns b Wilson 0 4 5 - - *SP Fleming c Bevan b Wilson 6 16 16 1 - CD McMillan c Harvey b Warne 9 24 28 1 - RG Twose run out (Dale) 0 0 2 - - +AC Parore c Gilchrist b Wilson 5 27 50 - - CZ Harris not out 62 118 142 2 - DL Vettori c Warne b Bevan 14 32 43 1 - GR Larsen c SR Waugh b Bevan 0 2 2 - - SB O'Connor run out (Dale->Bichel->Gilchrist) 8 41 46 - - Extras (4 lb, 5 nb, 5 w) 14 Total (all out, 207 minutes, 49.3 overs) 141 Fall of wickets: 1-5 (Horne, 1.4 ov), 2-9 (Cairns, 2.4 ov), 3-19 (Fleming, 6.1 ov), 4-45 (McMillan, 12.6 ov), 5-45 (Twose, 13.1 ov), 6-45 (Astle, 13.2 ov), 7-75 (Parore, 24.5 ov), 8-108 (Vettori, 35.4 ov), 9-108 (Larsen, 35.6 ov), 10-141 (O'Connor, 49.3 ov) Australia bowling Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Wides No-Balls Wilson 10 0 39 3 - 6 Dale 10 2 22 2 2 1 Warne 10 2 25 1 - - Bevan 10 0 26 2 1 - Bichel 9 0 17 0 1 - Harvey 0.3 0 8 0 - - Australia innings Runs Balls Mins 4s 6s MJ Di Venuto c Astle b Cairns 7 14 21 - - ME Waugh c Parore b Cairns 9 22 31 - - RT Ponting not out 60 92 142 4 - *SR Waugh c Parore b Cairns 0 2 1 - - MG Bevan c Astle b Cairns 42 83 102 2 - +AC Gilchrist not out 11 21 26 - - IJ Harvey did not bat SK Warne did not bat AC Dale did not bat P Wilson did not bat AJ Bichel did not bat Extras (4 lb, 1 nb, 8 w) 13 Total (4 wickets, 164 minutes, 38.5 overs) 142 Fall of wickets: 1-17 (Di Venuto, 5.1 ov), 2-22 (ME Waugh, 7.2 ov), 3-22 (SR Waugh, 7.4 ov), 4-117 (Bevan, 31.6 ov) New Zealand bowling Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Wides No-Balls O'Connor 10 0 43 0 4 - Cairns 10 3 40 4 1 1 Vettori 9 1 32 0 2 - Harris 9.5 1 23 0 1 -

Notes
--> RT Ponting passed 1000 runs in ODIs when he reached 56
--> MG Bevan passed 2000 runs in ODIs when he reached 28
--> P Wilson made his debut in ODIs
--> CL Cairns achieved his best innings bowling analysis in ODIs in the Australia innings (previous best was 4-55)
--> CL Cairns reached 250 wickets in ListA Matches when he dismissed MJ Di Venuto, his 1st wicket in the Australia innings

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12th Men: GS Blewett (Aus) and BA Young (NZ)
All of Wilson's 6 no balls were because of the back foot touching the return crease. NJ Astle was caught at deep square leg off one of them.
Attendance: 31,097.