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Australia vs New Zealand Scorecard, Commonwealth Bank Series, 21 January, 1998, Melbourne Cricket Ground & Match Stats

Carlton United Series | January 21, 1998, 07:30 PM | Melbourne Cricket Ground

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New Zealand
New Zealand

*253/6 (49.1 ov)

vs
Australia

*251/4 (50.0 ov)

Australia

New Zealand won by 4 wickets

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Player of the Match

Stephen Fleming - New Zealand

Australia Inning Inning

251/4 (50.0 ov)
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Batter R B 4s 6s SR
Tom Moody
c O'Connor b Harris
19 55 2 0 34.55
Mark Waugh
c Nash b Vettori
31 31 4 0 100.00
Ricky Ponting
c O'Connor b Cairns
100 114 6 0 87.72
Darren Lehmann
run out
46 51 0 0 90.20
Steve Waugh
not out
45 47 2 0 95.74
Ian Harvey
not out
4 4 0 0 100.00
EXTRAS ( b 0, lb 0, w 6, nb 0, p 0) 6
TOTAL (5.02 RUNS PER OVER) 251/4 (50.0 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS

65-2 (Tom Moody, 0 ov), 51-1 (Mark Waugh, 0 ov), 246-4 (Ricky Ponting, 0 ov), 153-3 (Darren Lehmann, 0 ov)

DID NOT BAT

Michael Bevan, Adam Gilchrist, Paul Reiffel, Shane Warne, Paul Wilson

Bowling Stats

Bowler O M R W Dots NB WD ECO
Shayne O'Connor 4 0 23 0 0 0 0 5.75
Chris Cairns 10 2 46 1 0 0 0 4.60
Daniel Vettori 10 0 41 1 0 0 0 4.10
Chris Harris 10 0 50 1 0 0 0 5.00
Nathan Astle 7 0 35 0 0 0 0 5.00
Dion Nash 3 0 24 0 0 0 0 8.00
Craig McMillan 6 0 32 0 0 0 0 5.33

New Zealand (target 252 runs off 50.0 overs) Inning Inning

253/6 (49.1 ov)
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DATE & TIME

Wednesday, January 21, 1998 - 07:30 PM

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Toss Australia won the toss and elected to bat

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Melbourne Cricket Ground , Melbourne

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