f43355 t1386	Australia v New Zealand
	New Zealand in Australia 1997/98 (2nd Test)
Venue	Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth on 20th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd November 1997 (5-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	New Zealand won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Australia won by an innings and 70 runs
Umpires	DB Hair, G Sharp
TV umpire	TA Prue
Referee	CW Smith
Scorers	CA Bull (Australia), SA Wheeler (New Zealand)
Close of play day 1	Australia (1) 32/1 (Elliott 22*, Blewett 7*)
Close of play day 2	Australia (1) 235/4 (SR Waugh 79*, Healy 3*)
Close of play day 3	New Zealand (2) 69/3 (Parore 42*, Fleming 0*)
Player of the Match	SR Waugh

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New Zealand first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BA Young	c SR Waugh b Kasprowicz	9	19	20	2	-
BA Pocock	c Healy b Cook	15	45	65	2	-
+AC Parore	c Blewett b Reiffel	30	86	142	3	-
*SP Fleming	c Blewett b Warne	10	34	42	1	-
NJ Astle	c Healy b Reiffel	12	30	30	2	-
CD McMillan	c Taylor b Kasprowicz	54	75	95	5	1
CL Cairns	c ME Waugh b Warne	52	82	109	6	-
DL Vettori	not out	14	51	73	-	-
SB Doull	c Taylor b Warne	8	6	7	2	-
SB O'Connor	c SR Waugh b Cook	7	19	21	-	-
GI Allott	b Warne	0	4	4	-	-
Extras	(3 lb, 3 nb)	6
Total	(all out, 313 minutes, 74.4 overs)	217
Fall of wickets:
1-12 (Young), 2-31 (Pocock), 3-51 (Fleming), 4-72 (Astle), 5-87 (Parore), 6-161 (McMillan), 7-187 (Cairns), 8-197 (Doull), 9-214 (O'Connor), 10-217 (Allott)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Kasprowicz	20	9	40	2	-	-
Reiffel	20	6	46	2	-	2
Cook	10	5	36	2	-	-
Warne	22.4	3	83	4	-	1
Blewett	2	1	9	0	-	-

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Australia first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*MA Taylor	lbw b O'Connor	2	9	7	-	-
MTG Elliott	c O'Connor b Cairns	42	84	114	7	-
GS Blewett	c Astle b O'Connor	14	64	76	-	-
ME Waugh	c Parore b Doull	86	149	186	11	1
SR Waugh	b O'Connor	96	161	213	10	-
+IA Healy	c Fleming b Cairns	85	154	239	9	-
RT Ponting	c Fleming b Cairns	16	31	40	2	-
PR Reiffel	c Fleming b Cairns	54	88	108	7	-
SK Warne	c O'Connor b Vettori	36	25	24	4	1
MS Kasprowicz	run out (Doull->O'Connor)	9	19	23	1	-
SH Cook	not out	3	14	16	-	-
Extras	(6 b, 5 lb, 7 nb)	18
Total	(all out, 532 minutes, 131.4 overs)	461
Fall of wickets:
1-3 (Taylor), 2-53 (Blewett), 3-71 (Elliott), 4-224 (ME Waugh), 5-262 (SR Waugh), 6-287 (Ponting), 7-403 (Reiffel), 8-449 (Warne), 9-450 (Healy), 10-461 (Kasprowicz)

New Zealand bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Doull	21	3	78	1	-	4
O'Connor	31.4	7	109	3	-	-
Cairns	28	9	95	4	-	1
Vettori	29	7	84	1	-	-
Allott	22	3	84	0	-	2

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New Zealand second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BA Pocock	c Blewett b Kasprowicz	1	4	3	-	-
BA Young	run out (Elliott)	23	69	91	4	-
+AC Parore	lbw b Kasprowicz	63	128	170	10	-
DL Vettori	c Taylor b Warne	1	20	18	-	-
*SP Fleming	c Blewett b Warne	4	18	30	-	-
NJ Astle	lbw b Cook	19	66	108	2	-
CD McMillan	lbw b Cook	23	38	49	3	-
CL Cairns	b Cook	7	8	10	1	-
SB Doull	c SR Waugh b Cook	17	17	17	2	1
SB O'Connor	c Taylor b Cook	7	16	15	1	-
GI Allott	not out	2	7	11	-	-
Extras	(2 lb, 5 nb)	7
Total	(all out, 270 minutes, 64.2 overs)	174
Fall of wickets:
1-2 (Pocock), 2-53 (Young), 3-55 (Vettori), 4-84 (Fleming), 5-102 (Parore), 6-137 (McMillan), 7-145 (Cairns), 8-160 (Astle), 9-165 (Doull), 10-174 (O'Connor)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Kasprowicz	16	5	43	2	-	-
Reiffel	12	4	26	0	-	5
Warne	26	4	64	2	-	1
Cook	10.2	3	39	5	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for five days but completed in four.
--> Day 1 Lunch: New Zealand (1) 55/3 (Parore 20*, Astle 0*)
--> Day 1 Tea: New Zealand (1) 161/6 (Cairns 27*, Vettori 0*)
--> Day 2 Lunch: Australia (1) 32/1 (Elliott 22*, Blewett 7*; 0 overs)
--> Day 2 Tea: Australia (1) 90/3 (ME Waugh 20*, SR Waugh 8*)
--> Day 3 Lunch: Australia (1) 329/6 (Healy 38*, Reiffel 20*)
--> Day 3 Tea: Australia (1) 461 all out
--> Day 4 Lunch: New Zealand (2) 147/7 (Astle 19*, Doull 0*)
--> SH Cook made his debut in Test matches
--> BA Pocock made his last appearance in Test matches
--> AC Parore (1) passed 1500 runs in Test matches when he reached 12
--> CD McMillan (1) 50 in 72 balls, 90 minutes with 5 fours and 1 six
--> CD McMillan (1) equalled his previous highest score of 54 in Test matches
--> CL Cairns (1) 50 in 77 balls, 102 minutes with 6 fours
--> ME Waugh (1) 50 in 97 balls, 117 minutes with 7 fours
--> ME Waugh (1) passed 4500 runs in Test matches when he reached 16
--> SR Waugh (1) 50 in 69 balls, 94 minutes with 7 fours
--> SR Waugh (1) passed 6000 runs in Test matches when he reached 15
--> SR Waugh (1) passed 16000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 57
--> IA Healy (1) 50 in 96 balls, 151 minutes with 6 fours
--> IA Healy (1) passed 7000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 83
--> PR Reiffel (1) 50 in 81 balls, 102 minutes with 6 fours
--> AC Parore (2) 50 in 97 balls, 136 minutes with 9 fours
--> SH Cook made his debut for Australia in First-Class matches
--> SB O'Connor made his debut in Australia in Test matches
--> SH Cook achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the New Zealand second innings (previous best was 5-114)
--> SH Cook achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Test matches in the New Zealand second innings

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12th Men: AJ Bichel (Australia) and CZ Harris (New Zealand)
Floodlights were used for the entire 3rd session, the first such instance in a Test
Attendance: Day 1 - 6109. Day 2 - 5099. Day 3 - 7568. Day 4 - 5110. Aggregate - 23886.