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| Venue | Adelaide Oval, Adelaide on 7th 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 3 wickets |
| Points | Australia 2; New Zealand 0 |
| Umpires | DB Hair, TA Prue |
| TV umpire | SJ Davis |
| Referee | CW Smith |
| Player of the Match | ME Waugh |
| New Zealand innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| MJ Horne | lbw b Warne | 31 | 44 | 51 | 4 | - | 70.45 |
| NJ Astle | c Warne b Bichel | 66 | 84 | 120 | 5 | 1 | 78.57 |
| *SP Fleming | c Harvey b Bichel | 61 | 79 | 104 | 4 | - | 77.22 |
| CD McMillan | c Harvey b Warne | 43 | 46 | 65 | 3 | - | 93.48 |
| CL Cairns | c Gilchrist b McGrath | 0 | 3 | 5 | - | - | 0.00 |
| +AC Parore | b Harvey | 9 | 23 | 35 | - | - | 39.13 |
| RG Twose | c Bevan b Warne | 26 | 20 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 130.00 |
| CZ Harris | not out | 9 | 8 | 13 | 1 | - | 112.50 |
| GR Larsen | not out | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | - | 0.00 |
| DL Vettori | did not bat | ||||||
| SB O'Connor | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (4 lb, 2 nb, 9 w) | 15 | |||||
| Total | (7 wickets, innings closed, 212 minutes, 50 overs) | 260 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-77 (Horne), 2-146 (Astle), 3-186 (Fleming), 4-190 (Cairns), 5-220 (McMillan), 6-227 (Parore), 7-259 (Twose) | |||||||
| Australia bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ |
| McGrath | 10 | 1 | 53 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 60.00 | 5.30 |
| Dale | 6 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 1 | 2 | - | 6.83 |
| Warne | 10 | 0 | 48 | 3 | 1 | - | 20.00 | 4.80 |
| Harvey | 10 | 0 | 39 | 1 | 2 | - | 60.00 | 3.90 |
| ME Waugh | 4 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 1 | - | - | 5.75 |
| Bichel | 10 | 1 | 52 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 30.00 | 5.20 |
| Australia innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| ME Waugh | c Parore b Harris | 104 | 113 | 141 | 8 | - | 92.04 |
| MJ Di Venuto | st Parore b Vettori | 77 | 74 | 102 | 9 | - | 104.05 |
| +AC Gilchrist | run out (Harris) | 29 | 44 | 61 | 2 | 1 | 65.91 |
| GS Blewett | b Larsen | 0 | 12 | 12 | - | - | 0.00 |
| IJ Harvey | c Parore b Astle | 3 | 8 | 12 | - | - | 37.50 |
| *SR Waugh | lbw b Larsen | 7 | 15 | 26 | - | - | 46.67 |
| MG Bevan | not out | 25 | 23 | 37 | 2 | - | 108.70 |
| SK Warne | b Larsen | 5 | 9 | 11 | - | - | 55.56 |
| AJ Bichel | not out | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 400.00 |
| AC Dale | did not bat | ||||||
| GD McGrath | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (5 lb, 1 nb, 3 w) | 9 | |||||
| Total | (7 wickets, 205 minutes, 49.4 overs) | 263 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-156 (Di Venuto), 2-202 (ME Waugh), 3-209 (Blewett), 4-221 (Gilchrist), 5-221 (Harvey), 6-249 (SR Waugh), 7-259 (Warne) | |||||||
| New Zealand bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ |
| O'Connor | 4 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 3 | - | - | 5.75 |
| Cairns | 8 | 0 | 54 | 0 | - | 1 | - | 6.75 |
| Harris | 10 | 2 | 34 | 1 | - | - | 60.00 | 3.40 |
| Astle | 6 | 1 | 35 | 1 | - | - | 36.00 | 5.83 |
| Larsen | 9.4 | 0 | 56 | 3 | - | - | 19.33 | 5.79 |
| Vettori | 9 | 0 | 47 | 1 | - | - | 54.00 | 5.22 |
| McMillan | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0 | - | - | - | 3.00 |