| a10963 o1277 | |
| Venue | Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth on 16th January 1998 (50-over match) (day/night) | 
| Balls per over | 6 | 
| Toss | South Africa won the toss and decided to bat | 
| Result | South Africa won by 67 runs | 
| Points | New Zealand 0; South Africa 2 | 
| Umpires | RA Emerson, AJ McQuillan | 
| TV umpire | TA Prue | 
| Referee | RS Madugalle | 
| Player of the Match | JH Kallis | 
| South Africa innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| G Kirsten | run out (Nash) | 44 | 54 | 80 | 1 | - | 81.48 | 
| L Klusener | c Vettori b O'Connor | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | 200.00 | 
| JH Kallis | c Nash b McMillan | 111 | 140 | 151 | 10 | - | 79.29 | 
| DJ Cullinan | c Harris b Cairns | 26 | 43 | 51 | 1 | - | 60.47 | 
| HH Gibbs | c and b Harris | 8 | 22 | 25 | - | - | 36.36 | 
| *WJ Cronje | c O'Connor b Cairns | 6 | 10 | 16 | - | - | 60.00 | 
| JN Rhodes | c O'Connor b Astle | 2 | 4 | 4 | - | - | 50.00 | 
| SM Pollock | not out | 22 | 17 | 16 | 1 | - | 129.41 | 
| PL Symcox | not out | 5 | 8 | 9 | - | - | 62.50 | 
| +MV Boucher | did not bat | ||||||
| M Ntini | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (2 lb, 3 w) | 5 | |||||
| Total | (7 wickets, innings closed, 50 overs) | 233 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-7 (Klusener, 0.4 ov), 2-97 (Kirsten, 19.3 ov), 3-170 (Cullinan, 36.2 ov), 4-194 (Kallis, 42.3 ov), 5-199 (Gibbs, 43.6 ov), 6-203 (Rhodes, 45.1 ov), 7-211 (Cronje, 46.5 ov) | |||||||
| New Zealand bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ | 
| O'Connor | 6 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 2 | - | 36.00 | 4.50 | 
| Cairns | 10 | 1 | 50 | 2 | - | - | 30.00 | 5.00 | 
| Nash | 8 | 0 | 41 | 0 | - | - | - | 5.12 | 
| Harris | 10 | 0 | 39 | 1 | - | - | 60.00 | 3.90 | 
| Astle | 9 | 0 | 39 | 1 | 1 | - | 54.00 | 4.33 | 
| Vettori | 4 | 0 | 22 | 0 | - | - | - | 5.50 | 
| McMillan | 3 | 0 | 13 | 1 | - | - | 18.00 | 4.33 | 
| New Zealand innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| BA Young | c Ntini b Symcox | 34 | 50 | 56 | 3 | - | 68.00 | 
| CM Spearman | c Rhodes b Pollock | 13 | 18 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 72.22 | 
| *SP Fleming | c Boucher b Ntini | 26 | 31 | 54 | - | 1 | 83.87 | 
| CD McMillan | c Gibbs b Symcox | 11 | 12 | 18 | 1 | - | 91.67 | 
| NJ Astle | c Cullinan b Pollock | 18 | 42 | 44 | 1 | - | 42.86 | 
| CL Cairns | c Gibbs b Pollock | 17 | 35 | 49 | 1 | - | 48.57 | 
| CZ Harris | lbw b Kallis | 4 | 19 | 28 | - | - | 21.05 | 
| +AC Parore | c Boucher b Ntini | 8 | 16 | 30 | - | - | 50.00 | 
| DJ Nash | c Gibbs b Kallis | 15 | 27 | 40 | - | 1 | 55.56 | 
| DL Vettori | run out (Gibbs) | 4 | 8 | 8 | - | - | 50.00 | 
| SB O'Connor | not out | 2 | 15 | 18 | - | - | 13.33 | 
| Extras | (3 lb, 1 nb, 10 w) | 14 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 45.1 overs) | 166 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-30 (Spearman, 6.1 ov), 2-60 (Young, 13.2 ov), 3-86 (McMillan, 17.5 ov), 4-89 (Fleming, 18.4 ov), 5-122 (Astle, 30.1 ov), 6-127 (Cairns, 32.2 ov), 7-138 (Harris, 35.4 ov), 8-144 (Parore, 38.3 ov), 9-151 (Vettori, 40.3 ov), 10-166 (Nash, 45.1 ov) | |||||||
| South Africa bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ | 
| Pollock | 10 | 0 | 28 | 3 | - | 1 | 20.00 | 2.80 | 
| Klusener | 8 | 1 | 41 | 0 | 1 | - | - | 5.12 | 
| Symcox | 8 | 0 | 37 | 2 | 1 | - | 24.00 | 4.62 | 
| Ntini | 10 | 0 | 31 | 2 | 2 | - | 30.00 | 3.10 | 
| Kallis | 9.1 | 1 | 26 | 2 | 6 | - | 27.50 | 2.84 |