a10997 o1290	New Zealand v Australia
	Australia in New Zealand 1997/98 (1st ODI)
Venue	Lancaster Park, Christchurch on 8th February 1998 (50-over match) (day/night)
Balls per over	6
Toss	New Zealand won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Australia won by 7 wickets
Umpires	DB Cowie, DM Quested
TV umpire	AL Hill
Referee	Hanumant Singh
Player of the Match	AC Gilchrist

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New Zealand innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
LG Howell	b Robertson	50	63	98	4	-	79.37
NJ Astle	b Moody	23	34	36	5	-	67.65
+AC Parore	c Bevan b Robertson	29	63	68	1	-	46.03
*SP Fleming	c and b Robertson	2	6	9	-	-	33.33
CD McMillan	run out (Moody)	4	19	18	1	-	21.05
CL Cairns	c Dale b SR Waugh	16	34	37	-	-	47.06
CZ Harris	c Law b Moody	38	43	66	3	-	88.37
DJ Nash	not out	39	39	48	4	-	100.00
SB Doull	not out	0	0	3	-	-	0.00
DL Vettori	did not bat
SB O'Connor	did not bat
Extras	(7 lb, 4 w)	11
Total	(7 wickets, innings closed, 50 overs)	212
Fall of wickets:
1-40 (Astle, 8.6 ov), 2-104 (Howell, 25.4 ov), 3-109 (Parore, 27.1 ov), 4-109 (Fleming, 27.3 ov), 5-119 (McMillan, 32.5 ov), 6-136 (Cairns, 38.4 ov), 7-202 (Harris, 49.2 ov)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Wilson	7	1	39	0	2	-	-	5.57
Dale	8	0	34	0	-	1	-	4.25
Moody	8	2	36	2	-	-	24.00	4.50
Robertson	10	0	32	3	-	-	20.00	3.20
SR Waugh	10	1	24	1	-	-	60.00	2.40
ME Waugh	3	0	19	0	2	-	-	6.33
Law	4	0	21	0	-	-	-	5.25

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Australia innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
+AC Gilchrist	c Cairns b McMillan	118	117	137	10	5	100.85
ME Waugh	c Nash b Vettori	65	78	99	8	-	83.33
TM Moody	b McMillan	17	14	16	1	2	121.43
RT Ponting	not out	10	18	25	1	-	55.56
DS Lehmann	not out	0	2	4	-	-	0.00
MG Bevan	did not bat
SG Law	did not bat
*SR Waugh	did not bat
GR Robertson	did not bat
AC Dale	did not bat
P Wilson	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 1 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	5
Total	(3 wickets, 38.2 overs)	215
Fall of wickets:
1-146 (ME Waugh, 25.6 ov), 2-173 (Moody, 30.3 ov), 3-208 (Gilchrist, 36.6 ov)

New Zealand bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
O'Connor	4	0	31	0	1	-	-	7.75
Doull	4	0	25	0	-	2	-	6.25
Cairns	4	0	16	0	-	-	-	4.00
Harris	8	0	43	0	-	-	-	5.38
Vettori	10	0	44	1	-	-	60.00	4.40
Astle	2	0	15	0	-	-	-	7.50
McMillan	6.2	0	38	2	-	-	19.00	6.00

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Notes
--> LG Howell passed his previous highest score of 24 in ODI matches
--> LG Howell 50 in 62 balls, 97 minutes with 4 fours
--> AC Gilchrist 50 in 47 balls, 59 minutes with 7 fours and 1 six
--> AC Gilchrist passed his previous highest score of 100 in List A matches
--> AC Gilchrist 100 in 97 balls, 124 minutes with 9 fours and 5 sixes
--> AC Gilchrist passed his previous highest score of 100 in ODI matches
--> AC Gilchrist passed 500 runs in ODI matches when he reached 15
--> ME Waugh 50 in 56 balls, 77 minutes with 6 fours
--> ME Waugh passed 10000 runs in List A matches when he reached 58
--> MG Bevan made his debut in New Zealand in ODI matches
--> GR Robertson made his debut in New Zealand in ODI matches
--> SG Law made his debut in New Zealand in List A matches
--> SG Law made his debut in New Zealand in ODI matches
--> DS Lehmann made his debut in New Zealand in List A matches
--> DS Lehmann made his debut in New Zealand in ODI matches
--> AC Gilchrist made his debut in New Zealand in ODI matches
--> AC Dale made his debut in New Zealand in List A matches
--> AC Dale made his debut in New Zealand in ODI matches
--> P Wilson made his debut in New Zealand in List A matches
--> P Wilson made his debut in New Zealand in ODI matches
--> GR Robertson achieved his best innings bowling analysis in ODI matches when he dismissed LG Howell in the New Zealand innings (previous best was 0-24)

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