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| Venue | Lancaster Park, Christchurch on 4th March 1998 (50-over match) (day/night) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | New Zealand won the toss and decided to field |
| Result | Zimbabwe won by 1 run |
| Umpires | BF Bowden, CE King |
| TV umpire | DM Quested |
| Referee | Hanumant Singh |
| Man of the Match | MW Goodwin |
| Zimbabwe innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| GW Flower | b O'Connor | 0 | 3 | 2 | - | - | 0.00 |
| CB Wishart | b Vettori | 28 | 24 | 30 | 4 | - | 116.67 |
| MW Goodwin | b Harris | 58 | 77 | 95 | 9 | - | 75.32 |
| *ADR Campbell | run out (Harris) | 38 | 67 | 84 | 4 | - | 56.72 |
| +A Flower | run out (Astle) | 28 | 41 | 70 | 1 | - | 68.29 |
| GJ Whittall | c Horne b Doull | 50 | 63 | 67 | 5 | 1 | 79.37 |
| PA Strang | not out | 16 | 16 | 27 | 1 | - | 100.00 |
| DP Viljoen | b O'Connor | 4 | 6 | 7 | - | - | 66.67 |
| HH Streak | not out | 2 | 3 | 5 | - | - | 66.67 |
| JA Rennie | did not bat | ||||||
| AR Whittall | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (3 lb, 1 w) | 4 | |||||
| Total | (7 wickets, innings closed, 50 overs) | 228 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-0 (GW Flower, 0.3 ov), 2-38 (Wishart, 7.5 ov), 3-116 (Goodwin, 24.5 ov), 4-127 (Campbell, 29.5 ov), 5-197 (A Flower, 43.3 ov), 6-211 (GJ Whittall, 47.1 ov), 7-221 (Viljoen, 48.5 ov) | |||||||
| New Zealand bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ |
| O'Connor | 7 | 1 | 31 | 2 | - | - | 21.00 | 4.43 |
| Cairns | 3 | 0 | 23 | 0 | - | - | - | 7.67 |
| Vettori | 10 | 0 | 36 | 1 | - | - | 60.00 | 3.60 |
| Doull | 5 | 1 | 19 | 1 | - | - | 30.00 | 3.80 |
| McMillan | 6 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 1 | - | - | 5.00 |
| Harris | 10 | 0 | 47 | 1 | - | - | 60.00 | 4.70 |
| Astle | 9 | 0 | 39 | 0 | - | - | - | 4.33 |
| New Zealand innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| LG Howell | c sub (HK Olonga) b Strang | 68 | 71 | 84 | 12 | 1 | 95.77 |
| NJ Astle | c Campbell b Viljoen | 69 | 99 | 130 | 8 | - | 69.70 |
| *SP Fleming | b AR Whittall | 4 | 19 | 17 | - | - | 21.05 |
| MJ Horne | run out (GW Flower) | 2 | 3 | 5 | - | - | 66.67 |
| CD McMillan | c A Flower b GW Flower | 15 | 20 | 39 | 2 | - | 75.00 |
| CL Cairns | b Viljoen | 1 | 5 | 6 | - | - | 20.00 |
| CZ Harris | c GJ Whittall b Strang | 22 | 44 | 58 | 1 | - | 50.00 |
| +AC Parore | c Strang b Streak | 25 | 34 | 54 | 1 | 1 | 73.53 |
| SB Doull | st A Flower b Strang | 0 | 1 | 2 | - | - | 0.00 |
| DL Vettori | not out | 7 | 4 | 10 | - | - | 175.00 |
| SB O'Connor | not out | 1 | 1 | 6 | - | - | 100.00 |
| Extras | (1 lb, 12 w) | 13 | |||||
| Total | (9 wickets, innings closed, 50 overs) | 227 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-125 (Howell, 21.4 ov), 2-137 (Fleming, 26.4 ov), 3-139 (Horne, 27.4 ov), 4-159 (Astle, 33.5 ov), 5-165 (Cairns, 35.2 ov), 6-168 (McMillan, 36.6 ov), 7-218 (Harris, 48.4 ov), 8-219 (Doull, 48.6 ov), 9-219 (Parore, 49.1 ov) | |||||||
| Zimbabwe bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ |
| Streak | 9 | 0 | 57 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 54.00 | 6.33 |
| Rennie | 4 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 1 | - | - | 5.75 |
| AR Whittall | 9 | 0 | 45 | 1 | 2 | - | 54.00 | 5.00 |
| Strang | 10 | 0 | 44 | 3 | - | 1 | 20.00 | 4.40 |
| GW Flower | 6 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 3 | - | 36.00 | 3.17 |
| Goodwin | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | - | - | - | 3.50 |
| Viljoen | 10 | 0 | 31 | 2 | 1 | - | 30.00 | 3.10 |