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| Venue | Eden Park, Auckland on 8th March 1998 (50-over match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | New Zealand won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | New Zealand won by 2 runs |
| Umpires | DB Cowie, DM Quested |
| TV umpire | BF Bowden |
| Referee | Hanumant Singh |
| Player of the Match | DL Vettori |
| New Zealand innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| LG Howell | c Strang b Rennie | 1 | 7 | 8 | - | - | 14.29 |
| NJ Astle | c GJ Whittall b GW Flower | 62 | 84 | 126 | 3 | 2 | 73.81 |
| *SP Fleming | b AR Whittall | 27 | 32 | 45 | 5 | - | 84.38 |
| MJ Horne | c Rennie b Strang | 11 | 13 | 14 | 2 | - | 84.62 |
| CD McMillan | c Wishart b Strang | 3 | 14 | 15 | - | - | 21.43 |
| CL Cairns | b AR Whittall | 0 | 3 | 3 | - | - | 0.00 |
| CZ Harris | not out | 54 | 82 | 123 | 4 | 2 | 65.85 |
| +AC Parore | c A Flower b Viljoen | 7 | 11 | 17 | - | - | 63.64 |
| DJ Nash | c Rennie b Strang | 28 | 37 | 42 | 1 | - | 75.68 |
| DL Vettori | c A Flower b Streak | 21 | 13 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 161.54 |
| SB Doull | not out | 5 | 3 | 8 | 1 | - | 166.67 |
| Extras | (4 lb, 8 w) | 12 | |||||
| Total | (9 wickets, innings closed, 50 overs) | 231 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-3 (Howell, 1.5 ov), 2-75 (Fleming, 11.4 ov), 3-88 (Horne, 14.6 ov), 4-96 (McMillan, 18.4 ov), 5-96 (Cairns, 19.3 ov), 6-121 (Astle, 29.4 ov), 7-135 (Parore, 34.1 ov), 8-181 (Nash, 45.3 ov), 9-213 (Vettori, 48.4 ov) | |||||||
| Zimbabwe bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ |
| Streak | 5 | 0 | 38 | 1 | 3 | - | 30.00 | 7.60 |
| Rennie | 5 | 0 | 45 | 1 | - | - | 30.00 | 9.00 |
| Strang | 10 | 1 | 44 | 3 | 2 | - | 20.00 | 4.40 |
| AR Whittall | 10 | 1 | 24 | 2 | 2 | - | 30.00 | 2.40 |
| Viljoen | 10 | 0 | 35 | 1 | - | - | 60.00 | 3.50 |
| GW Flower | 10 | 0 | 41 | 1 | 1 | - | 60.00 | 4.10 |
| Zimbabwe innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| GW Flower | c Fleming b McMillan | 55 | 75 | 92 | 5 | 1 | 73.33 |
| CB Wishart | b Cairns | 6 | 7 | 14 | 1 | - | 85.71 |
| MW Goodwin | b Harris | 27 | 40 | 50 | 4 | - | 67.50 |
| +A Flower | b Vettori | 27 | 49 | 71 | 1 | - | 55.10 |
| *ADR Campbell | c Astle b Vettori | 30 | 55 | 64 | 2 | - | 54.55 |
| GJ Whittall | c Horne b Doull | 29 | 31 | 68 | 3 | 1 | 93.55 |
| DP Viljoen | b Vettori | 14 | 16 | 17 | 1 | - | 87.50 |
| HH Streak | b Cairns | 2 | 8 | 11 | - | - | 25.00 |
| PA Strang | run out (Astle) | 23 | 17 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 135.29 |
| JA Rennie | not out | 2 | 2 | 6 | - | - | 100.00 |
| AR Whittall | not out | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 100.00 |
| Extras | (4 b, 6 lb, 1 nb, 2 w) | 13 | |||||
| Total | (9 wickets, innings closed, 50 overs) | 229 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-19 (Wishart, 3.4 ov), 2-76 (Goodwin, 16.5 ov), 3-106 (GW Flower, 23.1 ov), 4-143 (A Flower, 35.3 ov), 5-162 (Campbell, 39.5 ov), 6-180 (Viljoen, 43.1 ov), 7-190 (Streak, 45.2 ov), 8-224 (GJ Whittall, 48.6 ov), 9-228 (Strang, 49.5 ov) | |||||||
| New Zealand bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ |
| Doull | 7 | 1 | 54 | 1 | 2 | - | 42.00 | 7.71 |
| Cairns | 10 | 0 | 43 | 2 | - | 1 | 30.00 | 4.30 |
| Nash | 7 | 0 | 26 | 0 | - | - | - | 3.71 |
| Vettori | 10 | 1 | 29 | 3 | - | - | 20.00 | 2.90 |
| Harris | 9 | 0 | 42 | 1 | - | - | 54.00 | 4.67 |
| McMillan | 7 | 0 | 25 | 1 | - | - | 42.00 | 3.57 |