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| Venue | Basin Reserve, Wellington on 26th, 27th, 28th, 29th, 30th December 1998 (5-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | India won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | New Zealand won by 4 wickets |
| Umpires | EA Nicholls, EA Watkin |
| TV umpire | RS Dunne |
| Referee | BN Jarman |
| Scorer | C Styles |
| Close of play day 1 | New Zealand (1) 52/1 (Horne 16*, Fleming 27*; 22 overs) |
| Close of play day 2 | New Zealand (1) 290/7 (Nash 56*, Vettori 35*; 112 overs) |
| Close of play day 3 | India (2) 179/3 (Ganguly 47*, Tendulkar 42*; 53 overs) |
| Close of play day 4 | New Zealand (2) 73/4 (McMillan 17*, Wiseman 0*; 28 overs) |
| Player of the Match | SB Doull |
| India first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| NS Sidhu | c Fleming b Doull | 0 | 6 | 3 | - | - | |
| AD Jadeja | lbw b Doull | 10 | 26 | 36 | - | - | |
| RS Dravid | lbw b Doull | 0 | 6 | 8 | - | - | |
| SC Ganguly | c Parore b Doull | 5 | 20 | 31 | 1 | - | |
| SR Tendulkar | c Bell b Doull | 47 | 72 | 95 | 7 | - | |
| *M Azharuddin | not out | 103 | 156 | 225 | 14 | - | |
| +NR Mongia | c Astle b Doull | 0 | 5 | 3 | - | - | |
| A Kumble | c McMillan b Doull | 11 | 25 | 41 | 1 | - | |
| J Srinath | c Fleming b Nash | 7 | 19 | 24 | 1 | - | |
| BKV Prasad | c Fleming b Vettori | 15 | 57 | 61 | - | - | |
| Harbhajan Singh | c Astle b McMillan | 1 | 8 | 4 | - | - | |
| Extras | (3 lb, 6 nb) | 9 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 270 minutes, 65.4 overs) | 208 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-0 (Sidhu, 0.6 ov), 2-2 (Dravid, 2.6 ov), 3-15 (Jadeja, 8.6 ov), 4-16 (Ganguly, 10.2 ov), 5-99 (Tendulkar, 30.1 ov), 6-99 (Mongia, 30.6 ov), 7-132 (Kumble, 41.1 ov), 8-149 (Srinath, 46.5 ov), 9-207 (Prasad, 64.2 ov), 10-208 (Harbhajan Singh, 65.4 ov) | |||||||
| New Zealand bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Doull | 24 | 7 | 65 | 7 | - | - | |
| Cairns | 17 | 3 | 69 | 0 | - | 2 | |
| Nash | 14 | 1 | 46 | 1 | - | 4 | |
| Vettori | 7 | 0 | 20 | 1 | - | - | |
| Astle | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | - | - | |
| McMillan | 1.4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | - | - | |
| New Zealand first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| MD Bell | c Mongia b Prasad | 4 | 13 | 15 | 1 | - | |
| MJ Horne | b Kumble | 38 | 127 | 190 | 4 | - | |
| *SP Fleming | run out (Jadeja) | 42 | 95 | 114 | 4 | - | |
| NJ Astle | b Kumble | 56 | 137 | 196 | 6 | 1 | |
| CD McMillan | c Dravid b Srinath | 24 | 58 | 71 | 2 | - | |
| +AC Parore | lbw b Kumble | 2 | 13 | 25 | - | - | |
| CL Cairns | c Tendulkar b Prasad | 3 | 8 | 13 | - | - | |
| DJ Nash | not out | 89 | 230 | 298 | 4 | - | |
| DL Vettori | b Tendulkar | 57 | 194 | 238 | 4 | - | |
| PJ Wiseman | b Tendulkar | 0 | 13 | 14 | - | - | |
| SB Doull | lbw b Kumble | 0 | 8 | 9 | - | - | |
| Extras | (13 b, 19 lb, 5 nb) | 37 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 591 minutes, 148.4 overs) | 352 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-7 (Bell, 3.5 ov), 2-79 (Fleming, 31.1 ov), 3-112 (Horne, 45.5 ov), 4-162 (McMillan, 62.3 ov), 5-172 (Parore, 67.2 ov), 6-179 (Cairns, 70.2 ov), 7-208 (Astle, 78.6 ov), 8-345 (Vettori, 141.3 ov), 9-349 (Wiseman, 145.6 ov), 10-352 (Doull, 148.4 ov) | |||||||
| India bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Srinath | 36 | 6 | 89 | 1 | - | 5 | |
| Prasad | 30 | 8 | 67 | 2 | - | - | |
| Kumble | 45.4 | 17 | 83 | 4 | - | - | |
| Harbhajan Singh | 25 | 6 | 61 | 0 | - | - | |
| Ganguly | 6 | 0 | 13 | 0 | - | - | |
| Tendulkar | 6 | 2 | 7 | 2 | - | - | |
| India second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| AD Jadeja | b Nash | 22 | 31 | 36 | 3 | - | |
| NS Sidhu | lbw b Doull | 34 | 66 | 94 | 4 | 2 | |
| RS Dravid | b Wiseman | 28 | 77 | 102 | 5 | - | |
| SC Ganguly | c Bell b Wiseman | 48 | 104 | 141 | 7 | - | |
| SR Tendulkar | c Fleming b Nash | 113 | 151 | 200 | 13 | 2 | |
| *M Azharuddin | c Parore b Nash | 48 | 94 | 122 | 4 | - | |
| +NR Mongia | c Fleming b Doull | 2 | 9 | 14 | - | - | |
| A Kumble | c Nash b Vettori | 23 | 78 | 85 | 1 | - | |
| J Srinath | not out | 27 | 70 | 100 | 3 | - | |
| BKV Prasad | c and b Astle | 0 | 6 | 9 | - | - | |
| Harbhajan Singh | c Horne b McMillan | 1 | 9 | 8 | - | - | |
| Extras | (3 b, 1 lb, 5 nb, 1 w) | 10 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 460 minutes, 115 overs) | 356 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-41 (Jadeja, 8.5 ov), 2-74 (Sidhu, 23.2 ov), 3-112 (Dravid, 34.6 ov), 4-200 (Ganguly, 58.6 ov), 5-297 (Tendulkar, 84.1 ov), 6-304 (Mongia, 87.4 ov), 7-304 (Azharuddin, 88.1 ov), 8-346 (Kumble, 109.1 ov), 9-349 (Prasad, 112.1 ov), 10-356 (Harbhajan Singh, 115 ov) | |||||||
| New Zealand bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Doull | 25 | 10 | 49 | 2 | - | 1 | |
| Cairns | 19 | 2 | 68 | 0 | - | 2 | |
| Nash | 15 | 9 | 20 | 3 | - | 1 | |
| Vettori | 20 | 6 | 92 | 1 | - | - | |
| McMillan | 10 | 2 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Wiseman | 19 | 1 | 90 | 2 | - | - | |
| Astle | 7 | 3 | 7 | 1 | - | - | |
| New Zealand second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| MD Bell | c Dravid b Srinath | 0 | 3 | 1 | - | - | |
| MJ Horne | lbw b Kumble | 31 | 49 | 87 | 4 | - | |
| *SP Fleming | b Kumble | 17 | 34 | 55 | 3 | - | |
| NJ Astle | retired hurt | 1 | 19 | 23 | - | - | |
| CD McMillan | not out | 74 | 122 | 191 | 6 | - | |
| +AC Parore | run out (Dravid->Mongia) | 1 | 17 | 23 | - | - | |
| PJ Wiseman | lbw b Srinath | 0 | 19 | 20 | - | - | |
| CL Cairns | c Jadeja b Srinath | 61 | 107 | 137 | 9 | 1 | |
| DJ Nash | not out | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | |
| DL Vettori | did not bat | ||||||
| SB Doull | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (9 b, 9 lb, 8 nb) | 26 | |||||
| Total | (6 wickets, 273 minutes, 60.3 overs) | 215 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-0 (Bell, 0.3 ov), 2-42 (Fleming, 11.6 ov), 3-51 (Horne, 17.2 ov), 4-67 (Parore, 23.2 ov), 5-74 (Wiseman, 28.5 ov), 6-211 (Cairns, 60.2 ov) | |||||||
| India bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Srinath | 19.3 | 1 | 82 | 3 | - | 8 | |
| Prasad | 10 | 3 | 26 | 0 | - | - | |
| Kumble | 23 | 6 | 70 | 2 | - | - | |
| Harbhajan Singh | 5 | 1 | 11 | 0 | - | - | |
| Tendulkar | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 | - | - | |