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| Venue | McDonald Park, Mount Gambier on 6th January 1998 (50-over match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | New Zealanders won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | New Zealanders won by 164 runs |
| Umpires | AJ Hunter, DR Smith |
| Scorers | RM Artis, ME Skau |
| New Zealanders innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| CM Spearman | c Locastro b Mann | 111 | 130 | 173 | 9 | 1 | 85.38 |
| BA Young | c McInnes b Johnson | 44 | 56 | 69 | 3 | - | 78.57 |
| MJ Horne | c and b Reeves | 36 | 54 | 57 | 3 | - | 66.67 |
| *SP Fleming | c Reeves b McInnes | 24 | 14 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 171.43 |
| CD McMillan | b Mann | 39 | 22 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 177.27 |
| CZ Harris | not out | 33 | 16 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 206.25 |
| CL Cairns | not out | 13 | 10 | 19 | 2 | - | 130.00 |
| +AC Parore | did not bat | ||||||
| DJ Nash | did not bat | ||||||
| SB O'Connor | did not bat | ||||||
| CJ Drum | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (6 lb, 4 nb, 6 w) | 16 | |||||
| Total | (5 wickets, innings closed, 193 minutes, 50 overs) | 316 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-83 (Young), 2-172 (Horne), 3-209 (Fleming), 4-269 (McMillan), 5-270 (Spearman) | |||||||
| Australian Country XI bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ |
| Roe | 7 | 1 | 40 | 0 | 4 | - | - | 5.71 |
| Warden | 10 | 0 | 55 | 0 | - | - | - | 5.50 |
| Mann | 10 | 1 | 68 | 2 | - | 4 | 30.00 | 6.80 |
| Johnson | 8 | 0 | 34 | 1 | 2 | - | 48.00 | 4.25 |
| Reeves | 8 | 0 | 61 | 1 | - | - | 48.00 | 7.62 |
| McInnes | 7 | 0 | 52 | 1 | - | - | 42.00 | 7.43 |
| Australian Country XI innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| AR Jones | c Parore b McMillan | 70 | 128 | 156 | 6 | - | 54.69 |
| LG Burns | lbw b Nash | 30 | 40 | 54 | 4 | - | 75.00 |
| MR Johnson | c Drum b Harris | 11 | 20 | 28 | - | - | 55.00 |
| GK John | c Parore b Nash | 1 | 4 | 9 | - | - | 25.00 |
| *GJ Dehring | st Parore b McMillan | 8 | 16 | 19 | - | - | 50.00 |
| MW McInnes | run out (Spearman->Harris) | 7 | 8 | 14 | 1 | - | 87.50 |
| +GS Locastro | lbw b McMillan | 2 | 13 | 14 | - | - | 15.38 |
| SG Mann | c Nash b Drum | 0 | 2 | 5 | - | - | 0.00 |
| SA Reeves | c Harris b McMillan | 3 | 16 | 12 | - | - | 18.75 |
| PD Roe | c Nash b Fleming | 5 | 4 | 7 | - | - | 125.00 |
| MJ Warden | not out | 0 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 0.00 |
| Extras | (2 b, 7 lb, 6 w) | 15 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 164 minutes, 42.1 overs) | 152 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-57 (Burns), 2-78 (Johnson), 3-87 (John), 4-105 (Dehring), 5-128 (McInnes), 6-138 (Locastro), 7-139 (Mann), 8-143 (Jones), 9-152 (Reeves), 10-152 (Roe) | |||||||
| New Zealanders bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ |
| Cairns | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | 1.00 |
| Drum | 8 | 0 | 36 | 1 | 1 | - | 48.00 | 4.50 |
| Nash | 8 | 1 | 30 | 2 | 2 | - | 24.00 | 3.75 |
| O'Connor | 6 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 2 | - | - | 3.17 |
| Harris | 10 | 1 | 30 | 1 | - | - | 60.00 | 3.00 |
| McMillan | 8 | 1 | 22 | 4 | 1 | - | 12.00 | 2.75 |
| Fleming | 1.1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | - | - | 7.00 | 4.29 |
Twelfth men: MJ Silvy (Australia Country), Not named (New Zealand)
Match notes
This victory was a huge confidence booster for the New Zealanders, having just returned to Australia after spending Christmas and New Year at home after their earlier Test matches, and now about to enter the One Day series. The match was of fifty overs a side.
Source: Scorer's Sheets
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