3rd TEST: Australia v New Zealand at Hobart, 27 Nov

Test # 1388
Trans-Tasman Trophy, 1997/98, 3rd Test
Australia v New Zealand
Bellerive Oval, Hobart
27,28,29,30 November, 1 December 1997 (5-day match)

Result: Match drawn
Series: Australia wins the 3-Test series 2-0

Toss: Australia
Umpires: SJ Davis and RB Tiffin (Zim)
TV Umpire: SG Randell
Match Referee: CW Smith (WI)
Man of the Match: GS Blewett
Man of the Series: MA Taylor

Close of Play:

Day 1: Australia 39/0 (Elliott 20*, Taylor 18*, 15 ov)

Day 2: Australia 273/5 (ME Waugh 21*, Healy 3*, 108 ov)

Day 3: Australia 400, New Zealand 15/0 (Young 11*, Horne 2*, 6.1 ov)

Day 4: New Zealand 251/6d, Australia 14/0 (Taylor 5*, ME Waugh 9*, 6 ov)

Australia 1st innings                                           R   M   B  4 6
MTG Elliott           c Young            b McMillan           114 335 265  8 0
*MA Taylor                               b O'Connor            18  79  57  1 0
GS Blewett                               b Doull               99 260 210 15 0
ME Waugh              c Parore           b O'Connor            81 212 161  6 0
SR Waugh              c McMillan         b Doull                7  14  11  0 0
RT Ponting            c Parore           b Cairns               4  34  23  0 0
+IA Healy             c Young            b O'Connor            16  42  27  2 0
PR Reiffel            c Young            b Doull               19  34  26  3 0
SK Warne              st Parore          b Vettori             14  33  23  2 0
MS Kasprowicz         c Doull            b Cairns              20  49  41  2 0
SH Cook               not out                                   0   4   4  0 0
Extras                (lb 6, w 1, nb 1)                         8
Total                 (all out, 141.1 overs, 554 mins)        400

FoW: 1-41 (Taylor), 2-238 (Elliott), 3-238 (Blewett),
     4-246 (SR Waugh), 5-266 (Ponting), 6-291 (Healy),
     7-326 (Reiffel), 8-353 (Warne), 9-400 (ME Waugh),
     10-400 (Kasprowicz).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Doull                       33     11     87      3
O'Connor                    34      8    101      3 (1w)
Cairns                      35.1   13     86      2 (1nb)
Astle                       12      5     32      0
McMillan                    15      4     43      1
Vettori                     12      1     45      1

New Zealand 1st innings                                         R   M   B  4 6
BA Young                                 b Reiffel             31  92  79  3 0
MJ Horne              c Elliott          b Reiffel            133 327 259  9 2
+AC Parore            lbw                b SR Waugh            44 169 127  2 0
*SP Fleming           c Healy            b SR Waugh             0   2   1  0 0
RG Twose              lbw                b Warne                2  13  13  0 0
CD McMillan           lbw                b SR Waugh             2   9   8  0 0
NJ Astle              not out                                  22  65  42  3 0
CL Cairns             not out                                  10  25  16  1 0
Extras                (b 1, lb 2, nb 4)                         7
Total                 (6 wickets decl, 90 overs, 354 mins)    251

DNB: DL Vettori, SB Doull, SB O'Connor.

FoW: 1-60 (Young), 2-192 (Parore), 3-192 (Fleming),
     4-195 (Twose), 5-198 (McMillan), 6-229 (Horne).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Kasprowicz                  13      1     43      0 (3nb)
Reiffel                     14      8     27      2
Warne                       27      4     81      1
Cook                        13      2     50      0 (2nb)
ME Waugh                     8      2     17      0
Blewett                      5      1     10      0
SR Waugh                     9      2     20      3
Elliott                      1      1      0      0

Australia 2nd innings                                           R   M   B  4 6
*MA Taylor            not out                                  66 143 127  6 0
ME Waugh              lbw                b O'Connor             9  29  18  1 0
GS Blewett                               b Vettori             56  83  65  5 0
SR Waugh              not out                                   2  29  18  0 0
Extras                (b 4, lb 1)                               5
Total                 (2 wickets decl, 38 overs, 143 mins)    138

DNB: MTG Elliott, RT Ponting, +IA Healy, PR Reiffel,
     SK Warne, MS Kasprowicz, SH Cook.

FoW: 1-14 (ME Waugh), 2-106 (Blewett).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Doull                        8      1     28      0
O'Connor                     9      2     32      1
Vettori                     14      1     48      1
Astle                        7      0     25      0

New Zealand 2nd innings (target: 288 runs)                      R   M   B  4 6
MJ Horne              lbw                b Reiffel             31  39  27  5 0
NJ Astle              c Ponting          b Reiffel             40  66  37  4 0
CL Cairns             st Healy           b Warne               18  20  21  3 0
*SP Fleming           st Healy           b Warne                0  12   6  0 0
CD McMillan           c Taylor           b Warne               41  65  59  3 1
BA Young              c Ponting          b Warne               10  39  27  1 0
+AC Parore            c Elliott          b Warne               41  90  56  3 0
RG Twose              run out (Taylor/SR Waugh)                29  67  58  3 0
DL Vettori            c Healy            b SR Waugh             3   9   9  0 0
SB Doull              not out                                   1  44  35  0 0
SB O'Connor           not out                                   0  38  31  0 0
Extras                (b 2, lb 7)                               9
Total                 (9 wickets, 61 overs, 251 mins)         223

FoW: 1-72 (Horne), 2-93 (Cairns), 3-93 (Astle),
     4-95 (Fleming), 5-137 (Young), 6-152 (McMillan),
     7-218 (Twose), 8-221 (Parore), 9-222 (Vettori).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Kasprowicz                   3      0     33      0
Reiffel                     14      2     47      2
Warne                       28      6     88      5
ME Waugh                     6      1     19      0
Cook                         4      0     17      0
SR Waugh                     6      4     10      1

Scorers: HM Bradshaw (Australia) and KE Broomhall (New Zealand)
Twelfth Men: AJ Bichel (Australia) and CZ Harris (New Zealand)

Day 1
Lunch: Australia 39/0 (Taylor 18*, Elliott 20*, 15 ov)
Rain stopped play at 12:02pm, during the drinks break. Although the covers were twice removed, there was no resumption of play.
Tea: No play
Attendance: 2150

Day 2
Rain stopped play between 11.55am and 12.06pm
Lunch: Australia 117/1 (Elliott 57*, Blewett 38*)
Tea: Australia 194/1 (Elliott 94*, Blewett 75*)
Blewett became the 6th player and first Australian to be dimissed for 99 twice in Tests.
Attendance: 3055

Day 3
Lunch: Australia 398/8 (ME Waugh 79*, Kasprowicz 20*)
Rain stopped play between 1.40pm and 1.49pm
Rain stopped play between 2.10pm and 2.13pm
Rain stopped plat at 2.39pm
Tea: New Zealand 15/0 (Young 11*, Horne 2*, 6.1 ov)
Attendance: 3665

Day 4
Lunch: New Zealand 99/1 (Horne 55*, Parore 10*)
Tea: New Zealand 192/3 (Horne 111*)
Attendance: 2592

Day 5
Lunch: Australia 138/2 (Taylor 66*, SR Waugh 2*)
Tea: New Zealand 137/5 (McMillan 30*, Parore 0*)
SB Doull and SB O'Connor 10th wicket partnership of 1 run from 64 balls to draw the match
Attendance: 934 (Total: 12396)

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Team Pages: Australia, New Zealand.

Ground Page: Bellerive Oval, Hobart

Australia Player Pages: MTG Elliott, MA Taylor, GS Blewett, ME Waugh, SR Waugh, RT Ponting, IA Healy, PR Reiffel, SK Warne, MS Kasprowicz, SH Cook.

New Zealand Player Pages: BA Young, MJ Horne, AC Parore, SP Fleming, RG Twose, CD McMillan, NJ Astle, CL Cairns, DL Vettori, SB Doull, SB O'Connor.

Match Officials' Pages: SJ Davis, RB Tiffin, SG Randell, CW Smith.