Commonwealth Games, 1998, Semi Final
Australia v New Zealand
Kilat Kelab, Kuala Lumpur
17 September 1998 (50-over match)

Result: Australia won by 9 wickets
Series: Australia advances to the final

Toss: Australia
Umpires: DL Orchard (SA) and VK Ramaswamy (Ind)
TV Umpire:
Match Referee:
Man of the Match:

New Zealand innings (50 overs maximum)                          R   B   4  6
MJ Horne              c Moody            b Fleming              3  15   0  0
NJ Astle              c Gilchrist        b Fleming              6  10   1  0
*SP Fleming           c ME Waugh         b Kasprowicz          20  41   3  0
CD McMillan           lbw                b Fleming              0   4   0  0
+AC Parore            c SR Waugh         b Young               12  48   1  0
CZ Harris             run out (Ponting)                         0   2   0  0
MD Bell               c Ponting          b Young               11  28   2  0
AR Tait               c Lehmann          b Robertson            0  13   0  0
DL Vettori            c Moody            b Young                0   1   0  0
PJ Wiseman            c Moody            b Young                0   1   0  0
SB O'Connor           not out                                   0   1   0  0
Extras                (lb 1, w 1, nb 4)                         6
Total                 (all out, 26.4 overs)                    58

FoW: 1-8 (Astle, 2.4 ov), 2-22 (Horne, 6.1 ov),
     3-22 (McMillan, 6.5 ov), 4-39 (Fleming, 13.4 ov),
     5-39 (Harris, 14.3 ov), 6-57 (Parore, 23.1 ov),
     7-58 (Bell, 25.3 ov), 8-58 (Vettori, 25.4 ov),
     9-58 (Wiseman, 25.5 ov), 10-58 (Tait, 26.4 ov).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Fleming                      7      1     23      3 (1nb, 1w)
Kasprowicz                   7      0     21      1 (3nb)
Moody                        7      6      8      0
Young                        4      2      4      4
Robertson                    1.4    0      1      1

Australia innings (target: 59 runs from 50 overs)               R   B   4  6
+AC Gilchrist         not out                                  42  36   5  3
ME Waugh              c Parore           b Tait                10  15   1  0
RT Ponting            not out                                   9  13   1  0
Extras                (lb 1)                                    1
Total                 (1 wicket, 10.4 overs)                   62

DNB: MG Bevan, *SR Waugh, TM Moody, DS Lehmann,
     BE Young, GR Robertson, MS Kasprowicz, DW Fleming.

FoW: 1-20 (ME Waugh, 5.2 ov).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
O'Connor                     4      0     31      0
Tait                         5      1     18      1
Astle                        1.4    0     12      0

• Young picked up a hat-trick.

Team Pages: Australia, New Zealand.

Ground Page: Kilat Kelab, Kuala Lumpur

New Zealand Player Pages: MJ Horne, NJ Astle, SP Fleming, CD McMillan, AC Parore, CZ Harris, MD Bell, AR Tait, DL Vettori, PJ Wiseman, SB O'Connor.

Australia Player Pages: AC Gilchrist, ME Waugh, RT Ponting, MG Bevan, SR Waugh, TM Moody, DS Lehmann, BE Young, GR Robertson, MS Kasprowicz, DW Fleming.

Match Officials' Pages: DL Orchard, VK Ramaswamy.