3rd TEST: Australia v New Zealand at Hobart, 27 Nov - 1 Dec 1997

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)