Australian national cricket team in New Zealand in the 1997/98 season

The tour of the Australian national cricket team to New Zealand in the 1997/98 season took place from February 8-14, 1998. The international cricket tour was part of the 1997/98 international cricket season and comprised and four ODIs . The series ended in a 2–2 draw.

prehistory

The tour took place embedded in the Zimbabwe tour in New Zealand , while Australia previously played a three-nation tournament in Australia . The last meeting of the two teams on a tour took place in Australia in the same season .

Stages

Auckland Christchurch (AMI) Napier Wellington (BR)

Tour venues

The following stages have been designated as the venue for the tour.

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
Eden Park	Auckland	50,000	4. ODI
Lancaster Park	Christchurch	38,628	1. ODI
McLean Park	Napier	22,500	3. ODI
Basin Reserve	Wellington	11,000	2. ODI

Squad lists

The following squads were named by the teams.

ODI
New Zealand	Australia
Nathan Astle Chris Cairns Simon Doull Stephen Fleming Chris Harris Llorne Howell Craig McMillan Dion Nash Adam Parore Mark Priest Shayne O'Connor Daniel Vettori	Michael Bevan Andy Bichel Adam Dale Adam Gilchrist Stuart Law Darren Lehmann Tom Moody Ricky Ponting Gavin Robertson Mark Waugh Steve Waugh Paul Wilson

One-day internationals

First ODI in Christchurch

February 8 scorecard	Christchurch (AMI)	New Zealand 212-7 (50)	-	Australia 215-3 (38.2)
		Australia wins with 7 wickets

Second ODI in Wellington

February 10 scorecard	Wellington (BR)	Australia 297-6 (50)	-	New Zealand 231 (47.3)
		Australia wins with 66 runs

Third ODI in Napier

February 12 scorecard	Napier	Australia 236 (48.4)	-	New Zealand 240-3 (50)
		New Zealand wins with 7 wickets

Fourth ODI in Auckland

February 14th scorecard	Auckland	Australia 223-7 (50)	-	Pakistan 193 (49.1)
		New Zealand wins with 30 runs

Web links

• The series on Cricinfo