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

The tour of the New Zealand national cricket team to Australia in the 1997/98 season took place from November 7th to December 1st, 1997. The international cricket tour was part of the 1997/98 international cricket season and included three tests . Australia won the series 2–0.

prehistory

It was the first tour of the season for both teams. The last meeting of the two teams on a tour took place in the 1993/94 season in Australia .

Stages

Brisbane

Hobart

Perth

Tour venues

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

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
The gabba	Brisbane	42,000	1st test
Bellerive oval	Hobart	20,000	3rd test
WACA Ground	Perth	20,000	2nd test

Squad lists

The following squads were named by the teams.

test
Australia	New Zealand
Greg Blewett Simon Cook Matthew Elliott Ian Healy Michael Kasprowicz Glenn McGrath Ricky Ponting Paul Reiffel Mark Taylor Shane Warne Mark Waugh Steve Waugh	Geoff Allott Nathan Astle Chris Cairns Simon Doull Stephen Fleming Chris Harris Matt Horne Craig McMillan Shayne O'Connor Adam Parore Blair Pocock Roger Twose Daniel Vettori Bryan Young

Tour matches

October 22-25 scorecard	Cairns	New Zealanders 196 (66.3) & 248 (92.5)	-	Queensland 571 (132.4)
		Queensland wins with 127 runs

October 26 scorecard	Cairns	Queensland 252-8 (50)	-	New Zealanders 125 (36.1)
		Queensland wins with 127 runs

October 29 scorecard	Newcastle	New South Wales 156 (49)	-	New Zealanders 68-3 (14.2)
		No result

October 31 - November 3 scorecard	Newcastle	New South Wales 469-6d (159)	-	New Zealanders 214 (90.2) & 160 (f / o)
		New South Wales wins with one innings and 95 runs

November 14th - 17th Scorecard	Melbourne	New Zealanders 82 (50) & 173 (86.5)	-	Victoria 173 (66.3) & 83-5 (38)
		Victoria wins with 5 wickets

Testing

First test in Brisbane

November 7-11 Scorecard	Brisbane	Australia 373 (121) & 294-6d (100.5)	-	New Zealand 349 (132.2) & 132 (62)
		Australia wins with 186 runs

Second test in Perth

November 14th - 17th Scorecard	Perth	New Zealand 217 (74.4) & 174 (64.2)	-	Australia 461 (131.4)
		Australia wins with one innings and 70 runs

Third test in Hobart

November 27th - December 1st scorecard	Hobart	Australia 400 (141.1) & 138-2d (38)	-	New Zealand 251-6d (90) & 223-9 (61)
		draw

Web links

The series on Cricinfo


September	New Zealand in Zimbabwe \| India in Pakistan
October	President's Cup 1997/98 \| South Africa in Pakistan
November	Wills Quadrangular Tournament 1997/98 \| New Zealand in Australia \| West Indies in Pakistan \| Sri Lanka in India
December	Carlton & United Series 1997/98 \| Akai-Singer Champions Trophy 1997/98 \| South Africa in Australia
January	Zimbabwe in Sri Lanka \| Silver Jubilee Independence Cup 1997/98 \| England in the West Indies
February	Zimbabwe in New Zealand \| Australia in New Zealand \| Pakistan in South Africa
March	Australia in India \| Pakistan in Zimbabwe \| Sri Lanka in South Africa
April	Pepsi Triangular Series 1997/98 \| Standard Bank International One-Day Series 1997/98 \| Coca-Cola Cup 1997/98


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