New Zealand cricket team in Australia in 1997–98

International cricket tour

The New Zealand national cricket team toured Australia in the 1997-98 season and played three Test matches against Australia. Australia won the series 2-0 with one match drawn.^[1]

Test series summary

1st Test

7–11 November 1997
(5-day match)
Scorecard

Australia	v	New Zealand
373 (121 overs) MA Taylor 112 (258) SB Doull 4/70 (30 overs)		349 (132.2 overs) SP Fleming 91 (229) SK Warne 4/106 (42 overs)
294/6dec (100.5 overs) GS Blewett 91 (203) CL Cairns 3/54 (16 overs)		132 (62 overs) BA Young 45 (77) GD McGrath 5/32 (17 overs)

Australia won by 186 runs
Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane
Umpires: VK Ramaswamy (IND) and SG Randell (AUS)
Player of the match: MA Taylor (AUS)

New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.
CD McMillan (NZ) made his Test debut.

2nd Test

20–23 November 1997
(5-day match)
Scorecard

New Zealand	v	Australia
217 (74.4 overs) CD McMillan 54 (75) SK Warne 4/83 (22.4 overs)		461 (131.4 overs) SR Waugh 96 (161) CL Cairns 4/95 (28 overs)
174 (64.2 overs) AC Parore 63 (128) SH Cook 5/39 (10.2 overs)

Australia won by an innings and 70 runs
WACA Ground, Perth
Umpires: DB Hair (AUS) and G Sharp (ENG)
Player of the match: SR Waugh (AUS)

New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
The match was scheduled for five days but completed in four.
SH Cook (AUS) made his Test debut.

3rd Test

27 November–1 December 1997
(5-day match)
Scorecard

Australia	v	New Zealand
400 (141.1 overs) MTG Elliott 114 (265) SB Doull 3/87 (33 overs)		251/6dec (90 overs) MJ Horne 133 (259) SR Waugh 3/20 (9 overs)
138/2dec (38 overs) MA Taylor 66* (127) SB O'Connor 1/32 (9 overs)		223/9 (61 overs) CD McMillan 41 (59) AC Parore 41 (56) SK Warne 5/88 (28 overs)

Match drawn
Bellerive Oval, Hobart
Umpires: SJ Davis (AUS) and RB Tiffin (ZIM)
Player of the match: GS Blewett (AUS)

Australia won the toss and elected to bat.

References

^ "Two legends make their entrance". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 November 2019.

Sources

Playfair Cricket Annual
Wisden Cricketers Almanack
CricketArchive

Trans-Tasman Trophy

List of Test series (yellow – in Australia, grey – in New Zealand)

1985

1997–98

2002

Non Trans-Tasman Trophy – Australia v New Zealand Test series
1945–46 1973–74 1973–74 1976–77 1980–81 1981–82

International cricket tours of Australia

Test and LOI tours
Afghanistan	2021–22
Bangladesh	2003 2008
England	1876–77 1878–79 1881–82 1882–83 1884–85 1886–87 1887–88 1891–92 1894–95 1897–98 1901–02 1903–04 1907–08 1911–12 1920–21 1924–25 1928–29 1932–33 1936–37 1946–47 1950–51 1954–55 1958–59 1962–63 1965–66 1970–71 1974–75 1977 1978–79 1979–80 1982–83 1986–87 1987–88 1990–91 1994–95 1998–99 2002–03 2006–07 2010–11 2013–14 2017–18 2021–22 2022–23
India	1947–48 1967–68 1977–78 1980–81 1985–86 1991–92 1999–2000 2003–04 2007–08 2011–12 2014–15 2015–16 2018–19 2020–21 2024–25
New Zealand	1973–74 1980–81 1982–83 1985–86 1987–88 1989–90 1993–94 1997–98 2001–02 2004–05 2008–09 2011–12 2015–16 2016–17 2019–20 2022–23
Pakistan	1964–65 1972–73 1976–77 1978–79 1981–82 1983–84 1989–90 1992–93 1995–96 1996–97 1999–2000 2002 2004–05 2009–10 2016–17 2019–20 2023–24
South Africa	1910–11 1931–32 1952–53 1963–64 1971–72 (cancelled) 1993–94 1997–98 2000 2001–02 2005–06 2008–09 2012–13 2014–15 2016–17 2018–19 2022–23
Sri Lanka	1987–88 1989–90 1995–96 2004 2007–08 2010–11 2012–13 2016–17 2018–19 2019–20 2021–22
West Indies	1930–31 1951–52 1960–61 1968–69 1975–76 1979–80 1981–82 1984–85 1988–89 1992–93 1995–96 1996–97 2000–01 2005–06 2009–10 2012–13 2015–16 2020–21 2022–23 2023–24
Zimbabwe	1994–95 2003–04 2022

Tournaments hosted
World Cup	1992 2015
T20 World Cup	2022
Tri-series	1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2011–12 2014–15 2017–18
Other multi-team tournaments	1985 1987

Other tours
Afghanistan	2014–15
Australian Forces	1919–20 1945–46
English	1861–62 1863–64 1873–74 1902–03 1922–23 1929–30 1935–36 1979–80
England Lions	2012–13 2021
Fijian	1907–08
Ireland	2014–15
Multi-national	1971–72 2005–06
Nepal	2023–24
New Zealand	1898–99 1913–14 1925–26 1927–28 1937–38 1953–54 1961–62 1967–68 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1974–75
PNG	2014–15
Scotland	2014–15
Sri Lanka	1982–83
UAE	2014–15
World Series Cricket (West Indies & World XI)	1977-78 1978-79