Wisden

The independent voice of cricket

LIVE SCORES
AUS flag AUS
209-3
Series badge Won toss. Elected to batNZL
208-6
NZL flag
Overs: 45.3 RR: 4.59 vs spin: 4.67
vs seam: 4.25
Overs: 50.0 RR: 4.16 vs spin: 4.44
vs seam: 3.89
Tue 15/01/91 Australia v New Zealand, Benson and Hedges World Series Cup, 2nd Final, Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
AUSTRALIA WIN Australia won by 7 wickets
Select View

New Zealand - 1st Inns 208-6 (50.0; RR: 4.16)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
MD Crowe b Reid 6 21 0 0 28.57
RB Reid c Jones b Taylor 64 94 5 0 68.09
JG Wright c Taylor b O'Donnell 8 34 1 0 23.53
AH Jones lbw b Reid 51 89 1 0 57.30
KR Rutherford c Taylor b O'Donnell 37 43 3 0 86.05
RT Latham not out 20 14 1 0 142.86
BA Young c Jones b O'Donnell 11 6 2 0 183.33
C Pringle not out 1 1 0 0 100.00
GR Larsen  
RG Petrie  
DK Morrison  
Extras (0b, 8lb, 1w, 1nb) 10  
TOTAL 208-6 (50.0 overs; RR: 4.16)

Fall of wickets

14-1 (MD Crowe 0.0 ov), 51-2 (JG Wright 0.0 ov), 102-3 (RB Reid 0.0 ov), 171-4 (AH Jones 0.0 ov), 177-5 (KR Rutherford 0.0 ov), 194-6 (BA Young 0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
TM Alderman 7.0 1 21 0 3.00 0 0
BA Reid 10.0 3 35 2 3.50 0 0
SP O'Donnell 9.0 0 43 3 4.78 0 0
SR Waugh 9.0 1 37 0 4.11 0 0
PL Taylor 9.0 0 40 1 4.44 0 0
ME Waugh 6.0 0 24 0 4.00 0 0

Australia - 1st Inns 209-3 (45.3; RR: 4.59)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
MA Taylor c Rutherford b Jones 71 93 8 0 76.34
GR Marsh c Young b Petrie 0 1 0 0 0.00
DM Jones b Pringle 76 105 6 1 72.38
DC Boon not out 40 64 3 0 62.50
ME Waugh not out 3 14 0 0 21.43
SR Waugh  
SP O'Donnell  
IA Healy  
PL Taylor  
TM Alderman  
BA Reid  
Extras (1b, 12lb, 2w, 4nb) 19  
TOTAL 209-3 (45.3 overs; RR: 4.59)

Fall of wickets

2-1 (GR Marsh 0.0 ov), 120-2 (MA Taylor 0.0 ov), 199-3 (DM Jones 0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
C Pringle 9.3 1 30 1 3.33 0 0
RG Petrie 9.0 0 51 1 5.67 0 0
DK Morrison 9.0 0 40 0 4.44 0 0
GR Larsen 10.0 2 32 0 3.20 0 0
MD Crowe 2.0 0 15 0 7.50 0 0
AH Jones 6.0 0 28 1 4.67 0 0

Match Info

Match

Australia v New Zealand at Melbourne, Benson and Hedges World Series Cup, 2nd Final

Date

Tuesday January 15, 1991

Toss

New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat

Time

3:30am UTC

Venue

Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

Umpires

PJ McConnell, AR Crafter

Australia Team

Playing XI

TM Alderman, DM Jones, DC Boon, SP O'Donnell, GR Marsh, BA Reid, SR Waugh, PL Taylor, IA Healy, MA Taylor, ME Waugh

New Zealand Team

Playing XI

JG Wright, MD Crowe, KR Rutherford, AH Jones, DK Morrison, RB Reid, RG Petrie, C Pringle, RT Latham, BA Young, GR Larsen