Australia vs NZ

l Overall— Played 85: Australia won 57, New Zealand 25, Abandoned 3.

l Matches in SA — First meeting.

l In World Cup — Played 5: Australia won 3, New Zealand 2.

1) October 19,1987 at Indore: Australia 199/4 in 30 overs (David Boon 87). New Zealand 196/9 in 30 overs (John Wright 47, Martin Crowe 58). Australia won by 3 runs. MoM: Boon.

2) October 27,1987 at Chandigarh: Australia 251/8 in 50 overs (Geoff Marsh 126 n.o., Dean Jones 56). New Zealand 234 in 48.4 overs (John Wright 61, Ken Rutherford 44). Australia won by 17 runs. MoM: Marsh.

3) February 22,1992 at Auckland: New Zealand 248/6 in 50 overs (Martin Crowe 100 n.o). Australia 211 in 48.1 overs (Boon 100; Gavin Larsen 3/30). New Zealand won by 37 runs. MoM: Crowe.

4) March 11, 1996 at Chennai: New Zealand 286/9 in 50 overs (Lee Germon 89, Chris Harris 130). Australia 289/4 in 47.5 overs (Mark Waugh 110, Steve Waugh 59 n.o., Stuart Law 42 not out). Australia won by 6 wickets. MoM: Mark Waugh.

5) May 20,1999 at Cardiff: Australia 213/8 in 50 overs (Ricky Ponting 47, Darren Lehmann 76, Geoffrey Allott 4/37). New Zealand 214/5 (Roger Twose 80 n.o., Chris Cairns 60). New Zealand won by 5 wkts. MoM: Twose.

Highest totals

Australia 349/6 in 50 overs (Christchurch, February 26, 2000). New Zealand 301/9 in 50 overs (Christchurch, February 26, 2000).

Lowest totals

Australia 70 all out in 26.3 overs (Adelaide, January 27, 1986). New Zealand 74 all out in 29 overs (Wellington, February 20, 1982).

Highest individual scores

Australia 138 not out by Greg Chappell (Sydney, November 25,1980). (Note: Out of 17 Australian hundreds against New Zealand, Mark Waugh has three, Greg Chappell, Dean Jones, Geoff Marsh, Michael Bevan and Adam Gilchrist two each, and one each scored by Steve Smith, Boon, Damien Martyn and Ponting).

New Zealand 130 by Harris (Chennai, March 11, 1996). (Note: Out of seven hundreds by the Black Caps against Australia, Stephen Fleming has two, Ken Wadsworth, Nathan Astle, Bruce Edgar, Crowe and Harris one each).

BEST BOWLING

Australia — 5/13 Simon O'Donnell (Christchurch, March 4,1990) (Terry Alderman, Len Pascoe, Dave Gilbert and Gllenn McGrath have also taken a five wicket haul each).

New Zealand — 5/25 Shane Bond (Adelaide, January 26,2002) (Richard Hadlee, Rodney Latham, Ewan Chatfield and Chris Cairns have also taken a five-wicket haul each).