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| Venue | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 15th January 1999 (50-over match) (day/night) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | England won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Australia won by 9 wickets |
| Points | Australia 2; England 0 |
| Umpires | RA Emerson, DB Hair |
| TV umpire | WP Sheahan |
| Referee | PL van der Merwe |
| Reserve Umpire | RL Parry |
| Player of the Match | ME Waugh |
| England innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| NV Knight | c Waugh b Warne | 27 | 29 | 63 | 3 | - | 93.10 |
| *+AJ Stewart | c Gilchrist b McGrath | 8 | 16 | 19 | 1 | - | 50.00 |
| MA Ealham | b McGrath | 21 | 19 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 110.53 |
| N Hussain | c Warne b McGrath | 47 | 62 | 110 | 5 | - | 75.81 |
| GA Hick | c Gilchrist b Fleming | 3 | 13 | 13 | - | - | 23.08 |
| NH Fairbrother | c Bevan b Dale | 15 | 40 | 34 | 2 | - | 37.50 |
| AJ Hollioake | c Gilchrist b McGrath | 13 | 16 | 18 | 1 | - | 81.25 |
| RDB Croft | run out (Julian->McGrath) | 2 | 9 | 10 | - | - | 22.22 |
| D Gough | c Waugh b Bevan | 15 | 28 | 37 | 1 | - | 53.57 |
| DW Headley | not out | 10 | 26 | 38 | - | - | 38.46 |
| AD Mullally | c Ponting b Bevan | 2 | 6 | 8 | - | - | 33.33 |
| Extras | (3 lb, 4 nb, 8 w) | 15 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 43.2 overs) | 178 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-15 (Stewart, 4.5 ov), 2-44 (Ealham, 8.5 ov), 3-77 (Knight, 13.3 ov), 4-85 (Hick, 16.2 ov), 5-112 (Fairbrother, 25.5 ov), 6-139 (Hollioake, 30.2 ov), 7-143 (Croft, 32.5 ov), 8-145 (Hussain, 34.1 ov), 9-173 (Gough, 41.4 ov), 10-178 (Mullally, 43.2 ov) | |||||||
| Australia bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ |
| McGrath | 10 | 0 | 54 | 4 | - | 1 | 15.00 | 5.40 |
| Dale | 8 | 2 | 27 | 1 | - | 1 | 48.00 | 3.38 |
| Julian | 5 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 5 | - | - | 5.60 |
| Warne | 10 | 0 | 44 | 1 | - | 2 | 60.00 | 4.40 |
| Fleming | 7 | 1 | 13 | 1 | - | - | 42.00 | 1.86 |
| Bevan | 3.2 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 3 | - | 10.00 | 2.70 |
| Australia innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| ME Waugh | not out | 83 | 109 | 161 | 8 | - | 76.15 |
| +AC Gilchrist | b Mullally | 21 | 28 | 36 | 3 | - | 75.00 |
| RT Ponting | not out | 75 | 99 | 124 | 8 | - | 75.76 |
| DR Martyn | did not bat | ||||||
| DS Lehmann | did not bat | ||||||
| MG Bevan | did not bat | ||||||
| BP Julian | did not bat | ||||||
| *SK Warne | did not bat | ||||||
| DW Fleming | did not bat | ||||||
| AC Dale | did not bat | ||||||
| GD McGrath | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (2 lb, 1 w) | 3 | |||||
| Total | (1 wicket, 39.2 overs) | 182 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-43 (Gilchrist, 9.4 ov) | |||||||
| England bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ |
| Gough | 10 | 0 | 48 | 0 | - | - | - | 4.80 |
| Mullally | 10 | 2 | 42 | 1 | - | - | 60.00 | 4.20 |
| Headley | 3 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 1 | - | - | 7.00 |
| Ealham | 6.2 | 0 | 25 | 0 | - | - | - | 3.95 |
| Hollioake | 4 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 1 | - | - | 3.50 |
| Croft | 6 | 0 | 30 | 0 | - | - | - | 5.00 |