New Zealand women's cricket team in Australia in 1997–98
	Australia	New Zealand
Dates	2 – 8 November 1997
Captains	Belinda Clark	Maia Lewis
One Day International series
Results	Australia won the 3-match series 2–1
Most runs	Belinda Clark (116)	Emily Drumm (171)
Most wickets	Charmaine Mason (8)	Kathryn Ramel (4) Catherine Campbell (4) Clare Nicholson (4)

The New Zealand women's national cricket team toured Australia in November 1997. They played against Australia in three One Day Internationals, which were to contest the Rose Bowl. Australia won the series 2–1.^[1][2]

Squads

Australia[3]	New Zealand[4]
Belinda Clark (c) Joanne Broadbent Bronwyn Calver Jodi Dannatt Avril Fahey Cathryn Fitzpatrick Zoe Goss Michelle Goszko Mel Jones Lisa Keightley Olivia Magno Charmaine Mason Julia Price (wk) Karen Rolton	Maia Lewis (c) Kelly Brown Catherine Campbell Emily Drumm Shelley Fruin Losi Harford Debbie Hockley Katrina Keenan Karen Le Comber Clare Nicholson Rachel Pullar Kathryn Ramel Rebecca Rolls (wk)

Tour Match

50-over match: New South Wales v New Zealand

2 November 1997 Scorecard

New Zealand  207/9 (50 overs)	v	New South Wales 183 (49 overs)
Emily Drumm 80 (107) Terry McGregor 4/34 (10 overs)		E Keen 76* (147) Katrina Keenan 4/33 (10 overs)

New Zealand Women won by 24 runs Jensen Oval, Sydney Umpires: Ken Duffy (Aus) and DL Eldridge (Aus)

• New Zealand Women won the toss and elected to bat.

WODI Series

1st ODI

5 November 1997 Scorecard

Australia  169/5 (45 overs)	v	New Zealand 164/9 (45 overs)
Bronwyn Calver 52* (79) Clare Nicholson 2/23 (8 overs)		Emily Drumm 83 (119) Charmaine Mason 4/24 (9 overs)

Australia Women won by 5 runs Bankstown Oval, Sydney Umpires: PF Hughes (Aus) and RH Bent (Aus)

• New Zealand Women won the toss and elected to field.
• Match reduced to 45 overs per side due to rain.
• Losi Harford, Rachel Pullar and Kathryn Ramel (NZ) all made their WODI debuts.

2nd ODI

7 November 1997 Scorecard

Australia  172 (48.3 overs)	v	New Zealand 111 (43 overs)
Belinda Clark 56 (65) Katrina Keenan 3/34 (9.3 overs)		Kathryn Ramel 29 (70) Charmaine Mason 4/18 (7 overs)

Australia Women won by 61 runs Bankstown Oval, Sydney Umpires: Ken Duffy (Aus) and PF Hughes (Aus)

• Australia Women won the toss and elected to bat.

3rd ODI

8 November 1997 Scorecard

Australia  167 (49.5 overs)	v	New Zealand 168/9 (48.5 overs)
Joanne Broadbent 54 (126) Kathryn Ramel 3/26 (8.5 overs)		Emily Drumm 64 (115) Karen Rolton 2/29 (8 overs)

New Zealand Women won by 1 wicket Bankstown Oval, Sydney Umpires: DL Eldridge (Aus) and RH Bent (Aus)

• Australia Women won the toss and elected to bat.
• Jodi Dannatt and Michelle Goszko (Aus) both made their WODI debuts.

References

External links

• New Zealand Women tour of Australia 1997/98 from Cricinfo