1997–98 Australia Tri-Nation Series
International cricket tournament
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The 1997–98 Australia Tri-Nation Series (more commonly known as the 1997–98 Carlton and United Series) was a One Day International (ODI) cricket tri-series where Australia played host to New Zealand and South Africa. Australia and South Africa reached the Finals, which Australia won 2–1.
Date4 December 1997 – 27 January 1998
LocationAustralia
ResultWon by 
Australia
2–1 in final series
Australia2–1 in final series
Player of the seriesGary Kirsten (SA)
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| Date | 4 December 1997 – 27 January 1998 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Result | Won by Australia 2–1 in final series | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Player of the series | Gary Kirsten (SA) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Uniforms
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Squads
Points table
| Pos | Team | P | W | L | NR | T | Points | NRR |
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| 1 |  South Africa |
8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0.619 |
| 2 | Australia |
8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | −0.105 |
| 3 |  New Zealand |
8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | −0.514 |
Result summary
Match 1: Australia vs. South Africa
Match 2: New Zealand vs. South Africa
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- South Africa won the toss and elected to bowl first
Match 3: Australia vs. New Zealand
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- New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat first
4th match: Australia vs. South Africa
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- South Africa won the toss and elected to bat first
5th match: New Zealand vs. South Africa
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- South Africa won the toss and elected to bat first
6th match: Australia vs. New Zealand
7th match: New Zealand vs. South Africa
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- South Africa won the toss and elected to bat first
8th match: Australia vs. South Africa
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- Australia won the toss and elected to bat first
9th match: Australia vs. New Zealand
10th match: New Zealand vs. South Africa
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- South Africa won the toss and elected to bat first
- Mark Boucher and Makhaya Ntini (both RSA) made their ODI debuts.
11th match: Australia vs. South Africa
12th match: Australia vs. New Zealand
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- Australia won the toss and elected to bat first
Final series
Australia won the best of three final series against South Africa 2–1.
1st Final: Australia vs. South Africa
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- South Africa won the toss and elected to bat first
- South Africa led the best-of-three finals series 1–0.
2nd Final: Australia vs. South Africa
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- South Africa won the toss and elected to bat first
- Best-of-three finals series level at 1–1.
3rd Final: Australia vs. South Africa
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- Australia won the toss and elected to bat first
- Australia won the best-of-three finals 2–1.