| misc23554 | |
| Venue | Cobham Oval, Whangarei on 21st, 22nd, 23rd March 1998 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Mid-Canterbury won the toss and decided to field |
| Result | Northland won by 331 runs |
| Umpires | BG Frost, DM Quested |
| Close of play day 1 | |
| Close of play day 2 |
| Northland first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| AMJ McDowell | c and b Fine | 15 | |||||
| AP O'Dowd | c Overend b Sutcliffe | 53 | |||||
| HJH Marshall | c Hayes b Isherwood | 58 | |||||
| AJ Bradley | lbw b Sutcliffe | 8 | |||||
| NR Parlane | lbw b Harrison | 48 | |||||
| JAF Yovich | c Madden b Jemmett | 1 | |||||
| SJ Cunis | c Overend b Bell | 15 | |||||
| *+BL Hood | b Fine | 11 | |||||
| RG Morgan | b Fine | 22 | |||||
| BP Martin | c Overend b Fine | 14 | |||||
| TR Anderson | not out | 2 | |||||
| Extras | (10 b, 8 lb, 16 nb, 1 w) | 35 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 119 overs) | 282 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-39, 2-116, 3-136, 4-176, 5-177, 6-206, 7-232, 8-266, 9-273, 10-282 (119 ov) | |||||||
| Mid-Canterbury bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls |
| Harrison | 18 | 6 | 44 | 1 | - | - |
| Bell | 23 | 3 | 69 | 1 | - | - |
| Fine | 19 | 8 | 60 | 4 | - | - |
| Isherwood | 26 | 13 | 33 | 1 | - | - |
| Sutcliffe | 19 | 7 | 35 | 2 | - | - |
| Jemmett | 14 | 6 | 23 | 1 | - | - |
| Mid-Canterbury first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| LG Jemmett | lbw b Yovich | 0 | |||||
| RJ Madden | b Anderson | 78 | |||||
| M Hayes | lbw b Cunis | 8 | |||||
| SW Moorhead | c Martin b Anderson | 9 | |||||
| J Woodham | c Parlane b Martin | 1 | |||||
| +JS Overend | c Hood b Yovich | 45 | |||||
| MW Fine | c Hood b Yovich | 3 | |||||
| I Sutcliffe | lbw b Cunis | 7 | |||||
| C Bell | not out | 17 | |||||
| *DR Harrison | b Yovich | 0 | |||||
| CR Isherwood | run out (Hood) | 1 | |||||
| Extras | (1 b, 8 lb, 4 nb) | 13 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 63.4 overs) | 182 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-0, 2-28, 3-48, 4-61, 5-117, 6-126, 7-154, 8-170, 9-170, 10-182 (63.4 ov) | |||||||
| Northland bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls |
| Yovich | 11.4 | 3 | 20 | 4 | - | - |
| Morgan | 8 | 0 | 26 | 0 | - | - |
| Cunis | 12 | 4 | 28 | 2 | - | - |
| Martin | 19 | 6 | 57 | 1 | - | - |
| Anderson | 13 | 1 | 42 | 2 | - | - |
| Northland second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| AMJ McDowell | c Madden b Fine | 59 | |||||
| AP O'Dowd | c Overend b Harrison | 4 | |||||
| HJH Marshall | c Hayes b Fine | 2 | |||||
| AJ Bradley | b Isherwood | 39 | |||||
| NR Parlane | c and b Bell | 111 | |||||
| JAF Yovich | b Fine | 22 | |||||
| SJ Cunis | run out (Bell) | 31 | |||||
| *+BL Hood | not out | 23 | |||||
| RG Morgan | c Hayes b Bell | 0 | |||||
| BP Martin | lbw b Bell | 0 | |||||
| TR Anderson | b Bell | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (7 b, 9 lb, 1 w) | 17 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 83 overs) | 308 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-12, 2-15, 3-81, 4-141, 5-179, 6-249, 7-307, 8-307, 9-308, 10-308 (83 ov) | |||||||
| Mid-Canterbury bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls |
| Harrison | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | - | - |
| Fine | 16 | 6 | 60 | 3 | - | - |
| Isherwood | 14 | 2 | 53 | 1 | - | - |
| Sutcliffe | 21 | 2 | 79 | 0 | - | - |
| Bell | 21 | 5 | 57 | 4 | - | - |
| Madden | 8 | 0 | 39 | 0 | - | - |
| Moorhead | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - |
| Mid-Canterbury second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| MW Fine | b Yovich | 4 | |||||
| RJ Madden | c Bradley b Morgan | 6 | |||||
| M Hayes | c Cunis b O'Dowd | 22 | |||||
| SW Moorhead | lbw b Morgan | 4 | |||||
| J Woodham | lbw b Yovich | 4 | |||||
| C Bell | b Yovich | 1 | |||||
| +JS Overend | c Yovich b Anderson | 10 | |||||
| I Sutcliffe | c and b Anderson | 0 | |||||
| LG Jemmett | not out | 6 | |||||
| CR Isherwood | c O'Dowd b Anderson | 6 | |||||
| *DR Harrison | lbw b Yovich | 1 | |||||
| Extras | (6 b, 5 lb, 2 w) | 13 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 27.2 overs) | 77 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-4, 2-14, 3-20, 4-27, 5-32, 6-54, 7-59, 8-59, 9-76, 10-77 (27.2 ov) | |||||||
| Northland bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls |
| Yovich | 8.2 | 2 | 21 | 4 | - | - |
| Morgan | 5 | 1 | 12 | 2 | - | - |
| O'Dowd | 8 | 1 | 20 | 1 | - | - |
| Anderson | 6 | 0 | 13 | 3 | - | - |