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| Venue | Horton Park, Blenheim on 6th, 7th December 1997 (2-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Canterbury Country won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Umpires | G Jackson, DG Paterson |
| Scorers | B Byrne, MV Frost |
| Close of play day 1 | Marlborough (1) 157/2 (Stretch 32*, JV Hill 32*) |
| Canterbury Country first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| SJ Edwards | c JV Hill b Boniface | 4 | 10 | 8 | - | - | |
| WD Bell | lbw b Hefford | 16 | 14 | 25 | 3 | - | |
| HTG James | c Stretch b Roiri | 7 | 23 | 37 | - | - | |
| *GM Lewis | lbw b Englefield | 43 | 66 | 98 | 5 | - | |
| RJV Hamilton | lbw b Roiri | 16 | 27 | 45 | 1 | - | |
| J Crombie | c Boniface b Nelson | 37 | 86 | 107 | 7 | - | |
| DM Barclay | c Hefford b Nelson | 28 | 59 | 69 | 4 | - | |
| BP Donkers | lbw b Englefield | 4 | 28 | 40 | - | - | |
| +PJ Rugg | not out | 14 | 66 | 76 | 1 | - | |
| DP Serra | lbw b Marsh | 8 | 27 | 25 | - | - | |
| LP Donnelly | b Boniface | 5 | 20 | 15 | 1 | - | |
| Extras | (1 b, 14 lb) | 15 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 277 minutes, 71.4 overs) | 197 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-5 (Edwards), 2-25 (Bell), 3-40 (James), 4-77 (Hamilton), 5-115 (Lewis), 6-160 (Barclay), 7-161 (Crombie), 8-169 (Donkers), 9-186 (Serra), 10-197 (Donnelly, 71.4 ov) | |||||||
| Marlborough bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Hefford | 10 | 1 | 36 | 1 | - | - | |
| Boniface | 13.4 | 5 | 26 | 2 | - | - | |
| Roiri | 8 | 0 | 47 | 2 | - | - | |
| Englefield | 24 | 7 | 53 | 2 | - | - | |
| Marsh | 9 | 5 | 17 | 1 | - | - | |
| Nelson | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | - | - | |
| Marlborough first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| V Harris | c Hamilton b Serra | 44 | 75 | 100 | 6 | - | |
| JC Nelson | c Lewis b Donkers | 46 | 54 | 67 | 5 | 1 | |
| *GB Stretch | run out (Lewis) | 33 | 92 | 97 | 5 | - | |
| +JV Hill | c Rugg b Barclay | 73 | 120 | 144 | 10 | - | |
| JI Englefield | b Barclay | 6 | 9 | 11 | 1 | - | |
| DW Hill | b Barclay | 29 | 41 | 41 | 6 | - | |
| TD Rose | lbw b Crombie | 0 | 3 | 10 | - | - | |
| B Roiri | c Hamilton b Crombie | 3 | 5 | 8 | - | - | |
| BJ Boniface | not out | 3 | 3 | 5 | - | - | |
| BE Hefford | did not bat | ||||||
| DP Marsh | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (4 b, 3 lb) | 7 | |||||
| Total | (8 wickets, declared, 245 minutes, 68 overs) | 244 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-66 (Nelson), 2-98 (Harris), 3-159 (Stretch), 4-165 (Englefield), 5-227 (DW Hill), 6-230 (Rose), 7-236 (Roiri), 8-244 (JV Hill, 68 ov) | |||||||
| Canterbury Country bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Donnelly | 11 | 2 | 39 | 0 | - | - | |
| Crombie | 14 | 2 | 47 | 2 | - | - | |
| Serra | 13 | 2 | 51 | 1 | - | - | |
| Donkers | 12 | 5 | 33 | 1 | - | - | |
| Barclay | 15 | 2 | 58 | 3 | - | - | |
| Lewis | 3 | 1 | 9 | 0 | - | - | |
| Canterbury Country second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| SJ Edwards | c JV Hill b Boniface | 19 | 37 | 38 | 3 | - | |
| WD Bell | c DW Hill b Nelson | 48 | 56 | 78 | 6 | - | |
| HTG James | not out | 102 | 193 | 227 | 12 | - | |
| *GM Lewis | c DW Hill b Roiri | 44 | 52 | 69 | 9 | - | |
| BP Donkers | lbw b Englefield | 46 | 88 | 95 | 7 | - | |
| J Crombie | c Boniface b Hefford | 0 | 8 | 12 | - | - | |
| DM Barclay | not out | 2 | 4 | 7 | - | - | |
| RJV Hamilton | did not bat | ||||||
| +PJ Rugg | did not bat | ||||||
| DP Serra | did not bat | ||||||
| LP Donnelly | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (19 b, 7 lb) | 26 | |||||
| Total | (5 wickets, 265 minutes, 74 overs) | 287 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-34 (Edwards), 2-79 (Bell), 3-153 (Lewis), 4-279 (Donkers), 5-280 (Crombie) | |||||||
| Marlborough bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Hefford | 6 | 0 | 18 | 1 | - | - | |
| Roiri | 10 | 3 | 31 | 1 | - | - | |
| Marsh | 21 | 2 | 80 | 0 | - | - | |
| Boniface | 6 | 0 | 30 | 1 | - | - | |
| Nelson | 4 | 0 | 15 | 1 | - | - | |
| Rose | 11 | 2 | 25 | 0 | - | - | |
| Stretch | 4 | 0 | 30 | 0 | - | - | |
| Englefield | 12 | 4 | 32 | 1 | - | - | |