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| Venue | Horton Park, Blenheim on 14th, 15th December 1996 (2-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Nelson won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Umpires | GN McLellan, DG Paterson |
| Scorers | BF Byrne, DM McKay |
| Close of play day 1 | Nelson (1) 460/8 (AJ Leonard 15*, Hampton 18*; 119 overs) |
| Nelson first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| GS Milnes | c DW Hill b Hefford | 2 | 8 | 9 | - | - | |
| CD Garner | lbw b Hefford | 103 | 195 | 200 | 14 | - | |
| JD Ogilvie | c DW Hill b Roiri | 136 | 179 | 235 | 24 | - | |
| SP Johnston | c DW Hill b Dodds | 34 | 68 | 90 | 6 | - | |
| SV Mudkavi | lbw b Moran | 48 | 62 | 68 | 9 | - | |
| AD Gapes | st Wood b Rose | 26 | 51 | 107 | 2 | - | |
| *DJ Leonard | c Rose b Roiri | 62 | 69 | 77 | 5 | 1 | |
| +AJ Leonard | not out | 15 | 53 | 2 | - | ||
| BR Williams | lbw b Roiri | 5 | 11 | 16 | 1 | - | |
| CR Hampton | not out | 18 | 30 | 2 | - | ||
| [unknown] | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (11 lb) | 11 | |||||
| Total | (8 wickets, 446 minutes, 119 overs) | 460 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-2 (Milnes), 2-216 (Garner), 3-260 (Ogilvie), 4-307 (Johnston, 77.4 ov), 5-337 (Mudkavi), 6-419 (DJ Leonard), 7-424 (Gapes), 8-435 (Williams) | |||||||
| Marlborough bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Hefford | 21 | 4 | 71 | 2 | - | - | |
| Gleeson | 4 | 2 | 11 | 0 | - | - | |
| Dodds | 31 | 3 | 126 | 1 | - | - | |
| Roiri | 33 | 5 | 143 | 3 | - | - | |
| Rose | 23 | 6 | 73 | 1 | - | - | |
| Moran | 7 | 1 | 25 | 1 | - | - | |
| Marlborough first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *ID Stark | did not bat | ||||||
| JV Hill | did not bat | ||||||
| GB Stretch | did not bat | ||||||
| +CM Wood | did not bat | ||||||
| DW Hill | did not bat | ||||||
| RAK Moran | did not bat | ||||||
| B Roiri | did not bat | ||||||
| PJ Gleeson | did not bat | ||||||
| BE Hefford | did not bat | ||||||
| TD Rose | did not bat | ||||||
| MJ Dodds | did not bat | ||||||