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| Venue | Cornwall Park, Auckland on 5th, 6th, 7th December 1976 (3-day match) | 
| Balls per over | 8 | 
| Toss | Auckland won the toss and decided to bat | 
| Result | Auckland won by 206 runs | 
| Umpires | JW Corner, GIJ Cowan | 
| Close of play day 1 | New Zealand Under-23s (1) 61/0 (Edwards 35*, Wright 24*) | 
| Close of play day 2 | Auckland (2) 181/3 (Vivian 6*, Jones 10*) | 
| Auckland first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| JD Riley | c Reid b McKechnie | 7 | |||||
| GM Wallace | c Reid b Martin | 2 | |||||
| TW Jarvis | c Reid b Martin | 24 | |||||
| GE Vivian | c Wright b Pither | 50 | |||||
| GJ Jones | lbw b Pither | 18 | |||||
| RW Morgan | lbw b Martin | 69 | |||||
| JM McIntyre | c Reid b Martin | 1 | |||||
| *HJ Howarth | c McEwan b McKechnie | 56 | |||||
| LW Stott | lbw b McEwan | 5 | |||||
| +RA Dykes | not out | 19 | |||||
| JAJ Cushen | not out | 12 | |||||
| Extras | (2 b, 6 lb, 3 nb) | 11 | |||||
| Total | (9 wickets, declared, 83 overs) | 274 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-9, 2-11, 3-68, 4-110, 5-110, 6-119, 7-228, 8-236, 9-254 | |||||||
| New Zealand Under-23s bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Martin | 15 | 1 | 49 | 4 | - | - | |
| McKechnie | 24 | 4 | 82 | 2 | - | - | |
| McEwan | 12 | 3 | 40 | 1 | - | - | |
| Edwards | 4 | 0 | 12 | 0 | - | - | |
| Pither | 13 | 6 | 27 | 2 | - | - | |
| Kuggeleijn | 9 | 1 | 33 | 0 | - | - | |
| Ackland | 6 | 1 | 20 | 0 | - | - | |
| New Zealand Under-23s first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| JG Wright | c Jones b Cushen | 33 | |||||
| GN Edwards | c Cushen b Howarth | 44 | |||||
| BA Edgar | c Stott b Howarth | 18 | |||||
| PJ Holland | c Riley b Howarth | 0 | |||||
| PE McEwan | st Dykes b Howarth | 4 | |||||
| +JF Reid | lbw b Stott | 18 | |||||
| CM Kuggeleijn | c Vivian b Howarth | 0 | |||||
| BJ McKechnie | not out | 26 | |||||
| RJ Pither | b Howarth | 20 | |||||
| WS Martin | c McIntyre b Howarth | 30 | |||||
| RJ Ackland | c Stott b Howarth | 4 | |||||
| Extras | (2 b, 2 lb, 1 nb) | 5 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 53 overs) | 202 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-75, 2-92, 3-98, 4-102, 5-117, 6-117, 7-125, 8-151, 9-191, 10-202 (53 ov) | |||||||
| Auckland bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Cushen | 17 | 3 | 63 | 1 | - | - | |
| Stott | 9 | 3 | 32 | 1 | - | - | |
| McIntyre | 3 | 1 | 13 | 0 | - | - | |
| Howarth | 21 | 3 | 75 | 8 | - | - | |
| Morgan | 3 | 0 | 14 | 0 | - | - | |
| Auckland second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| JD Riley | c McEwan b Ackland | 60 | |||||
| GM Wallace | b Pither | 60 | |||||
| TW Jarvis | b Pither | 37 | |||||
| GE Vivian | not out | 39 | |||||
| GJ Jones | not out | 25 | |||||
| RW Morgan | did not bat | ||||||
| JM McIntyre | did not bat | ||||||
| *HJ Howarth | did not bat | ||||||
| LW Stott | did not bat | ||||||
| +RA Dykes | did not bat | ||||||
| JAJ Cushen | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (4 b, 7 lb, 1 w) | 12 | |||||
| Total | (3 wickets, declared, 74 overs) | 233 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-114, 2-128, 3-167 | |||||||
| New Zealand Under-23s bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| McKechnie | 9 | 2 | 18 | 0 | - | - | |
| McEwan | 4 | 1 | 20 | 0 | - | - | |
| Pither | 27 | 5 | 69 | 2 | - | - | |
| Kuggeleijn | 24 | 2 | 75 | 0 | - | - | |
| Ackland | 10 | 1 | 39 | 1 | - | - | |
| New Zealand Under-23s second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| JG Wright | run out | 12 | |||||
| GN Edwards | c sub b Cushen | 12 | |||||
| BA Edgar | c Howarth b McIntyre | 6 | |||||
| PJ Holland | c sub b Cushen | 0 | |||||
| PE McEwan | b McIntyre | 1 | |||||
| +JF Reid | c Riley b Howarth | 35 | |||||
| CM Kuggeleijn | c Jones b Howarth | 3 | |||||
| BJ McKechnie | b McIntyre | 15 | |||||
| RJ Pither | not out | 7 | |||||
| WS Martin | c Riley b Howarth | 3 | |||||
| RJ Ackland | b McIntyre | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (4 b, 1 nb) | 5 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 39.4 overs) | 99 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-15, 2-26, 3-28, 4-32, 5-37, 6-50, 7-84, 8-90, 9-95, 10-99 (39.4 ov) | |||||||
| Auckland bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Cushen | 7 | 3 | 8 | 2 | - | - | |
| Stott | 7 | 2 | 23 | 0 | - | - | |
| McIntyre | 12.4 | 2 | 39 | 4 | - | - | |
| Howarth | 12 | 5 | 23 | 3 | - | - | |
| Morgan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | |