| a1843 | |
| Venue | Eden Park, Auckland on 31st January 1977 (35-over match) |
| Balls per over | 8 |
| Toss | New Zealand Invitation XI won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | New Zealand Invitation XI won by 12 runs |
| Umpires | GIJ Cowan, WRC Gardiner |
| Player of the Match | GP Howarth |
| New Zealand Invitation XI innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| JG Wright | c Marsh b Walker | 6 | |||||
| AEW Parsons | st Marsh b Bright | 41 | |||||
| GP Howarth | c McCosker b Bright | 48 | |||||
| JM Parker | c Marsh b Chappell | 5 | |||||
| MG Burgess | c Gilmour b Hurst | 26 | |||||
| *GE Vivian | c Chappell b Bright | 0 | |||||
| +JF Reid | run out | 5 | |||||
| HJ Howarth | run out | 29 | |||||
| RO Collinge | b Chappell | 11 | |||||
| AJP Stimpson | not out | 7 | |||||
| GB Troup | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (3 b, 21 lb, 7 nb) | 31 | |||||
| Total | (9 wickets, innings closed, 35 overs) | 209 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-14, 2-108, 3-121, 4-131, 5-134, 6-145, 7-166, 8-189, 9-209 (35 ov) | |||||||
| Australians bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ |
| Hurst | 7 | 0 | 47 | 1 | - | - | 56.00 | 6.71 |
| Walker | 7 | 2 | 29 | 1 | - | - | 56.00 | 4.14 |
| Gilmour | 7 | 0 | 35 | 0 | - | - | - | 5.00 |
| Bright | 7 | 1 | 36 | 3 | - | - | 18.67 | 5.14 |
| Chappell | 6 | 1 | 23 | 2 | - | - | 24.00 | 3.83 |
| Cosier | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | - | - | - | 8.00 |
| Australians innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| IC Davis | c and b GP Howarth | 29 | |||||
| A Turner | run out | 8 | |||||
| RB McCosker | b HJ Howarth | 30 | |||||
| *GS Chappell | c and b GP Howarth | 20 | |||||
| KJ Hughes | c Reid b Troup | 6 | |||||
| GJ Cosier | c GP Howarth b Troup | 4 | |||||
| +RW Marsh | b Collinge | 21 | |||||
| GJ Gilmour | c Stimpson b Troup | 9 | |||||
| RJ Bright | c GP Howarth b Troup | 29 | |||||
| MHN Walker | c Parsons b Collinge | 26 | |||||
| AG Hurst | not out | 8 | |||||
| Extras | (6 lb, 1 nb) | 7 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 34.2 overs) | 197 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-20, 2-50, 3-87, 4-95, 5-97, 6-101, 7-125, 8-132, 9-186, 10-197 (34.2 ov) | |||||||
| New Zealand Invitation XI bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ |
| Stimpson | 7 | 3 | 30 | 0 | - | - | - | 4.29 |
| HJ Howarth | 7 | 1 | 28 | 1 | - | - | 56.00 | 4.00 |
| GP Howarth | 7 | 0 | 33 | 2 | - | - | 28.00 | 4.71 |
| Collinge | 6.2 | 0 | 52 | 2 | - | - | 25.00 | 8.32 |
| Troup | 7 | 0 | 47 | 4 | - | - | 14.00 | 6.71 |