| a3163 | |
| Venue | Molyneux Park, Alexandra on 30th December 1981 (50-over match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Otago won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Northern Districts won by 5 wickets |
| Points | Otago 0; Northern Districts 2 |
| Umpires | WS Garrick, NF Tapper |
| Player of the Match | SR Gillespie |
| Otago innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| IA Rutherford | st MJE Wright b Dickeson | 27 | |||||
| JG Bracewell | c MJE Wright b Gillespie | 14 | |||||
| RN Hoskin | lbw b Gillespie | 3 | |||||
| BR Blair | c Parker b Scott | 5 | |||||
| WL Blair | c Parker b Dickeson | 26 | |||||
| GJ Dawson | c Scott b Gillespie | 12 | |||||
| *+WK Lees | c and b Cairns | 16 | |||||
| B Abernethy | run out | 0 | |||||
| DJ Walker | c Dickeson b Cairns | 11 | |||||
| BP Bracewell | not out | 8 | |||||
| SL Boock | run out | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (1 b, 8 lb, 1 nb) | 10 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 46.2 overs) | 132 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-16, 2-24, 3-29, 4-69, 5-93, 6-93, 7-93, 8-113, 9-132, 10-132 (46.2 ov) | |||||||
| Northern Districts bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ |
| Gillespie | 10 | 2 | 27 | 3 | - | - | 20.00 | 2.70 |
| Carrington | 8 | 3 | 23 | 0 | - | - | - | 2.88 |
| Scott | 10 | 2 | 23 | 1 | - | - | 60.00 | 2.30 |
| Cairns | 8.2 | 0 | 22 | 2 | - | - | 25.00 | 2.64 |
| Dickeson | 10 | 1 | 27 | 2 | - | - | 30.00 | 2.70 |
| Northern Districts innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| +MJE Wright | c BR Blair b JG Bracewell | 25 | |||||
| JG Wright | run out | 15 | |||||
| *GP Howarth | c BP Bracewell b Abernethy | 29 | |||||
| BG Cooper | c JG Bracewell b BP Bracewell | 15 | |||||
| JM Parker | b Boock | 17 | |||||
| ADG Roberts | not out | 25 | |||||
| CW Dickeson | not out | 0 | |||||
| BL Cairns | did not bat | ||||||
| SR Gillespie | did not bat | ||||||
| SJ Scott | did not bat | ||||||
| SM Carrington | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (1 b, 3 lb, 3 nb, 1 w) | 8 | |||||
| Total | (5 wickets, 38.2 overs) | 134 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-21, 2-54, 3-81, 4-94, 5-122 | |||||||
| Otago bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ |
| BP Bracewell | 7 | 1 | 24 | 1 | - | - | 42.00 | 3.43 |
| Walker | 4 | 0 | 21 | 0 | - | - | - | 5.25 |
| Abernethy | 5 | 1 | 15 | 1 | - | - | 30.00 | 3.00 |
| BR Blair | 5 | 1 | 18 | 0 | - | - | - | 3.60 |
| Boock | 10 | 2 | 26 | 1 | - | - | 60.00 | 2.60 |
| JG Bracewell | 7.2 | 3 | 22 | 1 | - | - | 44.00 | 3.00 |