| a3978 | |
| Venue | Basin Reserve, Wellington on 17th, 18th March 1984 (50-over match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Auckland won the toss and decided to field |
| Result | Auckland won by 5 wickets |
| Umpires | MM Spring, SJ Woodward |
| Close of play day 1 |
| Wellington innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| JG Boyle | b Troup | 7 | 5 | 12 | 1 | - | 140.00 |
| CJ Pickett | b Tracy | 0 | 2 | 2 | - | - | 0.00 |
| RH Vance | c and b Hellaby | 12 | 46 | 68 | - | - | 26.09 |
| RW Ormiston | run out | 37 | 81 | 106 | - | - | 45.68 |
| EJ Gray | c Webb b Troup | 20 | 36 | 56 | 1 | - | 55.56 |
| *+EB McSweeney | not out | 20 | 25 | 44 | - | - | 80.00 |
| JFM Morrison | b Troup | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 0.00 |
| ACS Pigott | not out | 17 | 23 | 33 | - | - | 73.91 |
| SJ Maguiness | did not bat | ||||||
| PJ Schofer | did not bat | ||||||
| KB Marshall | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (8 lb, 8 nb) | 16 | |||||
| Total | (6 wickets, innings closed, 35 overs) | 129 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-1, 2-9, 3-48, 4-87, 5-90, 6-90 | |||||||
| Auckland bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ |
| Tracy | 7 | 4 | 11 | 1 | - | - | 42.00 | 1.57 |
| Troup | 7 | 0 | 26 | 3 | - | - | 14.00 | 3.71 |
| Stott | 7 | 0 | 35 | 0 | - | - | - | 5.00 |
| Hellaby | 7 | 0 | 16 | 1 | - | - | 42.00 | 2.29 |
| Snedden | 7 | 0 | 25 | 0 | - | - | - | 3.57 |
| Auckland innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| TJ Franklin | st McSweeney b Gray | 4 | 29 | 37 | - | - | 13.79 |
| MJ Greatbatch | b Gray | 47 | 68 | 87 | 2 | - | 69.12 |
| +PN Webb | run out | 19 | 35 | 52 | 2 | - | 54.29 |
| ATR Hellaby | c Pickett b Gray | 5 | 6 | 11 | 1 | - | 83.33 |
| AJ Hunt | not out | 15 | 30 | 60 | 1 | - | 50.00 |
| DJ Knowles | lbw b Maguiness | 0 | 3 | 3 | - | - | 0.00 |
| *MC Snedden | not out | 28 | 35 | 47 | 1 | - | 80.00 |
| ID Fisher | did not bat | ||||||
| LW Stott | did not bat | ||||||
| GB Troup | did not bat | ||||||
| SR Tracy | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (1 b, 6 lb, 5 w) | 12 | |||||
| Total | (5 wickets, 33.3 overs) | 130 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-20, 2-78, 3-80, 4-85, 5-86 | |||||||
| Wellington bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ |
| Pigott | 6 | 2 | 11 | 0 | - | - | - | 1.83 |
| Marshall | 7 | 1 | 25 | 0 | - | - | - | 3.57 |
| Gray | 7 | 0 | 22 | 3 | - | - | 14.00 | 3.14 |
| Schofer | 6.3 | 0 | 34 | 0 | - | - | - | 5.23 |
| Maguiness | 7 | 0 | 26 | 1 | - | - | 42.00 | 3.71 |