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| Venue | Molyneux Park, Alexandra on 17th, 18th, 19th, 20th January 1996 (4-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Auckland won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Auckland won by 148 runs |
| Points | Otago 0; Auckland 12 |
| Umpires | JS Crocker, RS Dunne |
| Close of play day 1 | Otago (1) 32/3 (Gale 8*, King 2*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Auckland (2) 182/4 (Lynch 23*, Vaughan 12*) |
| Close of play day 3 | Otago (2) 129/3 (Lamont 37*, Richardson 20*) |
| Auckland first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| AT Reinholds | c Wilson b O'Connor | 26 | 67 | 88 | 3 | - | |
| JI Pamment | lbw b O'Connor | 25 | 62 | 71 | 4 | - | |
| RA Jones | c Gaffaney b O'Connor | 6 | 15 | 25 | - | - | |
| SJ Peterson | lbw b Gale | 34 | 57 | 75 | 7 | - | |
| SM Lynch | c Robinson b Gale | 25 | 72 | 86 | 3 | - | |
| *JTC Vaughan | c Robinson b Wilson | 42 | 98 | 131 | 3 | - | |
| AC Barnes | c Robinson b Gale | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - | |
| +JM Mills | c Gaffaney b Wilson | 8 | 23 | 35 | - | - | |
| C Pringle | b Wiseman | 24 | 75 | 72 | 2 | - | |
| DK Morrison | not out | 15 | 42 | 51 | 1 | - | |
| MJ Haslam | c sub b O'Connor | 11 | 43 | 49 | 2 | - | |
| Extras | (3 b, 10 lb, 2 nb, 3 w) | 18 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 92.2 overs) | 234 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-52, 2-63, 3-68, 4-123, 5-136, 6-136, 7-149, 8-205, 9-205, 10-234 (92.2 ov) | |||||||
| Otago bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Marshall | 9 | 5 | 13 | 0 | - | 2 | |
| O'Connor | 22.2 | 5 | 62 | 4 | 1 | - | |
| Gale | 26 | 9 | 63 | 3 | 1 | - | |
| Wilson | 20 | 4 | 63 | 2 | 1 | - | |
| Wiseman | 15 | 7 | 20 | 1 | - | - | |
| Otago first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| RA Lawson | c Reinholds b Morrison | 10 | 31 | 44 | 2 | - | |
| CB Gaffaney | b Pringle | 0 | 12 | 15 | - | - | |
| MJ Lamont | lbw b Morrison | 4 | 14 | 17 | 1 | - | |
| AJ Gale | lbw b Morrison | 10 | 45 | 40 | - | - | |
| RT King | run out | 35 | 103 | 126 | 3 | - | |
| MH Richardson | c Lynch b Haslam | 36 | 83 | 120 | 2 | - | |
| JW Wilson | not out | 14 | 19 | 24 | 2 | - | |
| *+SA Robinson | c Jones b Haslam | 2 | 5 | 3 | - | - | |
| PJ Wiseman | b Morrison | 0 | 2 | 3 | - | - | |
| SB O'Connor | lbw b Morrison | 1 | 9 | 13 | - | - | |
| EJ Marshall | absent hurt | ||||||
| Extras | (7 b, 5 lb, 2 nb, 1 w) | 15 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 51.4 overs) | 127 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-8, 2-15, 3-18, 4-36, 5-108, 6-108, 7-110, 8-111, 9-127 (51.4 ov) | |||||||
| Auckland bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Morrison | 17.4 | 6 | 43 | 5 | - | 2 | |
| Pringle | 15 | 8 | 16 | 1 | - | - | |
| Vaughan | 9 | 2 | 23 | 0 | - | - | |
| Barnes | 5 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 1 | - | |
| Haslam | 5 | 2 | 7 | 2 | - | - | |
| Auckland second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| AT Reinholds | c Gaffaney b O'Connor | 5 | 11 | 11 | 1 | - | |
| JI Pamment | c Robinson b Gale | 19 | 45 | 46 | 2 | - | |
| RA Jones | c O'Connor b Wilson | 75 | 150 | 179 | 4 | - | |
| SJ Peterson | lbw b Wiseman | 37 | 93 | 112 | 7 | - | |
| SM Lynch | c Lamont b Gale | 42 | 112 | 123 | 4 | - | |
| *JTC Vaughan | c Robinson b Gale | 19 | 73 | 73 | 3 | - | |
| AC Barnes | not out | 100 | 167 | 195 | 11 | - | |
| +JM Mills | not out | 73 | 127 | 177 | 7 | - | |
| C Pringle | did not bat | ||||||
| DK Morrison | did not bat | ||||||
| MJ Haslam | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (12 b, 8 lb, 2 nb, 2 w) | 24 | |||||
| Total | (6 wickets, declared, 129.2 overs) | 394 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-9, 2-38, 3-126, 4-150, 5-196, 6-217 | |||||||
| Otago bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| O'Connor | 25 | 6 | 80 | 1 | - | - | |
| Wilson | 27 | 6 | 78 | 1 | 2 | - | |
| Gale | 27 | 5 | 92 | 3 | - | - | |
| Wiseman | 39 | 12 | 93 | 1 | - | - | |
| Richardson | 11.2 | 4 | 31 | 0 | - | 2 | |
| Otago second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| RA Lawson | lbw b Vaughan | 34 | 80 | 85 | 3 | - | |
| CB Gaffaney | c Lynch b Haslam | 26 | 70 | 120 | 2 | - | |
| MJ Lamont | lbw b Pringle | 92 | 220 | 243 | 9 | - | |
| RT King | b Pringle | 2 | 27 | 38 | - | - | |
| MH Richardson | c Barnes b Pringle | 146 | 156 | 266 | 18 | 2 | |
| JW Wilson | b Morrison | 21 | 49 | 54 | 3 | - | |
| *+SA Robinson | b Morrison | 0 | 4 | 7 | - | - | |
| PJ Wiseman | b Morrison | 10 | 28 | 40 | - | - | |
| AJ Gale | lbw b Pringle | 0 | 4 | 3 | - | - | |
| SB O'Connor | not out | 0 | 1 | 2 | - | - | |
| EJ Marshall | absent hurt | ||||||
| Extras | (5 b, 3 lb, 14 nb) | 22 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 105.2 overs) | 353 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-53, 2-72, 3-83, 4-260, 5-315, 6-317, 7-353, 8-353, 9-353 (105.2 ov) | |||||||
| Auckland bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Morrison | 26.2 | 5 | 98 | 3 | - | 6 | |
| Pringle | 16 | 3 | 54 | 4 | - | 2 | |
| Vaughan | 21 | 9 | 32 | 1 | - | 2 | |
| Barnes | 7 | 3 | 21 | 0 | - | - | |
| Haslam | 31 | 4 | 119 | 1 | - | - | |
| Pamment | 4 | 0 | 21 | 0 | - | - | |