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| Venue | Lancaster Park, Christchurch on 25th, 26th, 27th, 28th November 1996 (4-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Canterbury won the toss and decided to field |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Points | Canterbury 4; Northern Districts 0 |
| Umpires | RS Dunne, PR Williams |
| Close of play day 1 | Northern Districts (1) 278/3 (Bradburn 50*, Parlane 6*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Canterbury (1) 146/3 (Murray 67*, Sharpe 4*) |
| Close of play day 3 | Canterbury (1) 375/5 (McMillan 108*, Stead 18*) |
| Player of the Match | BA Pocock |
| Northern Districts first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| BA Pocock | c Sharpe b Priest | 137 | 250 | 282 | 19 | 2 | |
| MD Bell | b Priest | 55 | 147 | 203 | 9 | - | |
| *GE Bradburn | not out | 148 | 384 | 401 | 14 | 1 | |
| MD Bailey | lbw b Wisneski | 23 | 58 | 74 | 3 | - | |
| ME Parlane | b Allott | 142 | 197 | 247 | 11 | 5 | |
| SA Thomson | did not bat | ||||||
| AR Tait | did not bat | ||||||
| +RG Hart | did not bat | ||||||
| JAF Yovich | did not bat | ||||||
| SB Styris | did not bat | ||||||
| CW Ross | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (12 lb, 1 w) | 13 | |||||
| Total | (4 wickets, declared, 172.4 overs) | 518 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-136 (Bell), 2-211 (Pocock), 3-259 (Bailey), 4-518 (Parlane) | |||||||
| Canterbury bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Allott | 26.4 | 1 | 94 | 1 | - | - | |
| Sharpe | 30 | 9 | 77 | 0 | - | - | |
| Wisneski | 33 | 11 | 94 | 1 | 1 | - | |
| Priest | 55 | 18 | 135 | 2 | - | - | |
| McMillan | 18 | 6 | 61 | 0 | - | - | |
| Stead | 4 | 1 | 21 | 0 | - | - | |
| Cumming | 6 | 0 | 24 | 0 | - | - | |
| Canterbury first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| BR Hartland | lbw b Styris | 30 | 64 | 86 | 1 | - | |
| *DJ Murray | b Tait | 153 | 353 | 435 | 20 | - | |
| BJK Doody | run out | 38 | 61 | 62 | 4 | 1 | |
| CD Cumming | lbw b Styris | 1 | 9 | 17 | - | - | |
| MF Sharpe | c Hart b Ross | 6 | 30 | 37 | 1 | - | |
| CD McMillan | st Hart b Bailey | 159 | 357 | 411 | 15 | - | |
| GR Stead | c Thomson b Bradburn | 42 | 151 | 188 | 1 | - | |
| MW Priest | not out | 67 | 139 | 151 | 8 | - | |
| +MEL Lane | b Tait | 5 | 32 | 35 | - | - | |
| WA Wisneski | c Bailey b Ross | 9 | 17 | 31 | 2 | - | |
| GI Allott | c Hart b Bradburn | 10 | 52 | 77 | - | - | |
| Extras | (4 b, 15 lb, 8 nb, 2 w) | 29 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 210.2 overs) | 549 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-63 (Hartland), 2-123 (Doody), 3-140 (Cumming), 4-151 (Sharpe), 5-323 (Murray), 6-451 (McMillan), 7-451 (Stead), 8-475 (Lane), 9-492 (Wisneski), 10-549 (Allott) | |||||||
| Northern Districts bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Ross | 46 | 11 | 97 | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Styris | 33 | 7 | 110 | 2 | 1 | - | |
| Yovich | 11 | 0 | 63 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |
| Tait | 53 | 19 | 109 | 2 | - | - | |
| Thomson | 21 | 4 | 55 | 0 | - | - | |
| Bailey | 11 | 4 | 26 | 1 | - | - | |
| Bradburn | 35.2 | 8 | 70 | 2 | - | - | |