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| Venue | Eden Park Outer Oval, Auckland on 30th November, 1st, 2nd, 3rd December 1996 (4-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Central Districts won the toss and decided to field |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Points | Auckland 4; Central Districts 0 |
| Umpires | BF Bowden, DB Cowie |
| Close of play day 1 | Central Districts (1) 17/0 (Sulzberger 1*, Walker 14*) |
| Close of play day 2 | No play |
| Close of play day 3 | Auckland (2) 198/4 (Peterson 49*, Barton 7*) |
| Auckland first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| MJ Clark | lbw b Penn | 5 | 36 | 49 | 1 | - | |
| RA Jones | c Sinclair b Penn | 0 | 1 | 3 | - | - | |
| AC Barnes | b Loveridge | 41 | 81 | 91 | 9 | - | |
| *SJ Peterson | c Austin b Penn | 22 | 87 | 95 | 4 | - | |
| SM Lynch | c and b Penn | 15 | 62 | 72 | 1 | - | |
| HD Barton | c Austin b Loveridge | 4 | 17 | 26 | 1 | - | |
| +JM Mills | b Penn | 0 | 3 | 7 | - | - | |
| CM Brown | c Sulzberger b Loveridge | 0 | 5 | 8 | - | - | |
| KP Walmsley | lbw b Penn | 10 | 26 | 31 | 1 | - | |
| MJ Haslam | b Loveridge | 4 | 25 | 29 | - | - | |
| CJ Drum | not out | 0 | 1 | 2 | - | - | |
| Extras | (3 b, 5 lb) | 8 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 57.3 overs) | 109 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-1, 2-28, 3-60, 4-88, 5-93, 6-93, 7-95, 8-98, 9-109, 10-109 (57.3 ov) | |||||||
| Central Districts bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls |
| Penn | 21 | 7 | 36 | 6 | - | - |
| Bulfin | 9 | 4 | 18 | 0 | - | - |
| Walker | 4 | 1 | 10 | 0 | - | - |
| Lamason | 5 | 2 | 14 | 0 | - | - |
| Loveridge | 18.3 | 8 | 23 | 4 | - | - |
| Central Districts first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| GP Sulzberger | lbw b Brown | 5 | 21 | 23 | 1 | - | |
| MDJ Walker | c Jones b Brown | 21 | 25 | 34 | 3 | 1 | |
| *LG Howell | c Peterson b Walmsley | 2 | 12 | 14 | - | - | |
| CD Garner | b Brown | 5 | 6 | 7 | 1 | - | |
| MS Sinclair | c Barton b Brown | 12 | 21 | 27 | 1 | - | |
| DM Cooper | c Mills b Brown | 4 | 41 | 57 | - | - | |
| GR Loveridge | c Peterson b Drum | 3 | 14 | 21 | - | - | |
| DW Lamason | c Mills b Barnes | 4 | 23 | 21 | - | - | |
| AJ Penn | c Drum b Barnes | 1 | 16 | 18 | - | - | |
| CE Bulfin | c Mills b Walmsley | 0 | 3 | 10 | - | - | |
| +E Austin | not out | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | - | |
| Extras | (3 lb, 1 w) | 4 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 30.2 overs) | 61 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-25, 2-30, 3-32, 4-36, 5-51, 6-54, 7-58, 8-60, 9-61, 10-61 (30.2 ov) | |||||||
| Auckland bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls |
| Walmsley | 8.2 | 0 | 35 | 2 | - | - |
| Brown | 13 | 4 | 21 | 5 | - | - |
| Haslam | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | - |
| Drum | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | - | - |
| Barnes | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | - | - |
| Auckland second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| MJ Clark | c Austin b Penn | 42 | 161 | 198 | 6 | - | |
| RA Jones | lbw b Lamason | 23 | 37 | 53 | 3 | - | |
| AC Barnes | b Penn | 45 | 109 | 124 | 6 | - | |
| *SJ Peterson | not out | 49 | 103 | 121 | 6 | - | |
| SM Lynch | c Sinclair b Bulfin | 13 | 29 | 39 | 3 | - | |
| HD Barton | not out | 7 | 47 | 61 | - | - | |
| +JM Mills | did not bat | ||||||
| CM Brown | did not bat | ||||||
| KP Walmsley | did not bat | ||||||
| MJ Haslam | did not bat | ||||||
| CJ Drum | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (4 b, 13 lb, 2 nb) | 19 | |||||
| Total | (4 wickets, declared, 81 overs) | 198 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-46, 2-119, 3-132, 4-170 | |||||||
| Central Districts bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls |
| Penn | 22 | 7 | 58 | 2 | - | - |
| Bulfin | 20 | 6 | 41 | 1 | - | 1 |
| Lamason | 23 | 10 | 37 | 1 | - | - |
| Loveridge | 13 | 0 | 43 | 0 | - | - |
| Cooper | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | - | - |
| Central Districts second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| MDJ Walker | c Mills b Brown | 6 | 16 | 15 | 1 | - | |
| GP Sulzberger | b Walmsley | 0 | 3 | 4 | - | - | |
| *LG Howell | b Walmsley | 12 | 20 | 33 | 2 | - | |
| CD Garner | c Mills b Brown | 0 | 6 | 8 | - | - | |
| MS Sinclair | c Clark b Walmsley | 5 | 9 | 21 | - | - | |
| DM Cooper | not out | 20 | 64 | 82 | 2 | - | |
| AJ Penn | lbw b Brown | 2 | 11 | 11 | - | - | |
| GR Loveridge | b Haslam | 23 | 33 | 34 | 4 | - | |
| DW Lamason | not out | 7 | 32 | 27 | 1 | - | |
| CE Bulfin | did not bat | ||||||
| +E Austin | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (2 lb) | 2 | |||||
| Total | (7 wickets, 32.2 overs) | 77 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-1, 2-7, 3-15, 4-21, 5-26, 6-29, 7-66 | |||||||
| Auckland bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls |
| Walmsley | 7 | 1 | 17 | 3 | - | - |
| Brown | 8 | 3 | 17 | 3 | - | - |
| Drum | 3 | 1 | 15 | 0 | - | - |
| Barnes | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 | - | - |
| Haslam | 6.2 | 1 | 11 | 1 | - | - |
| Barton | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | - | - |