| a10265 | |
| Venue | Eden Park Outer Oval, Auckland on 26th December 1996 (50-over match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Northern Districts won the toss and decided to field |
| Result | Northern Districts won by 6 wickets |
| Points | Auckland 0; Northern Districts 2 |
| Umpires | BF Bowden, MB Glenny |
| Scorer | PJ Neazor |
| Player of the Match | BA Young |
| Auckland innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| RA Jones | c Young b Styris | 5 | 11 | 18 | 1 | - | 45.45 |
| DN Patel | c MN Hart b Doull | 1 | 8 | 12 | - | - | 12.50 |
| AC Parore | c and b Vettori | 20 | 53 | 74 | 2 | - | 37.74 |
| PA de Silva | b Tait | 64 | 70 | 86 | 10 | - | 91.43 |
| AC Barnes | c and b Styris | 14 | 41 | 53 | - | - | 34.15 |
| SM Lynch | c Bailey b Doull | 56 | 84 | 88 | 3 | 1 | 66.67 |
| *JTC Vaughan | c Doull b Tait | 33 | 31 | 58 | 3 | - | 106.45 |
| CM Brown | c MN Hart b Tait | 6 | 5 | 7 | 1 | - | 120.00 |
| HD Barton | not out | 1 | 2 | 3 | - | - | 50.00 |
| +JM Mills | not out | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | - | 0.00 |
| DK Morrison | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (10 lb, 10 nb, 11 w) | 31 | |||||
| Total | (8 wickets, innings closed, 50 overs) | 231 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-11, 2-16, 3-103, 4-115, 5-145, 6-223, 7-230, 8-231 | |||||||
| Northern Districts bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ |
| Doull | 10 | 2 | 38 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 30.00 | 3.80 |
| Styris | 10 | 0 | 60 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 30.00 | 6.00 |
| Tait | 10 | 1 | 51 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 20.00 | 5.10 |
| MN Hart | 10 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 1 | - | - | 4.00 |
| Vettori | 10 | 0 | 32 | 1 | - | - | 60.00 | 3.20 |
| Northern Districts innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| BA Young | b Barnes | 97 | 117 | 169 | 13 | - | 82.91 |
| ME Parlane | run out | 65 | 74 | 85 | 9 | - | 87.84 |
| *BA Pocock | b Morrison | 36 | 58 | 70 | 5 | - | 62.07 |
| MD Bailey | not out | 14 | 20 | 23 | 2 | - | 70.00 |
| MD Bell | st Mills b Barnes | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 0.00 |
| MN Hart | not out | 4 | 7 | 8 | 1 | - | 57.14 |
| +RG Hart | did not bat | ||||||
| AR Tait | did not bat | ||||||
| SB Doull | did not bat | ||||||
| SB Styris | did not bat | ||||||
| DL Vettori | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (6 lb, 4 nb, 6 w) | 16 | |||||
| Total | (4 wickets, 45.5 overs) | 232 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-119, 2-212, 3-227, 4-228 | |||||||
| Auckland bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ |
| Morrison | 10 | 0 | 40 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 60.00 | 4.00 |
| Brown | 6 | 0 | 43 | 0 | - | - | - | 7.17 |
| Patel | 9 | 1 | 57 | 0 | 2 | - | - | 6.33 |
| Vaughan | 9 | 2 | 43 | 0 | - | - | - | 4.78 |
| Barton | 5 | 0 | 23 | 0 | - | - | - | 4.60 |
| Barnes | 6.5 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 3 | - | 20.50 | 2.93 |