| a10288 | |
| Venue | Dudley Park, Rangiora on 3rd January 1997 (50-over match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Central Districts won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Canterbury won by 9 wickets |
| Points | Canterbury 2; Central Districts 0 |
| Umpires | RS Dunne, PR Williams |
| Man of the Match | MF Sharpe |
| Central Districts innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| CM Spearman | c McMillan b Sharpe | 36 | 41 | 56 | 5 | 1 | 87.80 |
| GP Sulzberger | run out | 2 | 11 | 20 | - | - | 18.18 |
| LG Howell | c Astle b Allott | 0 | 5 | 4 | - | - | 0.00 |
| *MJ Greatbatch | b Sharpe | 1 | 4 | 2 | - | - | 25.00 |
| +MW Douglas | c Astle b Sharpe | 4 | 4 | 8 | 1 | - | 100.00 |
| MS Sinclair | c Astle b Priest | 39 | 92 | 94 | 5 | - | 42.39 |
| MDJ Walker | lbw b Cairns | 1 | 7 | 2 | - | - | 14.29 |
| GR Loveridge | c Germon b Cairns | 9 | 35 | 45 | - | - | 25.71 |
| CO Findlay | b Priest | 7 | 7 | 7 | - | 1 | 100.00 |
| AJ Penn | not out | 1 | 16 | 21 | - | - | 6.25 |
| CE Bulfin | c Priest b Sharpe | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | - | 133.33 |
| Extras | (1 lb, 2 nb, 4 w) | 7 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 36.3 overs) | 111 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-13 (Sulzberger), 2-14 (Howell), 3-15 (Greatbatch), 4-30 (Douglas), 5-48 (Spearman), 6-49 (Walker), 7-86 (Loveridge), 8-93 (Findlay), 9-107 (Sinclair), 10-111 (Bulfin) | |||||||
| Canterbury bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ |
| Sharpe | 8.3 | 3 | 26 | 4 | 1 | - | 12.75 | 3.06 |
| Allott | 8 | 0 | 31 | 1 | 1 | - | 48.00 | 3.88 |
| Cairns | 8 | 1 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 24.00 | 2.62 |
| Harris | 6 | 1 | 19 | 0 | - | - | - | 3.17 |
| Priest | 6 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 1 | - | 18.00 | 2.17 |
| Canterbury innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| NJ Astle | not out | 71 | 59 | 77 | 10 | 2 | 120.34 |
| BJK Doody | c and b Bulfin | 6 | 12 | 15 | 1 | - | 50.00 |
| CZ Harris | not out | 28 | 39 | 61 | 4 | - | 71.79 |
| DJ Murray | did not bat | ||||||
| CD McMillan | did not bat | ||||||
| SP Fleming | did not bat | ||||||
| CL Cairns | did not bat | ||||||
| *+LK Germon | did not bat | ||||||
| MW Priest | did not bat | ||||||
| MF Sharpe | did not bat | ||||||
| GI Allott | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (4 lb, 2 nb, 3 w) | 9 | |||||
| Total | (1 wicket, 18.1 overs) | 114 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-8 (Doody) | |||||||
| Central Districts bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ |
| Penn | 7 | 1 | 25 | 0 | - | - | - | 3.57 |
| Bulfin | 6 | 0 | 42 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 36.00 | 7.00 |
| Findlay | 3 | 0 | 17 | 0 | - | - | - | 5.67 |
| Loveridge | 2 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 1 | - | - | 11.00 |
| Walker | 0.1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | - | - | - | 24.00 |