| a10295 | |
| Venue | Pukekura Park, New Plymouth on 5th January 1997 (50-over match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Central Districts won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Central Districts won by 93 runs |
| Points | Central Districts 2; Otago 0 |
| Umpires | JS Crocker, RJ Pitcairn |
| Central Districts innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| CM Spearman | b O'Connor | 80 | 81 | 93 | 15 | - | 98.77 |
| MW Douglas | c Campbell b Richardson | 59 | 72 | 116 | 7 | - | 81.94 |
| LG Howell | not out | 111 | 77 | 121 | 11 | 3 | 144.16 |
| GP Sulzberger | c O'Connor b Richardson | 52 | 48 | 63 | 5 | - | 108.33 |
| *MJ Greatbatch | not out | 51 | 24 | 34 | 5 | 3 | 212.50 |
| +MS Sinclair | did not bat | ||||||
| MDJ Walker | did not bat | ||||||
| GR Loveridge | did not bat | ||||||
| AJ Penn | did not bat | ||||||
| CO Findlay | did not bat | ||||||
| CE Bulfin | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (7 b, 3 lb, 4 nb, 9 w) | 23 | |||||
| Total | (3 wickets, innings closed, 50 overs) | 376 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-129, 2-169, 3-278 | |||||||
| Otago bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ |
| O'Connor | 10 | 0 | 71 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 60.00 | 7.10 |
| Kennedy | 10 | 0 | 85 | 0 | 4 | 1 | - | 8.50 |
| Morland | 10 | 0 | 54 | 0 | - | - | - | 5.40 |
| Horne | 8 | 0 | 68 | 0 | 1 | - | - | 8.50 |
| Maynard | 5 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 1 | - | - | 7.40 |
| Richardson | 7 | 0 | 51 | 2 | - | - | 21.00 | 7.29 |
| Otago innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| MH Richardson | not out | 128 | 157 | 195 | 16 | - | 81.53 |
| CB Gaffaney | c Findlay b Penn | 4 | 5 | 12 | 1 | - | 80.00 |
| MJ Lamont | b Bulfin | 0 | 1 | 2 | - | - | 0.00 |
| MP Maynard | c Penn b Bulfin | 27 | 23 | 41 | 5 | - | 117.39 |
| MJ Horne | c Sulzberger b Walker | 9 | 19 | 34 | - | - | 47.37 |
| *RA Lawson | c Sinclair b Walker | 21 | 28 | 23 | 1 | - | 75.00 |
| AJ Hore | c Walker b Loveridge | 24 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 141.18 |
| +PA Campbell | not out | 51 | 55 | 60 | 4 | 1 | 92.73 |
| SB O'Connor | did not bat | ||||||
| ND Morland | did not bat | ||||||
| RJ Kennedy | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (3 lb, 8 nb, 8 w) | 19 | |||||
| Total | (6 wickets, innings closed, 50 overs) | 283 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-12, 2-12, 3-72, 4-116, 5-146, 6-180 | |||||||
| Central Districts bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ |
| Penn | 10 | 0 | 58 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 60.00 | 5.80 |
| Bulfin | 9 | 3 | 52 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 27.00 | 5.78 |
| Findlay | 6 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 1 | 2 | - | 5.83 |
| Loveridge | 10 | 0 | 54 | 1 | 1 | - | 60.00 | 5.40 |
| Walker | 10 | 0 | 38 | 2 | 2 | - | 30.00 | 3.80 |
| Sulzberger | 4 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 1 | - | - | 9.75 |
| Spearman | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | - | - | - | 4.00 |