| a10304 | |
| Venue | Eden Park, Auckland on 8th January 1997 (50-over match) | 
| Balls per over | 6 | 
| Toss | Auckland won the toss and decided to field | 
| Result | Northern Districts won by 7 runs | 
| Umpires | DB Cowie, DM Quested | 
| Player of the Match | BA Young | 
| Northern Districts innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| BA Young | c de Silva b Patel | 60 | 69 | 97 | 7 | - | 86.96 | 
| *BA Pocock | c Brown b Haslam | 28 | 47 | 60 | 3 | - | 59.57 | 
| ME Parlane | c Mills b Morrison | 43 | 48 | 55 | 1 | 1 | 89.58 | 
| MD Bailey | c Mills b de Silva | 25 | 35 | 46 | 1 | - | 71.43 | 
| NR Parlane | c Mills b Vaughan | 28 | 54 | 74 | - | - | 51.85 | 
| MN Hart | c Lynch b Haslam | 1 | 6 | 6 | - | - | 16.67 | 
| +RG Hart | c Brown b Patel | 18 | 23 | 21 | 1 | - | 78.26 | 
| AR Tait | c Brown b Vaughan | 7 | 8 | 7 | 1 | - | 87.50 | 
| SB Doull | st Mills b Vaughan | 0 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 0.00 | 
| SB Styris | not out | 6 | 7 | 11 | - | - | 85.71 | 
| DL Vettori | not out | 0 | 1 | 3 | - | - | 0.00 | 
| Extras | (4 lb, 3 w) | 7 | |||||
| Total | (9 wickets, innings closed, 50 overs) | 223 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-74, 2-119, 3-143, 4-168, 5-171, 6-200, 7-209, 8-210, 9-219 | |||||||
| Auckland bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ | 
| Morrison | 8 | 1 | 47 | 1 | 2 | - | 48.00 | 5.88 | 
| Brown | 5 | 0 | 23 | 0 | - | - | - | 4.60 | 
| Vaughan | 9 | 1 | 31 | 3 | 1 | - | 18.00 | 3.44 | 
| Haslam | 10 | 0 | 39 | 2 | - | - | 30.00 | 3.90 | 
| Patel | 10 | 0 | 43 | 2 | - | - | 30.00 | 4.30 | 
| de Silva | 6 | 0 | 25 | 1 | - | - | 36.00 | 4.17 | 
| Barnes | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 | - | - | - | 5.50 | 
| Auckland innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| AC Barnes | c Doull b Styris | 8 | 18 | 22 | 1 | - | 44.44 | 
| AC Parore | c RG Hart b Bailey | 61 | 116 | 134 | 4 | 1 | 52.59 | 
| DN Patel | st RG Hart b Tait | 24 | 26 | 35 | 4 | - | 92.31 | 
| PA de Silva | c Vettori b MN Hart | 32 | 31 | 50 | 2 | 1 | 103.23 | 
| SM Lynch | run out | 49 | 62 | 81 | 4 | 1 | 79.03 | 
| *JTC Vaughan | run out | 10 | 14 | 26 | - | - | 71.43 | 
| CM Brown | b Vettori | 8 | 8 | 7 | - | - | 100.00 | 
| SJ Peterson | not out | 17 | 20 | 30 | 1 | - | 85.00 | 
| +JM Mills | run out | 2 | 3 | 2 | - | - | 66.67 | 
| DK Morrison | c Bailey b Tait | 0 | 2 | 5 | - | - | 0.00 | 
| MJ Haslam | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (3 lb, 2 w) | 5 | |||||
| Total | (9 wickets, innings closed, 50 overs) | 216 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-19, 2-53, 3-108, 4-143, 5-162, 6-173, 7-206, 8-209, 9-216 (50 ov) | |||||||
| Northern Districts bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ | 
| Doull | 8 | 0 | 46 | 0 | - | - | - | 5.75 | 
| Styris | 4 | 0 | 25 | 1 | - | - | 24.00 | 6.25 | 
| Tait | 10 | 1 | 30 | 2 | 1 | - | 30.00 | 3.00 | 
| MN Hart | 8 | 0 | 33 | 1 | 1 | - | 48.00 | 4.12 | 
| Bailey | 10 | 0 | 41 | 1 | - | - | 60.00 | 4.10 | 
| Vettori | 10 | 0 | 38 | 1 | - | - | 60.00 | 3.80 |