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| Venue | Trust Bank Park, Hamilton on 18th, 19th, 20th January 1997 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | England XI won the toss and decided to field |
| Result | England XI won by 10 wickets |
| Umpires | DB Cowie, CE King |
| Scorers | MN Ashton, GG Schache |
| Close of play day 1 | England XI (1) 166/4 (Thorpe 39*, Crawley 25*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Northern Districts (2) 99/1 (Pocock 60*, Bell 35*) |
| Northern Districts first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| BA Young | b Cork | 4 | 14 | 10 | - | - | |
| *BA Pocock | c Stewart b Cork | 0 | 12 | 18 | - | - | |
| MD Bell | b Mullally | 5 | 12 | 19 | 1 | - | |
| MD Bailey | c Thorpe b Cork | 4 | 22 | 30 | - | - | |
| ME Parlane | c Stewart b White | 9 | 39 | 50 | 1 | - | |
| MN Hart | c Thorpe b White | 2 | 31 | 60 | - | - | |
| +RG Hart | c Thorpe b Gough | 24 | 25 | 56 | 3 | - | |
| AR Tait | b Gough | 0 | 5 | 4 | - | - | |
| SB Styris | c Stewart b Gough | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - | |
| DL Vettori | c Stewart b White | 5 | 14 | 13 | 1 | - | |
| DRT Bennett | not out | 4 | 6 | 6 | - | - | |
| Extras | (5 lb, 7 nb) | 12 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 28.4 overs) | 69 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-4 (Young), 2-5 (Pocock), 3-13 (Bell), 4-17 (Bailey), 5-32 (Parlane), 6-53 (MN Hart), 7-54 (Tait), 8-54 (Styris), 9-65 (Vettori), 10-69 (RG Hart, 28.4 ov) | |||||||
| England XI bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Cork | 9 | 2 | 18 | 3 | - | - | |
| Mullally | 7 | 4 | 6 | 1 | - | - | |
| White | 7 | 1 | 17 | 3 | - | - | |
| Gough | 5.4 | 1 | 23 | 3 | - | - | |
| England XI first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| NV Knight | c RG Hart b Styris | 39 | 98 | 108 | 5 | 1 | |
| *MA Atherton | lbw b Styris | 5 | 19 | 18 | - | - | |
| +AJ Stewart | c Bennett b Tait | 40 | 52 | 85 | 5 | - | |
| N Hussain | c Young b Vettori | 7 | 34 | 43 | 1 | - | |
| GP Thorpe | c RG Hart b Tait | 71 | 170 | 202 | 5 | 1 | |
| JP Crawley | c RG Hart b Styris | 65 | 144 | 145 | 10 | - | |
| C White | not out | 22 | 67 | 84 | 1 | - | |
| RDB Croft | c Bell b Tait | 2 | 6 | 11 | - | - | |
| DG Cork | c Pocock b Styris | 7 | 33 | 40 | 1 | - | |
| D Gough | b Tait | 15 | 16 | 19 | 3 | - | |
| AD Mullally | b Tait | 2 | 7 | 8 | - | - | |
| Extras | (7 lb, 11 nb, 1 w) | 19 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 105.5 overs) | 294 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-12 (Atherton), 2-89 (Stewart), 3-93 (Knight), 4-116 (Hussain), 5-241 (Thorpe), 6-241 (Crawley), 7-246 (Croft), 8-273 (Cork), 9-290 (Gough), 10-294 (Mullally, 105.5 ov) | |||||||
| Northern Districts bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Styris | 31 | 7 | 110 | 4 | - | - | |
| Bennett | 12 | 0 | 31 | 0 | - | - | |
| Tait | 36.5 | 12 | 96 | 5 | - | - | |
| Vettori | 20 | 8 | 30 | 1 | - | - | |
| MN Hart | 6 | 1 | 20 | 0 | - | - | |
| Northern Districts second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *BA Pocock | lbw b Gough | 69 | 151 | 208 | 8 | - | |
| BA Young | c Stewart b Cork | 2 | 20 | 24 | - | - | |
| MD Bell | b Gough | 35 | 125 | 147 | 4 | - | |
| MD Bailey | c Thorpe b Mullally | 26 | 80 | 105 | 2 | 1 | |
| ME Parlane | c and b Mullally | 74 | 110 | 170 | 6 | 2 | |
| MN Hart | c White b Mullally | 1 | 7 | 9 | - | - | |
| +RG Hart | b White | 4 | 5 | 7 | - | - | |
| AR Tait | c Atherton b White | 20 | 21 | 33 | 3 | - | |
| SB Styris | b Mullally | 13 | 23 | 27 | 1 | - | |
| DL Vettori | c Crawley b Gough | 1 | 12 | 14 | - | - | |
| DRT Bennett | not out | 4 | 4 | 8 | 1 | - | |
| Extras | (3 b, 3 lb, 4 nb) | 10 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 91.4 overs) | 259 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-9 (Young), 2-99 (Bell), 3-114 (Pocock), 4-156 (Bailey), 5-164 (MN Hart), 6-171 (RG Hart), 7-212 (Tait), 8-243 (Styris), 9-255 (Vettori), 10-259 (Parlane, 91.4 ov) | |||||||
| England XI bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Cork | 9 | 3 | 23 | 1 | - | - | |
| Mullally | 22.4 | 7 | 52 | 4 | - | - | |
| White | 17 | 3 | 61 | 2 | - | - | |
| Croft | 23 | 5 | 63 | 0 | - | - | |
| Gough | 19 | 5 | 51 | 3 | - | - | |
| Thorpe | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | - | - | |
| England XI second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| NV Knight | not out | 24 | 35 | 29 | 3 | - | |
| *MA Atherton | not out | 12 | 15 | 29 | 1 | - | |
| +AJ Stewart | did not bat | ||||||
| N Hussain | did not bat | ||||||
| GP Thorpe | did not bat | ||||||
| JP Crawley | did not bat | ||||||
| C White | did not bat | ||||||
| RDB Croft | did not bat | ||||||
| DG Cork | did not bat | ||||||
| D Gough | did not bat | ||||||
| AD Mullally | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (1 nb, 1 w) | 2 | |||||
| Total | (no wicket, 29 minutes, 8.1 overs) | 38 | |||||
| Northern Districts bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Styris | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | - | - | |
| Bennett | 4 | 1 | 17 | 0 | - | - | |
| Tait | 3.1 | 1 | 11 | 0 | - | - | |