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| Venue | Trust Bank Park, Hamilton on 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th February 1997 (4-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Auckland won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Auckland won by 212 runs |
| Points | Northern Districts 4; Auckland 8 |
| Umpires | BF Bowden, RS Dunne |
| Close of play day 1 | Northern Districts (1) 127 all out |
| Close of play day 2 | No play |
| Close of play day 3 | Northern Districts (2) 1/1 (MN Hart 0*, Styris 1*) |
| Player of the Match | AR Tait |
| Auckland first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| JC Forrest | c Bradburn b Tait | 4 | 30 | 29 | - | - | |
| RA Jones | c and b Bennett | 13 | 24 | 41 | 1 | - | |
| AC Barnes | c Bell b Tait | 3 | 5 | 7 | - | - | |
| SM Lynch | c Bradburn b Tait | 37 | 61 | 70 | 6 | - | |
| *JTC Vaughan | c Bradburn b Tait | 2 | 8 | 13 | - | - | |
| SJ Peterson | c RG Hart b Tait | 10 | 48 | 68 | 1 | - | |
| HD Barton | c RG Hart b Tait | 11 | 38 | 45 | 1 | - | |
| +JM Mills | c RG Hart b Tait | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - | |
| DK Morrison | not out | 24 | 74 | 92 | 3 | 1 | |
| MJ Haslam | c Bell b Tait | 7 | 52 | 56 | - | - | |
| CJ Drum | b Tait | 1 | 7 | 7 | - | - | |
| Extras | (7 lb, 6 nb, 1 w) | 14 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 57.5 overs) | 126 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-15, 2-21, 3-21, 4-38, 5-70, 6-81, 7-81, 8-94, 9-118, 10-126 (57.5 ov) | |||||||
| Northern Districts bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Styris | 9 | 1 | 32 | 0 | - | 1 | |
| Tait | 24.5 | 8 | 48 | 9 | - | - | |
| Bennett | 19 | 6 | 31 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| MN Hart | 5 | 2 | 8 | 0 | - | - | |
| Northern Districts first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| MD Bell | c Mills b Drum | 2 | 15 | 22 | - | - | |
| MN Hart | c Mills b Vaughan | 15 | 36 | 56 | 1 | - | |
| GE Bradburn | c Barnes b Morrison | 1 | 11 | 16 | - | - | |
| MD Bailey | c Mills b Vaughan | 19 | 44 | 66 | 2 | - | |
| ME Parlane | c Lynch b Drum | 6 | 27 | 39 | 1 | - | |
| AP O'Dowd | lbw b Drum | 4 | 23 | 26 | 1 | - | |
| DJ Nash | c Lynch b Barnes | 13 | 44 | 72 | 1 | - | |
| *+RG Hart | b Drum | 0 | 2 | 5 | - | - | |
| AR Tait | b Morrison | 4 | 16 | 20 | - | - | |
| SB Styris | c Mills b Morrison | 35 | 54 | 75 | 5 | - | |
| DRT Bennett | not out | 15 | 34 | 45 | 1 | - | |
| Extras | (6 lb, 6 nb, 1 w) | 13 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 50.2 overs) | 127 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-11, 2-17, 3-27, 4-44, 5-51, 6-59, 7-59, 8-65, 9-87, 10-127 (50.2 ov) | |||||||
| Auckland bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Morrison | 14.1 | 2 | 38 | 3 | - | 1 | |
| Drum | 16 | 6 | 33 | 4 | - | 2 | |
| Vaughan | 15.1 | 6 | 28 | 2 | 1 | - | |
| Barnes | 5 | 1 | 22 | 1 | - | - | |
| Auckland second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| JC Forrest | c Tait b MN Hart | 34 | 83 | 103 | 3 | - | |
| RA Jones | c RG Hart b Tait | 54 | 87 | 113 | 6 | - | |
| AC Barnes | not out | 89 | 245 | 262 | 8 | - | |
| SM Lynch | c Bell b MN Hart | 0 | 9 | 11 | - | - | |
| *JTC Vaughan | b Tait | 28 | 67 | 95 | 2 | - | |
| SJ Peterson | lbw b Tait | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | - | |
| HD Barton | lbw b Tait | 5 | 9 | 7 | - | - | |
| +JM Mills | b Tait | 3 | 23 | 25 | - | - | |
| DK Morrison | c MN Hart b Tait | 4 | 50 | 65 | - | - | |
| MJ Haslam | c Bell b Bennett | 4 | 36 | 33 | - | - | |
| CJ Drum | c Bennett b Tait | 0 | 4 | 3 | - | - | |
| Extras | (10 lb, 10 nb) | 20 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 106.4 overs) | 245 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-95, 2-105, 3-106, 4-159, 5-163, 6-169, 7-179, 8-221, 9-244, 10-245 (106.4 ov) | |||||||
| Northern Districts bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Styris | 10 | 0 | 44 | 0 | - | - | |
| Tait | 38.4 | 13 | 82 | 7 | - | - | |
| Bennett | 16 | 3 | 50 | 1 | - | 5 | |
| MN Hart | 30 | 11 | 44 | 2 | - | - | |
| Bradburn | 12 | 5 | 15 | 0 | - | - | |
| Northern Districts second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| MD Bell | b Drum | 0 | 2 | 1 | - | - | |
| MN Hart | c Jones b Morrison | 5 | 20 | 27 | - | - | |
| SB Styris | c Jones b Drum | 10 | 20 | 32 | - | - | |
| GE Bradburn | c Mills b Drum | 6 | 10 | 23 | - | - | |
| MD Bailey | c Barnes b Morrison | 1 | 18 | 22 | - | - | |
| ME Parlane | c Barton b Drum | 0 | 8 | 11 | - | - | |
| AP O'Dowd | lbw b Vaughan | 1 | 20 | 32 | - | - | |
| DJ Nash | c Jones b Morrison | 0 | 5 | 5 | - | - | |
| *+RG Hart | lbw b Vaughan | 0 | 24 | 37 | - | - | |
| AR Tait | c Barnes b Vaughan | 7 | 19 | 26 | 1 | - | |
| DRT Bennett | not out | 0 | 4 | 9 | - | - | |
| Extras | (2 lb) | 2 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 24.5 overs) | 32 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-0, 2-11, 3-17, 4-22, 5-22, 6-22, 7-23, 8-24, 9-25, 10-32 (24.5 ov) | |||||||
| Auckland bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Drum | 12 | 7 | 13 | 4 | - | - | |
| Barton | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | - | - | |
| Morrison | 7 | 3 | 5 | 3 | - | - | |
| Vaughan | 3.5 | 3 | 6 | 3 | - | - | |