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| Venue | Basin Reserve, Wellington on 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th March 1997 (4-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Otago won the toss and decided to field |
| Result | Otago won by 3 wickets |
| Points | Wellington 0; Otago 12 |
| Umpires | RS Dunne, EA Watkin |
| Close of play day 1 | Otago (1) 42/0 (Lawson 29*, Gaffaney 5*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Wellington (2) 43/3 (Blackmore 15*, Larsen 3*) |
| Close of play day 3 | Otago (2) 102/0 (Lawson 33*, Gaffaney 60*) |
| Wellington first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| PJB Chandler | c Austen b O'Connor | 3 | 19 | 18 | - | - | |
| JM Aiken | b Kennedy | 13 | 19 | 29 | 2 | - | |
| SJ Blackmore | c Wiseman b O'Connor | 0 | 9 | 16 | - | - | |
| *RG Twose | c Croy b Kennedy | 20 | 58 | 101 | 2 | - | |
| GR Larsen | b O'Connor | 56 | 112 | 128 | 9 | - | |
| GJ Wilkinson | c Lawson b Gale | 77 | 142 | 199 | 12 | - | |
| RG Petrie | c Croy b Kennedy | 13 | 20 | 20 | 2 | - | |
| +CJ Nevin | c Croy b Gale | 24 | 37 | 51 | 4 | - | |
| MR Jefferson | not out | 35 | 128 | 157 | 1 | - | |
| SJ Hotter | retired hurt | 13 | 23 | 49 | 2 | - | |
| GR Jonas | c Parker b Sewell | 0 | 1 | 3 | - | - | |
| Extras | (5 b, 11 lb, 14 nb, 1 w) | 31 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 93.4 overs) | 285 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-10, 2-16, 3-16, 4-85, 5-116, 6-137, 7-176, 8-254, 9-285 (93.4 ov) | |||||||
| Otago bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| O'Connor | 21 | 5 | 48 | 3 | - | - | |
| Kennedy | 21 | 4 | 55 | 3 | - | - | |
| Gale | 21 | 6 | 59 | 2 | - | - | |
| Sewell | 15.4 | 0 | 68 | 1 | - | - | |
| Wiseman | 15 | 2 | 39 | 0 | - | - | |
| Otago first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *RA Lawson | c Petrie b Larsen | 79 | 144 | 163 | 9 | - | |
| CB Gaffaney | c Nevin b Petrie | 58 | 105 | 130 | 9 | - | |
| MH Austen | c Wilkinson b Twose | 22 | 98 | 116 | 1 | - | |
| MH Richardson | st Nevin b Jefferson | 49 | 98 | 119 | 6 | - | |
| MM Parker | c Twose b Jefferson | 1 | 22 | 24 | - | - | |
| +MG Croy | lbw b Hotter | 16 | 50 | 60 | - | - | |
| SB O'Connor | c Nevin b Larsen | 18 | 42 | 49 | 1 | - | |
| AJ Gale | c Nevin b Larsen | 1 | 4 | 6 | - | - | |
| PJ Wiseman | c Hotter b Larsen | 13 | 15 | 28 | 1 | 1 | |
| RJ Kennedy | c Aiken b Larsen | 0 | 5 | 4 | - | - | |
| DG Sewell | not out | 1 | 10 | 18 | - | - | |
| Extras | (9 b, 13 lb, 12 nb) | 34 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 97.4 overs) | 292 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-145, 2-155, 3-225, 4-236, 5-239, 6-277, 7-277, 8-279, 9-279, 10-292 (97.4 ov) | |||||||
| Wellington bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Jonas | 15 | 2 | 71 | 0 | - | - | |
| Petrie | 21 | 4 | 60 | 1 | - | - | |
| Larsen | 14.4 | 4 | 33 | 5 | - | - | |
| Jefferson | 21 | 9 | 31 | 2 | - | - | |
| Hotter | 20 | 2 | 68 | 1 | - | - | |
| Twose | 6 | 4 | 7 | 1 | - | - | |
| Wellington second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| PJB Chandler | c Austen b O'Connor | 3 | 10 | 11 | - | - | |
| JM Aiken | b Sewell | 12 | 14 | 32 | 2 | - | |
| SJ Blackmore | c Croy b Gale | 102 | 239 | 279 | 11 | - | |
| *RG Twose | c Austen b Gale | 1 | 16 | 18 | - | - | |
| GR Larsen | c Croy b Sewell | 20 | 65 | 96 | 2 | - | |
| GJ Wilkinson | b Kennedy | 96 | 151 | 193 | 11 | - | |
| RG Petrie | c Croy b Sewell | 3 | 9 | 15 | - | - | |
| +CJ Nevin | not out | 32 | 62 | 71 | 6 | - | |
| MR Jefferson | b Kennedy | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - | |
| SJ Hotter | c Wiseman b Kennedy | 5 | 11 | 30 | 1 | - | |
| GR Jonas | b Kennedy | 0 | 4 | 3 | - | - | |
| Extras | (12 b, 14 lb, 14 nb, 3 w) | 43 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 95.5 overs) | 317 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-9, 2-32, 3-38, 4-95, 5-240, 6-253, 7-286, 8-286, 9-316, 10-317 (95.5 ov) | |||||||
| Otago bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| O'Connor | 20 | 7 | 60 | 1 | - | - | |
| Kennedy | 18.5 | 4 | 55 | 4 | - | - | |
| Sewell | 15 | 2 | 58 | 3 | - | - | |
| Gale | 16 | 3 | 44 | 2 | - | - | |
| Wiseman | 22 | 6 | 53 | 0 | - | - | |
| Austen | 4 | 0 | 21 | 0 | - | - | |
| Otago second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *RA Lawson | b Larsen | 63 | 116 | 175 | 6 | - | |
| CB Gaffaney | lbw b Jonas | 74 | 94 | 105 | 10 | 1 | |
| MH Austen | lbw b Petrie | 42 | 96 | 119 | 6 | - | |
| MH Richardson | c Blackmore b Jefferson | 1 | 7 | 5 | - | - | |
| MM Parker | b Petrie | 4 | 57 | 72 | - | - | |
| +MG Croy | c Aiken b Jefferson | 35 | 79 | 83 | 4 | - | |
| SB O'Connor | c Chandler b Jefferson | 18 | 21 | 28 | 1 | - | |
| AJ Gale | not out | 29 | 79 | 131 | 4 | - | |
| PJ Wiseman | not out | 12 | 105 | 105 | - | - | |
| RJ Kennedy | did not bat | ||||||
| DG Sewell | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (12 b, 15 lb, 6 nb) | 33 | |||||
| Total | (7 wickets, 108.3 overs) | 311 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-131, 2-176, 3-177, 4-199, 5-220, 6-253, 7-266 | |||||||
| Wellington bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Hotter | 23 | 4 | 70 | 0 | - | - | |
| Jonas | 17 | 4 | 45 | 1 | - | - | |
| Petrie | 17 | 4 | 67 | 2 | - | - | |
| Larsen | 19 | 1 | 58 | 1 | - | - | |
| Jefferson | 30 | 17 | 41 | 3 | - | - | |
| Wilkinson | 2.3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | - | - | |