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| Venue | Molyneux Park, Alexandra on 22nd, 23rd, 24th, 25th March 1997 (4-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Auckland won the toss and decided to field |
| Result | Auckland won by 3 wickets |
| Points | Otago 0; Auckland 12 |
| Umpires | JS Crocker, DR Murdoch |
| Close of play day 1 | No play |
| Close of play day 2 | Auckland (1) 60/2 (Jones 30*, Lynch 1*) |
| Close of play day 3 | Otago (2) 176/7 (Wiseman 23*, Kennedy 16*) |
| Otago first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *RA Lawson | lbw b Vaughan | 14 | 61 | 99 | 1 | - | |
| CB Gaffaney | lbw b Vaughan | 36 | 72 | 90 | 4 | - | |
| MH Austen | c Mills b Vaughan | 2 | 14 | 17 | - | - | |
| MH Richardson | c Mills b Vaughan | 28 | 81 | 130 | 2 | - | |
| JM Allan | c Mills b Vaughan | 3 | 31 | 42 | - | - | |
| +MG Croy | b Vaughan | 0 | 2 | 2 | - | - | |
| SB O'Connor | c Jones b Vaughan | 7 | 18 | 23 | - | - | |
| AJ Gale | c Mills b Brown | 8 | 21 | 36 | - | - | |
| PJ Wiseman | c Vaughan b Drum | 10 | 36 | 50 | - | - | |
| RJ Kennedy | lbw b Vaughan | 0 | 2 | 2 | - | - | |
| DG Sewell | not out | 2 | 26 | 31 | - | - | |
| Extras | (4 b, 4 lb, 8 nb) | 16 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 61.2 overs) | 126 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-54 (Gaffaney), 2-57 (Lawson), 3-58 (Austen), 4-70 (Allan), 5-70 (Croy), 6-97 (Gale), 7-117 (Richardson), 8-117 (Kennedy), 9-121 (Wiseman), 10-126 (O'Connor, 61.2 ov) | |||||||
| Auckland bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls |
| Morrison | 12 | 3 | 34 | 0 | - | - |
| Drum | 17 | 5 | 25 | 1 | - | - |
| Brown | 15 | 4 | 32 | 1 | - | - |
| Vaughan | 17.2 | 7 | 27 | 8 | - | 4 |
| Auckland first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| JC Forrest | c Allan b Sewell | 0 | 3 | 2 | - | - | |
| RS Scragg | c Croy b Sewell | 11 | 51 | 76 | 1 | - | |
| RA Jones | run out | 54 | 95 | 141 | 4 | - | |
| SM Lynch | c Allan b Sewell | 9 | 39 | 43 | 1 | - | |
| AC Barnes | c Gaffaney b Gale | 3 | 14 | 20 | - | - | |
| *JTC Vaughan | c Croy b Gale | 0 | 6 | 11 | - | - | |
| +JM Mills | c Gaffaney b Gale | 1 | 18 | 39 | - | - | |
| CM Brown | b Kennedy | 8 | 16 | 16 | - | - | |
| DK Morrison | not out | 11 | 28 | 42 | 2 | - | |
| HD Barton | c Allan b Kennedy | 0 | 4 | 5 | - | - | |
| CJ Drum | lbw b Gale | 6 | 15 | 22 | - | - | |
| Extras | (4 b, 11 lb, 18 nb, 1 w) | 34 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 46.4 overs) | 137 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-0 (Forrest), 2-55 (Scragg), 3-83 (Lynch), 4-104 (Barnes), 5-104 (Jones), 6-104 (Vaughan), 7-113 (Brown), 8-121 (Mills), 9-122 (Barton), 10-137 (Drum, 46.4 ov) | |||||||
| Otago bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls |
| Sewell | 14 | 2 | 48 | 3 | - | 8 |
| Kennedy | 14 | 6 | 31 | 2 | 1 | - |
| Gale | 18.4 | 6 | 43 | 4 | - | 1 |
| Otago second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *RA Lawson | c Forrest b Morrison | 42 | 110 | 156 | 2 | - | |
| CB Gaffaney | lbw b Vaughan | 6 | 29 | 51 | 1 | - | |
| MH Austen | c sub (MJ Haslam) b Morrison | 50 | 106 | 145 | 4 | 1 | |
| MH Richardson | c Jones b Morrison | 15 | 20 | 29 | 2 | - | |
| JM Allan | lbw b Barnes | 3 | 29 | 45 | - | - | |
| +MG Croy | lbw b Barnes | 8 | 39 | 51 | - | - | |
| AJ Gale | c Mills b Morrison | 3 | 9 | 21 | - | - | |
| PJ Wiseman | c Mills b Barnes | 25 | 45 | 66 | 1 | - | |
| RJ Kennedy | not out | 17 | 48 | 66 | 1 | - | |
| DG Sewell | c Lynch b Morrison | 0 | 3 | 4 | - | - | |
| SB O'Connor | absent hurt | ||||||
| Extras | (6 lb, 4 nb) | 10 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 72.4 overs) | 179 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-12 (Gaffaney), 2-78 (Lawson), 3-112 (Richardson), 4-117 (Austen), 5-127 (Allan), 6-132 (Croy), 7-134 (Gale), 8-178 (Wiseman), 9-179 (Sewell, 72.4 ov) | |||||||
| Auckland bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls |
| Morrison | 23.4 | 6 | 66 | 5 | - | - |
| Drum | 17 | 6 | 42 | 0 | - | - |
| Vaughan | 18 | 5 | 28 | 1 | - | 1 |
| Barnes | 14 | 2 | 37 | 3 | - | 1 |
| Auckland second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| JC Forrest | c Richardson b Kennedy | 5 | 31 | 40 | - | - | |
| RS Scragg | c Sewell b Gale | 14 | 40 | 53 | - | - | |
| RA Jones | c Richardson b Sewell | 1 | 11 | 20 | - | - | |
| SM Lynch | c Sewell b Richardson | 60 | 90 | 159 | 6 | - | |
| AC Barnes | lbw b Kennedy | 18 | 16 | 26 | 2 | - | |
| *JTC Vaughan | c Allan b Gale | 21 | 57 | 57 | 1 | - | |
| +JM Mills | c Richardson b Gale | 3 | 7 | 11 | - | - | |
| HD Barton | not out | 14 | 49 | 73 | 2 | - | |
| DK Morrison | not out | 8 | 13 | 18 | 1 | - | |
| CJ Drum | did not bat | ||||||
| CM Brown | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (1 b, 4 lb, 12 nb, 8 w) | 25 | |||||
| Total | (7 wickets, 51.2 overs) | 169 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-29, 2-31, 3-37, 4-63, 5-108, 6-116, 7-156 | |||||||
| Otago bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls |
| Sewell | 12 | 0 | 51 | 1 | - | 6 |
| Kennedy | 14.2 | 3 | 50 | 2 | 8 | - |
| Gale | 16 | 5 | 40 | 3 | - | - |
| Austen | 3 | 1 | 10 | 0 | - | - |
| Wiseman | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0 | - | - |
| Richardson | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | - | - |