| a10842 | |
| Venue | Eden Park Outer Oval, Auckland on 30th November 1997 (50-over match) | 
| Balls per over | 6 | 
| Toss | Central Conference won the toss and decided to field | 
| Result | Central Conference won by 9 wickets | 
| Points | Northern Conference 0; Central Conference 2 | 
| Umpires | DB Cowie, RS Dunne | 
| Northern Conference innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| PJB Chandler | c Hart b Bulfin | 9 | 11 | 10 | - | 1 | 81.82 | 
| ME Parlane | lbw b Jonas | 10 | 19 | 22 | 2 | - | 52.63 | 
| MD Bailey | lbw b Jefferson | 31 | 50 | 87 | 3 | - | 62.00 | 
| RA Jones | c Hart b Jonas | 0 | 2 | 3 | - | - | 0.00 | 
| AC Barnes | c Larsen b Petrie | 11 | 38 | 47 | 1 | - | 28.95 | 
| MN Hart | lbw b Petrie | 1 | 13 | 15 | - | - | 7.69 | 
| *DJ Nash | run out | 7 | 25 | 27 | - | - | 28.00 | 
| AR Tait | not out | 24 | 48 | 81 | 2 | - | 50.00 | 
| +GJ Hopkins | b Jefferson | 7 | 10 | 9 | 1 | - | 70.00 | 
| C Pringle | lbw b Petrie | 1 | 4 | 4 | - | - | 25.00 | 
| KP Walmsley | lbw b Larsen | 13 | 39 | 46 | - | - | 33.33 | 
| Extras | (1 b, 8 lb, 8 w) | 17 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 43.1 overs) | 131 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-10, 2-25, 3-25, 4-61, 5-70, 6-74, 7-82, 8-94, 9-96, 10-131 (43.1 ov) | |||||||
| Central Conference bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ | 
| Bulfin | 8 | 1 | 31 | 1 | 1 | - | 48.00 | 3.88 | 
| Jonas | 9 | 2 | 23 | 2 | 2 | - | 27.00 | 2.56 | 
| Larsen | 8.1 | 0 | 19 | 1 | - | - | 49.00 | 2.33 | 
| Petrie | 9 | 1 | 26 | 3 | 2 | - | 18.00 | 2.89 | 
| Jefferson | 9 | 1 | 23 | 2 | 2 | - | 27.00 | 2.56 | 
| Central Conference innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| CM Spearman | not out | 68 | 79 | 87 | 9 | 2 | 86.08 | 
| MD Bell | c Jones b Barnes | 56 | 61 | 79 | 9 | 1 | 91.80 | 
| MS Sinclair | not out | 5 | 8 | 7 | 1 | - | 62.50 | 
| *MJ Greatbatch | did not bat | ||||||
| MDJ Walker | did not bat | ||||||
| RG Petrie | did not bat | ||||||
| +RG Hart | did not bat | ||||||
| GR Larsen | did not bat | ||||||
| MR Jefferson | did not bat | ||||||
| CE Bulfin | did not bat | ||||||
| GR Jonas | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (2 lb, 2 nb, 1 w) | 5 | |||||
| Total | (1 wicket, 24.3 overs) | 134 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-125 (Bell) | |||||||
| Northern Conference bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ | 
| Walmsley | 5 | 0 | 40 | 0 | - | - | - | 8.00 | 
| Pringle | 6 | 0 | 31 | 0 | - | - | - | 5.17 | 
| Tait | 4 | 1 | 12 | 0 | - | - | - | 3.00 | 
| Nash | 1 | 0 | 18 | 0 | - | - | - | 18.00 | 
| Hart | 6 | 1 | 16 | 0 | - | - | - | 2.67 | 
| Barnes | 2.3 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 15.00 | 6.00 |