| a10889 | |
| Venue | Basin Reserve, Wellington on 26th December 1997 (50-over match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Central Districts won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Wellington won by 7 wickets |
| Points | Wellington 2; Central Districts 0 |
| Umpires | WJ Sommer, EA Watkin |
| Central Districts innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| CM Spearman | c Twose b Jonas | 76 | 88 | 128 | 9 | 2 | 86.36 |
| MW Douglas | c Nevin b Petrie | 35 | 38 | 57 | 4 | 1 | 92.11 |
| GS Milnes | b Jefferson | 13 | 25 | 27 | 2 | - | 52.00 |
| +MS Sinclair | b Twose | 55 | 93 | 92 | 3 | - | 59.14 |
| *MJ Greatbatch | b Petrie | 18 | 23 | 44 | 1 | 1 | 78.26 |
| JDP Oram | not out | 21 | 19 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 110.53 |
| MDJ Walker | c Davis b Jonas | 1 | 10 | 8 | - | - | 10.00 |
| GP Sulzberger | c Jefferson b Petrie | 7 | 9 | 16 | - | - | 77.78 |
| CJM Furlong | did not bat | ||||||
| DC Blake | did not bat | ||||||
| CE Bulfin | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (1 b, 4 lb, 10 nb, 6 w) | 21 | |||||
| Total | (7 wickets, innings closed, 50 overs) | 247 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-82, 2-106, 3-170, 4-215, 5-219, 6-221, 7-247 (50 ov) | |||||||
| Wellington bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ |
| Davis | 6 | 0 | 54 | 0 | - | 5 | - | 9.00 |
| Jonas | 10 | 1 | 35 | 2 | 1 | - | 30.00 | 3.50 |
| Petrie | 9 | 0 | 50 | 3 | 4 | - | 18.00 | 5.56 |
| Twose | 7 | 0 | 26 | 1 | - | - | 42.00 | 3.71 |
| Jefferson | 10 | 1 | 38 | 1 | - | - | 60.00 | 3.80 |
| Wells | 8 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 1 | - | - | 4.88 |
| Wellington innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| PJB Chandler | c and b Bulfin | 0 | 3 | 1 | - | - | 0.00 |
| MD Bell | lbw b Bulfin | 0 | 6 | 11 | - | - | 0.00 |
| +CJ Nevin | c Sulzberger b Walker | 149 | 115 | 147 | 19 | 3 | 129.57 |
| JD Wells | not out | 78 | 135 | 158 | 6 | - | 57.78 |
| *RG Twose | not out | 9 | 14 | 20 | 2 | - | 64.29 |
| RJ Kerr | did not bat | ||||||
| RG Petrie | did not bat | ||||||
| SR Mather | did not bat | ||||||
| MR Jefferson | did not bat | ||||||
| HT Davis | did not bat | ||||||
| GR Jonas | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (4 b, 3 lb, 4 nb, 4 w) | 15 | |||||
| Total | (3 wickets, 45.1 overs) | 251 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-0, 2-10, 3-216 | |||||||
| Central Districts bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ |
| Bulfin | 8 | 0 | 32 | 2 | 1 | - | 24.00 | 4.00 |
| Blake | 10 | 0 | 46 | 0 | 3 | 1 | - | 4.60 |
| Furlong | 8 | 0 | 63 | 0 | - | - | - | 7.88 |
| Walker | 9.1 | 1 | 42 | 1 | - | - | 55.00 | 4.58 |
| Sulzberger | 3 | 0 | 21 | 0 | - | - | - | 7.00 |
| Oram | 4 | 0 | 18 | 0 | - | - | - | 4.50 |
| Spearman | 3 | 0 | 22 | 0 | - | 1 | - | 7.33 |