| a10895 | |
| Venue | Trafalgar Park, Nelson on 28th, 29th December 1997 (50-over match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Central Districts won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | No result |
| Points | Central Districts 1; Canterbury 1 |
| Umpires | RS Dunne, WJ Sommer |
| Close of play day 1 | No play |
| Central Districts innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| MW Douglas | c Fleming b Wisneski | 7 | 14 | 15 | 1 | - | 50.00 |
| CM Spearman | c Allott b McMillan | 126 | 122 | 147 | 10 | 6 | 103.28 |
| GS Milnes | b Priest | 24 | 40 | 47 | 4 | - | 60.00 |
| +MS Sinclair | c Germon b Priest | 17 | 37 | 45 | - | - | 45.95 |
| DC Blake | run out | 0 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 0.00 |
| *MJ Greatbatch | c Priest b Cairns | 68 | 65 | 88 | 5 | 2 | 104.62 |
| JDP Oram | c Fleming b Wisneski | 10 | 13 | 16 | - | - | 76.92 |
| MDJ Walker | lbw b Cairns | 7 | 6 | 7 | 1 | - | 116.67 |
| CJM Furlong | not out | 2 | 2 | 3 | - | - | 100.00 |
| CE Bulfin | not out | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 0.00 |
| MJ Mason | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (7 lb, 4 nb, 4 w) | 15 | |||||
| Total | (8 wickets, innings closed, 50 overs) | 276 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-13, 2-77, 3-129, 4-129, 5-238, 6-254, 7-273, 8-276 | |||||||
| Canterbury bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ |
| Allott | 8 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 1 | - | - | 5.12 |
| Wisneski | 10 | 1 | 50 | 2 | 3 | - | 30.00 | 5.00 |
| Astle | 4 | 0 | 25 | 0 | - | - | - | 6.25 |
| Harris | 8 | 0 | 44 | 0 | - | - | - | 5.50 |
| Priest | 10 | 0 | 38 | 2 | - | - | 30.00 | 3.80 |
| Cairns | 8 | 0 | 47 | 2 | - | 2 | 24.00 | 5.88 |
| McMillan | 2 | 0 | 24 | 1 | - | - | 12.00 | 12.00 |
| Canterbury innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| LG Howell | b Blake | 20 | 19 | 28 | 3 | - | 105.26 |
| NJ Astle | c Sinclair b Bulfin | 1 | 7 | 13 | - | - | 14.29 |
| CD McMillan | c Spearman b Mason | 8 | 19 | 48 | 1 | - | 42.11 |
| SP Fleming | b Mason | 0 | 11 | 23 | - | - | 0.00 |
| CL Cairns | c Sinclair b Bulfin | 23 | 28 | 47 | 3 | - | 82.14 |
| CZ Harris | not out | 10 | 25 | 41 | - | - | 40.00 |
| DJ Murray | not out | 3 | 6 | 12 | - | - | 50.00 |
| *+LK Germon | did not bat | ||||||
| MW Priest | did not bat | ||||||
| WA Wisneski | did not bat | ||||||
| GI Allott | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (4 lb, 2 nb, 1 w) | 7 | |||||
| Total | (5 wickets, 19.3 overs) | 72 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-19, 2-35, 3-35, 4-38, 5-62 | |||||||
| Central Districts bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ |
| Bulfin | 5 | 0 | 22 | 2 | 1 | - | 15.00 | 4.40 |
| Blake | 7 | 0 | 28 | 1 | - | 1 | 42.00 | 4.00 |
| Mason | 6 | 2 | 11 | 2 | - | - | 18.00 | 1.83 |
| Furlong | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | - | - | - | 5.00 |
| Milnes | 0.3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | - | - | 4.00 |