| a10906 | |
| Venue | Molyneux Park, Alexandra on 30th December 1997 (50-over match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Wellington won the toss and decided to field |
| Result | Wellington won by 2 wickets |
| Points | Otago 0; Wellington 2 |
| Umpires | RS Dunne, PR Williams |
| Otago innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| CB Gaffaney | c Wells b Twose | 50 | 61 | 78 | 7 | 1 | 81.97 |
| MH Richardson | lbw b Jonas | 14 | 25 | 46 | 1 | - | 56.00 |
| MH Austen | c Nevin b Mather | 35 | 41 | 63 | 5 | - | 85.37 |
| MJ Horne | c Jefferson b Mather | 22 | 56 | 66 | 1 | - | 39.29 |
| MP Maynard | c Nevin b Mather | 38 | 42 | 63 | 3 | 1 | 90.48 |
| *RA Lawson | not out | 23 | 37 | 50 | 2 | - | 62.16 |
| DJ Reekers | c Twose b Mather | 14 | 19 | 20 | - | 1 | 73.68 |
| +MG Croy | not out | 11 | 19 | 20 | 1 | - | 57.89 |
| PJ Wiseman | did not bat | ||||||
| SB O'Connor | did not bat | ||||||
| RJ Kennedy | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (13 lb, 12 nb, 18 w) | 43 | |||||
| Total | (6 wickets, innings closed, 50 overs) | 250 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-52, 2-119, 3-125, 4-184, 5-197, 6-219 | |||||||
| Wellington bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ |
| Davis | 6 | 0 | 40 | 0 | - | - | - | 6.67 |
| Jonas | 10 | 1 | 35 | 1 | - | - | 60.00 | 3.50 |
| Petrie | 8 | 0 | 60 | 0 | - | - | - | 7.50 |
| Twose | 10 | 0 | 25 | 1 | - | - | 60.00 | 2.50 |
| Jefferson | 6 | 0 | 43 | 0 | - | - | - | 7.17 |
| Mather | 10 | 1 | 34 | 4 | - | - | 15.00 | 3.40 |
| Wellington innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| MD Bell | c Croy b Kennedy | 6 | 12 | 15 | 1 | - | 50.00 |
| PJB Chandler | c Croy b O'Connor | 4 | 12 | 19 | - | - | 33.33 |
| JD Wells | b O'Connor | 2 | 7 | 21 | - | - | 28.57 |
| +CJ Nevin | c Croy b Reekers | 66 | 87 | 121 | 5 | 2 | 75.86 |
| *RG Twose | c Kennedy b Wiseman | 11 | 38 | 49 | - | - | 28.95 |
| RJ Kerr | b Horne | 19 | 24 | 24 | 2 | - | 79.17 |
| RG Petrie | not out | 64 | 63 | 104 | 4 | 1 | 101.59 |
| SR Mather | lbw b O'Connor | 15 | 19 | 28 | 1 | - | 78.95 |
| MR Jefferson | b Reekers | 4 | 12 | 15 | - | - | 33.33 |
| HT Davis | not out | 15 | 18 | 32 | - | - | 83.33 |
| GR Jonas | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (1 b, 16 lb, 4 nb, 24 w) | 45 | |||||
| Total | (8 wickets, 48.2 overs) | 251 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-12, 2-12, 3-24, 4-77, 5-115, 6-148, 7-176, 8-193 | |||||||
| Otago bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ |
| O'Connor | 9.2 | 1 | 29 | 3 | - | - | 18.67 | 3.11 |
| Kennedy | 9 | 0 | 47 | 1 | - | - | 54.00 | 5.22 |
| Reekers | 10 | 0 | 52 | 2 | - | - | 30.00 | 5.20 |
| Austen | 5 | 0 | 31 | 0 | - | - | - | 6.20 |
| Wiseman | 8 | 2 | 36 | 1 | - | - | 48.00 | 4.50 |
| Horne | 7 | 0 | 39 | 1 | - | - | 42.00 | 5.57 |