| a10926 | |
| Venue | Molyneux Park, Alexandra on 5th January 1998 (50-over match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Otago won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Otago won by 21 runs |
| Points | Otago 2; Auckland 0 |
| Umpires | RS Dunne, DR Murdoch |
| Otago innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| CB Gaffaney | b Hick | 32 | 37 | 49 | 4 | - | 86.49 |
| MH Richardson | st Lyon b Barton | 70 | 108 | 141 | 9 | - | 64.81 |
| MH Austen | c Pringle b Haslam | 18 | 33 | 42 | 2 | - | 54.55 |
| *RA Lawson | not out | 83 | 80 | 106 | 3 | 1 | 103.75 |
| MP Maynard | c Forrest b Brown | 55 | 26 | 33 | 6 | 2 | 211.54 |
| DJ Reekers | c Lyon b Pringle | 9 | 9 | 8 | 1 | - | 100.00 |
| PJ Wiseman | c sub b Walmsley | 10 | 7 | 12 | - | 1 | 142.86 |
| +MG Croy | not out | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 100.00 |
| AJ Gale | did not bat | ||||||
| RJ Kennedy | did not bat | ||||||
| DG Sewell | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (3 lb, 2 nb, 11 w) | 16 | |||||
| Total | (6 wickets, innings closed, 50 overs) | 294 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-68, 2-105, 3-165, 4-252, 5-265, 6-293 | |||||||
| Auckland bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ |
| Pringle | 10 | 0 | 52 | 1 | - | - | 60.00 | 5.20 |
| Brown | 10 | 0 | 68 | 1 | - | - | 60.00 | 6.80 |
| Walmsley | 8 | 0 | 68 | 1 | - | - | 48.00 | 8.50 |
| Hick | 7 | 1 | 40 | 1 | - | - | 42.00 | 5.71 |
| Haslam | 10 | 1 | 33 | 1 | - | - | 60.00 | 3.30 |
| Barton | 5 | 0 | 30 | 1 | - | - | 30.00 | 6.00 |
| Auckland innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| AC Barnes | c Gaffaney b Austen | 53 | 60 | 98 | 6 | - | 88.33 |
| JC Forrest | c Croy b Sewell | 19 | 35 | 48 | 4 | - | 54.29 |
| GA Hick | c Croy b Reekers | 107 | 112 | 140 | 12 | 1 | 95.54 |
| IS Billcliff | b Sewell | 46 | 60 | 77 | 1 | - | 76.67 |
| SM Lynch | run out | 0 | 1 | 2 | - | - | 0.00 |
| HD Barton | run out | 2 | 3 | 9 | - | - | 66.67 |
| +BJ Lyon | c Reekers b Sewell | 5 | 6 | 10 | - | - | 83.33 |
| *C Pringle | c Wiseman b Sewell | 2 | 5 | 6 | - | - | 40.00 |
| KP Walmsley | not out | 10 | 9 | 17 | - | - | 111.11 |
| CM Brown | c Richardson b Kennedy | 9 | 11 | 12 | - | - | 81.82 |
| MJ Haslam | not out | 0 | 1 | 2 | - | - | 0.00 |
| Extras | (2 b, 6 lb, 8 nb, 4 w) | 20 | |||||
| Total | (9 wickets, innings closed, 50 overs) | 273 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-53, 2-116, 3-229, 4-229, 5-244, 6-244, 7-250, 8-252, 9-268 | |||||||
| Otago bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ |
| Kennedy | 10 | 0 | 63 | 1 | - | - | 60.00 | 6.30 |
| Sewell | 10 | 0 | 51 | 4 | - | - | 15.00 | 5.10 |
| Gale | 10 | 1 | 45 | 0 | - | - | - | 4.50 |
| Reekers | 4 | 0 | 26 | 1 | - | - | 24.00 | 6.50 |
| Wiseman | 10 | 0 | 47 | 0 | - | - | - | 4.70 |
| Austen | 6 | 0 | 33 | 1 | - | - | 36.00 | 5.50 |