| a10949 | |
| Venue | Smallbone Park, Rotorua on 12th January 1998 (50-over match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Northern Districts won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Northern Districts won by 76 runs |
| Points | Northern Districts 2; Auckland 0 |
| Umpires | BF Bowden, MB Glenny |
| Northern Districts innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| ME Parlane | b Enoka | 47 | 72 | 127 | 5 | - | 65.28 |
| RJ Diver | lbw b Lintott | 2 | 11 | 15 | - | - | 18.18 |
| GE Bradburn | c Lyon b Pringle | 9 | 13 | 12 | 2 | - | 69.23 |
| MD Bailey | c Enoka b Hitchcock | 7 | 16 | 28 | - | - | 43.75 |
| GJ Hopkins | c and b Barnes | 29 | 46 | 46 | 2 | - | 63.04 |
| MN Hart | c Hick b Barnes | 0 | 2 | 2 | - | - | 0.00 |
| *+RG Hart | c Lyon b Barnes | 4 | 6 | 5 | - | - | 66.67 |
| AR Tait | c Hick b Lintott | 30 | 58 | 71 | 2 | - | 51.72 |
| SB Styris | c Hick b Pryor | 21 | 36 | 48 | 3 | - | 58.33 |
| SB Doull | st Lyon b Pringle | 12 | 22 | 27 | 1 | - | 54.55 |
| DR Tuffey | not out | 11 | 13 | 16 | - | 1 | 84.62 |
| Extras | (8 lb, 6 nb, 10 w) | 24 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 48.5 overs) | 196 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-10, 2-22, 3-52, 4-103, 5-103, 6-109, 7-115, 8-166, 9-178, 10-196 (48.5 ov) | |||||||
| Auckland bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ |
| Pringle | 9.5 | 0 | 37 | 2 | - | - | 29.50 | 3.76 |
| Lintott | 10 | 0 | 51 | 2 | - | - | 30.00 | 5.10 |
| Hitchcock | 7 | 1 | 32 | 1 | 1 | - | 42.00 | 4.57 |
| Barnes | 10 | 1 | 25 | 3 | 1 | - | 20.00 | 2.50 |
| Hick | 3 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 2 | - | - | 5.00 |
| Enoka | 4 | 1 | 10 | 1 | - | - | 24.00 | 2.50 |
| Pryor | 5 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 30.00 | 3.60 |
| Auckland innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| AC Barnes | b Tait | 27 | 58 | 89 | 4 | - | 46.55 |
| JC Forrest | lbw b Doull | 0 | 3 | 4 | - | - | 0.00 |
| GA Hick | lbw b Doull | 1 | 8 | 6 | - | - | 12.50 |
| IS Billcliff | lbw b Doull | 6 | 11 | 15 | 1 | - | 54.55 |
| RA Jones | b Doull | 0 | 8 | 8 | - | - | 0.00 |
| WS Enoka | c Tait b Bradburn | 14 | 27 | 25 | 2 | - | 51.85 |
| CR Pryor | st RG Hart b MN Hart | 15 | 36 | 44 | 2 | - | 41.67 |
| +BJ Lyon | c RG Hart b Tait | 12 | 45 | 43 | - | - | 26.67 |
| PA Hitchcock | not out | 21 | 31 | 38 | 2 | - | 67.74 |
| *C Pringle | c Hopkins b MN Hart | 3 | 4 | 3 | - | - | 75.00 |
| JR Lintott | b Tait | 4 | 11 | 12 | - | - | 36.36 |
| Extras | (4 b, 4 lb, 6 nb, 3 w) | 17 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 39.3 overs) | 120 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-1, 2-3, 3-16, 4-16, 5-49, 6-67, 7-77, 8-102, 9-105, 10-120 (39.3 ov) | |||||||
| Northern Districts bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ |
| Doull | 6 | 2 | 15 | 4 | - | - | 9.00 | 2.50 |
| Bradburn | 10 | 3 | 22 | 1 | - | - | 60.00 | 2.20 |
| Tuffey | 4 | 0 | 27 | 0 | - | - | - | 6.75 |
| MN Hart | 10 | 2 | 23 | 2 | - | - | 30.00 | 2.30 |
| Tait | 9.3 | 1 | 25 | 3 | - | - | 19.00 | 2.63 |