| a10953 | |
| Venue | Pukekura Park, New Plymouth on 13th January 1998 (50-over match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Wellington won the toss and decided to field |
| Result | Wellington won by 4 wickets |
| Points | Central Districts 0; Wellington 2 |
| Umpires | DM Quested, EA Watkin |
| Player of the Match | MD Bell |
| Central Districts innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| GS Milnes | b Welch | 0 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 0.00 |
| MW Douglas | not out | 107 | 130 | 214 | 11 | 1 | 82.31 |
| JDP Oram | lbw b Welch | 0 | 4 | 2 | - | - | 0.00 |
| +MS Sinclair | b Petrie | 16 | 39 | 51 | 2 | - | 41.03 |
| *MJ Greatbatch | c Wells b Mather | 18 | 33 | 39 | 4 | - | 54.55 |
| GP Sulzberger | c Wells b Mather | 10 | 19 | 22 | 1 | - | 52.63 |
| RK Brown | c Hotter b Petrie | 35 | 41 | 49 | 4 | 1 | 85.37 |
| CJM Furlong | c Twose b Hotter | 1 | 6 | 5 | - | - | 16.67 |
| CE Bulfin | not out | 59 | 28 | 32 | 5 | 5 | 210.71 |
| LJ Hamilton | did not bat | ||||||
| MJ Mason | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (9 lb, 2 nb, 7 w) | 18 | |||||
| Total | (7 wickets, innings closed, 50 overs) | 264 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-1 (Milnes), 2-1 (Oram), 3-45 (Sinclair), 4-88 (Greatbatch), 5-106 (Sulzberger), 6-185 (Brown), 7-188 (Furlong) | |||||||
| Wellington bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ |
| Welch | 10 | 0 | 83 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 30.00 | 8.30 |
| Jonas | 10 | 0 | 41 | 0 | - | - | - | 4.10 |
| Hotter | 10 | 1 | 33 | 1 | - | - | 60.00 | 3.30 |
| Petrie | 7 | 1 | 36 | 2 | - | - | 21.00 | 5.14 |
| Mather | 5 | 0 | 25 | 2 | 3 | - | 15.00 | 5.00 |
| Jefferson | 8 | 1 | 37 | 0 | 2 | - | - | 4.62 |
| Wellington innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| PJB Chandler | lbw b Mason | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | 133.33 |
| MD Bell | not out | 121 | 124 | 195 | 19 | 1 | 97.58 |
| +CJ Nevin | c Oram b Mason | 10 | 15 | 14 | 1 | - | 66.67 |
| JD Wells | c Brown b Bulfin | 15 | 35 | 41 | 2 | - | 42.86 |
| *RG Twose | c Brown b Furlong | 10 | 22 | 27 | 2 | - | 45.45 |
| RG Petrie | c Brown b Furlong | 51 | 67 | 72 | 5 | 1 | 76.12 |
| SR Mather | c Hamilton b Brown | 7 | 8 | 8 | 1 | - | 87.50 |
| G Welch | not out | 26 | 20 | 20 | 3 | - | 130.00 |
| MR Jefferson | did not bat | ||||||
| SJ Hotter | did not bat | ||||||
| GR Jonas | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (8 b, 7 lb, 2 nb, 4 w) | 21 | |||||
| Total | (6 wickets, 48.4 overs) | 265 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-5 (Chandler), 2-21 (Nevin), 3-62 (Wells), 4-84 (Twose), 5-202 (Petrie), 6-213 (Mather) | |||||||
| Central Districts bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ |
| Mason | 8 | 1 | 48 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 24.00 | 6.00 |
| Hamilton | 9 | 2 | 44 | 0 | - | - | - | 4.89 |
| Bulfin | 9 | 0 | 41 | 1 | - | - | 54.00 | 4.56 |
| Furlong | 8.4 | 0 | 49 | 2 | - | - | 26.00 | 5.65 |
| Brown | 9 | 0 | 41 | 1 | - | - | 54.00 | 4.56 |
| Sulzberger | 5 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 1 | - | - | 5.40 |