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| Venue | Eden Park Outer Oval, Auckland on 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th March 1998 (4-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Auckland won the toss and decided to field |
| Result | Wellington won by 40 runs |
| Points | Auckland 0; Wellington 6 |
| Umpires | DB Cowie, CE King |
| Close of play day 1 | No play |
| Close of play day 2 | Wellington (1) 397/1 (Bell 194*, Wells 96*) |
| Close of play day 3 | Wellington (2) 144/2 (Wells 24*, Petrie 26*) |
| Wellington first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| RG Twose | run out | 87 | 120 | 145 | 14 | 2 | |
| MD Bell | c Barnes b Barton | 216 | 376 | 446 | 31 | - | |
| JD Wells | c Parore b Adams | 115 | 283 | 320 | 11 | - | |
| *RG Petrie | not out | 32 | 24 | 38 | 3 | 2 | |
| SR Mather | not out | 19 | 15 | 18 | 3 | - | |
| PJB Chandler | did not bat | ||||||
| TA Boyer | did not bat | ||||||
| +RJ Kerr | did not bat | ||||||
| MR Jefferson | did not bat | ||||||
| HT Davis | did not bat | ||||||
| GR Jonas | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (9 b, 10 lb, 2 nb, 11 w) | 32 | |||||
| Total | (3 wickets, declared, 136 overs) | 501 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-153, 2-440, 3-458 | |||||||
| Auckland bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Adams | 24 | 2 | 109 | 1 | 9 | - | |
| Askew | 26 | 7 | 92 | 0 | - | - | |
| Barnes | 6 | 0 | 34 | 0 | - | - | |
| Barton | 42 | 11 | 111 | 1 | - | - | |
| Pryor | 26 | 5 | 80 | 0 | - | - | |
| Walker | 9 | 0 | 42 | 0 | - | - | |
| Vincent | 3 | 0 | 14 | 0 | - | - | |
| Auckland first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *BA Pocock | not out | 114 | 180 | 210 | 14 | 1 | |
| L Vincent | c Twose b Davis | 51 | 56 | 65 | 9 | - | |
| RA Jones | c Twose b Jonas | 1 | 8 | 14 | - | - | |
| +AC Parore | not out | 111 | 92 | 129 | 10 | 8 | |
| IS Billcliff | did not bat | ||||||
| AC Barnes | did not bat | ||||||
| HD Barton | did not bat | ||||||
| CR Pryor | did not bat | ||||||
| BGK Walker | did not bat | ||||||
| AR Adams | did not bat | ||||||
| DN Askew | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (4 b, 2 lb, 20 nb, 2 w) | 28 | |||||
| Total | (2 wickets, declared, 54.3 overs) | 305 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-93, 2-102 | |||||||
| Wellington bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Jonas | 11 | 2 | 35 | 1 | - | - | |
| Davis | 5 | 0 | 55 | 1 | 1 | 10 | |
| Petrie | 9 | 1 | 48 | 0 | - | - | |
| Jefferson | 14.3 | 2 | 48 | 0 | 1 | - | |
| Wells | 4 | 0 | 53 | 0 | - | - | |
| Mather | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | - | - | |
| Twose | 3 | 0 | 22 | 0 | - | - | |
| Boyer | 6 | 1 | 35 | 0 | - | - | |
| Wellington second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| MD Bell | lbw b Walker | 67 | 70 | 76 | 14 | - | |
| RG Twose | retired hurt | 25 | 21 | 28 | 3 | 1 | |
| JD Wells | not out | 24 | 51 | 70 | 4 | - | |
| SR Mather | c and b Walker | 1 | 4 | 5 | - | - | |
| *RG Petrie | not out | 26 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 3 | |
| TA Boyer | did not bat | ||||||
| +RJ Kerr | did not bat | ||||||
| MR Jefferson | did not bat | ||||||
| HT Davis | did not bat | ||||||
| GR Jonas | did not bat | ||||||
| PJB Chandler | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (1 lb) | 1 | |||||
| Total | (2 wickets, declared, 27 overs) | 144 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-111, 2-113 | |||||||
| Auckland bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Askew | 7 | 2 | 29 | 0 | - | - | |
| Adams | 6 | 0 | 22 | 0 | - | - | |
| Barnes | 2 | 0 | 26 | 0 | - | - | |
| Barton | 7 | 0 | 49 | 0 | - | - | |
| Walker | 5 | 1 | 17 | 2 | - | - | |
| Auckland second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| L Vincent | b Jonas | 12 | 15 | 28 | 1 | - | |
| *BA Pocock | c Bell b Jefferson | 48 | 72 | 104 | 8 | - | |
| RA Jones | c Mather b Davis | 8 | 19 | 23 | 1 | - | |
| +AC Parore | c Chandler b Davis | 87 | 138 | 196 | 16 | - | |
| IS Billcliff | b Jefferson | 45 | 90 | 124 | 8 | - | |
| AC Barnes | c Mather b Davis | 11 | 20 | 30 | 2 | - | |
| HD Barton | b Twose | 2 | 8 | 14 | - | - | |
| CR Pryor | st Kerr b Twose | 3 | 9 | 13 | - | - | |
| BGK Walker | not out | 10 | 28 | 39 | 2 | - | |
| AR Adams | c Jonas b Twose | 18 | 11 | 17 | 3 | - | |
| DN Askew | b Twose | 7 | 8 | 10 | 1 | - | |
| Extras | (9 b, 16 lb, 24 nb) | 49 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 68.4 overs) | 300 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-38, 2-53, 3-98, 4-232, 5-254, 6-259, 7-259, 8-264, 9-284, 10-300 (68.4 ov) | |||||||
| Wellington bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Jonas | 15 | 1 | 57 | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Davis | 19 | 2 | 94 | 3 | - | 10 | |
| Petrie | 14 | 1 | 53 | 0 | - | - | |
| Jefferson | 15 | 3 | 47 | 2 | - | - | |
| Twose | 5.4 | 1 | 24 | 4 | - | 1 | |