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| Venue | Owen Delany Park, Taupo on 27th, 28th February 1997 (2-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Northern Districts won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Umpires | AL Hill, CE King |
| Close of play day 1 | Sri Lankans (1) 138/2 (Mahanama 73*, Tillakaratne 39*) |
| Northern Districts first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| MD Bell | c Mahanama b de Silva | 2 | 47 | 57 | - | - | |
| ME Parlane | lbw b Vaas | 2 | 11 | 10 | - | - | |
| AP O'Dowd | lbw b Vaas | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - | |
| MD Bailey | c de Silva b Vaas | 6 | 17 | 24 | - | - | |
| GE Bradburn | c Kaluwitharana b Pushpakumara | 11 | 41 | 74 | - | - | |
| JAF Yovich | c Kaluwitharana b Pushpakumara | 25 | 42 | 49 | 4 | - | |
| MN Hart | c Atapattu b Vaas | 42 | 73 | 95 | 8 | - | |
| *+RG Hart | c Samaraweera b Muralitharan | 18 | 61 | 62 | 1 | - | |
| AR Tait | not out | 1 | 12 | 22 | - | - | |
| DRT Bennett | b Vaas | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - | |
| MJ Tesar | lbw b Vaas | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - | |
| Extras | (5 b, 1 lb, 3 nb) | 9 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 50.4 overs) | 116 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-3, 2-3, 3-9, 4-12, 5-47, 6-56, 7-100, 8-116, 9-116, 10-116 (50.4 ov) | |||||||
| Sri Lankans bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls |
| Vaas | 13.4 | 5 | 22 | 6 | - | - |
| Pushpakumara | 10 | 1 | 37 | 2 | - | - |
| de Silva | 14 | 6 | 23 | 1 | - | - |
| Muralitharan | 13 | 5 | 28 | 1 | - | 3 |
| Sri Lankans first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| DP Samaraweera | c Bell b Tait | 11 | 23 | 24 | 1 | - | |
| RS Mahanama | retired out | 106 | 195 | 261 | 14 | 1 | |
| MS Atapattu | c Bell b Tait | 12 | 30 | 30 | 2 | - | |
| HP Tillakaratne | c MN Hart b Bennett | 90 | 213 | 254 | 12 | - | |
| *A Ranatunga | c Parlane b Bradburn | 11 | 15 | 17 | 2 | - | |
| +RS Kaluwitharana | c Parlane b Bradburn | 15 | 20 | 32 | 1 | 1 | |
| HDPK Dharmasena | st RG Hart b Bradburn | 1 | 17 | 30 | - | - | |
| WPUJC Vaas | c RG Hart b Bradburn | 0 | 4 | 2 | - | - | |
| KR Pushpakumara | c Tesar b Bradburn | 2 | 16 | 12 | - | - | |
| KSC de Silva | not out | 0 | 19 | 16 | - | - | |
| M Muralitharan | c Bennett b Bradburn | 0 | 5 | 5 | - | - | |
| Extras | (4 lb, 4 nb) | 8 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 92.1 overs) | 256 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-26, 2-44, 3-206, 4-222, 5-252, 6-252, 7-252, 8-254, 9-256, 10-256 (92.1 ov) | |||||||
| Northern Districts bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls |
| Tait | 19 | 4 | 65 | 2 | - | - |
| Yovich | 17 | 4 | 31 | 0 | - | - |
| Tesar | 13 | 3 | 47 | 0 | - | - |
| Bennett | 20 | 4 | 45 | 1 | - | - |
| Bradburn | 14.1 | 1 | 22 | 6 | - | - |
| MN Hart | 9 | 1 | 42 | 0 | - | - |
| Northern Districts second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| MD Bell | c Mahanama b Muralitharan | 27 | 68 | 74 | 4 | - | |
| ME Parlane | c Samaraweera b Muralitharan | 65 | 93 | 105 | 6 | 3 | |
| AP O'Dowd | not out | 34 | 76 | 84 | 3 | 1 | |
| MD Bailey | c Mahanama b Muralitharan | 4 | 4 | 2 | - | - | |
| GE Bradburn | c Tillakaratne b Muralitharan | 0 | 12 | 15 | - | - | |
| JAF Yovich | not out | 24 | 25 | 32 | 4 | - | |
| MN Hart | did not bat | ||||||
| *+RG Hart | did not bat | ||||||
| AR Tait | did not bat | ||||||
| DRT Bennett | did not bat | ||||||
| MJ Tesar | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (7 lb) | 7 | |||||
| Total | (4 wickets, 45 overs) | 161 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-82, 2-103, 3-107, 4-109 | |||||||
| Sri Lankans bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls |
| Pushpakumara | 7 | 0 | 28 | 0 | - | - |
| de Silva | 5 | 0 | 36 | 0 | - | - |
| Muralitharan | 16 | 4 | 42 | 4 | - | - |
| Dharmasena | 9 | 2 | 35 | 0 | - | - |
| Ranatunga | 8 | 2 | 13 | 0 | - | - |