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| Venue | Fitzherbert Park, Palmerston North on 30th, 31st December 1997 (2-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Manawatu won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn (Manawatu won on first innings) |
| Close of play day 1 | Marlborough (1) 44/2 (Rose 19*, JV Hill 19*; 20 overs) |
| Manawatu first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| N Anderson | c and b Boniface | 7 | 35 | 45 | - | - | |
| GJ Frith | c Nelson b Roiri | 11 | 42 | 57 | - | - | |
| *JD Fulton | c Boniface b Nelson | 14 | 63 | 78 | 1 | - | |
| J Meyer | lbw b Roiri | 24 | 53 | 77 | 4 | - | |
| JB Lee | b Boniface | 59 | 95 | 117 | 4 | 1 | |
| A Heatley | c Harris b Nelson | 0 | 13 | 11 | - | - | |
| +BBJ Griggs | c Roiri b Hefford | 85 | 164 | 189 | 9 | - | |
| DJ Wilson | run out | 27 | 86 | 113 | 2 | - | |
| ED Craik | c Winfield b Boniface | 2 | 4 | 6 | - | - | |
| ML Buckman | not out | 9 | 24 | - | - | ||
| CL Auckram | not out | 5 | 12 | 1 | - | ||
| Extras | (8 b, 16 lb, 4 nb, 1 w) | 29 | |||||
| Total | (9 wickets, declared, 368 minutes, 96 overs) | 272 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-25 (Anderson), 2-27 (Frith), 3-66 (Fulton), 4-74 (Meyer), 5-77 (Heatley), 6-162 (Lee), 7-242 (Griggs), 8-248 (Craik), 9-262 (Wilson) | |||||||
| Marlborough bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Hefford | 16 | 5 | 54 | 1 | - | - | |
| Boniface | 22 | 5 | 70 | 3 | - | - | |
| Roiri | 26 | 7 | 51 | 2 | - | 1 | |
| Nelson | 24 | 10 | 38 | 2 | 1 | - | |
| Rose | 8 | 1 | 35 | 0 | - | 1 | |
| Marlborough first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| MA Vercoe | c Anderson b Craik | 5 | 13 | 15 | - | - | |
| V Harris | c Fulton b Craik | 0 | 5 | 9 | - | - | |
| TD Rose | c Fulton b Auckram | 40 | 97 | 121 | 4 | - | |
| *JV Hill | c Griggs b Auckram | 46 | 123 | 144 | 2 | - | |
| JC Nelson | c Frith b Wilson | 13 | 33 | 50 | - | - | |
| DW Hill | c and b Craik | 66 | 134 | 6 | - | ||
| CB Campbell | b Craik | 0 | 12 | 10 | - | - | |
| B Roiri | c Lee b Craik | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - | |
| BJ Boniface | c and b Wilson | 13 | 59 | 57 | 2 | - | |
| +D Winfield | c Griggs b Craik | 19 | 38 | 59 | 2 | 1 | |
| BE Hefford | not out | 1 | 8 | - | - | ||
| Extras | (2 lb, 2 nb) | 4 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 85.2 overs) | 207 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-4 (Harris), 2-5 (Vercoe), 3-76 (Rose), 4-103 (JV Hill), 5-113 (Nelson), 6-114 (Campbell), 7-114 (Roiri), 8-146 (Boniface), 9-206 (DW Hill), 10-207 (Winfield, 85.2 ov) | |||||||
| Manawatu bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Auckram | 22 | 6 | 52 | 2 | - | - | |
| Craik | 26.2 | 6 | 65 | 6 | - | - | |
| Buckman | 6 | 2 | 6 | 0 | - | 1 | |
| Wilson | 23 | 4 | 64 | 2 | - | - | |
| Fulton | 8 | 2 | 18 | 0 | - | - | |
| Manawatu second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| N Anderson | c Campbell b Hefford | 41 | 40 | 6 | - | ||
| GJ Frith | not out | 24 | - | - | |||
| J Meyer | not out | 26 | 3 | - | |||
| *JD Fulton | did not bat | ||||||
| JB Lee | did not bat | ||||||
| A Heatley | did not bat | ||||||
| +BBJ Griggs | did not bat | ||||||
| DJ Wilson | did not bat | ||||||
| ED Craik | did not bat | ||||||
| ML Buckman | did not bat | ||||||
| CL Auckram | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (3 lb) | 3 | |||||
| Total | (1 wicket, 25 overs) | 94 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-50 (Anderson) | |||||||
| Marlborough bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Boniface | 4 | 1 | 19 | 0 | - | - | |
| Roiri | 12 | 1 | 47 | 0 | - | - | |
| Hefford | 9 | 0 | 25 | 1 | - | - | |