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| Venue | Horton Park, Blenheim on 31st December 1998, 1st January 1999 (2-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Marlborough won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn (Marlborough won on first innings) |
| Umpires | GN McLellan, DG Paterson |
| Scorers | BF Byrne, MV Frost |
| Close of play day 1 | Taranaki (1) 23/3 (Walker 3*, Johnson 5*; 14 overs) |
| Marlborough first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| JI Englefield | run out | 81 | 155 | 226 | 11 | - | |
| V Harris | c Rowson b West | 6 | 25 | 43 | 1 | - | |
| +CM Wood | c Lightoller b Blain | 4 | 13 | 17 | - | - | |
| *JV Hill | lbw b West | 58 | 100 | 131 | 9 | - | |
| GB Stretch | lbw b Walker | 12 | 12 | 16 | 3 | - | |
| JC Nelson | c and b Dempster | 13 | 23 | 21 | 3 | - | |
| SD Wills | c Rowson b West | 31 | 90 | 90 | 3 | - | |
| HJ Moran | b Walker | 63 | 97 | 102 | 9 | - | |
| BJ Diamanti | not out | 8 | 47 | 74 | 1 | - | |
| BJ Boniface | lbw b Dempster | 6 | 51 | 57 | - | - | |
| BE Hefford | lbw b Walker | 3 | 6 | 5 | - | - | |
| Extras | (6 lb, 4 nb) | 10 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 390 minutes, 104.3 overs) | 295 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-15 (Harris), 2-30 (Wood), 3-141 (Hill), 4-165 (Stretch), 5-178 (Englefield), 6-182 (Nelson), 7-269 (Wills), 8-279 (Moran), 9-292 (Boniface), 10-295 (Hefford, 104.3 ov) | |||||||
| Taranaki bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| West | 25 | 8 | 64 | 3 | - | - | |
| Blain | 13.2 | 5 | 26 | 1 | - | 4 | |
| Fale | 8 | 1 | 37 | 0 | - | - | |
| Mihaljevich | 12 | 2 | 34 | 0 | - | - | |
| Johnson | 10 | 1 | 34 | 0 | - | - | |
| Ingram | 6 | 1 | 21 | 0 | - | - | |
| Walker | 21.1 | 10 | 34 | 3 | - | - | |
| Dempster | 9 | 0 | 39 | 2 | - | - | |
| Taranaki first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| PJ Ingram | lbw b Hefford | 6 | 18 | 21 | - | - | |
| PJ Lightoller | c Hill b Boniface | 2 | 8 | 16 | - | - | |
| MG Broadmore | c Moran b Hefford | 4 | 12 | 12 | - | - | |
| MDJ Walker | c Hill b Boniface | 13 | 38 | 59 | 1 | - | |
| JA Johnson | c Moran b Englefield | 22 | 68 | 77 | 1 | - | |
| BD Fale | c Wood b Hefford | 2 | 21 | 30 | - | - | |
| JAR Blain | lbw b Diamanti | 0 | 6 | 9 | - | - | |
| DF Mihaljevich | c and b Englefield | 4 | 3 | 10 | 1 | - | |
| RM West | c Hill b Hefford | 49 | 67 | 90 | 7 | - | |
| *RS Dempster | lbw b Englefield | 14 | 29 | 31 | 3 | - | |
| +KT Rowson | not out | 10 | 55 | 53 | 2 | - | |
| Extras | (4 b, 5 lb, 3 nb, 1 w) | 13 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 209 minutes, 54.3 overs) | 139 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-9 (Lightoller), 2-13 (Ingram), 3-14 (Broadmore), 4-41 (Walker), 5-54 (Fale), 6-54 (Johnson), 7-54 (Blain), 8-58 (Mihaljevich), 9-103 (Dempster), 10-139 (West, 54.3 ov) | |||||||
| Marlborough bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Hefford | 17.3 | 5 | 37 | 4 | - | - | |
| Boniface | 17 | 5 | 34 | 2 | - | 3 | |
| Englefield | 15 | 7 | 22 | 3 | - | - | |
| Diamanti | 5 | 1 | 37 | 1 | 1 | - | |
| Taranaki second innings (following on) | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| PJ Ingram | c Wills b Hefford | 0 | 2 | 1 | - | - | |
| PJ Lightoller | c Boniface b Stretch | 36 | 111 | 119 | 5 | - | |
| MDJ Walker | lbw b Hefford | 0 | 2 | 2 | - | - | |
| MG Broadmore | c Wood b Wills | 61 | 134 | 164 | 9 | - | |
| +KT Rowson | not out | 38 | 110 | 81 | 4 | - | |
| BD Fale | not out | 3 | 36 | 39 | - | - | |
| JA Johnson | did not bat | ||||||
| JAR Blain | did not bat | ||||||
| DF Mihaljevich | did not bat | ||||||
| RM West | did not bat | ||||||
| *RS Dempster | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (14 b, 2 lb, 1 w) | 17 | |||||
| Total | (4 wickets, 206 minutes, 66 overs) | 155 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-0 (Ingram, 0.2 ov), 2-0 (Walker, 0.4 ov), 3-78 (Lightoller, 33.3 ov), 4-124 (Broadmore, 50.3 ov) | |||||||
| Marlborough bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Hefford | 6.2 | 3 | 13 | 2 | - | - | |
| Boniface | 6 | 2 | 8 | 0 | - | - | |
| Nelson | 4 | 1 | 12 | 0 | - | - | |
| Diamanti | 8 | 1 | 32 | 0 | - | - | |
| Englefield | 21 | 8 | 33 | 0 | 1 | - | |
| Stretch | 14 | 4 | 36 | 1 | - | - | |
| Hill | 3.4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | - | - | |
| Wills | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | - | - | |