| f26085 ps372 | |
| Venue | Basin Reserve, Wellington on 25th, 27th, 28th December 1965 (3-day match) | 
| Balls per over | 6 | 
| Toss | Otago won the toss and decided to bat | 
| Result | Wellington won by an innings and 18 runs | 
| Points | Wellington 10; Otago 0 | 
| Umpires | DEA Copps, DA Milne | 
| Close of play day 1 | Otago (1) 138/6 (Campbell 11*, JC Alabaster 3*) | 
| Close of play day 2 | Wellington (1) 385/4 (Sinclair 67*) | 
| Otago first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| Khalid Ibadulla | lbw b Butler | 65 | |||||
| GD Beer | c Dick b Huxford | 12 | |||||
| GM Turner | run out | 20 | |||||
| SN McGregor | c Dick b Taylor | 4 | |||||
| R Hendry | c Neely b Butler | 14 | |||||
| GD Alabaster | run out | 4 | |||||
| KO Campbell | c Dick b Huxford | 15 | |||||
| JC Alabaster | c and b Barton | 3 | |||||
| *FJ Cameron | b Murray | 18 | |||||
| NT Woods | b Taylor | 19 | |||||
| +BD Milburn | not out | 4 | |||||
| Extras | (1 b, 4 lb, 4 nb) | 9 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 118.2 overs) | 187 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-27, 2-71, 3-86, 4-111, 5-120, 6-124, 7-138, 8-148, 9-181, 10-187 (118.2 ov) | |||||||
| Wellington bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | 
| Huxford | 29 | 11 | 55 | 2 | - | - | 
| Taylor | 27 | 6 | 62 | 2 | - | - | 
| Butler | 50 | 30 | 43 | 2 | - | - | 
| Morgan | 7 | 2 | 15 | 0 | - | - | 
| Barton | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | - | - | 
| Murray | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | - | 
| Wellington first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| GP Bilby | lbw b JC Alabaster | 161 | |||||
| BAG Murray | lbw b JC Alabaster | 53 | |||||
| PB Truscott | lbw b Cameron | 77 | |||||
| BW Sinclair | not out | 67 | |||||
| HA Morgan | run out | 13 | |||||
| PT Barton | did not bat | ||||||
| +AE Dick | did not bat | ||||||
| *DO Neely | did not bat | ||||||
| LC Butler | did not bat | ||||||
| AR Taylor | did not bat | ||||||
| NA Huxford | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (3 b, 6 lb, 5 nb) | 14 | |||||
| Total | (4 wickets, declared, 102.5 overs) | 385 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-105, 2-264, 3-335, 4-385 (102.5 ov) | |||||||
| Otago bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | 
| Cameron | 23 | 5 | 65 | 1 | - | - | 
| Woods | 19 | 2 | 59 | 0 | - | - | 
| JC Alabaster | 28 | 4 | 96 | 2 | - | - | 
| GD Alabaster | 18.5 | 0 | 72 | 0 | - | - | 
| Khalid Ibadulla | 10 | 0 | 61 | 0 | - | - | 
| Turner | 4 | 0 | 18 | 0 | - | - | 
| Otago second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| Khalid Ibadulla | b Huxford | 16 | |||||
| GD Beer | c and b Morgan | 24 | |||||
| GM Turner | c Barton b Butler | 7 | |||||
| SN McGregor | st Dick b Butler | 25 | |||||
| R Hendry | c Dick b Butler | 15 | |||||
| GD Alabaster | c Sinclair b Morgan | 35 | |||||
| JC Alabaster | c and b Murray | 24 | |||||
| *FJ Cameron | c Huxford b Morgan | 0 | |||||
| NT Woods | b Murray | 13 | |||||
| +BD Milburn | not out | 12 | |||||
| KO Campbell | absent hurt | ||||||
| Extras | (4 b, 2 lb, 3 nb) | 9 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 88.3 overs) | 180 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-39, 2-50, 3-53, 4-88, 5-93, 6-146, 7-154, 8-154, 9-180 (88.3 ov) | |||||||
| Wellington bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | 
| Huxford | 20 | 4 | 36 | 1 | - | - | 
| Taylor | 13 | 5 | 24 | 0 | - | - | 
| Butler | 29 | 13 | 51 | 3 | - | - | 
| Morgan | 17 | 4 | 44 | 3 | - | - | 
| Murray | 9.3 | 3 | 16 | 2 | - | - |