| a9606 | |
| Venue | Blake Park, Mount Maunganui on 1st January 1996 (50-over match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Canterbury won the toss and decided to field |
| Result | Canterbury won by 6 wickets |
| Points | Northern Districts 0; Canterbury 2 |
| Umpires | MB Glenny, EA Watkin |
| Player of the Match | CZ Harris |
| Northern Districts innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| ME Parlane | b Priest | 21 | 83 | 84 | 1 | - | 25.30 |
| BA Young | c Germon b Cairns | 17 | 29 | 47 | 3 | - | 58.62 |
| AC Parore | not out | 79 | 95 | 128 | 3 | - | 83.16 |
| MD Bailey | c Stead b Harris | 9 | 15 | 9 | - | - | 60.00 |
| *SA Thomson | c Frew b Sharpe | 68 | 77 | 73 | 6 | 2 | 88.31 |
| BG Cooper | c Sharpe b Owens | 3 | 4 | 4 | - | - | 75.00 |
| MN Hart | not out | 0 | 0 | 2 | - | - | 0.00 |
| DJ Nash | did not bat | ||||||
| +RG Hart | did not bat | ||||||
| SB Doull | did not bat | ||||||
| RP de Groen | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (2 lb, 8 nb, 1 w) | 11 | |||||
| Total | (5 wickets, innings closed, 50 overs) | 208 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-36 (Young), 2-59 (Parlane), 3-72 (Bailey), 4-195 (Thomson), 5-200 (Cooper) | |||||||
| Canterbury bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ |
| Sharpe | 10 | 1 | 50 | 1 | - | - | 60.00 | 5.00 |
| Owens | 7 | 1 | 40 | 1 | - | 2 | 42.00 | 5.71 |
| Cairns | 8 | 0 | 34 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 48.00 | 4.25 |
| Priest | 10 | 1 | 28 | 1 | - | - | 60.00 | 2.80 |
| Harris | 10 | 0 | 27 | 1 | - | 1 | 60.00 | 2.70 |
| Astle | 5 | 0 | 27 | 0 | - | - | - | 5.40 |
| Canterbury innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| BR Hartland | c RG Hart b Doull | 0 | 5 | 2 | - | - | 0.00 |
| NJ Astle | c sub b de Groen | 35 | 57 | 65 | 5 | - | 61.40 |
| SP Fleming | c MN Hart b Thomson | 35 | 46 | 93 | 2 | - | 76.09 |
| CL Cairns | c Bailey b MN Hart | 59 | 72 | 97 | 7 | 2 | 81.94 |
| CZ Harris | not out | 55 | 82 | 89 | 5 | 2 | 67.07 |
| GR Stead | not out | 10 | 15 | 22 | 1 | - | 66.67 |
| RM Frew | did not bat | ||||||
| *+LK Germon | did not bat | ||||||
| MW Priest | did not bat | ||||||
| MF Sharpe | did not bat | ||||||
| MB Owens | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (9 lb, 2 nb, 6 w) | 17 | |||||
| Total | (4 wickets, 46 overs) | 211 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-0 (Hartland), 2-68 (Astle), 3-96 (Fleming), 4-182 (Cairns) | |||||||
| Northern Districts bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ |
| Doull | 7 | 0 | 35 | 1 | 2 | - | 42.00 | 5.00 |
| Nash | 7 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | 3.00 |
| de Groen | 8 | 0 | 42 | 1 | 3 | - | 48.00 | 5.25 |
| MN Hart | 9 | 0 | 35 | 1 | - | - | 54.00 | 3.89 |
| Thomson | 9 | 1 | 33 | 1 | - | - | 54.00 | 3.67 |
| Cooper | 6 | 0 | 36 | 0 | - | - | - | 6.00 |