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| Venue | Victoria Park, Wanganui on 25th, 26th, 27th, 28th November 1996 (4-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Central Districts won the toss and decided to field |
| Result | Central Districts won by 3 wickets |
| Points | Central Districts 12; Otago 0 |
| Umpires | JS Crocker, DM Quested |
| Close of play day 1 | Central Districts (1) 93/4 (Sinclair 4*, Penn 0*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Otago (2) 147/4 (Horne 68*, O'Dowda 1*) |
| Close of play day 3 | Central Districts (2) 136/4 (Sinclair 43*, Cooper 0*) |
| Otago first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *RA Lawson | c Austin b Bulfin | 7 | 24 | 29 | - | - | |
| MH Austen | c Lamason b Penn | 1 | 5 | 9 | - | - | |
| MJ Lamont | b Penn | 4 | 26 | 36 | - | - | |
| MJ Horne | c Sinclair b Loveridge | 124 | 189 | 229 | 13 | 3 | |
| MH Richardson | b Lamason | 25 | 72 | 108 | 3 | - | |
| CB Gaffaney | lbw b Lamason | 0 | 2 | 1 | - | - | |
| JW Wilson | c Austin b Penn | 25 | 21 | 19 | 5 | - | |
| +MG Croy | c Sinclair b Bulfin | 7 | 46 | 55 | - | - | |
| PJ Wiseman | c Garner b Penn | 17 | 46 | 55 | 1 | - | |
| KR O'Dowda | c Garner b Sulzberger | 3 | 13 | 13 | - | - | |
| DG Sewell | not out | 4 | 10 | 15 | - | - | |
| Extras | (4 lb, 6 nb) | 10 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 75 overs) | 227 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-1 (Austen), 2-11 (Lamont), 3-17 (Lawson), 4-118 (Richardson), 5-118 (Gaffaney), 6-151 (Wilson), 7-177 (Croy), 8-214 (Horne), 9-219 (O'Dowda), 10-227 (Wiseman) | |||||||
| Central Districts bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Penn | 21 | 10 | 47 | 4 | - | - | |
| Bulfin | 14 | 2 | 28 | 2 | - | - | |
| Loveridge | 11 | 1 | 47 | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Lamason | 18 | 5 | 64 | 2 | - | 1 | |
| Walker | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | - | - | |
| Cooper | 6 | 1 | 29 | 0 | - | 1 | |
| Sulzberger | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | - | - | |
| Central Districts first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| GP Sulzberger | lbw b O'Dowda | 0 | 10 | 6 | - | - | |
| MDJ Walker | b Sewell | 29 | 77 | 96 | 3 | - | |
| *LG Howell | c Wilson b Wiseman | 41 | 50 | 71 | 6 | - | |
| CD Garner | c Horne b Wiseman | 4 | 36 | 40 | - | - | |
| MS Sinclair | c Horne b Wiseman | 85 | 170 | 189 | 8 | - | |
| AJ Penn | c Croy b Sewell | 2 | 20 | 24 | - | - | |
| DM Cooper | c Croy b Wilson | 16 | 71 | 82 | 1 | - | |
| DW Lamason | lbw b Austen | 0 | 9 | 16 | - | - | |
| GR Loveridge | not out | 49 | 61 | 77 | 6 | 1 | |
| +E Austin | c Croy b Wiseman | 2 | 12 | 10 | - | - | |
| CE Bulfin | c Horne b Wiseman | 14 | 33 | 39 | 2 | - | |
| Extras | (10 b, 7 lb, 4 nb) | 21 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 91.5 overs) | 263 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-1 (Sulzberger), 2-79 (Howell), 3-85 (Walker), 4-91 (Garner), 5-102 (Penn), 6-166 (Cooper), 7-171 (Lamason), 8-213 (Sinclair), 9-217 (Austin), 10-263 (Bulfin) | |||||||
| Otago bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Sewell | 26 | 8 | 63 | 2 | - | - | |
| O'Dowda | 15 | 4 | 51 | 1 | - | - | |
| Wilson | 10 | 3 | 38 | 1 | - | - | |
| Wiseman | 32.5 | 5 | 80 | 5 | - | - | |
| Richardson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | |
| Austen | 7 | 3 | 13 | 1 | - | - | |
| Otago second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *RA Lawson | b Loveridge | 44 | 125 | 158 | 4 | - | |
| MH Austen | lbw b Penn | 15 | 25 | 32 | 3 | - | |
| MJ Lamont | lbw b Penn | 0 | 3 | 2 | - | - | |
| MJ Horne | lbw b Penn | 90 | 207 | 223 | 8 | 1 | |
| MH Richardson | b Sulzberger | 16 | 17 | 21 | 2 | - | |
| KR O'Dowda | lbw b Sulzberger | 2 | 20 | 18 | - | - | |
| CB Gaffaney | c Sinclair b Penn | 49 | 106 | 117 | 5 | - | |
| +MG Croy | b Penn | 19 | 72 | 104 | 1 | - | |
| JW Wilson | c Bulfin b Penn | 22 | 22 | 35 | 3 | - | |
| PJ Wiseman | c Bulfin b Lamason | 0 | 3 | 5 | - | - | |
| DG Sewell | not out | 0 | 1 | 3 | - | - | |
| Extras | (1 b, 11 lb, 2 w) | 14 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 97.2 overs) | 271 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-34 (Austen), 2-34 (Lamont), 3-123, 4-141, 5-155, 6-197, 7-240, 8-268, 9-270, 10-271 (97.2 ov) | |||||||
| Central Districts bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Penn | 26.2 | 4 | 54 | 6 | - | - | |
| Bulfin | 13 | 1 | 61 | 0 | - | - | |
| Loveridge | 16 | 3 | 51 | 1 | - | - | |
| Lamason | 18 | 7 | 31 | 1 | - | - | |
| Sulzberger | 24 | 7 | 62 | 2 | - | - | |
| Central Districts second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| GP Sulzberger | b O'Dowda | 21 | 49 | 67 | 2 | - | |
| CD Garner | c Wiseman b Sewell | 3 | 14 | 18 | - | - | |
| *LG Howell | lbw b Austen | 26 | 68 | 85 | 1 | - | |
| MS Sinclair | c Croy b O'Dowda | 83 | 189 | 233 | 9 | 1 | |
| MDJ Walker | c Austen b Sewell | 34 | 67 | 73 | 3 | 2 | |
| DM Cooper | lbw b O'Dowda | 48 | 85 | 110 | 5 | - | |
| GR Loveridge | c Sewell b Wiseman | 0 | 5 | 4 | - | - | |
| DW Lamason | not out | 3 | 19 | 24 | - | - | |
| AJ Penn | not out | 0 | 14 | 18 | - | - | |
| +E Austin | did not bat | ||||||
| CE Bulfin | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (5 b, 8 lb, 4 nb, 1 w) | 18 | |||||
| Total | (7 wickets, 85.4 overs) | 236 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-5 (Garner), 2-46 (Sulzberger), 3-68 (Howell), 4-130 (Walker), 5-230 (Cooper), 6-231 (Loveridge), 7-231 (Sinclair) | |||||||
| Otago bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Sewell | 17 | 6 | 36 | 2 | - | 1 | |
| O'Dowda | 12 | 3 | 27 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |
| Wilson | 11 | 2 | 34 | 0 | - | - | |
| Wiseman | 26.4 | 6 | 80 | 1 | - | - | |
| Richardson | 6 | 1 | 9 | 0 | - | - | |
| Austen | 13 | 2 | 37 | 1 | - | - | |