| a10281 | |
| Venue | Lancaster Park, Christchurch on 30th December 1996 (50-over match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Canterbury won the toss and decided to field |
| Result | Canterbury won by 7 wickets |
| Points | Canterbury 2; Northern Districts 0 |
| Umpires | DM Quested, PR Williams |
| Player of the Match | CZ Harris |
| Northern Districts innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| *BA Pocock | run out (Harris) | 23 | 47 | 62 | 2 | - | 48.94 |
| BA Young | c Germon b Allott | 4 | 18 | 23 | - | - | 22.22 |
| SA Thomson | retired hurt | 0 | 4 | 11 | - | - | 0.00 |
| MD Bailey | c Germon b Sharpe | 0 | 2 | 2 | - | - | 0.00 |
| MD Bell | b Harris | 22 | 51 | 74 | 3 | - | 43.14 |
| MN Hart | b Cairns | 0 | 6 | 7 | - | - | 0.00 |
| AR Tait | c Astle b Harris | 24 | 48 | 62 | 1 | - | 50.00 |
| +RG Hart | run out | 56 | 80 | 88 | 2 | - | 70.00 |
| CW Ross | c Fleming b Harris | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 0.00 |
| SB Styris | b Priest | 18 | 43 | 80 | 1 | - | 41.86 |
| DL Vettori | not out | 4 | 3 | 3 | - | - | 133.33 |
| Extras | (5 lb, 6 nb, 4 w) | 15 | |||||
| Total | (9 wickets, innings closed, 50 overs) | 166 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-22 (Young), 2-27 (Bailey), 3-37 (Pocock), 4-38 (MN Hart), 5-74 (Bell), 6-93 (Tait), 7-93 (Ross), 8-160 (Styris), 9-166 (RG Hart) | |||||||
| Canterbury bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ |
| Wisneski | 5 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 4 | 1 | - | 6.60 |
| Allott | 10 | 3 | 24 | 1 | - | - | 60.00 | 2.40 |
| Sharpe | 10 | 3 | 23 | 1 | - | - | 60.00 | 2.30 |
| Cairns | 7 | 1 | 19 | 1 | - | 1 | 42.00 | 2.71 |
| Harris | 10 | 2 | 28 | 3 | - | - | 20.00 | 2.80 |
| Priest | 8 | 0 | 34 | 1 | - | - | 48.00 | 4.25 |
| Canterbury innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| NJ Astle | c Pocock b MN Hart | 35 | 27 | 30 | 6 | - | 129.63 |
| DJ Murray | c RG Hart b Ross | 16 | 27 | 44 | - | - | 59.26 |
| CZ Harris | not out | 52 | 81 | 97 | 4 | 2 | 64.20 |
| SP Fleming | c MN Hart b Ross | 22 | 42 | 52 | 2 | 1 | 52.38 |
| CL Cairns | not out | 36 | 27 | 30 | 3 | 3 | 133.33 |
| CD McMillan | did not bat | ||||||
| *+LK Germon | did not bat | ||||||
| MW Priest | did not bat | ||||||
| WA Wisneski | did not bat | ||||||
| MF Sharpe | did not bat | ||||||
| GI Allott | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (2 b, 1 lb, 2 nb, 1 w) | 6 | |||||
| Total | (3 wickets, 33.5 overs) | 167 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-49 (Astle), 2-59 (Murray), 3-109 (Fleming) | |||||||
| Northern Districts bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ |
| Ross | 10 | 1 | 35 | 2 | - | - | 30.00 | 3.50 |
| Styris | 3 | 0 | 26 | 0 | - | 1 | - | 8.67 |
| MN Hart | 9.5 | 4 | 42 | 1 | - | - | 59.00 | 4.27 |
| Vettori | 8 | 0 | 38 | 0 | - | - | - | 4.75 |
| Tait | 3 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 1 | - | - | 7.67 |