| a10284 | |
| Venue | Basin Reserve, Wellington on 1st January 1997 (50-over match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Wellington won the toss and decided to field |
| Result | Central Districts won by 1 run |
| Points | Wellington 0; Central Districts 2 |
| Umpires | WJ Sommer, EA Watkin |
| Central Districts innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| CM Spearman | run out (Larsen) | 38 | 39 | 47 | 5 | 1 | 97.44 |
| GP Sulzberger | c Nevin b Petrie | 59 | 99 | 130 | 6 | - | 59.60 |
| LG Howell | c Hotter b Jonas | 59 | 78 | 114 | 3 | 2 | 75.64 |
| CO Findlay | c Nevin b Jefferson | 0 | 3 | 2 | - | - | 0.00 |
| *MJ Greatbatch | c Hotter b Petrie | 57 | 39 | 55 | 3 | 4 | 146.15 |
| MW Douglas | c Weenink b Larsen | 4 | 5 | 6 | - | - | 80.00 |
| +MS Sinclair | c Wells b Larsen | 8 | 16 | 17 | 1 | - | 50.00 |
| GR Loveridge | not out | 16 | 13 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 123.08 |
| MDJ Walker | b Jonas | 4 | 4 | 7 | 1 | - | 100.00 |
| AJ Penn | run out | 4 | 5 | 9 | - | - | 80.00 |
| DW Lamason | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (12 lb, 2 nb, 18 w) | 32 | |||||
| Total | (9 wickets, innings closed, 50 overs) | 281 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-61, 2-167, 3-168, 4-218, 5-226, 6-250, 7-256, 8-264, 9-281 (50 ov) | |||||||
| Wellington bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ |
| Hotter | 7 | 0 | 49 | 0 | 4 | 1 | - | 7.00 |
| Jonas | 10 | 0 | 44 | 2 | 6 | - | 30.00 | 4.40 |
| Petrie | 10 | 0 | 67 | 2 | 5 | - | 30.00 | 6.70 |
| Larsen | 10 | 1 | 44 | 2 | - | - | 30.00 | 4.40 |
| Jefferson | 10 | 0 | 45 | 1 | - | - | 60.00 | 4.50 |
| Twose | 3 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 3 | - | - | 6.67 |
| Wellington innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| PJB Chandler | c Lamason b Loveridge | 29 | 24 | 42 | 4 | - | 120.83 |
| SW Weenink | run out | 113 | 149 | 197 | 7 | 1 | 75.84 |
| JD Wells | c Penn b Findlay | 68 | 91 | 123 | 3 | - | 74.73 |
| *RG Twose | c Sinclair b Walker | 3 | 5 | 9 | - | - | 60.00 |
| RG Petrie | c Sinclair b Penn | 3 | 6 | 5 | - | - | 50.00 |
| RJ Kerr | b Walker | 19 | 18 | 26 | 2 | - | 105.56 |
| GR Larsen | b Walker | 0 | 1 | 2 | - | - | 0.00 |
| +CJ Nevin | run out | 10 | 7 | 12 | - | - | 142.86 |
| MR Jefferson | not out | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - | 100.00 |
| SJ Hotter | did not bat | ||||||
| GR Jonas | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (2 b, 19 lb, 4 nb, 9 w) | 34 | |||||
| Total | (8 wickets, innings closed, 50 overs) | 280 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-56, 2-173, 3-237, 4-242, 5-263, 6-263, 7-278, 8-280 (50 ov) | |||||||
| Central Districts bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ |
| Penn | 9 | 0 | 55 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 54.00 | 6.11 |
| Findlay | 9 | 0 | 55 | 1 | 2 | - | 54.00 | 6.11 |
| Lamason | 3 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 2 | - | - | 7.33 |
| Loveridge | 10 | 0 | 41 | 1 | - | - | 60.00 | 4.10 |
| Sulzberger | 10 | 0 | 45 | 0 | 3 | - | - | 4.50 |
| Walker | 9 | 0 | 41 | 3 | 1 | - | 18.00 | 4.56 |