| a10290 | |
| Venue | Blake Park, Mount Maunganui on 3rd January 1997 (50-over match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Northern Districts won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Otago won by 6 wickets |
| Points | Northern Districts 0; Otago 2 |
| Umpires | BF Bowden, JS Crocker |
| Player of the Match | MH Richardson |
| Northern Districts innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| BA Young | c Richardson b Morland | 75 | 98 | 134 | 7 | - | 76.53 |
| *BA Pocock | b Horne | 21 | 52 | 58 | 2 | - | 40.38 |
| ME Parlane | c Kennedy b Maynard | 1 | 7 | 4 | - | - | 14.29 |
| MD Bailey | c Kennedy b O'Connor | 23 | 47 | 54 | 1 | - | 48.94 |
| SB Doull | b Morland | 4 | 9 | 15 | - | - | 44.44 |
| MD Bell | lbw b Kennedy | 26 | 37 | 60 | 2 | - | 70.27 |
| MN Hart | b Morland | 1 | 4 | 7 | - | - | 25.00 |
| AR Tait | b Kennedy | 20 | 25 | 32 | - | - | 80.00 |
| +RG Hart | not out | 26 | 20 | 22 | 2 | - | 130.00 |
| DL Vettori | not out | 2 | 2 | 5 | - | - | 100.00 |
| CW Ross | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (16 lb, 2 nb, 8 w) | 26 | |||||
| Total | (8 wickets, innings closed, 50 overs) | 225 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-69, 2-70, 3-131, 4-138, 5-141, 6-145, 7-186, 8-217 | |||||||
| Otago bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ |
| O'Connor | 10 | 0 | 42 | 1 | - | - | 60.00 | 4.20 |
| Kennedy | 10 | 0 | 50 | 2 | - | - | 30.00 | 5.00 |
| Morland | 10 | 1 | 43 | 3 | - | - | 20.00 | 4.30 |
| Horne | 9 | 2 | 27 | 1 | - | - | 54.00 | 3.00 |
| Maynard | 5 | 1 | 20 | 1 | - | - | 30.00 | 4.00 |
| Richardson | 6 | 0 | 27 | 0 | - | - | - | 4.50 |
| Otago innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| MH Richardson | not out | 113 | 151 | 183 | 15 | 2 | 74.83 |
| CB Gaffaney | c Tait b Vettori | 73 | 65 | 104 | 8 | 2 | 112.31 |
| MJ Lamont | c and b Bailey | 23 | 35 | 38 | 1 | - | 65.71 |
| MJ Horne | b Tait | 0 | 10 | 14 | - | - | 0.00 |
| MP Maynard | c Tait b MN Hart | 2 | 6 | 11 | - | - | 33.33 |
| *RA Lawson | not out | 6 | 9 | 12 | 1 | - | 66.67 |
| AJ Hore | did not bat | ||||||
| +PA Campbell | did not bat | ||||||
| SB O'Connor | did not bat | ||||||
| RJ Kennedy | did not bat | ||||||
| ND Morland | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (3 lb, 7 w) | 10 | |||||
| Total | (4 wickets, 46 overs) | 227 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-153, 2-192, 3-200, 4-207 | |||||||
| Northern Districts bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ |
| Doull | 10 | 2 | 28 | 0 | - | - | - | 2.80 |
| Ross | 3 | 0 | 18 | 0 | - | - | - | 6.00 |
| MN Hart | 7 | 0 | 37 | 1 | - | - | 42.00 | 5.29 |
| Tait | 10 | 0 | 63 | 1 | - | - | 60.00 | 6.30 |
| Bailey | 8 | 1 | 33 | 1 | - | - | 48.00 | 4.12 |
| Vettori | 8 | 0 | 45 | 1 | - | - | 48.00 | 5.62 |