| a10297 | |
| Venue | Basin Reserve, Wellington on 5th, 6th January 1997 (50-over match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Northern Districts won the toss and decided to field |
| Result | Northern Districts won by 2 wickets |
| Points | Wellington 0; Northern Districts 2 |
| Umpires | MB Glenny, AL Hill |
| Close of play day 1 | No play |
| Wellington innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| PJB Chandler | c Styris b MN Hart | 47 | 53 | 66 | 6 | 1 | 88.68 |
| SW Weenink | c Pocock b Styris | 12 | 28 | 44 | 1 | - | 42.86 |
| JD Wells | lbw b MN Hart | 10 | 32 | 53 | - | - | 31.25 |
| *RG Twose | not out | 121 | 118 | 128 | 10 | 5 | 102.54 |
| RG Petrie | c Young b MN Hart | 6 | 5 | 4 | - | 1 | 120.00 |
| RJ Kerr | c Pocock b Tait | 39 | 58 | 82 | 1 | - | 67.24 |
| PW Jarvis | not out | 10 | 6 | 8 | - | 1 | 166.67 |
| GR Larsen | did not bat | ||||||
| +CJ Nevin | did not bat | ||||||
| MR Jefferson | did not bat | ||||||
| GR Jonas | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (3 lb, 5 w) | 8 | |||||
| Total | (5 wickets, innings closed, 50 overs) | 253 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-41 (Weenink), 2-68 (Wells), 3-89 (Chandler), 4-95 (Petrie), 5-222 (Kerr) | |||||||
| Northern Districts bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ |
| Doull | 10 | 1 | 37 | 0 | 2 | - | - | 3.70 |
| Styris | 9 | 1 | 47 | 1 | 2 | - | 54.00 | 5.22 |
| Tait | 10 | 1 | 54 | 1 | 1 | - | 60.00 | 5.40 |
| MN Hart | 10 | 1 | 42 | 3 | - | - | 20.00 | 4.20 |
| Vettori | 8 | 0 | 52 | 0 | - | - | - | 6.50 |
| Bailey | 3 | 0 | 18 | 0 | - | - | - | 6.00 |
| Northern Districts innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| *BA Pocock | b Jefferson | 43 | 64 | 78 | 7 | - | 67.19 |
| BA Young | c sub b Jefferson | 51 | 69 | 96 | 5 | - | 73.91 |
| ME Parlane | st Nevin b Jefferson | 20 | 38 | 59 | 1 | - | 52.63 |
| MD Bailey | run out | 2 | 2 | 2 | - | - | 100.00 |
| MD Bell | lbw b Larsen | 15 | 16 | 17 | 2 | - | 93.75 |
| MN Hart | c Jonas b Jarvis | 20 | 40 | 53 | - | - | 50.00 |
| AR Tait | b Jarvis | 13 | 17 | 28 | 1 | - | 76.47 |
| SB Doull | c Wells b Larsen | 3 | 4 | 6 | - | - | 75.00 |
| +RG Hart | not out | 52 | 34 | 43 | 4 | 2 | 152.94 |
| SB Styris | not out | 12 | 13 | 40 | 1 | - | 92.31 |
| DL Vettori | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (11 lb, 2 nb, 12 w) | 25 | |||||
| Total | (8 wickets, 49.2 overs) | 256 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-97 (Pocock), 2-116 (Young), 3-118 (Bailey), 4-138 (Parlane), 5-152 (Bell), 6-185 (MN Hart), 7-186 (Tait), 8-188 (Doull) | |||||||
| Wellington bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ |
| Jarvis | 10 | 0 | 46 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 30.00 | 4.60 |
| Jonas | 9.2 | 0 | 54 | 0 | 3 | - | - | 5.79 |
| Petrie | 8 | 0 | 58 | 0 | 4 | - | - | 7.25 |
| Larsen | 10 | 1 | 32 | 2 | 1 | - | 30.00 | 3.20 |
| Jefferson | 10 | 0 | 42 | 3 | - | - | 20.00 | 4.20 |
| Twose | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0 | - | - | - | 6.50 |