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| Venue | Eden Park, Auckland on 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th February 1997 (4-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Canterbury won the toss and decided to field |
| Result | Canterbury won by 6 wickets |
| Points | Auckland 0; Canterbury 12 |
| Umpires | MB Glenny, DM Quested |
| Scorer | PJ Neazor |
| Close of play day 1 | Auckland (1) 263/8 (Barton 51*, Haslam 7*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Canterbury (1) 262/8 (Hastings 17*, Wisneski 8*) |
| Close of play day 3 | Auckland (2) 33/5 (Vaughan 14*, Barton 1*) |
| Auckland first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| JC Forrest | lbw b Hastings | 10 | 68 | 91 | - | - | |
| RA Jones | b Wisneski | 15 | 44 | 60 | 1 | - | |
| AC Barnes | c Lane b Priest | 24 | 42 | 50 | 3 | - | |
| SM Lynch | lbw b Sharpe | 68 | 174 | 209 | 8 | - | |
| *JTC Vaughan | c Doody b Priest | 38 | 87 | 81 | 5 | - | |
| RT King | c Lane b Priest | 8 | 28 | 39 | - | - | |
| HD Barton | not out | 76 | 184 | 207 | 9 | - | |
| +JM Mills | b Wisneski | 16 | 34 | 46 | 2 | - | |
| DK Morrison | b Wisneski | 2 | 3 | 3 | - | - | |
| MJ Haslam | b Wisneski | 7 | 48 | 52 | 1 | - | |
| CJ Drum | c and b Priest | 5 | 33 | 35 | 1 | - | |
| Extras | (7 b, 7 lb, 10 nb) | 24 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 123.2 overs) | 293 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-31, 2-51, 3-62, 4-122, 5-150, 6-199, 7-228, 8-230, 9-264, 10-293 (123.2 ov) | |||||||
| Canterbury bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls |
| Sharpe | 20 | 6 | 52 | 1 | - | - |
| Wisneski | 27 | 6 | 83 | 4 | - | 5 |
| Hastings | 16 | 4 | 20 | 1 | - | - |
| Priest | 46.2 | 9 | 104 | 4 | - | - |
| Muir | 12 | 7 | 17 | 0 | - | - |
| McMillan | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | - | - |
| Canterbury first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| CD Cumming | b Morrison | 60 | 170 | 240 | 7 | - | |
| *DJ Murray | c Mills b Drum | 0 | 2 | 6 | - | - | |
| BJK Doody | c Mills b Drum | 0 | 3 | 3 | - | - | |
| GR Stead | b Morrison | 2 | 16 | 20 | - | - | |
| CD McMillan | c Vaughan b Haslam | 44 | 68 | 111 | 6 | - | |
| MW Priest | c Lynch b Vaughan | 50 | 116 | 123 | 8 | - | |
| GA Muir | c Jones b Barton | 44 | 106 | 126 | 3 | 2 | |
| +MEL Lane | c Mills b Haslam | 15 | 30 | 45 | 1 | - | |
| MA Hastings | not out | 47 | 111 | 156 | 6 | - | |
| WA Wisneski | lbw b Vaughan | 12 | 50 | 68 | 1 | - | |
| MF Sharpe | c Haslam b Barton | 5 | 22 | 33 | 1 | - | |
| Extras | (10 lb, 12 nb) | 22 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 110.4 overs) | 301 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-4, 2-4, 3-13, 4-86, 5-161, 6-173, 7-201, 8-247, 9-288, 10-301 (110.4 ov) | |||||||
| Auckland bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls |
| Morrison | 28 | 7 | 78 | 2 | - | 3 |
| Drum | 21 | 2 | 51 | 2 | - | 2 |
| Vaughan | 21 | 8 | 59 | 2 | - | 1 |
| Haslam | 21 | 4 | 58 | 2 | - | - |
| Barton | 19.4 | 4 | 45 | 2 | - | - |
| Auckland second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| RA Jones | c Murray b Wisneski | 0 | 2 | 4 | - | - | |
| JC Forrest | b Priest | 14 | 36 | 49 | 2 | - | |
| AC Barnes | c Murray b Wisneski | 0 | 5 | 8 | - | - | |
| SM Lynch | c Priest b Wisneski | 0 | 9 | 13 | - | - | |
| *JTC Vaughan | c Cumming b Priest | 30 | 65 | 74 | 2 | - | |
| RT King | c Cumming b Priest | 1 | 2 | 3 | - | - | |
| HD Barton | c Murray b Priest | 1 | 20 | 25 | - | - | |
| +JM Mills | not out | 24 | 59 | 75 | 1 | - | |
| DK Morrison | c Murray b Wisneski | 0 | 2 | 2 | - | - | |
| MJ Haslam | c Lane b Sharpe | 20 | 25 | 28 | 3 | - | |
| CJ Drum | c and b Priest | 1 | 11 | 20 | - | - | |
| Extras | (4 b, 3 lb, 2 nb) | 9 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 39.1 overs) | 100 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-1, 2-5, 3-9, 4-25, 5-27, 6-39, 7-58, 8-59, 9-91, 10-100 (39.1 ov) | |||||||
| Canterbury bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls |
| Wisneski | 17 | 8 | 37 | 4 | - | 1 |
| Sharpe | 8 | 1 | 25 | 1 | - | - |
| Priest | 14.1 | 2 | 31 | 5 | - | - |
| Canterbury second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *DJ Murray | c Vaughan b Morrison | 2 | 16 | 15 | - | - | |
| CD Cumming | c Drum b Morrison | 8 | 12 | 23 | 1 | - | |
| BJK Doody | lbw b Morrison | 5 | 27 | 34 | 1 | - | |
| GR Stead | not out | 40 | 82 | 109 | 6 | - | |
| CD McMillan | lbw b Morrison | 19 | 36 | 55 | - | - | |
| MW Priest | not out | 5 | 19 | 26 | - | - | |
| GA Muir | did not bat | ||||||
| +MEL Lane | did not bat | ||||||
| MA Hastings | did not bat | ||||||
| WA Wisneski | did not bat | ||||||
| MF Sharpe | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (5 b, 5 lb, 4 nb) | 14 | |||||
| Total | (4 wickets, 31.4 overs) | 93 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-11, 2-16, 3-31, 4-77 | |||||||
| Auckland bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls |
| Morrison | 12 | 4 | 19 | 4 | - | 1 |
| Barton | 5 | 1 | 20 | 0 | - | - |
| Haslam | 6 | 0 | 19 | 0 | - | - |
| Drum | 4 | 1 | 11 | 0 | - | - |
| Barnes | 4.4 | 0 | 14 | 0 | - | 1 |