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| Venue | Queen's Park, Invercargill on 23rd, 24th, 25th February 1997 (4-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Otago won the toss and decided to field |
| Result | Otago won by 5 wickets |
| Points | Otago 12; Central Districts 0 |
| Umpires | RS Dunne, DR Murdoch |
| Close of play day 1 | Otago (1) 277/5 (Richardson 62*, O'Connor 11*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Central Districts (2) 299/6 (Furlong 25*, Loveridge 1*) |
| Central Districts first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| CM Spearman | b Kennedy | 8 | 18 | 23 | - | - | |
| GP Sulzberger | c Croy b Sewell | 19 | 43 | 52 | 2 | - | |
| MS Sinclair | b Sewell | 3 | 23 | 37 | - | - | |
| *LG Howell | b Sewell | 22 | 28 | 33 | 4 | - | |
| CD Garner | c Croy b Sewell | 0 | 12 | 28 | - | - | |
| AJ Penn | b Gale | 1 | 4 | 8 | - | - | |
| CJM Furlong | c Croy b Sewell | 1 | 5 | 6 | - | - | |
| GR Loveridge | c Kennedy b Sewell | 10 | 13 | 23 | 2 | - | |
| +E Austin | b Sewell | 0 | 6 | 8 | - | - | |
| LJ Hamilton | lbw b Sewell | 0 | 2 | 1 | - | - | |
| CE Bulfin | not out | 4 | 8 | 10 | 1 | - | |
| Extras | (5 lb, 1 w) | 6 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 27 overs) | 74 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-26, 2-32, 3-39, 4-56, 5-57, 6-59, 7-59, 8-59, 9-59, 10-74 (27 ov) | |||||||
| Otago bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls |
| O'Connor | 5 | 1 | 16 | 0 | - | - |
| Kennedy | 4 | 0 | 14 | 1 | - | - |
| Gale | 9 | 4 | 8 | 1 | - | - |
| Sewell | 9 | 5 | 31 | 8 | - | - |
| Otago first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *RA Lawson | c Austin b Hamilton | 49 | 139 | 153 | 4 | - | |
| CB Gaffaney | lbw b Hamilton | 100 | 156 | 209 | 15 | - | |
| MM Parker | b Penn | 7 | 16 | 30 | - | - | |
| MP Maynard | c Austin b Hamilton | 2 | 2 | 4 | - | - | |
| MH Richardson | not out | 98 | 198 | 248 | 9 | - | |
| +MG Croy | c Spearman b Loveridge | 33 | 69 | 78 | 3 | - | |
| SB O'Connor | run out | 11 | 31 | 32 | 1 | - | |
| AJ Gale | c Austin b Bulfin | 0 | 9 | 20 | - | - | |
| PJ Wiseman | c Howell b Sulzberger | 28 | 62 | 77 | 5 | - | |
| RJ Kennedy | c and b Loveridge | 0 | 4 | 10 | - | - | |
| DG Sewell | run out | 0 | 7 | 6 | - | - | |
| Extras | (2 b, 13 lb, 4 nb) | 19 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 115.1 overs) | 347 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-135, 2-158, 3-161, 4-176, 5-248, 6-279, 7-286, 8-334, 9-346, 10-347 (115.1 ov) | |||||||
| Central Districts bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls |
| Penn | 23 | 9 | 48 | 1 | - | - |
| Bulfin | 13 | 3 | 44 | 1 | - | - |
| Hamilton | 25 | 5 | 65 | 3 | - | - |
| Loveridge | 18.1 | 2 | 74 | 2 | - | - |
| Furlong | 15 | 2 | 63 | 0 | - | - |
| Sulzberger | 20 | 3 | 37 | 1 | - | - |
| Spearman | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - |
| Central Districts second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| CM Spearman | c Croy b Kennedy | 87 | 118 | 153 | 12 | 1 | |
| GP Sulzberger | c Parker b Gale | 14 | 45 | 59 | 1 | - | |
| MS Sinclair | lbw b Gale | 66 | 109 | 137 | 9 | 1 | |
| *LG Howell | c Gale b Wiseman | 63 | 89 | 142 | 5 | 2 | |
| CD Garner | c Wiseman b O'Connor | 15 | 36 | 48 | - | - | |
| AJ Penn | b Wiseman | 9 | 27 | 28 | - | - | |
| CJM Furlong | c Gaffaney b Gale | 34 | 51 | 55 | 3 | 1 | |
| GR Loveridge | b Kennedy | 28 | 35 | 64 | 3 | - | |
| +E Austin | c Croy b O'Connor | 8 | 28 | 35 | 1 | - | |
| LJ Hamilton | not out | 0 | 8 | 11 | - | - | |
| CE Bulfin | b O'Connor | 0 | 3 | 5 | - | - | |
| Extras | (3 b, 7 lb, 14 nb) | 24 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 90.2 overs) | 348 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-42, 2-144, 3-190, 4-227, 5-250, 6-277, 7-317, 8-342, 9-348, 10-348 (90.2 ov) | |||||||
| Otago bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls |
| O'Connor | 13.2 | 3 | 51 | 3 | - | - |
| Kennedy | 18 | 4 | 42 | 2 | - | - |
| Sewell | 19 | 4 | 80 | 0 | - | - |
| Gale | 19 | 5 | 66 | 3 | - | - |
| Wiseman | 14 | 1 | 60 | 2 | - | - |
| Richardson | 7 | 1 | 39 | 0 | - | - |
| Otago second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *RA Lawson | lbw b Hamilton | 7 | 41 | 37 | - | - | |
| CB Gaffaney | c Bulfin b Furlong | 12 | 13 | 32 | 1 | - | |
| MM Parker | c Austin b Hamilton | 13 | 38 | 50 | - | - | |
| MP Maynard | c Austin b Hamilton | 6 | 19 | 16 | - | - | |
| MH Richardson | b Hamilton | 7 | 24 | 20 | 1 | - | |
| +MG Croy | not out | 10 | 16 | 24 | 2 | - | |
| SB O'Connor | not out | 12 | 15 | 15 | 1 | - | |
| AJ Gale | did not bat | ||||||
| PJ Wiseman | did not bat | ||||||
| RJ Kennedy | did not bat | ||||||
| DG Sewell | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (4 lb, 6 nb) | 10 | |||||
| Total | (5 wickets, 27.1 overs) | 77 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-22, 2-22, 3-36, 4-52, 5-59 | |||||||
| Central Districts bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls |
| Penn | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | - | - |
| Hamilton | 13 | 3 | 26 | 4 | - | - |
| Furlong | 11 | 1 | 37 | 1 | - | - |
| Garner | 0.1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | - | - |