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| Venue | Eden Park Outer Oval, Auckland on 15th, 16th, 17th March 1997 (4-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Auckland won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Northern Districts won by 10 wickets |
| Points | Auckland 0; Northern Districts 12 |
| Umpires | AL Hill, CE King |
| Scorer | PJ Neazor |
| Close of play day 1 | Northern Districts (1) 123/3 (Bailey 18*, Bradburn 12*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Auckland (2) 87/5 (Jones 45*, Barton 5*) |
| Auckland first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| JC Forrest | lbw b Bradburn | 26 | 60 | 87 | 3 | - | |
| *JTC Vaughan | c RG Hart b Yovich | 8 | 14 | 17 | 2 | - | |
| RA Jones | c RG Hart b Yovich | 5 | 4 | 8 | 1 | - | |
| SM Lynch | lbw b Yovich | 8 | 5 | 6 | 2 | - | |
| AC Barnes | c Bradburn b Tuffey | 81 | 126 | 122 | 17 | - | |
| RT King | lbw b Tuffey | 15 | 71 | 77 | 3 | - | |
| HD Barton | c RG Hart b Tait | 0 | 12 | 15 | - | - | |
| +RJR Irving | c O'Dowd b Yovich | 15 | 24 | 26 | 3 | - | |
| DK Morrison | c O'Dowd b Bradburn | 8 | 29 | 45 | 1 | - | |
| MJ Haslam | not out | 17 | 35 | 49 | 1 | 1 | |
| CJ Drum | c Parlane b Yovich | 20 | 24 | 23 | 3 | 1 | |
| Extras | (5 b, 13 lb, 8 nb) | 26 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 66.4 overs) | 229 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-13, 2-21, 3-35, 4-89, 5-158, 6-163, 7-163, 8-179, 9-195, 10-229 (66.4 ov) | |||||||
| Northern Districts bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls |
| Yovich | 11.4 | 1 | 66 | 5 | - | 3 |
| Tait | 15 | 5 | 51 | 1 | - | - |
| Tuffey | 14 | 5 | 60 | 2 | - | 1 |
| Bradburn | 17 | 9 | 24 | 2 | - | - |
| MN Hart | 9 | 5 | 10 | 0 | - | - |
| Northern Districts first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| MD Bell | lbw b Haslam | 36 | 77 | 94 | 5 | - | |
| ME Parlane | c Irving b Barnes | 34 | 49 | 81 | 5 | - | |
| AP O'Dowd | c Jones b Haslam | 1 | 21 | 26 | - | - | |
| MD Bailey | lbw b Drum | 25 | 96 | 98 | 2 | - | |
| GE Bradburn | c King b Morrison | 88 | 172 | 247 | 11 | 1 | |
| DJ Nash | c King b Vaughan | 13 | 61 | 88 | 1 | - | |
| MN Hart | c Barnes b Barton | 61 | 91 | 117 | 11 | - | |
| JAF Yovich | lbw b Morrison | 7 | 18 | 23 | - | - | |
| *+RG Hart | b Morrison | 1 | 6 | 11 | - | - | |
| AR Tait | c Forrest b Drum | 36 | 44 | 55 | 2 | 3 | |
| DR Tuffey | not out | 21 | 28 | 47 | 2 | 1 | |
| Extras | (17 b, 9 lb, 2 nb) | 28 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 110.4 overs) | 351 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-82, 2-82, 3-83, 4-132, 5-189, 6-271, 7-287, 8-289, 9-295, 10-351 (110.4 ov) | |||||||
| Auckland bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls |
| Morrison | 24 | 6 | 66 | 3 | - | - |
| Drum | 17.4 | 6 | 39 | 2 | - | - |
| Vaughan | 18 | 3 | 79 | 1 | - | - |
| Barnes | 18 | 5 | 47 | 1 | - | 1 |
| Haslam | 20 | 8 | 44 | 2 | - | - |
| Barton | 13 | 1 | 50 | 1 | - | - |
| Auckland second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| JC Forrest | b Tait | 2 | 27 | 27 | - | - | |
| *JTC Vaughan | c Bradburn b Tait | 4 | 4 | 10 | 1 | - | |
| RA Jones | c MN Hart b Bradburn | 79 | 178 | 230 | 8 | - | |
| SM Lynch | b Tait | 8 | 11 | 10 | 2 | - | |
| AC Barnes | c Bell b Bradburn | 11 | 37 | 62 | 1 | - | |
| RT King | c O'Dowd b Bradburn | 4 | 21 | 26 | - | - | |
| HD Barton | b MN Hart | 26 | 58 | 70 | 3 | - | |
| +RJR Irving | c Bradburn b MN Hart | 1 | 19 | 31 | - | - | |
| DK Morrison | not out | 22 | 30 | 30 | 4 | - | |
| MJ Haslam | c RG Hart b Bradburn | 9 | 7 | 7 | 2 | - | |
| CJ Drum | c Bradburn b MN Hart | 2 | 11 | 12 | - | - | |
| Extras | (4 lb, 8 nb) | 12 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 69.5 overs) | 180 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-7, 2-14, 3-24, 4-68, 5-82, 6-133, 7-145, 8-157, 9-167, 10-180 (69.5 ov) | |||||||
| Northern Districts bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls |
| Tait | 17 | 5 | 29 | 3 | - | - |
| Tuffey | 12 | 1 | 34 | 0 | - | 2 |
| Yovich | 11 | 1 | 47 | 0 | - | 2 |
| Bradburn | 19 | 7 | 40 | 4 | - | - |
| MN Hart | 10.5 | 2 | 26 | 3 | - | - |
| Northern Districts second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| MD Bell | not out | 26 | 41 | 60 | 4 | 1 | |
| AP O'Dowd | not out | 31 | 42 | 60 | 4 | - | |
| ME Parlane | did not bat | ||||||
| MD Bailey | did not bat | ||||||
| GE Bradburn | did not bat | ||||||
| DJ Nash | did not bat | ||||||
| MN Hart | did not bat | ||||||
| JAF Yovich | did not bat | ||||||
| *+RG Hart | did not bat | ||||||
| AR Tait | did not bat | ||||||
| DR Tuffey | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (2 lb) | 2 | |||||
| Total | (no wicket, 60 minutes, 13.5 overs) | 59 | |||||
| Auckland bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls |
| Morrison | 5 | 2 | 12 | 0 | - | - |
| Drum | 5 | 0 | 30 | 0 | - | - |
| Barnes | 3.5 | 0 | 15 | 0 | - | - |