| a10887 | |
| Venue | Eden Park, Auckland on 26th December 1997 (50-over match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Auckland won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Northern Districts won by 8 wickets |
| Points | Auckland 0; Northern Districts 2 |
| Umpires | BF Bowden, DB Cowie |
| Player of the Match | AC Parore |
| Auckland innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| AC Barnes | c Bradburn b Nash | 1 | 11 | 14 | - | - | 9.09 |
| RA Jones | st RG Hart b Bradburn | 45 | 87 | 119 | 4 | - | 51.72 |
| GA Hick | c RG Hart b Doull | 1 | 6 | 6 | - | - | 16.67 |
| SM Lynch | c RG Hart b Doull | 0 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 0.00 |
| +AC Parore | c MN Hart b Nash | 72 | 119 | 157 | 3 | - | 60.50 |
| IS Billcliff | b Nash | 47 | 63 | 71 | 5 | - | 74.60 |
| HD Barton | not out | 4 | 7 | 15 | - | - | 57.14 |
| AR Adams | run out | 8 | 5 | 5 | 1 | - | 160.00 |
| *C Pringle | did not bat | ||||||
| MJ Haslam | did not bat | ||||||
| KP Walmsley | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (10 lb, 4 nb, 4 w) | 18 | |||||
| Total | (7 wickets, innings closed, 50 overs) | 196 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-7 (Barnes), 2-8 (Hick), 3-8 (Lynch), 4-94, 5-170, 6-184, 7-196 (50 ov) | |||||||
| Northern Districts bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ |
| Doull | 8 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 1 | - | 24.00 | 1.62 |
| Nash | 10 | 0 | 39 | 3 | 3 | - | 20.00 | 3.90 |
| Tait | 10 | 2 | 46 | 0 | - | 1 | - | 4.60 |
| Vettori | 10 | 1 | 33 | 0 | - | - | - | 3.30 |
| MN Hart | 8 | 1 | 39 | 0 | - | 1 | - | 4.88 |
| Bradburn | 4 | 0 | 16 | 1 | - | - | 24.00 | 4.00 |
| Northern Districts innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| BA Young | not out | 85 | 107 | 178 | 9 | 1 | 79.44 |
| ME Parlane | st Parore b Haslam | 59 | 86 | 98 | 7 | 1 | 68.60 |
| MD Bailey | c Hick b Barton | 12 | 35 | 27 | - | - | 34.29 |
| GJ Hopkins | not out | 24 | 45 | 51 | 3 | - | 53.33 |
| MN Hart | did not bat | ||||||
| GE Bradburn | did not bat | ||||||
| *+RG Hart | did not bat | ||||||
| DJ Nash | did not bat | ||||||
| DL Vettori | did not bat | ||||||
| AR Tait | did not bat | ||||||
| SB Doull | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (4 lb, 2 nb, 14 w) | 20 | |||||
| Total | (2 wickets, 45.2 overs) | 200 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-103 (Parlane), 2-127 (Bailey) | |||||||
| Auckland bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ |
| Walmsley | 9 | 1 | 34 | 0 | 2 | - | - | 3.78 |
| Adams | 8.2 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 3 | - | - | 4.56 |
| Barnes | 2 | 0 | 17 | 0 | - | 1 | - | 8.50 |
| Haslam | 10 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 1 | - | 60.00 | 2.70 |
| Pringle | 7 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 1 | - | - | 3.29 |
| Barton | 5 | 0 | 37 | 1 | - | - | 30.00 | 7.40 |
| Hick | 4 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 1 | - | - | 5.00 |