| a10888 | |
| Venue | Lancaster Park, Christchurch on 26th December 1997 (50-over match) (day/night) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Otago won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Canterbury won by 7 wickets |
| Points | Canterbury 2; Otago 0 |
| Umpires | CE King, PR Williams |
| Otago innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| CB Gaffaney | b Priest | 49 | 42 | 46 | 5 | 2 | 116.67 |
| MH Richardson | c Germon b Allott | 16 | 40 | 60 | 1 | - | 40.00 |
| MH Austen | b Astle | 57 | 106 | 126 | 4 | - | 53.77 |
| MJ Horne | b Astle | 44 | 58 | 67 | 5 | - | 75.86 |
| MP Maynard | not out | 43 | 45 | 54 | 3 | - | 95.56 |
| DJ Reekers | run out | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | - | 0.00 |
| *RA Lawson | not out | 6 | 10 | 7 | - | - | 60.00 |
| +MG Croy | did not bat | ||||||
| PJ Wiseman | did not bat | ||||||
| SB O'Connor | did not bat | ||||||
| RJ Kennedy | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (2 lb, 2 nb, 2 w) | 6 | |||||
| Total | (5 wickets, innings closed, 50 overs) | 221 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-63 (Gaffaney), 2-73 (Richardson), 3-145 (Horne), 4-203 (Austen), 5-203 (Reekers) | |||||||
| Canterbury bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ |
| Wisneski | 6 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 1 | - | - | 6.33 |
| Cairns | 10 | 1 | 36 | 0 | - | - | - | 3.60 |
| Priest | 8 | 0 | 39 | 1 | - | - | 48.00 | 4.88 |
| Allott | 4 | 0 | 21 | 1 | - | 1 | 24.00 | 5.25 |
| Harris | 10 | 1 | 30 | 0 | - | - | - | 3.00 |
| Astle | 10 | 1 | 43 | 2 | 1 | - | 30.00 | 4.30 |
| McMillan | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 | - | - | - | 6.00 |
| Canterbury innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| LG Howell | c Kennedy b Reekers | 60 | 77 | 84 | 5 | 1 | 77.92 |
| NJ Astle | c Maynard b Wiseman | 19 | 31 | 49 | 3 | - | 61.29 |
| CD McMillan | not out | 79 | 98 | 132 | 8 | - | 80.61 |
| SP Fleming | lbw b O'Connor | 52 | 61 | 83 | 3 | 1 | 85.25 |
| CL Cairns | not out | 1 | 2 | 13 | - | - | 50.00 |
| CZ Harris | did not bat | ||||||
| DJ Murray | did not bat | ||||||
| *+LK Germon | did not bat | ||||||
| MW Priest | did not bat | ||||||
| WA Wisneski | did not bat | ||||||
| GI Allott | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (6 lb, 4 nb, 3 w) | 13 | |||||
| Total | (3 wickets, 44.2 overs) | 224 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-69 (Astle), 2-101 (Howell), 3-201 (Fleming) | |||||||
| Otago bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ |
| O'Connor | 7.2 | 0 | 43 | 1 | - | 1 | 44.00 | 5.86 |
| Kennedy | 9 | 0 | 47 | 0 | - | 1 | - | 5.22 |
| Wiseman | 10 | 1 | 45 | 1 | - | - | 60.00 | 4.50 |
| Reekers | 10 | 1 | 45 | 1 | 3 | - | 60.00 | 4.50 |
| Richardson | 5 | 0 | 29 | 0 | - | - | - | 5.80 |
| Horne | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0 | - | - | - | 3.00 |