| a10934 | |
| Venue | Fitzherbert Park, Palmerston North on 8th January 1998 (50-over match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Otago won the toss and decided to field |
| Result | Otago won by 6 wickets |
| Points | Central Districts 0; Otago 2 |
| Umpires | AL Hill, EA Watkin |
| Central Districts innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| GS Milnes | c Reekers b Austen | 38 | 79 | 117 | 4 | - | 48.10 |
| MW Douglas | c Maynard b Sewell | 9 | 19 | 25 | 1 | - | 47.37 |
| JDP Oram | c sub b Gale | 11 | 12 | 11 | 2 | - | 91.67 |
| +MS Sinclair | c Croy b Reekers | 15 | 30 | 53 | - | - | 50.00 |
| *MJ Greatbatch | lbw b Austen | 1 | 5 | 3 | - | - | 20.00 |
| GP Sulzberger | b Sewell | 51 | 85 | 118 | 2 | - | 60.00 |
| RK Brown | c Croy b Reekers | 8 | 11 | 11 | 1 | - | 72.73 |
| CJM Furlong | not out | 62 | 59 | 84 | 4 | 3 | 105.08 |
| DC Blake | did not bat | ||||||
| CE Bulfin | did not bat | ||||||
| LJ Hamilton | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (6 lb, 19 w) | 25 | |||||
| Total | (7 wickets, innings closed, 50 overs) | 220 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-19, 2-31, 3-77, 4-78, 5-100, 6-111, 7-220 (50 ov) | |||||||
| Otago bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ |
| Kennedy | 10 | 1 | 33 | 0 | 1 | - | - | 3.30 |
| Sewell | 10 | 0 | 63 | 2 | 3 | - | 30.00 | 6.30 |
| Gale | 10 | 0 | 53 | 1 | 6 | - | 60.00 | 5.30 |
| Austen | 10 | 1 | 33 | 2 | 5 | - | 30.00 | 3.30 |
| Reekers | 10 | 0 | 32 | 2 | 4 | - | 30.00 | 3.20 |
| Otago innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| CB Gaffaney | run out | 20 | 19 | 27 | 2 | - | 105.26 |
| MH Richardson | c Bulfin b Furlong | 106 | 111 | 156 | 14 | 1 | 95.50 |
| MH Austen | c Sinclair b Brown | 10 | 45 | 54 | - | - | 22.22 |
| *RA Lawson | c sub b Hamilton | 39 | 78 | 89 | 2 | - | 50.00 |
| MP Maynard | not out | 27 | 29 | 29 | 4 | - | 93.10 |
| DJ Reekers | not out | 1 | 1 | 3 | - | - | 100.00 |
| +MG Croy | did not bat | ||||||
| PJ Wiseman | did not bat | ||||||
| AJ Gale | did not bat | ||||||
| RJ Kennedy | did not bat | ||||||
| DG Sewell | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (10 lb, 6 nb, 2 w) | 18 | |||||
| Total | (4 wickets, 46.5 overs) | 221 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-49, 2-112, 3-177, 4-213 | |||||||
| Central Districts bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ |
| Bulfin | 6 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 1 | - | - | 4.83 |
| Blake | 8 | 1 | 51 | 0 | - | 3 | - | 6.38 |
| Hamilton | 5 | 0 | 35 | 1 | - | - | 30.00 | 7.00 |
| Sulzberger | 7.5 | 0 | 43 | 0 | - | - | - | 5.49 |
| Furlong | 10 | 2 | 26 | 1 | - | - | 60.00 | 2.60 |
| Brown | 10 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 1 | - | 60.00 | 2.70 |