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| Venue | WestpacTrust Park, Hamilton on 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th February 1998 (4-day match) | 
| Balls per over | 6 | 
| Toss | Auckland won the toss and decided to bat | 
| Result | Northern Districts won by 3 wickets | 
| Points | Northern Districts 6; Auckland 2 | 
| Umpires | MB Glenny, AL Hill | 
| Close of play day 1 | Auckland (1) 245/9 (Haslam 6*, Drum 6*) | 
| Close of play day 2 | Auckland (2) 47/1 (Forrest 26*, Jones 16*) | 
| Close of play day 3 | Northern Districts (2) 158/5 (MN Hart 45*, Hopkins 11*) | 
| Auckland first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| JC Forrest | c Hopkins b MN Hart | 10 | 64 | 71 | - | - | |
| *BA Pocock | c Young b Tuffey | 32 | 59 | 85 | 3 | - | |
| RA Jones | c RG Hart b Bradburn | 8 | 45 | 61 | 1 | - | |
| AC Barnes | run out | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - | |
| TC Crabb | lbw b Styris | 4 | 14 | 15 | - | - | |
| IS Billcliff | lbw b Tuffey | 94 | 169 | 189 | 10 | 3 | |
| BGK Walker | c RG Hart b Tait | 44 | 119 | 130 | 7 | - | |
| +BJ Lyon | lbw b Tuffey | 5 | 36 | 45 | - | - | |
| KP Walmsley | c MN Hart b Bradburn | 11 | 68 | 86 | - | - | |
| MJ Haslam | not out | 7 | 87 | 102 | 1 | - | |
| CJ Drum | lbw b Styris | 8 | 34 | 34 | 1 | - | |
| Extras | (2 b, 7 lb, 16 nb, 1 w) | 26 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 114.4 overs) | 249 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-39, 2-45, 3-45, 4-51, 5-76, 6-193, 7-215, 8-218, 9-235, 10-249 (114.4 ov) | |||||||
| Northern Districts bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | 
| Tait | 20 | 7 | 46 | 1 | 1 | - | 
| Tuffey | 20 | 8 | 37 | 3 | - | 2 | 
| Styris | 15.4 | 7 | 31 | 2 | - | 1 | 
| MN Hart | 33 | 13 | 64 | 1 | - | 4 | 
| Bradburn | 18 | 6 | 40 | 2 | - | - | 
| Yovich | 8 | 1 | 22 | 0 | - | 1 | 
| Northern Districts first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| BA Young | b Haslam | 13 | 62 | 84 | 1 | - | |
| JAF Yovich | run out | 0 | 0 | 4 | - | - | |
| MD Bailey | run out | 40 | 136 | 181 | 3 | - | |
| ME Parlane | run out | 14 | 51 | 65 | - | - | |
| GE Bradburn | lbw b Walker | 0 | 16 | 17 | - | - | |
| MN Hart | c Haslam b Walker | 29 | 65 | 84 | 2 | - | |
| GJ Hopkins | c Forrest b Haslam | 8 | 32 | 39 | - | - | |
| AR Tait | not out | 38 | 80 | 92 | 6 | - | |
| *+RG Hart | lbw b Barnes | 0 | 2 | 2 | - | - | |
| SB Styris | b Barnes | 9 | 17 | 27 | 1 | - | |
| DR Tuffey | c Lyon b Drum | 7 | 25 | 37 | 1 | - | |
| Extras | (1 b, 6 lb, 2 nb) | 9 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 80.4 overs) | 167 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-1, 2-34, 3-65, 4-69, 5-80, 6-100, 7-120, 8-121, 9-145, 10-167 (80.4 ov) | |||||||
| Auckland bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | 
| Drum | 12.4 | 5 | 20 | 1 | - | - | 
| Walmsley | 15 | 3 | 27 | 0 | - | 1 | 
| Haslam | 22 | 8 | 36 | 2 | - | - | 
| Walker | 21 | 2 | 47 | 2 | - | - | 
| Barnes | 10 | 1 | 30 | 2 | - | - | 
| Auckland second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *BA Pocock | b Tait | 4 | 13 | 15 | 1 | - | |
| JC Forrest | c MN Hart b Bradburn | 28 | 84 | 98 | 3 | - | |
| RA Jones | c RG Hart b Tuffey | 17 | 58 | 69 | 2 | - | |
| AC Barnes | c Bailey b Tait | 32 | 72 | 93 | 5 | - | |
| TC Crabb | c RG Hart b Tait | 0 | 31 | 29 | - | - | |
| IS Billcliff | c Young b Bradburn | 3 | 17 | 16 | - | - | |
| BGK Walker | c Young b MN Hart | 2 | 62 | 52 | - | - | |
| +BJ Lyon | c Styris b Bradburn | 8 | 70 | 70 | - | - | |
| KP Walmsley | lbw b Tuffey | 6 | 20 | 24 | - | - | |
| MJ Haslam | c Hopkins b MN Hart | 1 | 8 | 8 | - | - | |
| CJ Drum | not out | 7 | 9 | 15 | 1 | - | |
| Extras | (3 b, 2 lb, 4 nb) | 9 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 72 overs) | 117 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-7, 2-48, 3-52, 4-61, 5-72, 6-87, 7-90, 8-107, 9-108, 10-117 (72 ov) | |||||||
| Northern Districts bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | 
| Tuffey | 14 | 4 | 32 | 2 | - | 1 | 
| Tait | 15 | 7 | 27 | 3 | - | - | 
| MN Hart | 17 | 7 | 21 | 2 | - | 1 | 
| Styris | 5 | 2 | 12 | 0 | - | - | 
| Bradburn | 20 | 10 | 20 | 3 | - | - | 
| Bailey | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 
| Northern Districts second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| BA Young | c Crabb b Walmsley | 33 | 49 | 72 | 4 | - | |
| JAF Yovich | c Crabb b Walmsley | 14 | 55 | 83 | 2 | - | |
| MD Bailey | c Lyon b Haslam | 24 | 79 | 109 | 2 | - | |
| ME Parlane | c Lyon b Walmsley | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - | |
| GE Bradburn | lbw b Walmsley | 15 | 21 | 23 | 3 | - | |
| MN Hart | b Walmsley | 55 | 117 | 174 | 6 | - | |
| GJ Hopkins | lbw b Walmsley | 11 | 57 | 79 | 1 | - | |
| AR Tait | not out | 16 | 64 | 73 | 1 | - | |
| *+RG Hart | not out | 17 | 37 | 51 | 3 | - | |
| SB Styris | did not bat | ||||||
| DR Tuffey | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (6 b, 9 lb, 2 nb) | 17 | |||||
| Total | (7 wickets, 79.5 overs) | 202 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-48, 2-55, 3-55, 4-83, 5-121, 6-160, 7-169 | |||||||
| Auckland bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | 
| Drum | 15 | 1 | 43 | 0 | - | - | 
| Walmsley | 21 | 5 | 49 | 6 | - | - | 
| Haslam | 30.5 | 9 | 62 | 1 | - | - | 
| Walker | 6 | 1 | 21 | 0 | - | - | 
| Barnes | 7 | 3 | 12 | 0 | - | - |