| f30941 | |
| Venue | McLean Park, Napier on 15th, 16th, 17th January 1976 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 8 |
| Toss | Central Districts won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Indians won by 6 wickets |
| Umpires | DEA Copps, HT Stratford |
| Close of play day 1 | Indians (1) 79/5 (Patel 13*, Amarnath 16*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Central Districts (2) 74/3 (Shrimpton 25*, Neal 23*) |
| Central Districts first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *DH Payton | c and b Madan Lal | 10 | |||||
| +GN Edwards | lbw b Prasanna | 43 | |||||
| RW Ormiston | c Sharma b Bedi | 12 | |||||
| MJF Shrimpton | b Prasanna | 12 | |||||
| DW Neal | b Bedi | 15 | |||||
| RA Pierce | c and b Prasanna | 9 | |||||
| RW Hutchison | c Amarnath b Bedi | 13 | |||||
| LW Downes | not out | 26 | |||||
| BL Cairns | b Bedi | 2 | |||||
| DR O'Sullivan | c Madan Lal b Prasanna | 5 | |||||
| AB Jordan | c Kirmani b Prasanna | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (3 lb, 2 nb) | 5 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 57.7 overs) | 152 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-39, 2-67, 3-67, 4-88, 5-100, 6-113, 7-121, 8-131, 9-146, 10-152 (57.7 ov) | |||||||
| Indians bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Amarnath | 6 | 1 | 12 | 0 | - | - | |
| Solkar | 8 | 1 | 30 | 0 | - | - | |
| Madan Lal | 5 | 0 | 15 | 1 | - | - | |
| Prasanna | 20.7 | 3 | 57 | 5 | - | - | |
| Bedi | 18 | 3 | 33 | 4 | - | - | |
| Indians first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| SM Gavaskar | c Downes b Jordan | 0 | |||||
| PH Sharma | c Payton b O'Sullivan | 13 | |||||
| AD Gaekwad | b Cairns | 7 | |||||
| GR Viswanath | c Hutchison b Cairns | 25 | |||||
| BP Patel | run out | 46 | |||||
| ED Solkar | lbw b Cairns | 3 | |||||
| M Amarnath | lbw b Jordan | 83 | |||||
| Madan Lal | c Payton b O'Sullivan | 7 | |||||
| +SMH Kirmani | not out | 41 | |||||
| EAS Prasanna | c Ormiston b O'Sullivan | 23 | |||||
| *BS Bedi | c Jordan b Hutchison | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (6 b, 2 lb, 3 nb) | 11 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 81.6 overs) | 259 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-0, 2-8, 3-48, 4-48, 5-57, 6-147, 7-175, 8-204, 9-258, 10-259 (81.6 ov) | |||||||
| Central Districts bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Jordan | 16 | 1 | 69 | 2 | - | - | |
| Cairns | 28 | 5 | 78 | 3 | - | - | |
| O'Sullivan | 26 | 5 | 65 | 3 | - | - | |
| Hutchison | 8.6 | 2 | 23 | 1 | - | - | |
| Pierce | 3 | 0 | 13 | 0 | - | - | |
| Central Districts second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *DH Payton | c Kirmani b Bedi | 3 | |||||
| +GN Edwards | c Patel b Solkar | 13 | |||||
| RW Ormiston | lbw b Prasanna | 7 | |||||
| MJF Shrimpton | c Bedi b Prasanna | 55 | |||||
| DW Neal | lbw b Prasanna | 47 | |||||
| RA Pierce | c Gavaskar b Bedi | 1 | |||||
| RW Hutchison | c Gavaskar b Bedi | 0 | |||||
| LW Downes | c Amarnath b Prasanna | 4 | |||||
| BL Cairns | b Bedi | 58 | |||||
| DR O'Sullivan | c Madan Lal b Prasanna | 11 | |||||
| AB Jordan | not out | 8 | |||||
| Extras | (6 b, 1 lb) | 7 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 76 overs) | 214 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-14, 2-19, 3-37, 4-100, 5-101, 6-101, 7-110, 8-193, 9-195, 10-214 (76 ov) | |||||||
| Indians bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Solkar | 10 | 3 | 27 | 1 | - | - | |
| Madan Lal | 5 | 3 | 10 | 0 | - | - | |
| Prasanna | 30 | 6 | 87 | 5 | - | - | |
| Bedi | 31 | 9 | 83 | 4 | - | - | |
| Indians second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| SM Gavaskar | c Shrimpton b Cairns | 2 | |||||
| PH Sharma | not out | 62 | |||||
| AD Gaekwad | c Edwards b O'Sullivan | 17 | |||||
| GR Viswanath | c Payton b O'Sullivan | 3 | |||||
| BP Patel | c sub b Shrimpton | 9 | |||||
| M Amarnath | not out | 10 | |||||
| ED Solkar | did not bat | ||||||
| Madan Lal | did not bat | ||||||
| +SMH Kirmani | did not bat | ||||||
| EAS Prasanna | did not bat | ||||||
| *BS Bedi | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (5 b) | 5 | |||||
| Total | (4 wickets, 34.7 overs) | 108 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-3, 2-37, 3-41, 4-68 | |||||||
| Central Districts bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Jordan | 4 | 0 | 14 | 0 | - | - | |
| Cairns | 4 | 0 | 17 | 1 | - | - | |
| O'Sullivan | 15 | 6 | 29 | 2 | - | - | |
| Hutchison | 2.7 | 0 | 12 | 0 | - | - | |
| Shrimpton | 9 | 0 | 31 | 1 | - | - | |