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| Venue | Eden Park, Auckland on 7th, 8th, 9th January 1979 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 8 |
| Toss | Canterbury won the toss and decided to field |
| Result | Auckland won by 66 runs |
| Points | Auckland 17 (Batting 5); Canterbury 4 (Batting 3, Bowling 1) |
| Umpires | DHV Bindon, BV Denison |
| Close of play day 1 | Canterbury (1) 130/1 (BG Hadlee 78*, Parker 35*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Auckland (2) 214/4 (Burgess 31*, Vivian 5*) |
| Player of the Match | MG Burgess |
| Auckland first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| PN Webb | c Ryan b McEwan | 74 | |||||
| AEW Parsons | c Ryan b McEwan | 87 | |||||
| JF Reid | c Cummins b McEwan | 1 | |||||
| MG Burgess | not out | 102 | |||||
| JR Wiltshire | not out | 38 | |||||
| *GE Vivian | did not bat | ||||||
| JM McIntyre | did not bat | ||||||
| LW Stott | did not bat | ||||||
| GB Troup | did not bat | ||||||
| +CL Wallace | did not bat | ||||||
| JAJ Cushen | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (1 b, 5 lb, 7 nb, 1 w) | 14 | |||||
| Total | (3 wickets, declared, 63.7 overs) | 316 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-155, 2-169, 3-180 | |||||||
| Canterbury bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| RJ Hadlee | 11 | 0 | 64 | 0 | - | - | |
| Bateman | 10.7 | 2 | 54 | 0 | - | - | |
| Cummins | 8 | 1 | 52 | 0 | - | - | |
| Brown | 6 | 0 | 29 | 0 | - | - | |
| Stead | 17 | 0 | 78 | 0 | - | - | |
| McEwan | 11 | 5 | 25 | 3 | - | - | |
| Canterbury first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| BG Hadlee | not out | 160 | |||||
| GB Smith | c Wallace b Cushen | 11 | |||||
| NM Parker | c Burgess b Stott | 89 | |||||
| PE McEwan | b Cushen | 28 | |||||
| RW Fulton | did not bat | ||||||
| *+ML Ryan | did not bat | ||||||
| DW Stead | did not bat | ||||||
| VR Brown | did not bat | ||||||
| RJ Hadlee | did not bat | ||||||
| SN Bateman | did not bat | ||||||
| GI Cummins | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (4 b, 9 lb, 6 nb, 1 w) | 20 | |||||
| Total | (3 wickets, declared, 80.7 overs) | 308 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-51, 2-230, 3-308 (80.7 ov) | |||||||
| Auckland bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Troup | 12 | 0 | 57 | 0 | - | - | |
| Cushen | 18.7 | 2 | 74 | 2 | - | - | |
| Stott | 26 | 7 | 95 | 1 | - | - | |
| McIntyre | 23 | 7 | 55 | 0 | - | - | |
| Vivian | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | - | - | |
| Auckland second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| PN Webb | c Stead b RJ Hadlee | 9 | |||||
| AEW Parsons | b Bateman | 90 | |||||
| JF Reid | c and b Brown | 44 | |||||
| JR Wiltshire | b Stead | 19 | |||||
| MG Burgess | c RJ Hadlee b Cummins | 56 | |||||
| *GE Vivian | not out | 43 | |||||
| JM McIntyre | lbw b RJ Hadlee | 0 | |||||
| LW Stott | lbw b McEwan | 16 | |||||
| GB Troup | not out | 13 | |||||
| +CL Wallace | did not bat | ||||||
| JAJ Cushen | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (13 b, 5 lb, 2 nb, 5 w) | 25 | |||||
| Total | (7 wickets, declared, 82 overs) | 315 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-12, 2-157, 3-157, 4-194, 5-257, 6-266, 7-291 | |||||||
| Canterbury bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| RJ Hadlee | 14 | 4 | 46 | 2 | - | - | |
| Bateman | 13 | 2 | 45 | 1 | - | - | |
| Cummins | 13 | 4 | 32 | 1 | - | - | |
| Brown | 14 | 3 | 66 | 1 | - | - | |
| Stead | 23 | 3 | 75 | 1 | - | - | |
| McEwan | 5 | 1 | 26 | 1 | - | - | |
| Canterbury second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| BG Hadlee | c Reid b Troup | 27 | |||||
| GB Smith | b McIntyre | 31 | |||||
| PE McEwan | c Stott b Troup | 10 | |||||
| RW Fulton | b Burgess | 68 | |||||
| *+ML Ryan | lbw b Troup | 1 | |||||
| DW Stead | c Vivian b Burgess | 68 | |||||
| VR Brown | b McIntyre | 20 | |||||
| RJ Hadlee | run out | 1 | |||||
| SN Bateman | not out | 6 | |||||
| NM Parker | c Wallace b Cushen | 9 | |||||
| GI Cummins | lbw b Cushen | 2 | |||||
| Extras | (3 b, 4 lb, 5 nb, 2 w) | 14 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 72 overs) | 257 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-54, 2-67, 3-81, 4-82, 5-202, 6-229, 7-232, 8-240, 9-255, 10-257 (72 ov) | |||||||
| Auckland bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Troup | 14 | 5 | 37 | 3 | - | - | |
| Cushen | 10 | 1 | 29 | 2 | - | - | |
| McIntyre | 13 | 4 | 31 | 2 | - | - | |
| Vivian | 13 | 1 | 55 | 0 | - | - | |
| Webb | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | - | - | |
| Burgess | 19 | 2 | 71 | 2 | - | - | |
| Parsons | 2 | 0 | 15 | 0 | - | - | |