| a5508 | |
| Venue | Blake Park, Mount Maunganui on 28th December 1987 (50-over match) | 
| Balls per over | 6 | 
| Toss | Central Districts won the toss and decided to bat | 
| Result | Central Districts won by 118 runs | 
| Points | Northern Districts 0; Central Districts 2 | 
| Umpires | GIJ Cowan, DB Cowie | 
| Central Districts innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| *IR Snook | c Barrett b Cairns | 52 | 137 | 145 | 2 | - | 37.96 | 
| SP Robertson | c Bradburn b Ward | 6 | 12 | 9 | 1 | - | 50.00 | 
| MJ Greatbatch | c Kuggeleijn b Ward | 33 | 57 | 86 | 2 | 1 | 57.89 | 
| RJ Harden | c Hick b Ward | 3 | 4 | 9 | - | - | 75.00 | 
| +TE Blain | not out | 42 | 53 | 83 | 1 | 1 | 79.25 | 
| SW Duff | c Young b Cairns | 0 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 0.00 | 
| SJ Gill | c and b Cairns | 2 | 5 | 7 | - | - | 40.00 | 
| GK Robertson | b Bradburn | 37 | 33 | 33 | 1 | 1 | 112.12 | 
| KW Martin | not out | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | - | 50.00 | 
| DA Stirling | did not bat | ||||||
| GR Logan | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (8 b, 6 lb, 4 w) | 18 | |||||
| Total | (7 wickets, innings closed, 50 overs) | 194 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-9, 2-81, 3-88, 4-125, 5-125, 6-129, 7-188 | |||||||
| Northern Districts bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ | 
| Ward | 10 | 4 | 18 | 3 | - | - | 20.00 | 1.80 | 
| Beard | 10 | 3 | 26 | 0 | - | - | - | 2.60 | 
| Cairns | 10 | 1 | 34 | 3 | - | - | 20.00 | 3.40 | 
| Barrett | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 | - | - | - | 6.00 | 
| Hick | 8 | 0 | 27 | 0 | - | - | - | 3.38 | 
| Kuggeleijn | 2 | 0 | 16 | 0 | - | - | - | 8.00 | 
| Bradburn | 8 | 0 | 47 | 1 | - | - | 48.00 | 5.88 | 
| Northern Districts innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| LM Crocker | c SP Robertson b GK Robertson | 13 | 17 | 25 | 1 | - | 76.47 | 
| DJ White | lbw b GK Robertson | 6 | 30 | 31 | 1 | - | 20.00 | 
| GA Hick | b Gill | 10 | 23 | 37 | 2 | - | 43.48 | 
| GE Bradburn | b GK Robertson | 0 | 3 | 2 | - | - | 0.00 | 
| BG Cooper | c Blain b Stirling | 21 | 49 | 71 | - | - | 42.86 | 
| +BA Young | b Gill | 1 | 8 | 8 | - | - | 12.50 | 
| CM Kuggeleijn | run out | 1 | 6 | 13 | - | - | 16.67 | 
| *BL Cairns | c Blain b Stirling | 7 | 9 | 9 | 1 | - | 77.78 | 
| DA Beard | b Logan | 4 | 28 | 31 | - | - | 14.29 | 
| BP Ward | c Snook b Stirling | 3 | 10 | 24 | - | - | 30.00 | 
| BJ Barrett | not out | 2 | 5 | 5 | - | - | 40.00 | 
| Extras | (4 lb, 1 nb, 3 w) | 8 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 30.3 overs) | 76 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-19, 2-20, 3-20, 4-43, 5-47, 6-52, 7-61, 8-66, 9-74, 10-76 (30.3 ov) | |||||||
| Central Districts bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ | 
| GK Robertson | 6 | 1 | 21 | 3 | - | - | 12.00 | 3.50 | 
| Logan | 8 | 1 | 13 | 1 | - | - | 48.00 | 1.62 | 
| Martin | 5 | 0 | 9 | 0 | - | - | - | 1.80 | 
| Gill | 7 | 0 | 20 | 2 | - | - | 21.00 | 2.86 | 
| Stirling | 4.3 | 0 | 9 | 3 | - | - | 9.00 | 2.00 |