| a5906 | |
| Venue | Ashburton Domain, Ashburton on 29th December 1988 (50-over match) | 
| Balls per over | 6 | 
| Toss | Central Districts won the toss and decided to field | 
| Result | Canterbury won by 27 runs | 
| Points | Canterbury 2; Central Districts 0 | 
| Umpires | BL Aldridge, PF Carrick | 
| Canterbury innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| DJ Boyle | c Duff b GK Robertson | 0 | 2 | 2 | - | - | 0.00 | 
| JG Wright | st Guthardt b Duff | 49 | 76 | 105 | 7 | - | 64.47 | 
| PE McEwan | c Guthardt b Unwin | 71 | 52 | 59 | 8 | 3 | 136.54 | 
| *RT Latham | c and b Unwin | 3 | 11 | 17 | - | - | 27.27 | 
| PG Kennedy | c Crowe b Unwin | 6 | 19 | 14 | - | - | 31.58 | 
| MW Priest | not out | 16 | 28 | 54 | 1 | - | 57.14 | 
| +LK Germon | c Douglas b O'Dowda | 14 | 15 | 18 | 2 | - | 93.33 | 
| CW Flanagan | c Unwin b O'Dowda | 6 | 8 | 7 | - | - | 75.00 | 
| RG Petrie | b GK Robertson | 0 | 2 | 4 | - | - | 0.00 | 
| AJ Nuttall | not out | 12 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 80.00 | 
| SJ Roberts | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (3 lb, 3 nb, 1 w) | 7 | |||||
| Total | (8 wickets, innings closed, 38 overs) | 184 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-1, 2-102, 3-114, 4-125, 5-133, 6-152, 7-161, 8-163 | |||||||
| Central Districts bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ | 
| GK Robertson | 8 | 1 | 26 | 2 | - | - | 24.00 | 3.25 | 
| Logan | 4 | 0 | 41 | 0 | - | - | - | 10.25 | 
| McKenna | 3 | 1 | 26 | 0 | - | - | - | 8.67 | 
| O'Dowda | 7 | 0 | 47 | 2 | - | - | 21.00 | 6.71 | 
| Unwin | 8 | 0 | 26 | 3 | - | - | 16.00 | 3.25 | 
| Duff | 8 | 2 | 15 | 1 | - | - | 48.00 | 1.88 | 
| Central Districts innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| SP Robertson | c Flanagan b Roberts | 0 | 6 | 4 | - | - | 0.00 | 
| CJP Smith | c Roberts b Latham | 17 | 45 | 83 | 1 | 1 | 37.78 | 
| *MD Crowe | st Germon b Priest | 49 | 52 | 64 | 7 | - | 94.23 | 
| MW Douglas | b Priest | 18 | 40 | 34 | 1 | 1 | 45.00 | 
| SW Duff | c Latham b Priest | 20 | 26 | 33 | 1 | - | 76.92 | 
| GK Robertson | b Flanagan | 4 | 12 | 23 | - | - | 33.33 | 
| +DJ Guthardt | lbw b Flanagan | 1 | 9 | 13 | - | - | 11.11 | 
| PD Unwin | not out | 25 | 16 | 25 | 4 | - | 156.25 | 
| KR O'Dowda | b Flanagan | 1 | 8 | 5 | - | - | 12.50 | 
| TM McKenna | not out | 4 | 12 | 17 | - | - | 33.33 | 
| GR Logan | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (3 b, 9 lb, 1 nb, 5 w) | 18 | |||||
| Total | (8 wickets, innings closed, 38 overs) | 157 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-1, 2-70, 3-76, 4-114, 5-117, 6-124, 7-125, 8-131 | |||||||
| Canterbury bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ | 
| Roberts | 7 | 0 | 36 | 1 | - | - | 42.00 | 5.14 | 
| Flanagan | 8 | 2 | 29 | 3 | - | - | 16.00 | 3.62 | 
| Petrie | 4 | 1 | 17 | 0 | - | - | - | 4.25 | 
| Nuttall | 8 | 1 | 27 | 0 | - | - | - | 3.38 | 
| Priest | 8 | 0 | 29 | 3 | - | - | 16.00 | 3.62 | 
| Latham | 3 | 2 | 7 | 1 | - | - | 18.00 | 2.33 |