| a10915 | |
| Venue | Eden Park Outer Oval, Auckland on 3rd January 1998 (50-over match) | 
| Balls per over | 6 | 
| Toss | Auckland won the toss and decided to field | 
| Result | Central Districts won by 83 runs | 
| Points | Auckland 0; Central Districts 2 | 
| Umpires | DB Cowie, MB Glenny | 
| Central Districts innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| GS Milnes | c and b Hick | 20 | 39 | 57 | 4 | - | 51.28 | 
| MW Douglas | c Lyon b Walmsley | 2 | 9 | 10 | - | - | 22.22 | 
| JDP Oram | run out | 127 | 132 | 170 | 17 | - | 96.21 | 
| +MS Sinclair | c Lyon b Hick | 10 | 16 | 22 | 1 | - | 62.50 | 
| *MJ Greatbatch | c Stephens b Walmsley | 52 | 69 | 85 | 6 | - | 75.36 | 
| GP Sulzberger | run out | 1 | 1 | 3 | - | - | 100.00 | 
| MDJ Walker | b Stephens | 11 | 16 | 20 | 1 | - | 68.75 | 
| CJM Furlong | not out | 14 | 14 | 19 | - | 1 | 100.00 | 
| DC Blake | lbw b Pringle | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 0.00 | 
| CE Bulfin | not out | 3 | 5 | 7 | - | - | 60.00 | 
| LJ Hamilton | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (7 lb, 2 nb, 12 w) | 21 | |||||
| Total | (8 wickets, innings closed, 50 overs) | 261 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-3, 2-75, 3-104, 4-219, 5-226, 6-241, 7-248, 8-249 | |||||||
| Auckland bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ | 
| Walmsley | 10 | 0 | 61 | 2 | - | 1 | 30.00 | 6.10 | 
| Adams | 8 | 1 | 41 | 0 | 2 | - | - | 5.12 | 
| Stephens | 8 | 0 | 46 | 1 | 1 | - | 48.00 | 5.75 | 
| Pringle | 8 | 0 | 37 | 1 | 1 | - | 48.00 | 4.62 | 
| Hick | 10 | 0 | 28 | 2 | 5 | - | 30.00 | 2.80 | 
| Potter | 6 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 3 | - | - | 6.83 | 
| Auckland innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| AC Barnes | c Sinclair b Blake | 20 | 28 | 35 | 4 | - | 71.43 | 
| JC Forrest | lbw b Blake | 0 | 4 | 7 | - | - | 0.00 | 
| GA Hick | c Oram b Bulfin | 9 | 20 | 31 | 2 | - | 45.00 | 
| SM Lynch | b Sulzberger | 28 | 62 | 86 | 1 | - | 45.16 | 
| DF Potter | c Blake b Hamilton | 5 | 15 | 17 | 1 | - | 33.33 | 
| IS Billcliff | b Furlong | 28 | 53 | 55 | 2 | - | 52.83 | 
| +BJ Lyon | run out | 22 | 51 | 72 | 1 | - | 43.14 | 
| *C Pringle | b Hamilton | 9 | 14 | 12 | - | 1 | 64.29 | 
| AR Adams | c Oram b Furlong | 13 | 9 | 5 | 3 | - | 144.44 | 
| MJ Stephens | lbw b Hamilton | 2 | 5 | 8 | - | - | 40.00 | 
| KP Walmsley | not out | 26 | 26 | 35 | 3 | - | 100.00 | 
| Extras | (6 lb, 2 nb, 8 w) | 16 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 48.2 overs) | 178 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-0, 2-25, 3-29, 4-35, 5-88, 6-98, 7-115, 8-128, 9-131, 10-178 (48.2 ov) | |||||||
| Central Districts bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ | 
| Bulfin | 9.2 | 2 | 34 | 1 | - | 1 | 56.00 | 3.64 | 
| Blake | 9 | 2 | 32 | 2 | 1 | - | 27.00 | 3.56 | 
| Hamilton | 10 | 1 | 33 | 3 | - | - | 20.00 | 3.30 | 
| Walker | 6 | 1 | 17 | 0 | - | - | - | 2.83 | 
| Furlong | 10 | 0 | 40 | 2 | - | - | 30.00 | 4.00 | 
| Sulzberger | 4 | 0 | 16 | 1 | - | - | 24.00 | 4.00 |