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| Venue | Queen Elizabeth Park, Masterton on 28th, 29th, 30th January 1998 (4-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Central Districts won the toss and decided to field |
| Result | Northern Districts won by an innings and 64 runs |
| Points | Central Districts 0; Northern Districts 6 |
| Umpires | MB Glenny, AL Hill |
| Close of play day 1 | Northern Districts (1) 340/7 (Nash 120*, RG Hart 0*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Central Districts (2) 8/0 (Milnes 2*, Spearman 6*) |
| Northern Districts first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| BA Young | lbw b Bulfin | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - | |
| JAF Yovich | c Sigley b Hamilton | 14 | 30 | 49 | 3 | - | |
| MD Bailey | lbw b Bulfin | 55 | 125 | 158 | 7 | - | |
| ME Parlane | c Sigley b Mason | 7 | 53 | 73 | - | - | |
| GE Bradburn | b Bulfin | 50 | 120 | 164 | 5 | - | |
| MN Hart | c Sigley b Bulfin | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - | |
| DJ Nash | lbw b Bulfin | 125 | 201 | 309 | 18 | 1 | |
| AR Tait | b Hamilton | 77 | 124 | 151 | 13 | - | |
| *+RG Hart | st Sigley b Furlong | 16 | 49 | 64 | 1 | - | |
| DL Vettori | c Sulzberger b Mason | 27 | 36 | 57 | 5 | - | |
| SB Doull | not out | 13 | 11 | 24 | 3 | - | |
| Extras | (4 b, 8 lb, 6 nb, 1 w) | 19 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 124.4 overs) | 403 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-0, 2-26, 3-60, 4-95, 5-95, 6-200, 7-336, 8-351, 9-375, 10-403 (124.4 ov) | |||||||
| Central Districts bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Bulfin | 32 | 7 | 99 | 5 | - | - | |
| Hamilton | 30 | 8 | 87 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Mason | 27.4 | 6 | 61 | 2 | - | - | |
| Furlong | 27 | 6 | 119 | 1 | - | - | |
| Sulzberger | 8 | 1 | 25 | 0 | - | - | |
| Central Districts first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| CM Spearman | c Bradburn b Doull | 0 | 2 | 2 | - | - | |
| GS Milnes | b Tait | 5 | 51 | 63 | 1 | - | |
| MS Sinclair | b Vettori | 55 | 100 | 151 | 11 | - | |
| MW Douglas | c RG Hart b Tait | 11 | 15 | 15 | 2 | - | |
| *MJ Greatbatch | c Bradburn b Doull | 37 | 72 | 90 | 6 | - | |
| GP Sulzberger | b Doull | 7 | 26 | 37 | 1 | - | |
| CJM Furlong | not out | 49 | 129 | 147 | 7 | - | |
| +MA Sigley | c Bailey b Vettori | 21 | 72 | 87 | 1 | - | |
| CE Bulfin | c Bailey b Vettori | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - | |
| MJ Mason | c Parlane b Yovich | 4 | 19 | 27 | 1 | - | |
| LJ Hamilton | c Bailey b Yovich | 1 | 11 | 7 | - | - | |
| Extras | (5 lb, 2 nb) | 7 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 82.5 overs) | 197 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-0, 2-32, 3-46, 4-99, 5-115, 6-128, 7-175, 8-175, 9-196, 10-197 (82.5 ov) | |||||||
| Northern Districts bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Doull | 14 | 6 | 30 | 3 | - | - | |
| Nash | 12 | 7 | 21 | 0 | - | - | |
| Tait | 19 | 6 | 49 | 2 | - | - | |
| Yovich | 10.5 | 5 | 20 | 2 | - | 1 | |
| Vettori | 22 | 3 | 63 | 3 | - | - | |
| Bradburn | 5 | 3 | 9 | 0 | - | - | |
| Central Districts second innings (following on) | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| GS Milnes | lbw b Doull | 9 | 35 | 39 | 1 | - | |
| CM Spearman | lbw b Tait | 15 | 33 | 48 | 3 | - | |
| MS Sinclair | b Tait | 18 | 15 | 23 | 3 | - | |
| MW Douglas | c RG Hart b Nash | 13 | 28 | 48 | 3 | - | |
| *MJ Greatbatch | c Parlane b Vettori | 53 | 67 | 74 | 8 | 1 | |
| GP Sulzberger | not out | 15 | 51 | 79 | 2 | - | |
| CJM Furlong | c Bailey b Vettori | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | - | |
| +MA Sigley | c Young b Tait | 0 | 3 | 5 | - | - | |
| CE Bulfin | b Vettori | 0 | 5 | 7 | - | - | |
| MJ Mason | lbw b Vettori | 0 | 2 | 1 | - | - | |
| LJ Hamilton | c Parlane b Vettori | 1 | 23 | 20 | - | - | |
| Extras | (6 b, 5 lb, 2 nb, 1 w) | 14 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 44 overs) | 142 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-20, 2-32, 3-52, 4-82, 5-124, 6-128, 7-129, 8-134, 9-134, 10-142 (44 ov) | |||||||
| Northern Districts bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Doull | 10 | 3 | 30 | 1 | - | - | |
| Nash | 9 | 1 | 36 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Tait | 13 | 2 | 37 | 3 | - | - | |
| Vettori | 12 | 5 | 28 | 5 | - | - | |