| a11612 | |
| Venue | Owen Delany Park, Taupo on 28th December 1998 (50-over match) (day/night) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Central Districts won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Central Districts won by 28 runs |
| Points | Northern Districts 0; Central Districts 2 |
| Umpires | CE King, MA MacLean |
| Central Districts innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| +MW Douglas | c Styris b Aldridge | 8 | 26 | 35 | - | - | 30.77 |
| DP Kelly | c Tuffey b Aldridge | 35 | 43 | 45 | 4 | - | 81.40 |
| JDP Oram | lbw b MN Hart | 49 | 67 | 77 | 4 | 2 | 73.13 |
| *CM Spearman | b Tait | 10 | 15 | 19 | - | - | 66.67 |
| MS Sinclair | c Styris b Tuffey | 55 | 65 | 97 | 2 | 1 | 84.62 |
| AJ Penn | c Bradburn b Styris | 32 | 28 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 114.29 |
| RK Brown | b MN Hart | 6 | 10 | 18 | - | - | 60.00 |
| GP Sulzberger | c NR Parlane b Styris | 23 | 28 | 33 | 2 | - | 82.14 |
| CJM Furlong | lbw b Tuffey | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 0.00 |
| DC Blake | run out | 0 | 4 | 3 | - | - | 0.00 |
| MJ Mason | not out | 10 | 13 | 20 | - | - | 76.92 |
| Extras | (5 lb, 4 nb, 7 w) | 16 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 50 overs) | 244 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-35, 2-48, 3-70, 4-138, 5-177, 6-201, 7-208, 8-208, 9-209, 10-244 (50 ov) | |||||||
| Northern Districts bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ |
| Tuffey | 10 | 0 | 44 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 30.00 | 4.40 |
| Bradburn | 10 | 1 | 26 | 0 | - | - | - | 2.60 |
| Aldridge | 2 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 2 | - | 6.00 | 7.00 |
| Tait | 8 | 0 | 46 | 1 | - | - | 48.00 | 5.75 |
| Styris | 7 | 0 | 26 | 2 | - | - | 21.00 | 3.71 |
| MN Hart | 10 | 0 | 58 | 2 | - | - | 30.00 | 5.80 |
| Bailey | 3 | 0 | 25 | 0 | - | - | - | 8.33 |
| Northern Districts innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| ME Parlane | c Spearman b Mason | 45 | 32 | 50 | 8 | - | 140.62 |
| MD Bailey | lbw b Mason | 7 | 49 | 57 | - | - | 14.29 |
| NR Parlane | b Sulzberger | 35 | 47 | 57 | 2 | 1 | 74.47 |
| HJH Marshall | lbw b Mason | 26 | 49 | 61 | 3 | - | 53.06 |
| SB Styris | st Douglas b Furlong | 17 | 36 | 55 | 1 | - | 47.22 |
| MN Hart | run out | 17 | 23 | 34 | 1 | - | 73.91 |
| GE Bradburn | b Penn | 22 | 23 | 46 | 1 | - | 95.65 |
| AR Tait | c Furlong b Penn | 19 | 19 | 24 | 2 | - | 100.00 |
| *+RG Hart | b Blake | 10 | 10 | 16 | - | - | 100.00 |
| GW Aldridge | lbw b Blake | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 0.00 |
| DR Tuffey | not out | 2 | 2 | 2 | - | - | 100.00 |
| Extras | (2 b, 7 lb, 4 nb, 3 w) | 16 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 48 overs) | 216 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-56, 2-57, 3-109, 4-121, 5-154, 6-162, 7-196, 8-212, 9-213, 10-216 (48 ov) | |||||||
| Central Districts bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ |
| Penn | 8 | 1 | 44 | 2 | 2 | - | 24.00 | 5.50 |
| Blake | 9 | 0 | 48 | 2 | - | 2 | 27.00 | 5.33 |
| Mason | 9 | 3 | 37 | 3 | 1 | - | 18.00 | 4.11 |
| Sulzberger | 10 | 1 | 27 | 1 | - | - | 60.00 | 2.70 |
| Brown | 2 | 0 | 16 | 0 | - | - | - | 8.00 |
| Furlong | 10 | 0 | 35 | 1 | - | - | 60.00 | 3.50 |