| a12406 | |
| Venue | Fitzherbert Park, Palmerston North on 25th, 26th January 2000 (50-over match) | 
| Balls per over | 6 | 
| Toss | Northern Districts won the toss and decided to bat | 
| Result | Northern Districts won by 102 runs | 
| Points | Central Districts 0; Northern Districts 2 | 
| Umpires | DB Cowie, EA Watkin | 
| Close of play day 1 | No play | 
| Northern Districts innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| ME Parlane | c McGlashan b Penn | 20 | 44 | 65 | 2 | 1 | 45.45 | 
| DL Vettori | c Sulzberger b Hefford | 16 | 10 | 16 | 4 | - | 160.00 | 
| NR Parlane | b Furlong | 40 | 58 | 83 | 4 | - | 68.97 | 
| SB Styris | c Douglas b Hamilton | 50 | 75 | 92 | 3 | - | 66.67 | 
| MD Bailey | b Furlong | 3 | 13 | 18 | - | - | 23.08 | 
| *GE Bradburn | not out | 36 | 64 | 93 | 2 | - | 56.25 | 
| HJH Marshall | c McGlashan b Hamilton | 0 | 3 | 2 | - | - | 0.00 | 
| AR Tait | c Spearman b Hefford | 7 | 21 | 27 | - | - | 33.33 | 
| SB Doull | c McGlashan b Penn | 0 | 5 | 9 | - | - | 0.00 | 
| DR Tuffey | not out | 20 | 11 | 13 | 3 | - | 181.82 | 
| +NM Daley | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (4 lb, 4 nb, 7 w) | 15 | |||||
| Total | (8 wickets, innings closed, 50 overs) | 207 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-22 (Vettori), 2-73 (ME Parlane), 3-103 (NR Parlane), 4-119 (Bailey), 5-155 (Styris), 6-155 (Marshall), 7-173 (Tait), 8-176 (Doull) | |||||||
| Central Districts bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ | 
| Hamilton | 10 | 0 | 41 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 30.00 | 4.10 | 
| Hefford | 9 | 1 | 33 | 2 | 1 | - | 27.00 | 3.67 | 
| Craik | 10 | 0 | 56 | 0 | 1 | - | - | 5.60 | 
| Penn | 10 | 0 | 35 | 2 | - | - | 30.00 | 3.50 | 
| Furlong | 10 | 0 | 30 | 2 | 1 | - | 30.00 | 3.00 | 
| Sulzberger | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | - | - | - | 8.00 | 
| Central Districts innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| DP Kelly | c Daley b Tuffey | 3 | 28 | 42 | - | - | 10.71 | 
| MS Sinclair | c Vettori b Doull | 0 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 0.00 | 
| *CM Spearman | lbw b Doull | 1 | 8 | 7 | - | - | 12.50 | 
| MW Douglas | lbw b Tuffey | 1 | 12 | 12 | - | - | 8.33 | 
| GP Sulzberger | c Vettori b Styris | 34 | 80 | 91 | 3 | - | 42.50 | 
| +PD McGlashan | run out | 4 | 36 | 59 | - | - | 11.11 | 
| CJM Furlong | c NR Parlane b Styris | 18 | 36 | 54 | 1 | - | 50.00 | 
| AJ Penn | c and b Vettori | 0 | 6 | 8 | - | - | 0.00 | 
| ED Craik | c ME Parlane b Styris | 25 | 46 | 48 | 3 | - | 54.35 | 
| LJ Hamilton | lbw b Tuffey | 0 | 3 | 4 | - | - | 0.00 | 
| BE Hefford | not out | 0 | 2 | 4 | - | - | 0.00 | 
| Extras | (5 b, 4 lb, 1 nb, 9 w) | 19 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 42.5 overs) | 105 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-1, 2-3, 3-5, 4-12, 5-42, 6-55, 7-62, 8-97, 9-103, 10-105 (42.5 ov) | |||||||
| Northern Districts bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ | 
| Doull | 7 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | - | 21.00 | 1.00 | 
| Tuffey | 9 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 18.00 | 1.22 | 
| Tait | 5 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 5 | - | - | 2.60 | 
| Bradburn | 4 | 0 | 14 | 0 | - | - | - | 3.50 | 
| Vettori | 10 | 0 | 28 | 1 | 1 | - | 60.00 | 2.80 | 
| Styris | 7.5 | 0 | 23 | 3 | - | - | 15.67 | 2.94 |