| a13996 | |
| Venue | Pukekura Park, New Plymouth on 16th January 2002 (50-over match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Auckland won the toss and decided to field |
| Result | Auckland won by 4 wickets |
| Points | Central Districts 0; Auckland 4 |
| Umpires | GAV Baxter, AL Hill |
| TV umpire | EA Watkin |
| Central Districts innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| JC Nelson | c Young b Coleman | 12 | 13 | 20 | 2 | - | 92.31 |
| MS Sinclair | lbw b Drum | 10 | 9 | 12 | 1 | - | 111.11 |
| RT King | c Canning b Haslam | 31 | 54 | 76 | 6 | - | 57.41 |
| BF Smith | c Horne b Walker | 83 | 103 | 147 | 4 | 3 | 80.58 |
| +BBJ Griggs | c Horsley b Haslam | 16 | 38 | 36 | 1 | - | 42.11 |
| *GP Sulzberger | c Walker b Drum | 43 | 37 | 58 | 4 | 1 | 116.22 |
| CJM Furlong | not out | 24 | 33 | 43 | 2 | - | 72.73 |
| AM Schwass | run out (Canning) | 2 | 3 | 5 | - | - | 66.67 |
| MJ Mason | b Drum | 5 | 3 | 5 | 1 | - | 166.67 |
| BE Hefford | run out (Horne) | 10 | 9 | 13 | - | - | 111.11 |
| LJ Hamilton | not out | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | - | 0.00 |
| Extras | (6 b, 3 lb, 2 nb, 11 w) | 22 | |||||
| Total | (9 wickets, innings closed, 212 minutes, 50 overs) | 258 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-22 (Sinclair, 3.1 ov), 2-32 (Nelson, 4.3 ov), 3-89 (King, 19.4 ov), 4-138 (Griggs, 31.3 ov), 5-207 (Smith, 40.1 ov), 6-229 (Sulzberger, 44.1 ov), 7-233 (Schwass, 45.3 ov), 8-240 (Mason, 46.5 ov), 9-257 (Hefford, 49.5 ov) | |||||||
| Auckland bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ |
| Canning | 10 | 0 | 51 | 0 | 3 | - | - | 5.10 |
| Drum | 10 | 1 | 46 | 3 | - | 2 | 20.00 | 4.60 |
| Coleman | 8 | 0 | 48 | 1 | 7 | - | 48.00 | 6.00 |
| Haslam | 10 | 1 | 28 | 2 | - | - | 30.00 | 2.80 |
| Walker | 10 | 0 | 54 | 1 | - | - | 60.00 | 5.40 |
| Howell | 2 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 1 | - | - | 11.00 |
| Auckland innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| MJ Horne | c Furlong b Hefford | 68 | 49 | 60 | 15 | - | 138.78 |
| LG Howell | not out | 106 | 145 | 226 | 14 | 1 | 73.10 |
| AC Barnes | run out (Sinclair) | 27 | 43 | 61 | - | - | 62.79 |
| NKW Horsley | c Hamilton b Sulzberger | 19 | 26 | 39 | 2 | - | 73.08 |
| KD Mills | c Schwass b Sulzberger | 8 | 12 | 15 | 1 | - | 66.67 |
| TK Canning | lbw b Schwass | 0 | 3 | 21 | - | - | 0.00 |
| *BGK Walker | run out (Smith->Griggs) | 10 | 12 | 4 | - | - | 83.33 |
| +RA Young | not out | 9 | 6 | 10 | 1 | - | 150.00 |
| CJ Drum | did not bat | ||||||
| GS Coleman | did not bat | ||||||
| MJ Haslam | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (1 b, 6 lb, 5 nb, 3 w) | 15 | |||||
| Total | (6 wickets, 226 minutes, 48.3 overs) | 262 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-108 (Horne, 12.6 ov), 2-164 (Barnes, 28.4 ov), 3-201 (Horsley, 37.3 ov), 4-217 (Mills, 41.3 ov), 5-218 (Canning, 42.1 ov), 6-243 (Walker, 46.4 ov) | |||||||
| Central Districts bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ |
| Mason | 7 | 0 | 42 | 0 | - | 1 | - | 6.00 |
| Hamilton | 6 | 0 | 47 | 0 | - | 4 | - | 7.83 |
| Schwass | 8.3 | 0 | 57 | 1 | - | - | 51.00 | 6.71 |
| Furlong | 10 | 0 | 49 | 0 | 2 | - | - | 4.90 |
| Hefford | 7 | 0 | 33 | 1 | - | - | 42.00 | 4.71 |
| Sulzberger | 10 | 0 | 27 | 2 | 1 | - | 30.00 | 2.70 |