| a16285 | |
| Venue | Fitzherbert Park, Palmerston North on 27th December 2004 (50-over match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Central Districts won the toss and decided to field |
| Result | Central Districts won by 6 wickets |
| Points | Central Districts 5 (Bonus 1); Auckland 0 |
| Umpires | GAV Baxter, DJ Ellwood |
| Auckland innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| RA Jones | c Griggs b Mason | 12 | 11 | 16 | 1 | - | 109.09 |
| MJ Horne | c Griggs b Schwass | 18 | 47 | 69 | 2 | - | 38.30 |
| L Vincent | c Griggs b Mason | 0 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 0.00 |
| RJ Nicol | run out (How) | 24 | 63 | 96 | 3 | - | 38.10 |
| AC Barnes | b Sulzberger | 7 | 26 | 37 | - | - | 26.92 |
| TK Canning | c Englefield b Hamilton | 34 | 90 | 88 | 3 | - | 37.78 |
| PA Hitchcock | c Thompson b Mason | 0 | 7 | 8 | - | - | 0.00 |
| AR Adams | c Griggs b Sulzberger | 34 | 20 | 40 | 4 | 1 | 170.00 |
| +RA Young | not out | 18 | 27 | 39 | 1 | - | 66.67 |
| KP Walmsley | b Diamanti | 3 | 6 | 9 | - | - | 50.00 |
| *BGK Walker | c Schwass b Mason | 1 | 3 | 3 | - | - | 33.33 |
| Extras | (7 lb, 15 w) | 22 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 49.5 overs) | 173 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-16 (Jones), 2-16 (Vincent), 3-46 (Horne), 4-74 (Barnes), 5-76 (Nicol), 6-80 (Hitchcock), 7-125 (Adams), 8-161 (Canning), 9-168 (Walmsley), 10-173 (Walker) | |||||||
| Central Districts bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ |
| Hamilton | 10 | 0 | 56 | 1 | 4 | - | 60.00 | 5.60 |
| Mason | 9.5 | 2 | 23 | 4 | - | - | 14.75 | 2.34 |
| Schwass | 9 | 1 | 32 | 1 | 3 | - | 54.00 | 3.56 |
| Thompson | 4 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 5 | - | - | 3.50 |
| Diamanti | 9 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 1 | - | 54.00 | 1.78 |
| Sulzberger | 8 | 3 | 25 | 2 | 2 | - | 24.00 | 3.12 |
| Central Districts innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| JM How | lbw b Adams | 14 | 12 | 15 | 3 | - | 116.67 |
| CM Spearman | c Young b Walmsley | 20 | 20 | 27 | 2 | - | 100.00 |
| GEF Barnett | c Horne b Hitchcock | 22 | 44 | 49 | 3 | - | 50.00 |
| JI Englefield | c Vincent b Hitchcock | 9 | 34 | 55 | 1 | - | 26.47 |
| *GP Sulzberger | not out | 66 | 74 | 87 | 9 | - | 89.19 |
| +BBJ Griggs | not out | 27 | 44 | 69 | 4 | - | 61.36 |
| LJ Hamilton | did not bat | ||||||
| MJ Mason | did not bat | ||||||
| AM Schwass | did not bat | ||||||
| EP Thompson | did not bat | ||||||
| BJ Diamanti | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (3 lb, 6 nb, 7 w) | 16 | |||||
| Total | (4 wickets, 37 overs) | 174 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-27 (How), 2-37 (Spearman), 3-72 (Barnett), 4-85 (Englefield) | |||||||
| Auckland bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ |
| Adams | 10 | 3 | 35 | 1 | - | 1 | 60.00 | 3.50 |
| Walmsley | 7 | 1 | 42 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 42.00 | 6.00 |
| Canning | 6 | 0 | 24 | 0 | - | 4 | - | 4.00 |
| Hitchcock | 10 | 1 | 42 | 2 | 5 | - | 30.00 | 4.20 |
| Walker | 4 | 0 | 28 | 0 | - | - | - | 7.00 |