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| Venue | Bledisloe Park, Pukekohe on 4th, 5th, 6th January 2002 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Players | 12 per side (11 to bat and field) |
| Toss | Northern Districts A won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Points | Northern Districts A 0; Auckland A 3 |
| Umpires | BG Frost, WR Knights |
| Close of play day 1 | Auckland A (1) 80/2 (Crabb 37*, Pudney 18*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Auckland A (1) 213/8 (Hendry 25*, Shaw 12*) |
| Northern Districts A first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| GG Robinson | lbw b Shaw | 14 | 33 | 47 | 2 | - | |
| MP Sweetman | c Fawkner b Hendry | 4 | 23 | 24 | - | - | |
| MG Orchard | lbw b Fawkner | 14 | 38 | 61 | 1 | - | |
| *ME Parlane | lbw b Shaw | 43 | 65 | 95 | 7 | - | |
| BL Hood | b Nielsen | 21 | 83 | 96 | 1 | - | |
| JG Hatwell | c Pearson b Shaw | 94 | 111 | 137 | 12 | - | |
| GW Aldridge | lbw b Hendry | 6 | 17 | 16 | - | - | |
| +NM Daley | c Jury b Nielsen | 11 | 49 | 82 | 1 | - | |
| LJ Hammond | not out | 16 | 28 | 36 | 1 | - | |
| SL Andrews | lbw b Shaw | 1 | 11 | 11 | - | - | |
| FM Diver | lbw b Nielsen | 1 | 15 | 22 | - | - | |
| GD Irwin | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (4 b, 11 lb, 5 nb, 3 w) | 23 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 317 minutes, 78 overs) | 248 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-8 (Sweetman), 2-31 (Robinson), 3-56 (Orchard), 4-98 (Parlane), 5-134 (Hood), 6-143 (Aldridge), 7-228 (Hatwell), 8-228 (Daley), 9-230 (Andrews), 10-248 (Diver, 78 ov) | |||||||
| Auckland A bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Shaw | 20 | 4 | 74 | 4 | 2 | 4 | |
| Hendry | 11 | 6 | 20 | 2 | 1 | - | |
| Fawkner | 13 | 4 | 46 | 1 | - | - | |
| Crabb | 5 | 3 | 6 | 0 | - | - | |
| Topia | 13 | 1 | 50 | 0 | - | - | |
| Nielsen | 16 | ? | 37 | 3 | - | - | |
| Auckland A first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *TC Crabb | c Daley b Hatwell | 60 | 142 | 147 | 9 | - | |
| SW Barnes | b Aldridge | 0 | 10 | 8 | - | - | |
| LG Howell | run out | 16 | 16 | 29 | 4 | - | |
| RA Pudney | c Andrews b Hatwell | 42 | 93 | 110 | 4 | - | |
| A Reddy | c Daley b Andrews | 89 | 228 | 256 | 11 | - | |
| TH Topia | b Orchard | 9 | 34 | 43 | 1 | - | |
| BJ Nielsen | b Diver | 33 | 148 | 191 | 3 | - | |
| NG Jury | c Daley b Andrews | 5 | 11 | 16 | 1 | - | |
| MJ Hendry | not out | 29 | 65 | 73 | 3 | 1 | |
| GS Shaw | not out | 13 | 51 | 65 | 1 | - | |
| CJ Fawkner | did not bat | ||||||
| +SN Pearson | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (14 b, 9 lb, 7 nb) | 30 | |||||
| Total | (8 wickets, 486 minutes, 133 overs) | 321 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-2 (Barnes), 2-49 (Howell), 3-117 (Pudney), 4-131 (Crabb), 5-158 (Topia), 6-278 (Nielsen), 7-283 (Reddy), 8-284 (Jury) | |||||||
| Northern Districts A bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Andrews | 30 | 8 | 79 | 2 | - | 1 | |
| Aldridge | 16 | 5 | 36 | 1 | - | - | |
| Orchard | 16 | 7 | 36 | 1 | - | - | |
| Hatwell | 18 | 2 | 38 | 2 | - | - | |
| Hammond | 15 | 3 | 37 | 0 | - | 2 | |
| Irwin | 9 | 4 | 12 | 0 | - | 2 | |
| Diver | 25 | 8 | 52 | 1 | - | - | |
| Sweetman | 4 | 1 | 11 | 0 | - | - | |