| a2315 | |
| Venue | Lancaster Park, Christchurch on 23rd December 1978 (35-over match) |
| Balls per over | 8 |
| Toss | Auckland won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Auckland won by 13 runs |
| Umpires | EG Wainscott, DC Wilson |
| Player of the Match | JF Reid |
| Auckland innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| AEW Parsons | c Ryan b McEwan | 3 | |||||
| +JF Reid | c Ryan b Bateman | 73 | |||||
| MG Burgess | c Cummins b McEwan | 2 | |||||
| JR Wiltshire | c Fulton b Watson | 8 | |||||
| *GE Vivian | b McEwan | 24 | |||||
| PN Webb | c BG Hadlee b Cummins | 16 | |||||
| AR Taylor | lbw b RJ Hadlee | 3 | |||||
| JM McIntyre | not out | 4 | |||||
| GB Troup | b RJ Hadlee | 2 | |||||
| LW Stott | b RJ Hadlee | 9 | |||||
| JAJ Cushen | st Ryan b RJ Hadlee | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (9 b, 3 nb) | 12 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 34.6 overs) | 156 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-7, 2-11, 3-23, 4-77, 5-118, 6-141, 7-141, 8-144, 9-156, 10-156 (34.6 ov) | |||||||
| Canterbury bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ |
| RJ Hadlee | 6.6 | 0 | 20 | 4 | - | - | 13.50 | 2.96 |
| Cummins | 7 | 0 | 25 | 1 | - | - | 56.00 | 3.57 |
| Bateman | 7 | 0 | 25 | 1 | - | - | 56.00 | 3.57 |
| McEwan | 7 | 0 | 31 | 3 | - | - | 18.67 | 4.43 |
| Watson | 7 | 0 | 43 | 1 | - | - | 56.00 | 6.14 |
| Canterbury innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| GB Smith | c Vivian b McIntyre | 28 | |||||
| BG Hadlee | c and b Stott | 19 | |||||
| DW Stead | lbw b Stott | 18 | |||||
| PE McEwan | c Burgess b Taylor | 19 | |||||
| RW Fulton | c Reid b Taylor | 8 | |||||
| *+ML Ryan | c Troup b Cushen | 14 | |||||
| VR Brown | b Cushen | 2 | |||||
| RJ Hadlee | lbw b Troup | 3 | |||||
| SN Bateman | not out | 14 | |||||
| GI Cummins | lbw b Troup | 1 | |||||
| LT Watson | not out | 5 | |||||
| Extras | (2 b, 10 lb) | 12 | |||||
| Total | (9 wickets, innings closed, 35 overs) | 143 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-37, 2-53, 3-87, 4-92, 5-100, 6-115, 7-120, 8-122, 9-128 | |||||||
| Auckland bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ |
| Troup | 7 | 0 | 21 | 2 | - | - | 28.00 | 3.00 |
| Cushen | 7 | 0 | 34 | 2 | - | - | 28.00 | 4.86 |
| Stott | 7 | 2 | 20 | 2 | - | - | 28.00 | 2.86 |
| McIntyre | 7 | 1 | 21 | 1 | - | - | 56.00 | 3.00 |
| Taylor | 7 | 0 | 35 | 2 | - | - | 28.00 | 5.00 |