| a5520 | |
| Venue | Pukekura Park, New Plymouth on 3rd January 1988 (50-over match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Canterbury won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Canterbury won by 38 runs |
| Points | Central Districts 0; Canterbury 2 |
| Umpires | JA Holland, LF Jones |
| Canterbury innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| JG Boyle | c Guthardt b Martin | 30 | 58 | 75 | 5 | - | 51.72 |
| *DA Dempsey | b Logan | 5 | 20 | 20 | - | - | 25.00 |
| PE McEwan | c Greatbatch b Stirling | 14 | 19 | 21 | 2 | - | 73.68 |
| MC Bremner | b Gill | 31 | 65 | 83 | 4 | - | 47.69 |
| RT Latham | c Harden b Stirling | 31 | 56 | 79 | 4 | - | 55.36 |
| DJ Boyle | lbw b Logan | 13 | 23 | 44 | 1 | - | 56.52 |
| MW Priest | not out | 27 | 33 | 52 | 1 | - | 81.82 |
| CW Flanagan | c Unwin b GK Robertson | 24 | 29 | 28 | 4 | - | 82.76 |
| MA Holding | not out | 18 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 163.64 |
| +LK Germon | did not bat | ||||||
| CWH Lawrence | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (2 b, 15 lb, 10 nb, 3 w) | 30 | |||||
| Total | (7 wickets, innings closed, 50 overs) | 223 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-10, 2-29, 3-67, 4-111, 5-142, 6-148, 7-198 | |||||||
| Central Districts bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ |
| GK Robertson | 10 | 1 | 52 | 1 | - | - | 60.00 | 5.20 |
| Logan | 10 | 0 | 36 | 2 | - | - | 30.00 | 3.60 |
| Stirling | 10 | 0 | 39 | 2 | - | - | 30.00 | 3.90 |
| Gill | 10 | 1 | 39 | 1 | - | - | 60.00 | 3.90 |
| Martin | 10 | 2 | 40 | 1 | - | - | 60.00 | 4.00 |
| Central Districts innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| *IR Snook | c Latham b Holding | 1 | 17 | 24 | - | - | 5.88 |
| SP Robertson | lbw b Flanagan | 0 | 3 | 2 | - | - | 0.00 |
| MJ Greatbatch | c Priest b Dempsey | 67 | 100 | 116 | 10 | - | 67.00 |
| RJ Harden | c Lawrence b Priest | 26 | 69 | 96 | 3 | - | 37.68 |
| +DJ Guthardt | c Holding b Latham | 31 | 35 | 53 | 3 | 1 | 88.57 |
| SJ Gill | c McEwan b Dempsey | 3 | 6 | 3 | - | - | 50.00 |
| GK Robertson | st Germon b Dempsey | 5 | 8 | 14 | - | - | 62.50 |
| DA Stirling | c McEwan b Latham | 6 | 15 | 13 | - | - | 40.00 |
| PD Unwin | not out | 12 | 31 | 34 | - | - | 38.71 |
| KW Martin | b Holding | 5 | 10 | 10 | - | - | 50.00 |
| GR Logan | b Latham | 3 | 7 | 8 | - | - | 42.86 |
| Extras | (6 b, 5 lb, 6 nb, 9 w) | 26 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 48.4 overs) | 185 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-1, 2-21, 3-115, 4-116, 5-119, 6-134, 7-147, 8-169, 9-177, 10-185 (48.4 ov) | |||||||
| Canterbury bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ |
| Flanagan | 6 | 0 | 34 | 1 | - | - | 36.00 | 5.67 |
| Holding | 10 | 3 | 21 | 2 | - | - | 30.00 | 2.10 |
| Latham | 8.4 | 0 | 28 | 3 | - | - | 17.33 | 3.23 |
| Lawrence | 5 | 0 | 26 | 0 | - | - | - | 5.20 |
| Priest | 10 | 2 | 28 | 1 | - | - | 60.00 | 2.80 |
| Dempsey | 9 | 0 | 37 | 3 | - | - | 18.00 | 4.11 |