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| Venue | Fitzherbert Park, Palmerston North on 6th, 7th, 8th February 1988 (3-day match) | 
| Balls per over | 6 | 
| Toss | Northern Districts won the toss and decided to field | 
| Result | Match drawn | 
| Points | Central Districts 2; Northern Districts 2 | 
| Umpires | TJ Baines, JA Holland | 
| Close of play day 1 | Central Districts (1) 136/0 (SP Robertson 77*, Smith 51*) | 
| Close of play day 2 | Northern Districts (1) 194/8 (Young 41*, McKinnon 5*) | 
| Central Districts first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| SP Robertson | c Crocker b Thomson | 94 | 191 | 213 | 6 | - | |
| CJP Smith | c Cooper b Thomson | 63 | 151 | 198 | 5 | - | |
| *IR Snook | not out | 100 | 132 | 190 | 12 | - | |
| RJ Harden | c Crocker b Ward | 42 | 65 | 60 | 3 | - | |
| SW Duff | c Hick b Ward | 20 | 51 | 50 | 2 | - | |
| MW Douglas | run out | 5 | 26 | 34 | - | - | |
| +DJ Guthardt | not out | 3 | 7 | 9 | - | - | |
| GK Robertson | did not bat | ||||||
| DA Stirling | did not bat | ||||||
| KW Martin | did not bat | ||||||
| GR Logan | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (11 lb, 15 nb, 6 w) | 32 | |||||
| Total | (5 wickets, declared, 101 overs) | 359 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-167, 2-183, 3-255, 4-309, 5-349 | |||||||
| Northern Districts bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Treiber | 22 | 2 | 77 | 0 | - | - | |
| Thomson | 25 | 1 | 110 | 2 | - | - | |
| Ward | 34 | 5 | 86 | 2 | - | - | |
| McKinnon | 17 | 2 | 63 | 0 | - | - | |
| Bradburn | 3 | 1 | 12 | 0 | - | - | |
| Northern Districts first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| LM Crocker | c Guthardt b Martin | 65 | 120 | 150 | 9 | - | |
| BT Spragg | c SP Robertson b Stirling | 0 | 10 | 15 | - | - | |
| *DJ White | st Guthardt b Duff | 18 | 64 | 71 | 2 | - | |
| GA Hick | b Duff | 62 | 75 | 80 | 12 | - | |
| BG Cooper | c Guthardt b Martin | 0 | 7 | 7 | - | - | |
| +BA Young | not out | 41 | 44 | 60 | 8 | - | |
| GE Bradburn | c Duff b Martin | 0 | 14 | 10 | - | - | |
| SA Thomson | c Guthardt b Martin | 0 | 3 | 4 | - | - | |
| K Treiber | c Guthardt b Martin | 0 | 2 | 1 | - | - | |
| MR McKinnon | not out | 5 | 22 | 26 | - | - | |
| BP Ward | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (3 lb) | 3 | |||||
| Total | (8 wickets, 60 overs) | 194 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-6, 2-60, 3-140, 4-140, 5-154, 6-161, 7-161, 8-161 | |||||||
| Central Districts bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| GK Robertson | 8 | 3 | 13 | 0 | - | - | |
| Stirling | 8 | 3 | 27 | 1 | - | - | |
| Logan | 4 | 1 | 10 | 0 | - | - | |
| Duff | 21 | 7 | 65 | 2 | - | - | |
| Martin | 19 | 2 | 76 | 5 | - | - | |