| a5913 | |
| Venue | Pukekura Park, New Plymouth on 2nd January 1989 (50-over match) | 
| Balls per over | 6 | 
| Toss | Central Districts won the toss and decided to bat | 
| Result | Auckland won by 10 wickets | 
| Points | Central Districts 0; Auckland 2 | 
| Umpires | DB Cowie, LF Jones | 
| Scorer | PN Culpan | 
| Central Districts innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| SP Robertson | c Kelly b Gillespie | 1 | 9 | 7 | - | - | 11.11 | 
| CJP Smith | c Bracewell b Gillespie | 0 | 10 | 17 | - | - | 0.00 | 
| *MD Crowe | c Patel b Morrison | 21 | 29 | 41 | 3 | - | 72.41 | 
| MW Douglas | run out | 2 | 23 | 42 | - | - | 8.70 | 
| PS Briasco | c Crowe b Morrison | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 0.00 | 
| SW Duff | lbw b Snedden | 9 | 26 | 36 | - | - | 34.62 | 
| GK Robertson | not out | 21 | 58 | 104 | 3 | - | 36.21 | 
| +DJ Guthardt | c Kelly b Watson | 3 | 8 | 13 | - | - | 37.50 | 
| PD Unwin | b Morrison | 9 | 27 | 28 | 1 | - | 33.33 | 
| TM McKenna | lbw b Morrison | 0 | 6 | 9 | - | - | 0.00 | 
| GR Logan | lbw b Snedden | 0 | 21 | 23 | - | - | 0.00 | 
| Extras | (1 b, 4 lb, 2 nb, 5 w) | 12 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 35.5 overs) | 78 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-1, 2-6, 3-29, 4-29, 5-33, 6-47, 7-51, 8-66, 9-70, 10-78 (35.5 ov) | |||||||
| Auckland bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ | 
| Morrison | 10 | 2 | 21 | 4 | - | - | 15.00 | 2.10 | 
| Gillespie | 10 | 0 | 22 | 2 | - | - | 30.00 | 2.20 | 
| Snedden | 7.5 | 1 | 17 | 2 | - | - | 23.50 | 2.17 | 
| Watson | 8 | 0 | 13 | 1 | - | - | 48.00 | 1.62 | 
| Auckland innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| PA Horne | not out | 26 | 60 | 67 | 1 | - | 43.33 | 
| RB Reid | not out | 49 | 55 | 67 | 6 | 3 | 89.09 | 
| DN Patel | did not bat | ||||||
| *JJ Crowe | did not bat | ||||||
| MR Pringle | did not bat | ||||||
| JG Bracewell | did not bat | ||||||
| MC Snedden | did not bat | ||||||
| SR Gillespie | did not bat | ||||||
| +PJ Kelly | did not bat | ||||||
| DK Morrison | did not bat | ||||||
| W Watson | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (3 lb, 3 w) | 6 | |||||
| Total | (no wicket, 67 minutes, 18.3 overs) | 81 | |||||
| Central Districts bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ | 
| GK Robertson | 4 | 2 | 7 | 0 | - | - | - | 1.75 | 
| Logan | 8 | 0 | 25 | 0 | - | - | - | 3.12 | 
| McKenna | 1.3 | 0 | 21 | 0 | - | - | - | 14.00 | 
| Duff | 3 | 0 | 16 | 0 | - | - | - | 5.33 | 
| Unwin | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | - | - | - | 4.50 |