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| Venue | Eden Park, Auckland on 29th, 30th, 31st January 1989 (3-day match) | 
| Balls per over | 6 | 
| Toss | Auckland won the toss and decided to bat | 
| Result | Northern Districts won by 5 wickets | 
| Points | Auckland 4; Northern Districts 12 | 
| Umpires | GIJ Cowan, NW Stoupe | 
| Scorer | PN Culpan | 
| Close of play day 1 | Northern Districts (1) 39/1 (Crocker 18*, Su'a 5*) | 
| Close of play day 2 | Auckland (2) 89/1 (Reid 21*, Crowe 28*) | 
| Auckland first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| TJ Franklin | c Kuggeleijn b Cairns | 2 | 12 | 18 | - | - | |
| PA Horne | c Young b Bracewell | 209 | 305 | 346 | 26 | - | |
| RB Reid | c McKenzie b Bracewell | 6 | 13 | 22 | 1 | - | |
| DN Patel | b McKinnon | 20 | 47 | 74 | 2 | - | |
| *JJ Crowe | c Young b Su'a | 54 | 103 | 146 | 6 | - | |
| MR Pringle | c Thomson b McKinnon | 11 | 21 | 33 | 2 | - | |
| JG Bracewell | c Thomson b McKinnon | 0 | 3 | 2 | - | - | |
| +IDS Smith | not out | 21 | 23 | 45 | 3 | 1 | |
| MC Snedden | did not bat | ||||||
| DK Morrison | did not bat | ||||||
| W Watson | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (4 lb, 13 nb) | 17 | |||||
| Total | (7 wickets, declared, 85.1 overs) | 340 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-10, 2-25, 3-77, 4-235, 5-273, 6-274, 7-340 (85.1 ov) | |||||||
| Northern Districts bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Cairns | 15 | 1 | 53 | 1 | - | - | |
| Bracewell | 22.1 | 5 | 63 | 2 | - | - | |
| Su'a | 12 | 0 | 54 | 1 | - | - | |
| McKinnon | 23 | 1 | 112 | 3 | - | - | |
| Kuggeleijn | 10 | 0 | 31 | 0 | - | - | |
| McKenzie | 3 | 0 | 23 | 0 | - | - | |
| Northern Districts first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| LM Crocker | b Morrison | 28 | 79 | 88 | 2 | - | |
| DJ White | c Patel b Snedden | 16 | 26 | 44 | 2 | - | |
| ML Su'a | c Smith b Watson | 13 | 38 | 38 | 2 | - | |
| GW McKenzie | c Pringle b Bracewell | 9 | 35 | 47 | 1 | - | |
| GA Hick | c Smith b Snedden | 27 | 70 | 84 | 4 | - | |
| *CM Kuggeleijn | c Watson b Morrison | 76 | 130 | 196 | 9 | 1 | |
| +BA Young | c Smith b Morrison | 26 | 39 | 43 | 4 | - | |
| SA Thomson | not out | 68 | 132 | 149 | 8 | 1 | |
| CL Cairns | c Smith b Morrison | 8 | 11 | 11 | 2 | - | |
| BP Bracewell | lbw b Snedden | 4 | 15 | 19 | - | - | |
| MR McKinnon | c Smith b Morrison | 0 | 5 | 5 | - | - | |
| Extras | (4 b, 6 lb) | 10 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 96.4 overs) | 285 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-28, 2-57, 3-57, 4-77, 5-99, 6-134, 7-261, 8-273, 9-284, 10-285 (96.4 ov) | |||||||
| Auckland bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Morrison | 24.4 | 4 | 85 | 5 | - | - | |
| Watson | 14 | 4 | 40 | 1 | - | - | |
| Bracewell | 26 | 6 | 71 | 1 | - | - | |
| Snedden | 27 | 8 | 58 | 3 | - | - | |
| Patel | 5 | 0 | 21 | 0 | - | - | |
| Auckland second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| RB Reid | c Bracewell b Cairns | 90 | 206 | 266 | 13 | - | |
| TJ Franklin | c Su'a b McKinnon | 30 | 63 | 79 | 3 | - | |
| *JJ Crowe | c Thomson b McKinnon | 86 | 115 | 140 | 10 | - | |
| DN Patel | not out | 41 | 45 | 45 | 8 | - | |
| PA Horne | did not bat | ||||||
| MR Pringle | did not bat | ||||||
| JG Bracewell | did not bat | ||||||
| +IDS Smith | did not bat | ||||||
| MC Snedden | did not bat | ||||||
| DK Morrison | did not bat | ||||||
| W Watson | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (10 lb, 8 nb) | 18 | |||||
| Total | (3 wickets, declared, 70.1 overs) | 265 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-52, 2-192, 3-265 (70.1 ov) | |||||||
| Northern Districts bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Cairns | 12.1 | 0 | 41 | 1 | - | - | |
| Bracewell | 16 | 5 | 36 | 0 | - | - | |
| Su'a | 14 | 1 | 59 | 0 | - | - | |
| McKinnon | 21 | 3 | 98 | 2 | - | - | |
| McKenzie | 7 | 1 | 21 | 0 | - | - | |
| Northern Districts second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| LM Crocker | lbw b Morrison | 6 | 16 | 17 | - | - | |
| DJ White | c Morrison b Snedden | 18 | 52 | 85 | 2 | - | |
| GA Hick | not out | 211 | 241 | 282 | 27 | 2 | |
| GW McKenzie | c Smith b Snedden | 9 | 24 | 29 | 2 | - | |
| *CM Kuggeleijn | c Crowe b Bracewell | 33 | 52 | 84 | 2 | 1 | |
| +BA Young | b Watson | 0 | 7 | 10 | - | - | |
| SA Thomson | not out | 31 | 59 | 88 | 2 | - | |
| ML Su'a | did not bat | ||||||
| CL Cairns | did not bat | ||||||
| BP Bracewell | did not bat | ||||||
| MR McKinnon | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (3 b, 13 lb) | 16 | |||||
| Total | (5 wickets, 74.5 overs) | 324 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-10, 2-58, 3-69, 4-173, 5-178 | |||||||
| Auckland bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Morrison | 13.5 | 0 | 89 | 1 | - | - | |
| Watson | 25 | 3 | 93 | 1 | - | - | |
| Bracewell | 12 | 0 | 55 | 1 | - | - | |
| Snedden | 24 | 8 | 71 | 2 | - | - | |