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| Venue | Pukekura Park, New Plymouth on 22nd, 23rd, 24th, 25th February 1998 (4-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Central Districts won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Central Districts won by 64 runs |
| Points | Central Districts 6; Auckland 0 |
| Umpires | RD Anderson, PR Chapman |
| Close of play day 1 | Central Districts (1) 321/8 (Sigley 7*, Blake 0*) |
| Close of play day 2 | No play |
| Close of play day 3 | No play |
| Central Districts first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| MDJ Walker | c Walmsley b Barton | 86 | 195 | 258 | 11 | 2 | |
| CM Spearman | b Barnes | 72 | 115 | 153 | 8 | 2 | |
| MS Sinclair | c Lyon b Barnes | 93 | 188 | 252 | 15 | - | |
| MW Douglas | c Lyon b Barnes | 19 | 45 | 48 | 2 | - | |
| *MJ Greatbatch | c Lyon b Walmsley | 8 | 27 | 32 | 1 | - | |
| GP Sulzberger | c Jones b Barton | 6 | 32 | 42 | 1 | - | |
| CJM Furlong | b Barnes | 2 | 8 | 9 | - | - | |
| +MA Sigley | not out | 7 | 41 | 38 | - | - | |
| RM West | c Walmsley b Walker | 4 | 35 | 28 | - | - | |
| DC Blake | did not bat | ||||||
| MJ Mason | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (6 lb, 18 nb) | 24 | |||||
| Total | (8 wickets, declared, 110.3 overs) | 321 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-141, 2-219, 3-258, 4-285, 5-303, 6-310, 7-311, 8-321 (110.3 ov) | |||||||
| Auckland bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Drum | 19 | 7 | 37 | 0 | - | - | |
| Walmsley | 22 | 5 | 96 | 1 | - | 4 | |
| Barnes | 25 | 6 | 60 | 4 | - | 5 | |
| Haslam | 15 | 4 | 45 | 0 | - | - | |
| Walker | 9.3 | 2 | 28 | 1 | - | - | |
| Barton | 20 | 5 | 49 | 2 | - | - | |
| Auckland first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *BA Pocock | not out | 0 | 2 | 2 | - | - | |
| JC Forrest | not out | 0 | 0 | 2 | - | - | |
| RA Jones | did not bat | ||||||
| IS Billcliff | did not bat | ||||||
| HD Barton | did not bat | ||||||
| AC Barnes | did not bat | ||||||
| BGK Walker | did not bat | ||||||
| +BJ Lyon | did not bat | ||||||
| KP Walmsley | did not bat | ||||||
| MJ Haslam | did not bat | ||||||
| CJ Drum | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | 0 | ||||||
| Total | (no wicket, declared, 2 minutes, 0.2 overs) | 0 | |||||
| Central Districts bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Mason | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | |
| Central Districts second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| CM Spearman | c Drum b Barnes | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | - | |
| MDJ Walker | not out | 6 | 17 | 11 | - | - | |
| MS Sinclair | not out | 5 | 8 | 5 | - | - | |
| MW Douglas | did not bat | ||||||
| *MJ Greatbatch | did not bat | ||||||
| GP Sulzberger | did not bat | ||||||
| CJM Furlong | did not bat | ||||||
| +MA Sigley | did not bat | ||||||
| RM West | did not bat | ||||||
| DC Blake | did not bat | ||||||
| MJ Mason | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (3 lb, 2 nb) | 5 | |||||
| Total | (1 wicket, declared, 5 overs) | 22 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-10 (Spearman) | |||||||
| Auckland bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Barnes | 3 | 0 | 13 | 1 | - | - | |
| Walmsley | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | - | 1 | |
| Auckland second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *BA Pocock | b Blake | 8 | 21 | 37 | 1 | - | |
| JC Forrest | c Douglas b Blake | 10 | 45 | 47 | 1 | - | |
| RA Jones | run out | 98 | 177 | 208 | 14 | 1 | |
| IS Billcliff | lbw b Blake | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - | |
| HD Barton | c Spearman b Blake | 57 | 111 | 132 | 10 | - | |
| AC Barnes | c Douglas b Sulzberger | 10 | 19 | 19 | 2 | - | |
| BGK Walker | b Blake | 30 | 90 | 94 | 3 | - | |
| +BJ Lyon | not out | 38 | 85 | 95 | 6 | - | |
| KP Walmsley | c Furlong b Mason | 0 | 4 | 5 | - | - | |
| MJ Haslam | b Mason | 0 | 18 | 22 | - | - | |
| CJ Drum | b Sulzberger | 0 | 16 | 19 | - | - | |
| Extras | (12 lb, 16 nb) | 28 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 96.3 overs) | 279 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-21, 2-26, 3-26, 4-166, 5-181, 6-212, 7-258, 8-259, 9-266, 10-279 (96.3 ov) | |||||||
| Central Districts bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Mason | 19 | 6 | 51 | 2 | - | 1 | |
| Blake | 19 | 4 | 63 | 5 | - | 1 | |
| Furlong | 28 | 8 | 68 | 0 | - | 5 | |
| West | 8 | 1 | 30 | 0 | - | 1 | |
| Sulzberger | 19.3 | 3 | 45 | 2 | - | - | |
| Walker | 3 | 1 | 10 | 0 | - | - | |