ND won the toss and batted in their top of the table clash against Auckland. They made a steady start with Cameron Merchant and Jonno Boult putting on 54 for the first wicket. Brad Wilson went cheaply but Ian Page held the innings together with 73 off 95 balls. Tamati Clarke with 23 and Simon Andrews with 25 also contributed but at the end of 50 overs they had lost 9 wickets for 205. All the ND bowlers took wickets with Colin Munro the most successful with 2/29 off five overs.
In reply Auckland was in trouble at 2/17 and never recovered. They lost wickets regularly and were all out for 142 in 40.1 overs. Dusan Hakaraia top scored with 42 and ND spinner Keir Bettley took 3/16 off 6.1 overs.
Northern Districts 205/9 (Ian Page 73) beat Auckland 142 (Dusan Hakaraia 42, Keir Bettley 3/16) by 64 runs.
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