Auckland win toss and choose to bowl in the State Championship Final against Central

The State Auckland Ace have won the toss and elected to bat in the State Championship Final against the State Central Stags at the Bert Sutcliffe Oval in Lincoln.

Auckland finished top of the table and only require a draw to lift the 2008/09 State Championship Trophy

State Auckland Aces:
RA Jones (captain), JA Raval, RJ Nicol, AK Kitchen, RA Young, GJ Hopkins, C de Grandhomme, TS Nethula, MD Bates, DR Tuffey, LJ Shaw

State Central Stags:
PJ Ingram, JM How, GH Worker, MS Sinclair (captain), BMK Patton, JDP Oram, BBJ Griggs, BJ Diamanti, EP Thompson, MJ Mason, MJ McClenaghan