Northern Dis vs Auckland, at Auckland, , Jan 09 2011 - Match Result

Auckland, propelled by a 152-ball 153 by Lou Vincent, defeated Canterbury in the final of the New Zealand Cricket One Day Competition by six runs, in a high-scoring nail-biter in Christchurch

Tim McIntosh launched Auckland into the final with a furious assault that produced 161 runs and blew away Otago, who tried to make a match out of chasing 340, but surrendered by 65 runs in the end at Colin Maiden Park

A round-up of the semi-finals in the NZC one-day competition

Auckland topped Otago to leapfrog into second place, while Canterbury thrashed Central Districts and Wellington beat Northern Districts