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