a10232	Central Districts v Northern Districts
	Shell Cup 1996/97
Venue	McLean Park, Napier on 15th, 16th December 1996 (50-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Northern Districts won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Northern Districts won by 72 runs
Points	Central Districts 0; Northern Districts 2
Umpires	AL Hill, EA Watkin
Close of play day 1	Northern Districts 153/5 (Bell ?*, MN Hart ?*)
Player of the Match	MN Hart

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Northern Districts innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
*BA Pocock	c Greatbatch b Penn	3	10	8	-	-	30.00
ME Parlane	c Howell b Penn	20	31	54	1	1	64.52
BA Young	c Douglas b Penn	11	10	11	2	-	110.00
MD Bailey	lbw b Penn	12	9	9	2	-	133.33
SA Thomson	c Sulzberger b Penn	2	10	19	-	-	20.00
MD Bell	c Findlay b Loveridge	40	83	96	5	-	48.19
MN Hart	c Sulzberger b Bulfin	100	101	129	8	1	99.01
+RG Hart	run out	14	23	26	-	-	60.87
SB Doull	c Findlay b Penn	6	6	11	1	-	100.00
AR Tait	run out	11	12	14	-	-	91.67
SB Styris	not out	0	1	3	-	-	0.00
Extras	(8 lb, 2 nb, 9 w)	19
Total	(all out, 49.2 overs)	238
Fall of wickets:
1-4 (Pocock), 2-18 (Young), 3-33 (Parlane), 4-53 (Bailey), 5-54 (Thomson), 6-169 (Bell), 7-198 (RG Hart), 8-212 (Doull), 9-236 (MN Hart), 10-238 (Tait)

Central Districts bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Penn	10	1	49	6	4	-	10.00	4.90
Bulfin	10	0	36	1	1	-	60.00	3.60
Findlay	9.2	0	35	0	-	1	-	3.75
Alcock	10	0	53	0	-	-	-	5.30
Loveridge	7	0	36	1	1	-	42.00	5.14
Sulzberger	3	0	21	0	3	-	-	7.00

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Central Districts innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
CM Spearman	c Bailey b Doull	0	9	18	-	-	0.00
+MW Douglas	c RG Hart b Styris	0	1	5	-	-	0.00
GP Sulzberger	b Thomson	71	110	142	6	-	64.55
LG Howell	c Thomson b Doull	0	2	2	-	-	0.00
*MJ Greatbatch	lbw b Styris	5	24	27	1	-	20.83
MS Sinclair	b Tait	62	96	128	1	1	64.58
GR Loveridge	c Styris b MN Hart	3	7	8	-	-	42.86
AJ Penn	lbw b Tait	1	4	4	-	-	25.00
CO Findlay	c and b MN Hart	2	6	5	-	-	33.33
CE Bulfin	b Tait	2	3	2	-	-	66.67
AJ Alcock	not out	5	12	14	-	-	41.67
Extras	(5 lb, 2 nb, 8 w)	15
Total	(all out, 45.3 overs)	166
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-8, 3-8, 4-26, 5-138, 6-144, 7-148, 8-151, 9-154, 10-166 (45.3 ov)

Northern Districts bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Doull	8	1	28	2	4	1	24.00	3.50
Styris	10	1	26	2	4	-	30.00	2.60
Tait	8.3	1	34	3	-	-	17.00	4.00
Thomson	9	0	35	1	-	-	54.00	3.89
MN Hart	10	0	38	2	-	-	30.00	3.80

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for one day but extended to two.
--> AJ Alcock made his last appearance in List A matches
--> MN Hart passed his previous highest score of 62 in List A matches
--> MN Hart made his first century in List A matches
--> MN Hart 100 in 105 balls with 8 fours and 2 sixes
--> GP Sulzberger passed his previous highest score of 24 in List A matches
--> MS Sinclair passed his previous highest score of 23 in List A matches
--> AJ Penn achieved his best innings bowling analysis in List A matches when he dismissed ME Parlane in the Northern Districts innings (previous best was 2-33)
--> AJ Penn achieved his first five wickets in an innings in List A matches in the Northern Districts innings

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Rain interrupted play on Day 1 with Northern Districts' score at 153/5 after 30 overs. As 30 overs have been completed, the match was declared valid and continued as a 50-overs per side match on the reserve day (16 December 1996) when Northern Districts resumed their innings.

 

 

 

 

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