Canterbury v Northern Districts at Christchurch, 30 Dec 1996

New Zealand Shell Cup 1996-97
Canterbury v Northern Districts
Lancaster Park, Christchurch
30 December 1996

Result: Canterbury won by 7 wickets
Points: Canterbury 2, Northern Districts 0.

Toss: Canterbury
Umpires: DM Quested and P Williams
12th Men: BJK Doody (Canterbury), ME Parlane (Northern Districts).
Man of the Match: CZ Harris (Canterbury)

Northern Districts Innings                                      R   B   4  6
*BA Pocock            run out (Harris)                         23  47   2  0
BA Young              c Germon           b Allott               4  18   0  0
SA Thomson            retired hurt                              0   4   0  0
MD Bailey             c Germon           b Sharpe               0   2   0  0
MD Bell                                  b Harris              22  51   3  0
MN Hart                                  b Cairns               0   6   0  0
AR Tait               c Astle            b Harris              24  47   1  0
+RG Hart              run out                                  56  81   2  0
CW Ross               c Fleming          b Harris               0   1   0  0
SB Styris                                b Priest              18  43   1  0
DL Vettori            not out                                   4   3   0  0
Extras                (lb 5, nb 6, w 4)                        15
Total                 (for 9 wickets, 50 overs)               166

FoW: 1-22 (Young), 2-27 (Bailey), 3-37 (Pocock), 4-38 (MN Hart),
     5-74 (Bell), 6-93 (Tait), 7-93 (Ross), 8-160 (Styris),
     9-166 (RG Hart).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Wisneski                     5      0     33      0 (1nb, 4w)
Allott                      10      3     24      1
Sharpe                      10      3     23      1
Cairns                       7      1     19      1 (1nb)
Harris                      10      2     28      3
Priest                       8      0     34      1

Canterbury Innings                                              R   B   4  6
NJ Astle              c Pocock           b MN Hart             35  27   6  0
DJ Murray             c RG Hart          b Ross                16  27   0  0
CZ Harris             not out                                  52  81   4  2
SP Fleming            c MN Hart          b Ross                22  42   2  1
CL Cairns             not out                                  36  27   3  3
Extras                (b 2, lb 1, nb 2, w 1)                    6
Total                 (for 3 wickets, 33.5 overs)             167

DNB: CD McMillan, *+LK Germon, MW Priest, WA Wisneski, MF Sharpe,
     GI Allott.

FoW: 1-49 (Astle), 2-59 (Murray), 3-109 (Fleming).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Ross                        10      1     35      2
Styris                       3      0     26      0 (1nb)
MN Hart                      9.5    4     42      1
Vettori                      8      0     38      0
Tait                         3      0     23      0 (1w)

Scores after every 5 overs:
5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 ND 22/0 33/2 37/3 56/4 70/4 83/5 100/7 114/7 139/7 166/9 Canty 34/0 59/1 71/2 79/2 103/2 130/3 - - - -
Team Score Milestones:
Northern Districts Canterbury Balls Mins Balls Mins 50 runs 111 80 51 34 100 runs 210 142 151 91 150 runs 288 190 198 124
RG Hart 50 off 75 balls, 79 mins.
CZ Harris 50 off 80 balls, 95 mins.
BA Pocock dropped at 2nd slip by NJ Astle on 0 with the total at 1/0 after 0.5 overs.
SA Thomson retired hurt at 26/1 (after being hit on the finger by a delivery from MF Sharpe after 7.4 overs)
CZ Harris took 2 wickets in 2 balls (AR Tait and CW Ross) in the 33rd over but SB Styris avoided giving him the hat-trick.
CZ Harris dropped twice with his score on 1 and 5 off consecutive balls by CW Ross (subsequently went for 4 runs) and MN Hart (caught and bowled chance) with the total on 55/1 and 59/1 in the 10th over.
M Hastings came on as reserve fielder for SA Thomson during the Canterbury innings.
In the 27th over the Northern Districts coach CM Kuggeleijn (former NZ player) came on to field at fine leg after an injury to another ND player.
Attendance: 4200.

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