Canterbury v Wellington at Christchurch (Semi Final), 8 Jan 1997

New Zealand Shell Cup 1996-97
Canterbury v Wellington
Major Semi Final
Lancaster Park, Christchurch
8 January 1997

Result: Wellington won by 37 runs

Toss: Wellington
Umpires: RS Dunne (Otago) and EA Watkin (Wellington)
12th Men: BJK Doody (Canterbury), SM Battock (Wellington).
Man of the Match: PJB Chandler (Wellington)

Wellington Innings                                              R   B   4  6
PJB Chandler                             b Allott             106 122   7  3
DS McHardy            c Fleming          b Allott               9  25   1  0
JD Wells              c Germon           b Cairns               4  24   0  0
*RG Twose             c Germon           b Cairns             100 100   6  3
RG Petrie             run out (Harris)                          1   4   0  0
PW Jarvis             c Astle            b Cairns               1   4   0  0
RJ Kerr               c Harris           b Cairns               1   4   0  0
GR Larsen             c Priest           b Cairns              11  10   2  0
+CJ Nevin             not out                                   4   5   0  0
MR Jefferson          c Murray           b Cairns               2   2   0  0
GR Jonas              not out                                   0   0   0  0
Extras                (lb 3, w 5)                               8
Total                 (for 9 wickets, 50 overs)               247

FoW: 1-19 (McHardy), 2-48 (Wells), 3-227 (Chandler),
     4-227 (Twose), 5-229 (Jarvis), 6-230 (Petrie), 7-231 (Kerr),
     8-243 (Larsen), 9-246 (Jefferson).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Wisneski                     8      1     32      0 (1w)
Allott                      10      1     38      2 (1w)
Cairns                      10      1     37      6 (1w)
Priest                       7      0     42      0
Muir                         5      0     34      0 (1w)
Harris                      10      0     61      0 (1w)

Canterbury Innings                                              R   B   4  6
NJ Astle              lbw                b Jarvis              23  22   3  0
DJ Murray             c McHardy          b Jonas                5  22   0  0
CD McMillan           c Nevin            b Petrie              12  34   1  0
SP Fleming            c Nevin            b Petrie              32  31   6  0
CL Cairns             c sub (Battock)    b Larsen              11  10   2  0
CZ Harris             run out (Chandler)                        4   9   0  0
*+LK Germon                              b Jarvis              60  89   5  0
MW Priest                            c & b Jefferson           10  18   0  0
GA Muir               c Chandler         b Larsen              27  32   0  1
WA Wisneski                              b Larsen              11  10   0  0
GI Allott             not out                                   2   5   0  0
Extras                (lb 6, nb 4, w 3)                        13
Total                 (all out, 47 overs)                     210

FoW: 1-30 (Astle), 2-30 (Murray), 3-69 (Fleming), 4-86 (Cairns),
     5-86 (McMillan), 6-95 (Harris), 7-120 (Priest),
     8-175 (Muir), 9-200 (Wisneski), 10-210 (Germon).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Jarvis                      10      0     49      2 (2w)
Jonas                        5      0     24      1
Larsen                       9      0     35      3 (1nb)
Petrie                       7      2     25      2 (1nb)
Jefferson                    9      0     42      1 (1w)
Twose                        7      0     29      0

Scores after every 5 overs:
5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 Well 14/0 37/1 58/2 77/2 103/2 134/2 160/2 192/2 227/3 247/9 Canty 25/0 44/2 69/3 86/4 98/6 114/6 134/7 168/7 199/8 -
Team Score Milestones:
Wellington Canterbury Balls Mins Balls Mins 50 runs 87 58 70 49 100 runs 145 95 159 119 150 runs 196 126 230 160 200 runs 245 152 274 194
PJB Chandler 50 off 53 balls, 82 mins. 100 off 115 balls, 159 mins. 106 is his highest Shell Cup score beating his previous best of 84* v Otago at Alexandra 1996-97.
RG Twose 50 off 60 balls, 68 mins. 100 off 99 balls, 112 mins. His 4th Shell Cup century and 2nd consecutive.
PJB Chandler and RG Twose set a new record 3rd wicket partnership for Wellington of 179 (beating the 174 between MD Crowe and MP Speight v Canterbury at Christchurch in 1992-93). Also it is the 2nd highest 3rd wicket partnership by any team in Shell Cup history.
CL Cairns' 6-37 is the best ever Shell Cup performance for Canterbury (beating the 6-43 by WA Wisneski v Auckland at Christchurch in 1996-97) and 6th best in Shell Cup history.
LK Germon 50 off 78 balls, 93 mins.
Wellington advance to the Shell Cup Final at Wellington on 14 January 1997. Canterbury will meet Northern Districts at Christchurch on 11 January 1997 in the Minor Semi Final playoff for the right to meet Wellington in the Final.

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