Wellington v Canterbury at Wellington (Final), 15 Jan 1997

New Zealand Shell Cup 1996-97
Wellington v Canterbury
Shell Cup Final
Basin Reserve, Wellington
15 January 1997

Result: Canterbury won by 123 runs
Canterbury win the 1996-97 Shell Cup

Toss: Canterbury
Umpires: CE King (Southland) and DB Cowie (Auckland)
12th Men: DS McHardy (Wellington), BJK Doody (Canterbury).
Man of the Match: MW Priest (Canterbury)

Canterbury Innings                                              R   B   4  6
NJ Astle              c Wells            b Jarvis               0   5   0  0
DJ Murray             st Nevin           b Jefferson           24  53   3  0
CD McMillan           run out (Jefferson)                      38  36   5  0
SP Fleming            c Nevin            b Larsen              19  44   1  0
CL Cairns             c Kerr             b Jarvis              42  77   4  0
CZ Harris                            c & b Larsen               0   2   0  0
*+LK Germon           c Chandler         b Jonas               17  34   2  0
MW Priest             not out                                  35  38   3  1
GA Muir               not out                                  10  13   0  0
Extras                (lb 5, nb 2, w 12)                       19
Total                 (for 7 wickets, 50 overs)               204

DNB: WA Wisneski, GI Allott.

FoW: 1-1 (Astle), 2-64 (McMillan), 3-79 (Murray), 4-98 (Fleming),
     5-98 (Harris), 6-145 (Germon), 7-166 (Cairns).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Jarvis                      10      0     44      2 (1nb, 5w)
Jonas                       10      0     55      1 (4w)
Petrie                       4      0     22      0 (2w)
Larsen                      10      3     29      2
Jefferson                   10      1     24      1 (1w)
Twose                        5      0     17      0
Wells                        1      0      8      0

Wellington Innings                                              R   B   4  6
PJB Chandler          c Germon           b Wisneski             0   6   0  0
SW Weenink            run out (Priest)                          2  12   0  0
JD Wells              c Priest           b Allott               5  19   1  0
*RG Twose             c Germon           b Cairns              24  46   4  0
RG Petrie             lbw                b Allott               0   6   0  0
RJ Kerr               c Fleming          b Cairns               4  12   0  0
GR Larsen             c Wisneski         b Priest              16  45   0  1
+CJ Nevin                                b Priest               8  30   1  0
PW Jarvis             run out (Harris)                          9  13   0  1
MR Jefferson          not out                                   5  11   1  0
GR Jonas              c Allott           b Priest               2   4   0  0
Extras                (b 1, lb 1, w 4)                          6
Total                 (all out, 33.5 overs)                    81

FoW: 1-0 (Chandler), 2-4 (Weenink), 3-9 (Wells), 4-9 (Petrie),
     5-31 (Kerr), 6-38 (Twose), 7-54 (Nevin), 8-63 (Jarvis),
     9-78 (Larsen), 10-81 (Jonas).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Wisneski                     6      3      8      1 (2w)
Allott                       6      2     12      2
Astle                        6      1     14      0
Cairns                       5      0     15      2
Priest                       5.5    1     15      3 (1w)
Harris                       5      1     15      0 (1w)

Scores after every 5 overs:
5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 Canty 20/1 49/1 66/2 83/3 96/3 110/5 124/5 144/5 169/7 204/7 Well 5/2 11/4 28/4 40/6 53/6 57/7 - - - -
Team Score Milestones:
Canterbury Wellington Balls Mins Balls Mins 50 runs 64 51 148 103 100 runs 160 129 - - 150 runs 255 181 - - 200 runs 301 217 - -
Match rained out on the previous day and played on the Reserve Day.
Canterbury's 5th Shell Cup title in 6 seasons.
Canterbury's 6th Shell Cup victory, the most since the competition's inception in 1980-81. Overall Shell Cup's won: Canterbury 6, Auckland 5, Wellington 3, Central Districts 1, Northern Districts 1, Otago 1.
Wellington's 2nd Shell Cup Final loss in 3 seasons.
Wellington's total of 81 is their 2nd lowest ever (the worst being 66 v Canterbury at Wellington in 1996-97 in the round robin competition) and the lowest ever in a Shell Cup Final.
This is the 6th consecutive Shell Cup Final where the side batting first has won, with the last 3 all by over 100 runs.
This is the first time the automatic qualifier to the Final from the Major Semi Final has lost in the Final.

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