Wellington v Canterbury at Wellington, 16 Dec 1996

New Zealand Shell Cup 1996-97
Wellington v Canterbury
Basin Reserve, Wellington
16 December 1996

Result: Canterbury won by 8 wickets.
Points: Canterbury 2, Wellington 0.

Toss: Canterbury
Umpires: JS Crocker (Nelson) and P Williams (Canterbury).
12th Men: SW Weenink (Wellington), BJK Doody (Canterbury).
Man of the Match:

Wellington innings                                              R   M   B   4  6
PJB Chandler                         c & b Wisneski             9  13  13   2  0
JM Aiken              c Germon           b Allott               1  15   7   0  0
JD Wells              c Fleming          b Allott               1  24  17   0  0
*RG Twose             lbw                b Wisneski             1  17   8   0  0
RG Petrie             c Germon           b Allott               0  29  18   0  0
RJ Kerr               c Astle            b Wisneski             0  13  12   0  0
GR Larsen             not out                                   3  69  44   0  0
+CJ Nevin             c Germon           b Cairns              21  29  26   4  0
PW Jarvis             c Priest           b Astle                1   3   4   0  0
MR Jefferson          c Fleming          b Cairns               5  12  11   0  0
GR Jonas              c Germon           b Cairns               0   9   9   0  0
Extras                (b 4, lb 6, nb 6, w 8)                   24
Total                 (all out, 27.4 overs, 122 minutes)       66

FoW: 1-13 (Chandler), 2-13 (Aiken), 3-19 (Twose). 4-20 (Wells),
     5-22 (Kerr), 6-28 (Petrie), 7-54 (Nevin), 8-55 (Jarvis),
     9-64 (Jefferson) 10-66 (Jonas).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Wisneski                     8      4     13      3 (4w)
Allott                       8      3     13      3 (1nb, 4w)
Sharpe                       4      1     17      0 (1nb)
Cairns                       5.4    1     12      3 (1nb)
Astle                        2      1      1      1

Canterbury innings                                              R   M   B   4  6
*DJ Murray            not out                                  22  50  36   1  0
NJ Astle              lbw                b Jarvis              24  35  27   4  0
+LK Germon            c Nevin            b Larsen               7  12   9   0  0
CD McMillan           not out                                   4   1   4   1  0
Extras                (lb 3, nb 8, w 2)                        13
Total                 (for 2 wickets, 11.4 overs, 50 minutes)  70

DNB: SP Fleming, CL Cairns, CZ Harris, MW Priest, WA Wisneski,
     MF Sharpe, GI Allott.

FoW: 1-47 (Astle), 2-66 (Germon).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Jarvis                       6      0     22      1 (2w)
Jonas                        2      0     22      0 (3nb)
Larsen                       3.4    0     23      1 (1nb)

Match Referee: H Whiting.
Match rained out on the previous day and played on the Reserve Day.
Wellington's 66 is their lowest ever Shell Cup score beating their previous worst of 95 v Northern Districts at Tauranga in 1989-90.
It is also the 2nd lowest ever Shell Cup score by any side, with only Otago's 64 v Wellington at Alexandra in 1984-85 being worse.
Plus it is the lowest ever score achieved by any side at the Basin Reserve, beating Northern Districts 80 v Wellington in 1982-83 (and New Zealand's 74 v Australia in a One-Day International in 1981-82).
CJ Nevin (21) was dropped by SP Fleming with his score at 5.
GR Larsen came in with the score at 22 for 5 and remained not out at the end of the innings (44 runs later) for 3 off 44 balls in 69 minutes.

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