New Zealand Shell Trophy 1996-97
Central Districts v Otago
Victoria Park, Wanganui
25, 26, 27, 28 November 1996

Result: Central Districts won by 3 wickets
Points: Central Districts 12, Otago 0.

Toss: Central Districts
Umpires: DM Quested (Canterbury) and JS Crocker (Nelson)
12th Men: CJM Furlong (Central Districts), AJ Gale (Otago)
Man of the Match:

Close of Play:

  • Day 1: Otago 227, Central Districts 93/4 ()
  • Day 2: Central Districts 263, Otago 147/4 ()
  • Day 3: Otago 271, Central Districts 136/4 ()
    Otago 1st innings                                               R   M   B  4 6
    *RA Lawson            c Austin           b Bulfin               7
    MH Austen             c Lamason          b Penn                 1       5  0 0
    MJ Lamont                                b Penn                 4          0 0
    MJ Horne              c Sinclair         b Loveridge          124     162 13 1
    MH Richardson                            b Lamason             25
    CB Gaffaney           lbw                b Lamason              0       2  0 0
    JW Wilson             c Austin           b Penn                25
    +MG Croy              c Sinclair         b Bulfin               7
    PJ Wiseman            c Garner           b Penn                17
    KR O'Dowda            c Garner           b Sulzberger           3
    DG Sewell             not out                                   4
    Extras                (lb 4, nb 6)                             10
    Total                 (all out, 75 overs)                     227
    
    FoW: 1-1 (Austen), 2-11 (Lamont), 3-17 (Lawson),
         4-118 (Richardson), 5-118 (Gaffaney), 6-151 (Wilson),
         7-177 (Croy), 8-214 (Horne), 9-219 (O'Dowda),
         10-227 (Wiseman).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Penn                        21     10     47      4
    Bulfin                      14      2     28      2
    Loveridge                   11      1     47      1 (1nb)
    Lamason                     18      5     64      2 (1nb)
    Walker                       1      0      4      0
    Cooper                       6      1     29      0 (1nb)
    Sulzberger                   4      1      4      1
    
    Central Districts 1st innings
    GP Sulzberger         lbw                b O'Dowda              0
    MDJ Walker                               b Sewell              29
    *LG Howell            c Wilson           b Wiseman             41
    CD Garner             c Horne            b Wiseman              4
    MS Sinclair           c Horne            b Wiseman             85
    AJ Penn               c Croy             b Sewell               2
    DM Cooper             c Croy             b Wilson              16
    DW Lamason            lbw                b Austen               0
    GR Loveridge          not out                                  49
    +E Austin             c Croy             b Wiseman              2
    C Bulfin              c Horne            b Wiseman             14
    Extras                (b 10, lb 7, nb 4)                       21
    Total                 (all out, 91.5 overs)                   263
    
    FoW: 1-1 (Sulzberger), 2-79 (Howell), 3-85 (Walker),
         4-91 (Garner), 5-102 (Penn), 6-166 (Cooper),
         7-171 (Lamason), 8-213 (Sinclair), 9-217 (Austin),
         10-263 (Bulfin).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Sewell                      26      8     63      2
    O'Dowda                     15      4     51      1
    Wilson                      10      3     38      1
    Wiseman                     32.5    5     80      5
    Richardson                   1      0      1      0
    Austen                       7      3     13      1
    
    Otago 2nd innings
    *RA Lawson                               b Loveridge           44
    MH Austen             lbw                b Penn                15
    MJ Lamont             lbw                b Penn                 0
    MJ Horne              lbw                b Penn                90
    MH Richardson                            b Sulzberger          16
    KR O'Dowda            lbw                b Sulzberger           2
    CB Gaffaney           c Sinclair         b Penn                49
    +MG Croy                                 b Penn                19
    JW Wilson             c Bulfin           b Penn                22
    PJ Wiseman            c Bulfin           b Lamason              0
    DG Sewell             not out                                   0
    Extras                (b 1, lb 11, w 2)                        14
    Total                 (all out, 97.2 overs)                   271
    
    FoW: 1-34 (Austen), 2-34 (Lamont), 3-123 (Richardson),
         4-141 (Lawson), 5-155 (O'Dowda), 6-197 (Horne),
         7-240 (Croy), 8-268 (Wilson), 9-270 (Gaffaney),
         10-271 (Wiseman).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Penn                        26.2    4     54      6
    Bulfin                      13      1     61      0
    Loveridge                   16      3     51      1
    Lamason                     18      7     31      1
    Sulzberger                  24      7     62      2
    
    Central Districts 2nd innings
    GP Sulzberger                            b O'Dowda             21
    CD Garner             c Wiseman          b Sewell               3
    *LG Howell            lbw                b Austen              26
    MS Sinclair           c Croy             b O'Dowda             83
    MDJ Walker            c Austen           b Sewell              34
    DM Cooper             lbw                b O'Dowda             48
    GR Loveridge          c Sewell           b Wiseman              0
    DW Lamason            not out                                   4
    AJ Penn               not out                                   0
    Extras                (b 5, lb 8, nb 4, w 1)                   18
    Total                 (for 7 wickets, 83.4 overs)             237
    
    FoW: 1-5 (Garner), 2-46 (Sulzberger), 3-68 (Howell),
         4-130 (Walker), 5-230 (Cooper), 6-231 (Loveridge),
         7-231 (Sinclair).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Sewell                      17      6     36      2 (1nb)
    O'Dowda                     12      3     27      3 (1nb, 1w)
    Wilson                      11      2     34      0
    Wiseman                     24.4    6     81      1
    Richardson                   6      1      9      0
    Austen                      13      2     37      1
    


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