a9618	Northern Districts v Central Districts
	Shell Cup 1995/96
Venue	Blake Park, Mount Maunganui on 3rd January 1996 (50-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Central Districts won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Northern Districts won by 5 wickets
Points	Northern Districts 2; Central Districts 0
Umpires	MB Glenny, EA Watkin
Player of the Match	BA Young

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Central Districts innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
+GP McRae	b Nash	53	96	115	6	1	55.21
AH Jones	c Hopkins b Nash	0	5	10	-	-	0.00
MS Sinclair	lbw b de Groen	0	3	4	-	-	0.00
MJ Greatbatch	c Bailey b Tait	84	115	173	7	-	73.04
PR Whitaker	st Hopkins b de Groen	50	72	79	-	-	69.44
*RK Brown	c Thomson b Tait	8	5	11	1	-	160.00
DC Blake	not out	7	4	7	1	-	175.00
JG Pawley	not out	0	0	1	-	-	0.00
SW Duff	did not bat
AJ Alcock	did not bat
CO Findlay	did not bat
Extras	(7 lb, 3 w)	10
Total	(6 wickets, innings closed, 50 overs)	212
Fall of wickets:
1-3 (Jones), 2-5 (Sinclair), 3-96 (McRae), 4-197 (Greatbatch), 5-198 (Whitaker), 6-210 (Brown)

Northern Districts bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Nash	8	1	26	2	-	-	24.00	3.25
de Groen	10	1	35	2	1	-	30.00	3.50
Cooper	9	0	43	0	1	-	-	4.78
Hart	6	0	34	0	-	-	-	5.67
Tait	10	1	41	2	-	-	30.00	4.10
Thomson	7	0	26	0	1	-	-	3.71

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Northern Districts innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
ME Parlane	c McRae b Blake	11	19	20	2	-	57.89
BA Young	not out	101	120	200	10	1	84.17
AC Parore	c McRae b Findlay	14	28	24	1	-	50.00
MD Bailey	c Brown b Whitaker	2	7	8	-	-	28.57
*SA Thomson	c Greatbatch b Brown	42	83	90	2	-	50.60
BG Cooper	b Alcock	14	18	24	1	-	77.78
MN Hart	not out	21	22	29	2	-	95.45
+GJ Hopkins	did not bat
AR Tait	did not bat
DJ Nash	did not bat
RP de Groen	did not bat
Extras	(4 lb, 4 nb, 3 w)	11
Total	(5 wickets, 49.1 overs)	216
Fall of wickets:
1-26 (Parlane), 2-43 (Parore), 3-50 (Bailey), 4-140 (Thomson), 5-177 (Cooper)

Central Districts bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Blake	6	0	31	1	1	2	36.00	5.17
Alcock	9.1	1	45	1	1	-	55.00	4.91
Findlay	10	0	42	1	-	-	60.00	4.20
Whitaker	10	0	35	1	-	-	60.00	3.50
Duff	9	0	39	0	-	-	-	4.33
Brown	5	0	20	1	1	-	30.00	4.00

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Notes
--> MS Sinclair made his debut in List A matches
--> JG Pawley made his debut in List A matches
--> GJ Hopkins made his debut in List A matches
--> GP McRae made his last appearance in List A matches
--> AH Jones made his last appearance in List A matches
--> JG Pawley made his last appearance in List A matches
--> SW Duff made his last appearance in List A matches
--> MJ Greatbatch passed 4000 runs in List A matches when he reached 58
--> BA Young passed his previous highest score of 90 in List A matches
--> BA Young made his first century in List A matches
--> MN Hart passed 500 runs in List A matches when he reached 2
--> RP de Groen reached 50 wickets in List A matches when he dismissed PR Whitaker, his 2nd wicket in the Central Districts innings

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