f42220 ps996	Northern Districts v Central Districts
	Shell Trophy 1995/96
Venue	Smallbone Park, Rotorua on 22nd, 23rd, 24th, 25th January 1996 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Northern Districts won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Northern Districts 0; Central Districts 4
Umpires	MB Glenny, BA Malin
Close of play day 1	Northern Districts (1) 269/8 (RG Hart 8*, Tait 2*)
Close of play day 2	Central Districts (1) 131/3 (Howell 49*, Greatbatch 11*)
Close of play day 3	Central Districts (1) 367/5 (Greatbatch 153*, Furlong 19*)
Player of the Match	MJ Greatbatch

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Northern Districts first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BA Young	b Penn	125	287	325	21	-
BA Pocock	c Furlong b Wisneski	11	20	30	-	-
MD Bell	b Findlay	1	33	47	-	-
MD Bailey	c Sigley b Wisneski	10	24	33	1	-
*SA Thomson	c Furlong b Penn	27	74	83	5	-
ME Parlane	lbw b Penn	54	133	149	7	-
MN Hart	c Sigley b Findlay	0	3	6	-	-
DJ Nash	c Greatbatch b Furlong	20	43	57	2	-
+RG Hart	c Greatbatch b Sulzberger	58	182	211	4	-
AR Tait	c Findlay b Wisneski	64	107	141	9	-
RL Hayes	not out	0	17	22	-	-
Extras	(10 lb, 2 nb)	12
Total	(all out, 153.4 overs)	382
Fall of wickets:
1-34, 2-46, 3-73, 4-125, 5-228, 6-229, 7-237, 8-267, 9-374, 10-382 (153.4 ov)

Central Districts bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Penn	27	6	78	3	-	-
Wisneski	35	8	99	3	-	-
Findlay	30	17	36	2	-	-
Furlong	30	7	87	1	-	-
Duff	28	10	68	0	-	1
Sulzberger	3.4	1	4	1	-	-

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Central Districts first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GP Sulzberger	st RG Hart b MN Hart	27	93	108	2	-
MDJ Walker	lbw b Tait	7	44	52	-	-
LG Howell	c Nash b Tait	92	298	364	8	-
AH Jones	lbw b Tait	20	97	99	2	-
*MJ Greatbatch	c Bailey b Tait	202	349	452	25	-
SW Duff	b Nash	16	47	48	1	-
CJM Furlong	lbw b Hayes	25	95	108	4	-
+MA Sigley	lbw b Hayes	0	1	1	-	-
WA Wisneski	lbw b Hayes	0	1	1	-	-
AJ Penn	st RG Hart b Tait	16	70	98	2	-
CO Findlay	not out	9	14	20	1	-
Extras	(16 b, 15 lb, 6 nb, 5 w)	42
Total	(all out, 184.2 overs)	456
Fall of wickets:
1-25, 2-54, 3-111, 4-272, 5-300, 6-395, 7-395, 8-395, 9-445, 10-456 (184.2 ov)

Northern Districts bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hayes	41	5	121	3	5	1
Nash	31	10	68	1	-	1
Tait	43.2	13	109	5	-	-
MN Hart	31	4	77	1	-	1
Thomson	38	20	50	0	-	-

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Northern Districts second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BA Young	not out	71	117	138	11	-
BA Pocock	c Sigley b Duff	43	86	92	8	-
MD Bell	not out	4	49	45	-	-
MD Bailey	did not bat
*SA Thomson	did not bat
ME Parlane	did not bat
MN Hart	did not bat
DJ Nash	did not bat
+RG Hart	did not bat
AR Tait	did not bat
RL Hayes	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 7 lb, 2 w)	10
Total	(1 wicket, 42 overs)	128
Fall of wickets:
1-97 (Pocock)

Central Districts bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Penn	3	0	11	0	1	-
Wisneski	7	1	11	0	1	-
Findlay	2	0	16	0	-	-
Furlong	16	2	55	0	-	-
Walker	3	0	15	0	-	-
Duff	10	4	12	1	-	-
Sulzberger	1	1	0	0	-	-

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Notes
--> BA Young (1) 100 in 233 balls, 271 minutes
--> BA Young (1) passed 5500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 12
--> RG Hart (1) passed his previous highest score of 57 in Plunket Shield matches
--> RG Hart (1) passed his previous highest score of 57 in First-Class matches
--> RG Hart (1) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 31
--> AR Tait (1) passed his previous highest score of 50 in Plunket Shield matches
--> AR Tait (1) passed his previous highest score of 50 in First-Class matches
--> MJ Greatbatch (1) 100 in 169 balls, 209 minutes
--> MJ Greatbatch (1) 200 in 346 balls, 446 minutes with 25 fours
--> MJ Greatbatch (1) equalled his previous highest score of 202 in Plunket Shield matches
--> MJ Greatbatch (1) equalled his previous highest score of 202 in First-Class matches
--> AR Tait achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Central Districts first innings (previous best was 3-57)
--> AR Tait achieved his first five wickets in an innings in First-Class matches in the Central Districts first innings
--> AR Tait achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Plunket Shield matches in the Central Districts first innings (previous best was 3-57)
--> AR Tait achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Plunket Shield matches in the Central Districts first innings
--> RL Hayes completed a hat-trick in the Central Districts first innings (Furlong, Sigley, Wisneski)

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Shane Thomson conceded 2 scoring shots in his first 10 overs.
Play finished at 4:40 pm due to rain.