a852	Central Districts v Otago
	New Zealand Motor Corporation Knockout Tournament 1972/73 (Semi-Final)
Venue	Trafalgar Park, Nelson on 10th December 1972 (40-over match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Central Districts won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Otago won by 6 wickets
Umpires	M Rangi, GH Stroud
Man of the Match	GM Turner

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Central Districts innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
PJC Coutts	c Turner b Congdon	18
DH Payton	c Anderson b Powell	48
HC Sampson	c Turner b Powell	24
DW Neal	b Congdon	13
*MJF Shrimpton	c Lees b Cushen	28
+IR Snook	not out	39
DR O'Sullivan	run out	2
BL Cairns	run out	3
AB Jordan	lbw b Andrews	0
JH Howell	run out	1
BA Stewart	c Lees b Powell	0
Extras	(2 b, 4 lb)	6
Total	(all out, 36.7 overs)	182
Fall of wickets:
1-40, 2-59, 3-106, 4-112, 5-169, 6-177, 7-179, 8-179, 9-182, 10-182 (36.7 ov)

Otago bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Andrews	6	1	20	1	-	-	48.00	3.33
Nicholson	8	0	47	0	-	-	-	5.88
Congdon	8	3	21	2	-	-	32.00	2.62
Cushen	8	0	46	1	-	-	64.00	5.75
Powell	6.7	0	42	3	-	-	18.33	6.11

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Otago innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
GM Turner	not out	73
WL Blair	c Snook b Jordan	0
BE Congdon	b Cairns	15
RW Anderson	c Sampson b Cairns	22
KO Campbell	c Sampson b Howell	12
+WK Lees	not out	53
*GD Alabaster	did not bat
GA Powell	did not bat
KA Nicholson	did not bat
JAJ Cushen	did not bat
B Andrews	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 6 lb)	8
Total	(4 wickets, 36.7 overs)	183
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-33, 3-75, 4-102

Central Districts bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Jordan	6.7	1	33	1	-	-	55.00	4.80
Stewart	8	0	38	0	-	-	-	4.75
O'Sullivan	8	1	21	0	-	-	-	2.62
Cairns	8	1	43	2	-	-	32.00	5.38
Howell	6	0	40	1	-	-	48.00	6.67

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Notes
--> PJC Coutts made his last appearance in ListA matches
--> DH Payton passed his previous highest score of 30 in ListA matches
--> GM Turner passed 2000 runs in ListA matches when he reached 42
--> WK Lees passed his previous highest score of 31 in ListA matches
--> GA Powell achieved his best innings bowling analysis in ListA matches in the Central Districts innings (previous best was 2-35)

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