a26158	Central Districts v Auckland
	The Ford Trophy 2017/18 (1st Preliminary Final)
Venue	Pukekura Park, New Plymouth on 17th February 2018 (50-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Central Districts won the toss and decided to field
Result	Central Districts won by 7 wickets (Duckworth/Lewis method)
Umpires	AL Gillies, DJ Walker
Referee	GAV Baxter

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Auckland innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
JA Raval	c Cleaver b Rance	9	17	28	2	-	52.94
+GD Phillips	b Bracewell	45	53	93	8	-	84.91
SM Solia	c Young b Bracewell	20	29	36	3	-	68.97
*C Cachopa	b Milne	19	34	38	2	-	55.88
FH Allen	run out (Tickner)	5	19	38	-	-	26.32
MJ Barry	c Cleaver b Milne	1	6	10	-	-	16.67
BJ Horne	run out (Young)	63	52	83	10	1	121.15
DJ Grobbelaar	b Patel	0	6	3	-	-	0.00
TS Nethula	run out (Bruce)	51	41	49	4	4	124.39
LH Ferguson	not out	9	14	18	2	-	64.29
JA Brown	c Worker b Bracewell	6	6	5	1	-	100.00
Extras	(1 b, 2 lb, 2 nb, 7 w)	12
Total	(all out, 45.5 overs)	240
Fall of wickets:
1-24 (Raval, 5.4 ov), 2-69 (Solia, 13.5 ov), 3-91 (Phillips, 20.3 ov), 4-96 (Cachopa, 22.4 ov), 5-100 (Barry, 24.6 ov), 6-114 (Allen, 28.5 ov), 7-114 (Grobbelaar, 29.6 ov), 8-219 (Nethula, 41.6 ov), 9-233 (Horne, 44.3 ov), 10-240 (Brown, 45.5 ov)

Central Districts bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Milne	9	2	37	2	2	-	27.00	4.11
Rance	8	0	47	1	2	2	48.00	5.88
Tickner	10	2	47	0	-	-	-	4.70
Bracewell	9.5	0	60	3	1	-	19.67	6.10
Patel	9	1	46	1	2	-	54.00	5.11

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Central Districts innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
GH Worker	c Solia b Brown	46	51	60	6	-	90.20
BS Smith	c Grobbelaar b Solia	46	48	74	3	1	95.83
JD Ryder	not out	53	34	51	7	2	155.88
*WA Young	c Cachopa b Ferguson	7	14	20	1	-	50.00
TC Bruce	not out	19	10	18	1	2	190.00
+D Cleaver	did not bat
DAJ Bracewell	did not bat
AF Milne	did not bat
AY Patel	did not bat
SHA Rance	did not bat
BM Tickner	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 3 lb, 3 nb, 10 w)	20
Total	(3 wickets, 25.4 overs)	191
Fall of wickets:
1-92 (Worker, 15.1 ov), 2-113 (Smith, 17.4 ov), 3-139 (Young, 21.6 ov)

Auckland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Grobbelaar	4	0	20	0	1	-	-	5.00
Ferguson	6	0	37	1	2	1	36.00	6.17
Barry	4	0	21	0	-	-	-	5.25
Brown	4.4	0	32	1	3	-	28.00	6.86
Nethula	5	0	57	0	2	2	-	11.40
Solia	2	0	17	1	2	-	12.00	8.50

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Notes
--> Central Districts target was 190 runs in 32 overs
--> Auckland innings: 50 in 10.4 overs
--> Auckland innings: 100 in 24.4 overs
--> Auckland innings: 150 in 35.3 overs
--> Auckland innings: 200 in 39.5 overs
--> Central Districts innings: 50 in 9.2 overs
--> Central Districts innings: 100 in 16.2 overs
--> Central Districts innings: 150 in 23.2 overs
--> FH Allen made his debut in List A matches
--> DJ Grobbelaar made his last appearance in List A matches
--> BJ Horne passed his previous highest score of 24 in List A matches
--> BJ Horne 50 in 38 balls with 8 fours and 1 six
--> TS Nethula passed his previous highest score of 49 in List A matches
--> TS Nethula 50 in 40 balls with 4 fours and 4 sixes
--> JD Ryder 50 in 34 balls with 7 fours and 2 sixes
--> BJ Horne (25) and TS Nethula (25) added 50 in 43 balls for the Auckland 8th wicket
--> BJ Horne (45) and TS Nethula (50) added 100 in 67 balls for the Auckland 8th wicket
--> GH Worker (19) and BS Smith (26) added 50 in 57 balls for the Central Districts 1st wicket
--> JD Ryder (26) and TC Bruce (19) added 50 in 23 balls for the Central Districts 4th wicket

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