a18745	Auckland v Central Districts
	State Shield 2007/08
Venue	Eden Park Outer Oval, Auckland on 20th February 2008 (50-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Auckland won the toss and decided to field
Result	Auckland won by 3 wickets
Points	Auckland 4; Central Districts 0
Umpires	EJ Gray, WR Knights
Scorers	RS Dixon, CSL McQuaid

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Central Districts innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
GEF Barnett	b Tuffey	0	8	10	-	-	0.00
PJ Ingram	c de Grandhomme b Nicol	59	59	65	10	-	100.00
MS Sinclair	c Hopkins b Tuffey	89	111	172	8	-	80.18
TI Weston	c McKay b Hira	4	12	15	-	-	33.33
GR Hay	c Tuffey b Hira	38	56	56	3	-	67.86
*+BBJ Griggs	c Guptill b Hira	4	9	8	-	-	44.44
EP Thompson	not out	41	38	47	4	-	107.89
BJ Diamanti	not out	11	7	11	1	-	157.14
RJ Schaw	did not bat
EJ McInnis	did not bat
BE Hefford	did not bat
Extras	(3 lb, 5 w)	8
Total	(6 wickets, innings closed, 195 minutes, 50 overs)	254
Fall of wickets:
1-10 (Barnett, 2.3 ov), 2-81 (Ingram, 16.1 ov), 3-94 (Weston, 19.5 ov), 4-170 (Hay, 35.3 ov), 5-178 (Griggs, 37.5 ov), 6-236 (Sinclair, 47.4 ov)

Auckland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Tuffey	10	1	56	2	1	-	30.00	5.60
McKay	10	2	50	0	1	-	-	5.00
Bates	9	0	64	0	-	-	-	7.11
Hira	10	1	29	3	-	-	20.00	2.90
Nicol	10	1	48	1	2	-	60.00	4.80
Vincent	1	0	4	0	-	-	-	4.00

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Auckland innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
MJ Guptill	lbw b Hefford	43	85	112	6	-	50.59
L Vincent	b Thompson	11	8	10	2	-	137.50
*RA Jones	c Weston b Thompson	0	8	9	-	-	0.00
RJ Nicol	b McInnis	0	1	2	-	-	0.00
C de Grandhomme	b Thompson	1	3	3	-	-	33.33
+GJ Hopkins	not out	130	123	174	15	2	105.69
DW Houpapa	run out (Weston->Griggs)	5	19	24	-	-	26.32
DR Tuffey	c Schaw b Sinclair	4	7	10	-	-	57.14
RM Hira	not out	44	41	53	2	1	107.32
MD Bates	did not bat
AJ McKay	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 2 lb, 3 nb, 9 w)	18
Total	(7 wickets, 202 minutes, 48.5 overs)	256
Fall of wickets:
1-12 (Vincent, 2.4 ov), 2-16 (Jones, 4.6 ov), 3-17 (Nicol, 5.5 ov), 4-18 (de Grandhomme, 6.2 ov), 5-128 (Guptill, 27.4 ov), 6-150 (Houpapa, 33.6 ov), 7-163 (Tuffey, 36.3 ov)

Central Districts bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Thompson	9	2	33	3	1	-	18.00	3.67
McInnis	9.5	0	65	1	3	1	59.00	6.61
Hefford	10	1	59	1	3	1	60.00	5.90
Schaw	10	0	30	0	-	-	-	3.00
Sinclair	8	0	46	1	1	-	48.00	5.75
Barnett	2	0	17	0	-	-	-	8.50

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Notes
--> Central Districts powerplay 1: overs 1 to 10
--> Central Districts powerplay 2 (chosen by the fielding side): overs 11 to 15
--> Central Districts powerplay 3 (chosen by the fielding side): overs 16 to 20
--> Auckland powerplay 1: overs 1 to 10
--> Auckland powerplay 2 (chosen by the fielding side): overs 11 to 15
--> Auckland powerplay 3 (chosen by the fielding side): overs 16 to 20
--> Central Districts innings: 50 in 12.3 overs
--> Central Districts innings: 100 in 23.3 overs
--> Central Districts innings: 150 in 33.1 overs
--> Central Districts innings: 200 in 42.2 overs
--> Central Districts innings: 250 in 49.3 overs
--> Auckland innings: 50 in 11.2 overs
--> Auckland innings: 100 in 20.1 overs
--> Auckland innings: 150 in 33.5 overs
--> Auckland innings: 200 in 41.2 overs
--> Auckland innings: 250 in 48.3 overs
--> EJ McInnis made his last appearance in List A matches
--> DW Houpapa made his last appearance in List A matches
--> PJ Ingram 50 in 47 balls with 9 fours
--> MS Sinclair 50 in 67 balls with 6 fours
--> GJ Hopkins 50 in 50 balls with 7 fours
--> GJ Hopkins passed his previous highest score of 82 in List A matches
--> GJ Hopkins made his first century in List A matches
--> GJ Hopkins 100 in 104 balls with 12 fours and 1 six

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12th men: AK Kitchen (Auckland) and RR Sherlock (CD)
Central Districts innings
Central Districts 50 runs: 49 minutes
2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 64 balls (PJ Ingram 37, MS Sinclair 12, Ex 3)
GR Hay injured in over 29 when stretching back to avoid being stumped - drinks taken at end of over, and GEF Barnett on as runner.
4th Wicket: 50 runs in 73 balls (MS Sinclair 25, GR Hay 22, Ex 3)
6th Wicket: 50 runs in 50 balls (MS Sinclair 22, EP Thompson 28, Ex 0)
Auckland innings
RR Sherlock fielded in place of GR Hay
Auckland 50: 51 minutes
5th Wicket: 50 runs in 52 balls (MJ Guptill 16, GJ Hopkins 26, Ex 9)
5th Wicket: 100 runs in 115 balls (MJ Guptill 30, GJ Hopkins 60, Ex 10)
8th Wicket: 50 runs in 40 balls (GJ Hopkins 22, RM Hira 29, Ex 0)