misc1019807	Midlands v Taranaki
	Other matches in New Zealand 1996/97
Venue	Owen Delany Park, Taupo on 10th, 11th December 1996 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Match drawn
Close of play day 1

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Midlands first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PA Baber	c Dempster b Brown	114
RK Krishnan	lbw b Patterson	8
A Davey	lbw b Patterson	0
M Donovan	c O'Neill b Kennedy	17
*C Bartlett	run out	80
J Short	b Brown	42
B Clark	c Brown b Dempster	1
M Anderson	not out	35
J Claydon	not out	11
L Benjamin	did not bat
J Davey	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 15 lb, 4 nb, 1 w)	22
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 98 overs)	330
Fall of wickets:
1-36 (Krishnan), 2-36 (A Davey), 3-71 (Donovan), 4-236, 5-254, 6-256, 7-309

Taranaki bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Dawson	15	1	58	0
Patterson	14	4	31	2
Hooper	14	3	35	0
Kennedy	7	1	15	1
Wisneski	6	2	12	0
Dempster	23	2	99	1
O'Neill	1	0	4	0
Ingram	2	0	13	0
Brown	16	4	46	2

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Taranaki first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PJ Ingram	c Short b J Davey	4
PA O'Neill	lbw b Benjamin	4
PJ Lightoller	lbw b Benjamin	11
AR Wisneski	lbw b Claydon	7
HJ Goonewardene	lbw b Claydon	44
RK Brown	c Donovan b Anderson	103
AS Hooper	not out	8
RS Dempster	not out	16
TS Kennedy	did not bat
IG Patterson	did not bat
N Dawson	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 15 lb, 1 w)	18
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 63 overs)	215
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-10, 3-31, 4-33, 5-154, 6-189

Midlands bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
J Davey	16	1	41	1		-
Benjamin	17	6	34	2		-
Claydon	14	4	62	2		-
Clark	1	0	7	0		-
Krishnan	7	1	34	0		-
Donovan	3	0	16	0		-
Anderson	5	1	14	1		-

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Midlands second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PA Baber	c O'Neill b Patterson	0
RK Krishnan	c Wisneski b O'Neill	24
A Davey	lbw b Dawson	14
M Donovan	lbw b Patterson	7
*C Bartlett	b O'Neill	55
J Short	c Patterson b O'Neill	18
M Anderson	c and b O'Neill	10
J Claydon	c Patterson b Goonewardene	2
B Clark	c Wisneski b Goonewardene	3
L Benjamin	not out	3
J Davey	lbw b Lightoller	0
Extras	(2 b, 3 lb, 4 nb, 3 w)	12
Total	(all out, 32.2 overs)	148
Fall of wickets:
1-0 (Baber), 2-25, 3-38, 4-84, 5-127, 6-134, 7-137, 8-143, 9-145, 10-148 (32.2 ov)

Taranaki bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Patterson	7	1	10	2
Dawson	6	0	27	1
Goonewardene	10	2	48	2
O'Neill	8	0	55	4
Lightoller	1.2	0	3	1

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Taranaki second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PA O'Neill	c Anderson b Baber	79
PJ Ingram	c Krishnan b Claydon	42
AR Wisneski	c Anderson b Baber	57
RK Brown	b Krishnan	33
HJ Goonewardene	lbw b Krishnan	8
RS Dempster	lbw b Baber	14
PJ Lightoller	run out	0
AS Hooper	not out	5
TS Kennedy	b Krishnan	0
N Dawson	not out	1
IG Patterson	did not bat
Extras	(16 b, 8 lb)	24
Total	(8 wickets, 42 overs)	263
Fall of wickets:
1-75, 2-178, 3-205, 4-230, 5-238, 6-240, 7-258, 8-258

Midlands bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
J Davey	5	0	17	0	-	-
Benjamin	8	0	61	0	-	-
Claydon	4	0	15	1	-	-
Anderson	7	0	33	0	-	-
Baber	12	0	79	3	-	-
Krishnan	6	0	33	3	-	-

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Notes
--> Bowling in the Taranaki first innings adds 10 runs over
--> Bowling in the Taranaki second innings adds 1 run under

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Match was actually played on the 7th & 8th of Dec
Scores were level at stumps but the game was not tied as Taranki was not all out in their second innings