a10280	Canterbury v Northern Districts
	Shell Cup 1996/97
Venue	Lancaster Park, Christchurch on 30th December 1996 (50-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Canterbury won the toss and decided to field
Result	Canterbury won by 7 wickets
Points	Canterbury 2; Northern Districts 0
Umpires	DM Quested, PR Williams
Player of the Match	CZ Harris

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Northern Districts innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
*BA Pocock	run out (Harris)	23	47	62	2	-	48.94
BA Young	c Germon b Allott	4	18	23	-	-	22.22
SA Thomson	retired hurt	0	4	11	-	-	0.00
MD Bailey	c Germon b Sharpe	0	2	2	-	-	0.00
MD Bell	b Harris	22	51	74	3	-	43.14
MN Hart	b Cairns	0	6	7	-	-	0.00
AR Tait	c Astle b Harris	24	48	62	1	-	50.00
+RG Hart	run out	56	80	88	2	-	70.00
CW Ross	c Fleming b Harris	0	1	1	-	-	0.00
SB Styris	b Priest	18	43	80	1	-	41.86
DL Vettori	not out	4	3	3	-	-	133.33
Extras	(5 lb, 6 nb, 4 w)	15
Total	(9 wickets, innings closed, 50 overs)	166
Fall of wickets:
1-22 (Young), 2-27 (Bailey), 3-37 (Pocock), 4-38 (MN Hart), 5-74 (Bell), 6-93 (Tait), 7-93 (Ross), 8-160 (Styris), 9-166 (RG Hart)

Canterbury bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Wisneski	5	0	33	0	4	1	-	6.60
Allott	10	3	24	1	-	-	60.00	2.40
Sharpe	10	3	23	1	-	-	60.00	2.30
Cairns	7	1	19	1	-	1	42.00	2.71
Harris	10	2	28	3	-	-	20.00	2.80
Priest	8	0	34	1	-	-	48.00	4.25

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Canterbury innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
NJ Astle	c Pocock b MN Hart	35	27	30	6	-	129.63
DJ Murray	c RG Hart b Ross	16	27	44	-	-	59.26
CZ Harris	not out	52	81	97	4	2	64.20
SP Fleming	c MN Hart b Ross	22	42	52	2	1	52.38
CL Cairns	not out	36	27	30	3	3	133.33
CD McMillan	did not bat
*+LK Germon	did not bat
MW Priest	did not bat
WA Wisneski	did not bat
MF Sharpe	did not bat
GI Allott	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 1 lb, 2 nb, 1 w)	6
Total	(3 wickets, 33.5 overs)	167
Fall of wickets:
1-49 (Astle), 2-59 (Murray), 3-109 (Fleming)

Northern Districts bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Ross	10	1	35	2	-	-	30.00	3.50
Styris	3	0	26	0	-	1	-	8.67
MN Hart	9.5	4	42	1	-	-	59.00	4.27
Vettori	8	0	38	0	-	-	-	4.75
Tait	3	0	23	0	1	-	-	7.67

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Notes
--> Northern Districts innings: 50 in 111 balls, 80 minutes
--> Northern Districts innings: 100 in 210 balls, 142 minutes
--> Northern Districts innings: 150 in 288 balls, 190 minutes
--> Canterbury innings: 50 in 51 balls, 34 minutes
--> Canterbury innings: 100 in 151 balls, 91 minutes
--> Canterbury innings: 150 in 198 balls, 124 minutes
--> SA Thomson made his last appearance in List A matches
--> RG Hart passed his previous highest score of 24 in List A matches
--> RG Hart 50 in 75 balls, 79 minutes
--> CZ Harris 50 in 80 balls, 95 minutes
--> SA Thomson retired hurt in the Northern Districts innings having scored 0 (team score 26/1) (after being hit on the finger by a delivery from MF Sharpe after 7.4 overs )

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BA Pocock dropped at 2nd slip by NJ Astle on 0 with the total at 1/0 after 0.5 overs.
CZ Harris dropped twice with his score on 1 and 5 off consecutive balls by CW Ross (subsequently went for 4 runs) and MN Hart (caught and bowled chance) with the total on 55/1 and 59/1 in the 10th over.
M Hastings came on as reserve fielder for SA Thomson during the Canterbury innings.
In the 27th over the Northern Districts coach CM Kuggeleijn (former NZ player) came on to field at fine leg after an injury to another ND player.
Attendance: 4200.