a10311	Canterbury v Northern Districts
	Shell Cup 1996/97 (Semi-Final (1st/2nd loser v 3rd/4th winner))
Venue	Lancaster Park, Christchurch on 12th January 1997 (50-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Canterbury won the toss and decided to field
Result	Canterbury won by 7 wickets
Umpires	BF Bowden, CE King
Player of the Match	GA Muir

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Northern Districts innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
*BA Pocock	c Fleming b Wisneski	4	10	13	-	-	40.00
BA Young	run out (Murray)	18	21	26	2	-	85.71
ME Parlane	b Wisneski	1	9	17	-	-	11.11
MD Bailey	c Wisneski b Muir	10	16	34	-	-	62.50
NR Parlane	c Wisneski b Astle	15	49	57	2	-	30.61
MN Hart	c Germon b Muir	22	45	46	4	-	48.89
+RG Hart	c Germon b Muir	26	32	30	3	-	81.25
AR Tait	not out	16	23	44	1	-	69.57
SB Doull	lbw b Harris	2	3	5	-	-	66.67
SB Styris	c Priest b Wisneski	3	12	10	-	-	25.00
DL Vettori	b Allott	2	12	15	-	-	16.67
Extras	(2 lb, 10 nb, 2 w)	14
Total	(all out, 37.5 overs)	133
Fall of wickets:
1-14 (Pocock), 2-23 (Young), 3-24 (ME Parlane), 4-52 (Bailey), 5-70 (NR Parlane), 6-95 (MN Hart), 7-112 (RG Hart), 8-115 (Doull), 9-120 (Styris), 10-133 (Vettori)

Canterbury bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Wisneski	8	0	27	3	-	-	16.00	3.38
Allott	6.5	0	29	1	1	2	41.00	4.24
Cairns	7	1	23	0	-	1	-	3.29
Muir	7	1	24	3	1	-	14.00	3.43
Astle	3	1	12	1	-	2	18.00	4.00
Harris	6	0	16	1	-	-	36.00	2.67

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Canterbury innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
DJ Murray	not out	38	67	110	5	-	56.72
NJ Astle	c RG Hart b Styris	18	16	21	4	-	112.50
CD McMillan	c Styris b Bailey	44	57	55	4	2	77.19
SP Fleming	c RG Hart b Tait	22	18	22	2	1	122.22
CL Cairns	not out	3	9	9	-	-	33.33
CZ Harris	did not bat
*+LK Germon	did not bat
MW Priest	did not bat
GA Muir	did not bat
WA Wisneski	did not bat
GI Allott	did not bat
Extras	(4 lb, 4 nb, 4 w)	12
Total	(3 wickets, 27.3 overs)	137
Fall of wickets:
1-24 (Astle), 2-91 (McMillan), 3-127 (Fleming)

Northern Districts bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Doull	5	0	22	0	2	-	-	4.40
Tait	8	2	36	1	-	-	48.00	4.50
Styris	4	0	20	1	1	2	24.00	5.00
Bailey	5	0	31	1	-	-	30.00	6.20
Vettori	5	0	19	0	-	-	-	3.80
ME Parlane	0.3	0	5	0	1	-	-	10.00

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Notes
--> Northern Districts innings: 50 in 79 balls, 51 minutes
--> Northern Districts innings: 100 in 171 balls, 107 minutes
--> Canterbury innings: 50 in 69 balls, 46 minutes
--> Canterbury innings: 100 in 126 balls, 83 minutes
--> GA Muir achieved his best innings bowling analysis in List A matches in the Northern Districts innings (previous best was 3-41)

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Match reduced to 40 overs per side after rain delays.