f42925 ps1021	Central Districts v Wellington
	Shell Trophy 1996/97
Venue	Queen Elizabeth Park, Masterton on 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th February 1997 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Central Districts won the toss and decided to field
Result	Central Districts won by 8 wickets
Points	Central Districts 12; Wellington 0
Umpires	JS Crocker, BA Malin
Close of play day 1	Wellington (1) 224/8 (Nevin 18*, Davis 6*)
Close of play day 2	Central Districts (1) 370/5 (Sinclair 187*, Furlong 10*)
Close of play day 3	Wellington (2) 166 all out
Player of the Match	MS Sinclair

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Wellington first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PJB Chandler	lbw b Penn	19	38	55	3	-
JM Aiken	c Austin b Hamilton	5	29	29	1	-
JD Wells	c Spearman b Findlay	8	30	48	1	-
*RG Twose	c Furlong b Hamilton	9	59	67	2	-
DS McHardy	b Penn	18	37	49	2	-
GR Larsen	st Austin b Furlong	76	140	173	14	-
RG Petrie	c Austin b Findlay	42	139	153	7	-
+CJ Nevin	not out	36	69	95	5	-
MR Jefferson	c Austin b Furlong	0	23	23	-	-
HT Davis	c Greatbatch b Penn	8	45	48	-	-
GR Jonas	c Greatbatch b Penn	0	6	7	-	-
Extras	(12 b, 10 lb, 20 nb)	42
Total	(all out, 101.1 overs)	263
Fall of wickets:
1-14, 2-37, 3-43, 4-70, 5-70, 6-189, 7-199, 8-209, 9-257, 10-263 (101.1 ov)

Central Districts bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Penn	26.1	14	43	4	-	2
Hamilton	23	5	67	2	-	7
Findlay	28	6	57	2	-	1
Furlong	21	4	63	2	-	-
Sulzberger	3	0	11	0	-	-

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Central Districts first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CM Spearman	c and b Jonas	2	18	21	-	-
GP Sulzberger	lbw b Petrie	21	52	73	4	-
MS Sinclair	c Aiken b Davis	189	293	389	32	1
LG Howell	lbw b Larsen	66	82	121	8	3
*MJ Greatbatch	c Larsen b Jonas	31	52	70	6	-
CD Garner	c McHardy b Davis	25	77	88	3	-
CJM Furlong	b Jonas	10	37	52	1	-
AJ Penn	c Aiken b Jonas	14	28	53	3	-
CO Findlay	c Wells b Davis	6	19	27	1	-
+E Austin	c Aiken b Davis	2	7	12	-	-
LJ Hamilton	not out	11	7	7	2	-
Extras	(8 b, 16 lb, 8 nb, 2 w)	34
Total	(all out, 111.4 overs)	411
Fall of wickets:
1-12 (Spearman), 2-62 (Sulzberger), 3-212 (Howell), 4-265 (Greatbatch), 5-342 (Garner), 6-371 (Furlong), 7-373 (Sinclair), 8-397 (Findlay), 9-399 (Austin), 10-411 (Penn)

Wellington bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jonas	28.4	5	113	4	-	2
Davis	34	12	88	4	2	1
Larsen	16	4	46	1	-	1
Petrie	13	2	46	1	-	-
Jefferson	18	2	85	0	-	-
Twose	2	0	9	0	-	-

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Wellington second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PJB Chandler	c Greatbatch b Hamilton	33	40	54	6	-
JM Aiken	lbw b Penn	2	3	4	-	-
JD Wells	lbw b Penn	2	6	8	-	-
*RG Twose	b Penn	39	105	153	6	-
DS McHardy	c Furlong b Penn	6	24	28	-	-
GR Larsen	b Furlong	21	49	60	3	-
RG Petrie	not out	32	73	98	5	-
+CJ Nevin	c Austin b Penn	8	5	8	2	-
MR Jefferson	lbw b Hamilton	8	20	24	1	-
HT Davis	run out	9	44	34	-	-
GR Jonas	lbw b Sulzberger	4	2	4	1	-
Extras	(2 lb)	2
Total	(all out, 61.5 overs)	166
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-9, 3-45, 4-53, 5-98, 6-112, 7-122, 8-138, 9-161, 10-166 (61.5 ov)

Central Districts bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Penn	15	2	55	5	-	-
Hamilton	17	5	28	2	-	-
Furlong	18	3	61	1	-	-
Findlay	7	3	11	0	-	-
Sulzberger	4.5	2	9	1	-	-

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Central Districts second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CM Spearman	lbw b Hotter	10	7	7	1	1
GP Sulzberger	not out	1	9	16	-	-
MS Sinclair	c Twose b Hotter	6	5	6	1	-
LG Howell	not out	2	1	1	-	-
*MJ Greatbatch	did not bat
CD Garner	did not bat
CJM Furlong	did not bat
AJ Penn	did not bat
CO Findlay	did not bat
+E Austin	did not bat
LJ Hamilton	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(2 wickets, 3.4 overs)	19
Fall of wickets:
1-11 (Spearman), 2-17 (Sinclair)

Wellington bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jonas	2	0	11	0	-	-
Hotter	1.4	0	8	2	-	-

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Notes
--> Wellington full substitute: SJ Hotter for HT Davis (called up to New Zealand squad)
--> LJ Hamilton made his debut in Plunket Shield matches
--> LJ Hamilton made his debut in First-Class matches
--> MS Sinclair (1) passed his previous highest score of 85 in First-Class matches
--> MS Sinclair (1) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> MS Sinclair (1) passed his previous highest score of 85 in Plunket Shield matches
--> MS Sinclair (1) made his first century in Plunket Shield matches
--> MS Sinclair (1) 100 in 135 balls, 167 minutes
--> MS Sinclair (1) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 188
--> LG Howell (1) passed 2500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 57
--> RG Petrie (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 12
--> RG Petrie (2) passed 1000 runs in Plunket Shield matches when he reached 12
--> HT Davis reached 150 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed CD Garner, his 1st wicket in the Central Districts first innings

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Play on the 1st day was cut short 55 minutes prior to scheduled stumps by bad light.
Play on 3rd day abandoned early because of rain.
HT Davis left the match at the end of the 3rd day on call up to join the NZ 3rd Test team in Christchurch. SJ Hotter was permitted to replace him for the 4th day under Shell Trophy Competition Rules.