misc860110	Northern Districts A v Central Districts A
	National Provincial A matches 2020/21
Venue	Owen Delany Park, Taupo on 2nd, 3rd, 4th March 2021 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Players	Northern Districts A: 12 (11 to bat and field); Central Districts A: 13 (11 to bat and field)
Toss	Central Districts A won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	JAK Bromley, BM Davis
Scorers	CL James, PG Rice
Close of play day 1	Central Districts A (1) 32/0 (Clark 21*, Hay 9*; 12 overs)
Close of play day 2	Central Districts A (1) 181/5 (Schmulian 38*, Ave 7*; 62 overs)

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Northern Districts A first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
NB Hendrie	c Ave b Rance	0	5	4	-	-
TJ Bettelheim	b Rance	0	9	16	-	-
*B Popli	c Leopard b Hook	23	44	70	3	-
BJ Pomare	c Ave b Toole	1	7	14	-	-
RPO Drysdale	c Patel b Rance	22	116	157	2	-
+PD Bocock	b Hook	80	137	220	5	-
TK Parkes	c Schmulian b Hook	14	47	58	2	-
JM Gibson	c Schmulian b Hook	22	46	35	4	-
JH Brown	c Lennox b Clarkson	27	50	52	5	-
TJG Pringle	c Leopard b Rance	15	27	32	2	-
JD Baker	not out	4	4	6	1	-
NJ Parkes	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 10 lb, 1 nb)	13
Total	(all out, 334 minutes, 81.5 overs)	221
Fall of wickets:
1-0 (Hendrie, 0.5 ov), 2-7 (Bettelheim, 2.6 ov), 3-14 (Pomare, 5.6 ov), 4-33 (Popli, 15.4 ov), 5-89 (Drysdale, 42.3 ov), 6-137 (TK Parkes, 55.5 ov), 7-169 (Gibson, 67.1 ov), 8-180 (Bocock, 69.6 ov), 9-213 (Pringle, 80.2 ov), 10-221 (Brown, 81.5 ov)

Central Districts A bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Rance	13	3	29	4	-	1
Toole	11	5	13	1	-	-
Hook	12	2	45	4	-	-
Clarkson	10.5	2	31	1	-	-
Leopard	10	2	24	0	-	-
Patel	15	1	36	0	-	-
Schmulian	6	0	20	0	-	-
Lennox	4	0	11	0	-	-

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Central Districts A first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
NC Clark	lbw b Brown	41	82	84	5	-
*GR Hay	c Bettelheim b Gibson	10	39	57	-	-
BS Smith	lbw b Brown	7	21	38	1	-
JA Clarkson	b Pringle	19	26	34	1	-
CK Leopard	c NJ Parkes b Gibson	54	88	111	5	2
BD Schmulian	not out	38	85	121	-	-
+MTMMJ Ave	not out	7	31	33	1	-
CG Heaphy	did not bat
AY Patel	did not bat
SHA Rance	did not bat
JR Lennox	did not bat
SJ Hook	did not bat
RL Toole	did not bat
Extras	(2 lb, 3 w)	5
Total	(5 wickets, 241 minutes, 62 overs)	181
Fall of wickets:
1-38 (Hay, 15.5 ov), 2-54 (Clark, 22.3 ov), 3-67 (Smith, 24.5 ov), 4-86 (Clarkson, 30.1 ov), 5-157 (Leopard, 53.1 ov)

Northern Districts A bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Baker	13	2	36	0	1	-
Gibson	16	6	37	2	1	-
Pringle	17	3	40	1	-	-
Brown	8	1	42	2	1	-
NJ Parkes	6	2	19	0	-	-
Drysdale	2	0	5	0	-	-

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Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> Day 1 Lunch: Northern Districts A (1) 64/4 (Drysdale 18*, Bocock 14*; 31 overs)
--> Day 1 Tea: Northern Districts A (1) 138/6 (Bocock 65*, Gibson 0*; 57 overs)
--> Day 2 Tea: Central Districts A (1) 86/3 (Clarkson 19*, Leopard 7*; 30 overs)
--> Northern Districts A first innings: 50 in 23 overs, 106 minutes
--> Northern Districts A first innings: 100 in 45.1 overs, 203 minutes
--> Northern Districts A first innings: 150 in 64 overs, 269 minutes
--> Northern Districts A first innings: 200 in 75.1 overs, 312 minutes
--> Central Districts A first innings: 50 in 21 overs, 78 minutes
--> Central Districts A first innings: 100 in 39 overs, 147 minutes
--> Central Districts A first innings: 150 in 49.4 overs, 193 minutes
--> PD Bocock (1) 50 in 94 balls, 144 minutes with 4 fours
--> CK Leopard (1) 50 in 80 balls, 96 minutes with 5 fours and 2 sixes
--> RPO Drysdale (17) and PD Bocock (30) added 50 in 133 balls, 93 minutes for the Northern Districts A 5th wicket in the first innings
--> CK Leopard (30) and BD Schmulian (17) added 50 in 102 balls, 61 minutes for the Central Districts A 5th wicket in the first innings

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