a18735	Northern Districts v Auckland
	State Shield 2007/08
Venue	Seddon Park, Hamilton on 17th February 2008 (50-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Auckland won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Auckland won by 5 runs (Duckworth/Lewis method)
Points	Northern Districts 0; Auckland 4
Umpires	EJ Gray, EA Watkin
Scorers	TW Andersson, PG Rice

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Auckland innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
PA Hitchcock	c Butler b Yovich	10	16	19	2	-	62.50
MJ Guptill	lbw b Aldridge	8	16	23	1	-	50.00
*RA Jones	b Martin	77	106	134	11	-	72.64
SB Styris	b Martin	72	69	108	7	1	104.35
RJ Nicol	b Andrews	23	35	39	1	-	65.71
+GJ Hopkins	not out	43	31	48	3	1	138.71
C de Grandhomme	run out (Marshall)	1	2	4	-	-	50.00
AR Adams	b Andrews	22	10	15	3	1	220.00
DR Tuffey	not out	12	9	9	-	1	133.33
RM Hira	did not bat
MD Bates	did not bat
Extras	(7 lb, 3 w)	10
Total	(7 wickets, innings closed, 203 minutes, 49 overs)	278
Fall of wickets:
1-19 (Hitchcock, 4.5 ov), 2-20 (Guptill, 5.3 ov), 3-162 (Styris, 32.3 ov), 4-187 (Jones, 38.2 ov), 5-220 (Nicol, 42.3 ov), 6-223 (de Grandhomme, 43.2 ov), 7-261 (Adams, 46.5 ov)

Northern Districts bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Yovich	9	1	42	1	1	-	54.00	4.67
Aldridge	10	0	44	1	-	-	60.00	4.40
Andrews	10	0	68	2	-	-	30.00	6.80
Butler	10	0	56	0	1	-	-	5.60
Martin	8	0	45	2	-	-	24.00	5.62
Flynn	2	0	16	0	-	-	-	8.00

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Northern Districts innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
AJ Strauss	st Hopkins b Nicol	106	127	142	10	1	83.46
BJ Watling	run out (Hitchcock)	0	0	2	-	-	0.00
DR Flynn	c Guptill b Tuffey	5	9	11	1	-	55.56
*JAH Marshall	c Jones b Nicol	44	54	84	4	-	81.48
GG Robinson	c Guptill b Hira	22	46	45	1	-	47.83
IG Butler	c Guptill b Tuffey	17	19	25	1	1	89.47
+PD McGlashan	c Tuffey b Adams	62	26	36	4	5	238.46
JAF Yovich	not out	8	8	20	-	-	100.00
BP Martin	run out (Adams->Hopkins)	2	3	4	-	-	66.67
SL Andrews	not out	2	2	2	-	-	100.00
GW Aldridge	did not bat
Extras	(4 w)	4
Total	(8 wickets, innings closed, 189 minutes, 49 overs)	272
Fall of wickets:
1-0 (Watling, 0.3 ov), 2-8 (Flynn, 3.3 ov), 3-115 (Marshall, 24.6 ov), 4-180 (Strauss, 38.6 ov), 5-180 (Robinson, 39.2 ov), 6-232 (Butler, 44.6 ov), 7-264 (McGlashan, 47.3 ov), 8-269 (Martin, 48.3 ov)

Auckland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Adams	10	0	69	1	-	-	60.00	6.90
Tuffey	10	0	43	2	1	-	30.00	4.30
Bates	8	0	46	0	1	-	-	5.75
Hitchcock	0.2	0	6	0	1	-	-	18.00
Styris	2.4	0	12	0	-	-	-	4.50
Hira	9	0	53	1	-	-	54.00	5.89
Nicol	9	0	43	2	1	-	27.00	4.78

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Notes
--> The match was reduced to 49 overs per side, Northern Districts target was 278 runs
--> Auckland powerplay 1: overs 1 to 10
--> Auckland powerplay 2 (chosen by the fielding side): overs 11 to 15
--> Auckland powerplay 3 (chosen by the fielding side): overs 16 to 20
--> Northern Districts powerplay 1: overs 1 to 10
--> Northern Districts powerplay 2 (chosen by the fielding side): overs 11 to 15
--> Northern Districts powerplay 3 (chosen by the fielding side): overs 16 to 20
--> Auckland innings: 50 in 13.6 overs
--> Auckland innings: 100 in 22.3 overs
--> Auckland innings: 150 in 30.1 overs
--> Auckland innings: 200 in 40.2 overs
--> Auckland innings: 250 in 46.1 overs
--> Northern Districts innings: 50 in 11.4 overs
--> Northern Districts innings: 100 in 21.6 overs
--> Northern Districts innings: 150 in 32.3 overs
--> Northern Districts innings: 200 in 41.5 overs
--> Northern Districts innings: 250 in 45.5 overs
--> MD Bates made his debut in List A matches
--> GG Robinson made his last appearance in List A matches
--> SL Andrews made his last appearance in List A matches
--> RA Jones 50 in 76 balls with 9 fours
--> SB Styris 50 in 51 balls with 4 fours and 1 six
--> GJ Hopkins passed 2000 runs in List A matches when he reached 9
--> AJ Strauss 50 in 67 balls with 6 fours
--> AJ Strauss 100 in 120 balls with 10 fours and 1 six
--> PD McGlashan 50 in 19 balls with 4 fours and 5 sixes
--> RA Jones (28) and SB Styris (23) added 50 in 67 balls for the Auckland 3rd wicket
--> RA Jones (48) and SB Styris (50) added 100 in 123 balls for the Auckland 3rd wicket
--> AJ Strauss (28) and JAH Marshall (22) added 50 in 53 balls for the Northern Districts 3rd wicket
--> AJ Strauss (56) and JAH Marshall (42) added 100 in 116 balls for the Northern Districts 3rd wicket
--> AJ Strauss (32) and GG Robinson (17) added 50 in 61 balls for the Northern Districts 4th wicket
--> IG Butler (16) and PD McGlashan (34) added 50 in 31 balls for the Northern Districts 6th wicket

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12th Men: MG Orchard (ND) and AJ McKay (A)
Rain: Auckland - 41/2 in 9.5 overs (RA Jones 8, SB Styris 13), 1 over lost