f42880 ps1017	Central Districts v Northern Districts
	Shell Trophy 1996/97
Venue	Trafalgar Park, Nelson on 27th, 28th, 29th, 30th January 1997 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Northern Districts won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Northern Districts won by 155 runs
Points	Central Districts 0; Northern Districts 12
Umpires	JS Crocker, AL Hill
Close of play day 1	Northern Districts (1) 351/8 (Bailey 91, Styris 14)
Close of play day 2	Central Districts (1) 237/8 (Penn 12, Findlay 18)
Close of play day 3	Central Districts (2) 92/4 (Sinclair 33, Cooper 5)

Northern Districts first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MD Bell	c Sinclair b Findlay	66	158	178	8	-
MN Hart	c Sinclair b Penn	47	75	117	7	-
GE Bradburn	c Furlong b Findlay	29	70	80	5	-
MD Bailey	c Spearman b Penn	101	226	221	12	-
ME Parlane	c Furlong b Walker	27	57	67	2	2
NR Parlane	c Greatbatch b Loveridge	1	10	9	-	-
DJ Nash	c Spearman b Loveridge	11	25	29	2	-
*+RG Hart	lbw b Penn	25	57	55	3	-
AR Tait	c Sinclair b Penn	0	1	2	-	-
SB Styris	not out	38	70	88	3	-
DL Vettori	b Penn	1	12	11	-	-
Extras	(4 b, 16 lb, 20 nb)	40
Total	(all out, 124.4 overs)	386
Fall of wickets:
1-97 (MN Hart), 2-150 (Bradburn), 3-167 (Bell), 4-233 (ME Parlane), 5-240 (NR Parlane), 6-264 (Nash), 7-313 (RG Hart), 8-313 (Tait), 9-384 (Bailey), 10-386 (Vettori)

Central Districts bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Penn	31.4	9	89	5	-	2
Findlay	18	3	62	2	-	8
Bartlett	9	0	36	0	-	-
Walker	11	3	24	1	-	-
Loveridge	31	6	85	2	-	-
Furlong	24	3	70	0	-	-

Central Districts first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GP Sulzberger	c RG Hart b Vettori	16	45	67	1	-
CM Spearman	lbw b Nash	0	1	4	-	-
LG Howell	c and b Tait	49	47	38	6	1
MDJ Walker	lbw b Tait	84	236	246	10	-
*MJ Greatbatch	c Bailey b Vettori	7	23	18	-	-
+MS Sinclair	c Bradburn b Vettori	0	7	14	-	-
CJM Furlong	c Bailey b Tait	39	129	155	1	-
GR Loveridge	c Bailey b Vettori	0	5	6	-	-
AJ Penn	lbw b Vettori	17	73	85	2	-
CO Findlay	lbw b Tait	20	43	66	2	-
CE Bartlett	not out	0	3	4	-	-
Extras	(6 b, 1 lb, 4 nb, 2 w)	13
Total	(all out, 101.4 overs)	245
Fall of wickets:
1-1 (Spearman), 2-56 (Sulzberger), 3-79 (Howell), 4-87 (Greatbatch), 5-93 (Sinclair), 6-190 (Walker), 7-191 (Loveridge), 8-207 (Furlong), 9-243 (Findlay), 10-245 (Penn)

Northern Districts bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nash	15	3	28	1	-	-
Styris	20	4	73	0	2	2
Tait	24	7	50	4	-	-
Vettori	31.4	8	61	5	-	-
Bradburn	11	2	26	0	-	-

Northern Districts second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MD Bell	c Garner b Furlong	26	52	66	4	-
MN Hart	c Sulzberger b Furlong	9	27	37	1	-
GE Bradburn	c Garner b Furlong	17	39	43	3	-
MD Bailey	c Loveridge b Findlay	3	10	18	-	-
ME Parlane	c Sulzberger b Furlong	9	11	14	-	1
NR Parlane	c Garner b Furlong	5	18	22	1	-
DJ Nash	c Furlong b Penn	41	69	67	5	-
*+RG Hart	c Walker b Furlong	26	59	59	3	-
AR Tait	lbw b Furlong	26	59	66	4	-
SB Styris	c Walker b Sulzberger	17	47	65	1	-
DL Vettori	not out	4	3	3	1	-
Extras	(9 lb, 2 nb)	11
Total	(all out, 66.1 overs)	194
Fall of wickets:
1-19 (MN Hart), 2-42 (Bradburn), 3-55 (Bell), 4-57 (Bailey), 5-65 (ME Parlane), 6-74 (NR Parlane), 7-141 (RG Hart), 8-145 (Nash), 9-190 (Tait), 10-194 (Styris)

Central Districts bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Penn	9	1	27	1	-	-
Bartlett	9	1	39	0	-	1
Furlong	28	8	72	7	-	-
Findlay	11	5	15	1	-	-
Loveridge	7	0	29	0	-	-
Sulzberger	2.1	0	3	1	-	-

Central Districts second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CD Garner	lbw b Tait	7	24	28	-	-
GP Sulzberger	c RG Hart b Tait	1	10	14	-	-
+MS Sinclair	lbw b Bradburn	70	224	236	8	-
MDJ Walker	c Nash b Vettori	37	71	69	5	-
*MJ Greatbatch	c ME Parlane b Bradburn	4	10	8	1	-
DM Cooper	lbw b Tait	8	28	37	-	-
CJM Furlong	lbw b Vettori	17	54	50	-	-
GR Loveridge	c Bell b Vettori	14	31	28	2	1
AJ Penn	c Tait b Bradburn	6	42	28	-	-
CO Findlay	c ME Parlane b Bradburn	8	15	15	-	1
CE Bartlett	not out	0	10	8	-	-
Extras	(3 b, 3 lb, 2 nb)	8
Total	(all out, 86.3 overs)	180
Fall of wickets:
1-4 (Sulzberger), 2-15 (Garner), 3-73 (Walker), 4-78 (Greatbatch), 5-102 (Cooper), 6-139 (Furlong), 7-159 (Sinclair), 8-166 (Loveridge), 9-171 (Penn), 10-180 (Findlay)

Northern Districts bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Styris	7	0	26	0	-	-
Tait	18	4	45	3	-	1
Vettori	37	17	81	3	-	-
Bradburn	12.3	4	12	4	-	-
MN Hart	12	4	10	0	-	-

Notes
--> Central Districts full substitute: DM Cooper for LG Howell (selected for New Zealand A v England)
--> Central Districts full substitute: CD Garner for CM Spearman (selected for New Zealand A v England)
--> NR Parlane made his debut in First-Class matches
--> NR Parlane made his debut in Plunket Shield matches
--> DL Vettori made his debut in Plunket Shield matches
--> CE Bartlett made his debut in Plunket Shield matches
--> CE Bartlett made his debut in First-Class matches
--> CE Bartlett made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> CE Bartlett made his last appearance in Plunket Shield matches
--> DM Cooper made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> DM Cooper made his last appearance in Plunket Shield matches
--> MD Bailey (1) 100 in 223 balls, 221 minutes with 12 fours
--> MD Bailey (1) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 32
--> SB Styris (1) passed his previous highest score of 22 in Plunket Shield matches
--> SB Styris (1) passed his previous highest score of 22 in First-Class matches
--> MDJ Walker (1) passed his previous highest score of 63 in First-Class matches
--> MDJ Walker (1) passed his previous highest score of 63 in Plunket Shield matches
--> AJ Penn reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed RG Hart, his 2nd wicket in the Northern Districts first innings
--> DL Vettori achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches when he dismissed MJ Greatbatch in the Central Districts first innings (previous best was 1-30)
--> DL Vettori achieved his first five wickets in an innings in First-Class matches in the Central Districts first innings
--> DL Vettori achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Plunket Shield matches in the Central Districts first innings
--> CJM Furlong achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches when he dismissed NR Parlane in the Northern Districts second innings (previous best was 4-204)
--> CJM Furlong achieved his first five wickets in an innings in First-Class matches in the Northern Districts second innings
--> AJ Penn reached 50 wickets in Plunket Shield matches when he dismissed DJ Nash, his 1st wicket in the Northern Districts second innings
--> CJM Furlong achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Plunket Shield matches when he dismissed NR Parlane in the Northern Districts second innings (previous best was 4-204)
--> CJM Furlong achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Plunket Shield matches in the Northern Districts second innings

CM Spearman and LG Howell left the match after the close of play on the second day to join the NZ 'A' Team to play England. They were replaced by CD Garner and DM Cooper.