a10853	Central Conference v Northern Conference
	Shell Shield 1997/98 (Final)
Venue	Basin Reserve, Wellington on 7th December 1997 (50-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Northern Conference won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Northern Conference won by 80 runs
Umpires	BF Bowden, EA Watkin

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Northern Conference innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
BA Pocock	c Greatbatch b Davis	7	28	31	-	-	25.00
ME Parlane	c Sinclair b Davis	1	4	15	-	-	25.00
MD Bailey	run out	35	53	78	2	-	66.04
PJB Chandler	c Hart b Furlong	39	62	72	3	-	62.90
AR Tait	c Hart b Oram	44	53	74	1	-	83.02
MN Hart	c Hart b Furlong	2	8	8	-	-	25.00
*DJ Nash	run out	14	20	18	-	-	70.00
GE Bradburn	c Oram b Jonas	32	47	72	1	-	68.09
+GJ Hopkins	run out	17	19	29	1	-	89.47
C Pringle	b Jonas	2	4	6	-	-	50.00
KP Walmsley	not out	0	0	1	-	-	0.00
Extras	(12 lb, 10 nb, 1 w)	23
Total	(all out, 48.5 overs)	216
Fall of wickets:
1-15, 2-19, 3-89, 4-98, 5-102, 6-125, 7-171, 8-212, 9-216, 10-216 (48.5 ov)

Central Conference bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Davis	9	1	47	2	-	5	27.00	5.22
Jonas	9.5	1	26	2	-	-	29.50	2.64
Petrie	7	0	36	0	-	-	-	5.14
Furlong	10	2	35	2	-	-	30.00	3.50
Jefferson	10	0	41	0	1	-	-	4.10
Oram	3	0	19	1	-	-	18.00	6.33

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Central Conference innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
CM Spearman	c Walmsley b Bradburn	15	17	17	2	-	88.24
MD Bell	lbw b Pringle	24	78	99	2	-	30.77
MS Sinclair	c Hopkins b Bradburn	4	7	6	1	-	57.14
*MJ Greatbatch	c Hart b Tait	4	27	43	-	-	14.81
JDP Oram	b Bradburn	1	9	14	-	-	11.11
RG Petrie	c Parlane b Hart	31	37	51	2	1	83.78
+RG Hart	lbw b Hart	1	9	14	-	-	11.11
CJM Furlong	run out	4	9	11	-	-	44.44
MR Jefferson	not out	22	35	44	2	-	62.86
HT Davis	c Parlane b Pringle	16	22	28	2	-	72.73
GR Jonas	c Bailey b Pringle	1	5	8	-	-	20.00
Extras	(7 lb, 6 w)	13
Total	(all out, 42.3 overs)	136
Fall of wickets:
1-22, 2-27, 3-41, 4-46, 5-64, 6-78, 7-87, 8-92, 9-122, 10-136 (42.3 ov)

Northern Conference bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Bradburn	10	0	35	3	-	-	20.00	3.50
Walmsley	10	2	30	0	2	-	-	3.00
Pringle	8.3	2	23	3	3	-	17.00	2.71
Tait	8	1	22	2	1	-	24.00	2.75
Hart	6	0	19	1	-	-	36.00	3.17

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Notes
--> Wickets given to bowlers do not agree with batting scorecard for the Central Conference innings
--> JDP Oram made his debut in List A matches
--> CM Spearman passed 1500 runs in List A matches when he reached 9
--> MR Jefferson passed his previous highest score of 10 in List A matches
--> GE Bradburn reached 50 wickets in List A matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Central Conference innings

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