a10896	Wellington v Auckland
	Shell Cup 1997/98
Venue	Basin Reserve, Wellington on 28th, 29th December 1997 (50-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Wellington won the toss and decided to bat
Result	No result
Points	Wellington 1; Auckland 1
Umpires	DM Quested, EA Watkin
Close of play day 1	Auckland 160/1 (Barnes 89*, Hick 61*)

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Wellington innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
MD Bell	hit wkt b Barton	17	30	32	2	-	56.67
PJB Chandler	c Parore b Adams	54	50	70	7	2	108.00
JD Wells	c Barton b Walmsley	100	113	159	8	-	88.50
*RG Twose	b Haslam	20	32	42	3	1	62.50
RJ Kerr	c Barton b Pringle	51	62	73	3	-	82.26
RG Petrie	not out	7	7	15	-	-	100.00
SR Mather	c Jones b Walmsley	10	6	5	2	-	166.67
+CJ Nevin	not out	5	2	4	2	-	250.00
MR Jefferson	did not bat
HT Davis	did not bat
GR Jonas	did not bat
Extras	(6 lb, 4 nb, 11 w)	21
Total	(6 wickets, innings closed, 50 overs)	285
Fall of wickets:
1-42, 2-94, 3-131, 4-253, 5-259, 6-274

Auckland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Barton	7	0	42	1	2	-	42.00	6.00
Walmsley	9	0	60	2	4	1	27.00	6.67
Adams	10	1	40	1	2	-	60.00	4.00
Pringle	10	0	64	1	-	1	60.00	6.40
Haslam	8	0	45	1	-	-	48.00	5.62
Hick	6	0	28	0	3	-	-	4.67

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Auckland innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
AC Barnes	not out	89	99	124	11	1	89.90
RA Jones	c Twose b Davis	6	16	29	-	-	37.50
GA Hick	not out	61	59	94	6	1	103.39
SM Lynch	did not bat
+AC Parore	did not bat
IS Billcliff	did not bat
HD Barton	did not bat
AR Adams	did not bat
*C Pringle	did not bat
MJ Haslam	did not bat
KP Walmsley	did not bat
Extras	(3 lb, 1 w)	4
Total	(1 wicket, 29 overs)	160
Fall of wickets:
1-31 (Jones)

Wellington bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Davis	7	0	41	1	-	-	42.00	5.86
Jonas	6	0	20	0	-	-	-	3.33
Petrie	4	0	27	0	-	-	-	6.75
Mather	3	0	22	0	-	-	-	7.33
Jefferson	5	0	20	0	-	-	-	4.00
Twose	4	0	27	0	1	-	-	6.75

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for one day but extended to two.
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> JD Wells passed his previous highest score of 81 in List A matches
--> JD Wells made his first century in List A matches
--> AC Barnes passed his previous highest score of 77 in List A matches

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The umpires took the players from the field due to rain when 1 further over was required to give a result. The match was finally abandoned at 4.30pm on the reserve day.