a10954	Northern Districts v Central Districts
	Shell Cup 1997/98
Venue	WestpacTrust Park, Hamilton on 14th January 1998 (50-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Central Districts won the toss and decided to field
Result	Northern Districts won by 15 runs
Points	Northern Districts 2; Central Districts 0
Umpires	BF Bowden, PM Shirley

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Northern Districts innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
ME Parlane	c Blake b Bulfin	53	38	46	7	2	139.47
JAF Yovich	run out	34	73	97	5	-	46.58
GE Bradburn	st Sinclair b Furlong	9	29	43	-	-	31.03
MD Bailey	not out	76	89	112	4	-	85.39
GJ Hopkins	c Milnes b Sulzberger	6	17	23	-	-	35.29
MN Hart	c Greatbatch b Brown	19	28	40	-	1	67.86
AR Tait	c Furlong b Brown	8	8	10	1	-	100.00
SB Styris	c Furlong b Brown	18	9	6	3	-	200.00
SB Doull	b Bulfin	0	1	3	-	-	0.00
*+RG Hart	not out	8	8	15	1	-	100.00
DR Tuffey	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 9 lb, 17 w)	28
Total	(8 wickets, innings closed, 50 overs)	259
Fall of wickets:
1-77, 2-104, 3-113, 4-132, 5-175, 6-196, 7-217, 8-226

Central Districts bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Mason	4	0	23	0	2	-	-	5.75
Blake	10	0	43	0	-	-	-	4.30
Bulfin	8	2	42	2	2	-	24.00	5.25
Furlong	10	0	41	1	2	-	60.00	4.10
Sulzberger	8	0	31	1	-	-	48.00	3.88
Brown	10	0	68	3	11	-	20.00	6.80

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Central Districts innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
GS Milnes	b Tait	35	43	53	5	-	81.40
MW Douglas	c Styris b Tuffey	20	44	60	3	-	45.45
JDP Oram	c and b Bailey	17	48	64	2	-	35.42
+MS Sinclair	c Bailey b Tait	0	7	5	-	-	0.00
*MJ Greatbatch	c RG Hart b Doull	11	17	25	2	-	64.71
GP Sulzberger	lbw b Styris	28	37	47	2	-	75.68
RK Brown	b Tuffey	42	43	51	2	2	97.67
CJM Furlong	c Hopkins b Styris	12	20	25	-	-	60.00
DC Blake	b Styris	5	4	9	1	-	125.00
CE Bulfin	not out	29	17	25	5	-	170.59
MJ Mason	b Tuffey	14	15	18	1	-	93.33
Extras	(2 b, 7 lb, 14 nb, 8 w)	31
Total	(all out, 48.1 overs)	244
Fall of wickets:
1-63, 2-72, 3-75, 4-96, 5-118, 6-150, 7-189, 8-190, 9-202, 10-244 (48.1 ov)

Northern Districts bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Doull	8	3	31	1	-	2	48.00	3.88
Bradburn	10	0	37	0	2	-	-	3.70
Tait	9	1	40	2	3	-	27.00	4.44
Tuffey	7.1	0	44	3	2	5	14.33	6.14
Bailey	4	0	12	1	-	-	24.00	3.00
Styris	8	0	55	3	1	-	16.00	6.88
MN Hart	2	0	16	0	-	-	-	8.00

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Notes
--> ME Parlane 50 in 38 balls with 7 fours and 2 sixes
--> MD Bailey equalled his previous highest score of 76 in List A matches
--> RG Hart passed 500 runs in List A matches when he reached 1
--> RK Brown passed 500 runs in List A matches when he reached 40
--> DR Tuffey achieved his best innings bowling analysis in List A matches in the Central Districts innings (previous best was 2-19)

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