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State Shield update - January 27

Thursday, January 29 2004

State Shield update

Canterbury v Central Districts at Christchurch
Match abandoned without a ball bowled.

Points:
Canterbury 2
Central Districts 2

Auckland v Otago at Auckland
Auckland won by 62 runs. Auckland batted first and made 251-6 off 50 overs. Aaron Barnes (86) and Rob Nicol (78) were the top scorers for Auckland. Brad Scott took 2-49 for Otago.

Otago were never in the game with the loss of regular wickets meant they were bowled out for 189. Gareth Hopkins top scored for Otago with 40. Kyle Mills took 3-23.

Auckland 251-6 (Barnes 86, Nicol 78, Mills 40*; Scott 2-49)
Otago 189 (Hopkins 40, Gaffaney 35, Lawson 26; Mills 3-23, B.Walker 3-29)

Ponts:
Auckland 4
Otago 0

Wellington v N.Districts at Wellington
Wellington won by 8 wickets. Wellington took all 5 points. Wellington won the toss and sent N.Districts into bat. The loss of regular wickets and some very good bowling restricted N.Districts to 209-9 off 50 overs. Grant Robinson top scored with 44 for N.Districts. Mark Gillespie took 3-39 for Wellington.

Wellington won in 38.5 overs. Black Caps captain playing for Wellington scored an unbeaten 120* off 111 balls. Chris Nevin made 49.

N>Districts 209-9 (Robinson 44, Orchard 27, Yovich 23; Gillespie 3-39, Turner 3-44)
Wellington 210-2 (Fleming 1208, Nevin 49; Vettori 1-42)

Points:
Wellington 5
N.Districts 0




Posted by Craig