Canterbury vs Auckland, Final at Auckland, , Mar 31 2013 - Ball by Ball Commentary

fittingly it's the Auckland skipper Gareth Hopkins who hits the winning runs against one of his former provincial sides, Ellis rolled the fingers on it and Hopkins punched aerially, but through the gap in the ring and out to the cover boundary

fiery bouncer which tails back in at Martin and skims the peak of the helmet as he tries to sway out of the way, but too little too late

Bruce Martin has certainly played a key part in this game even if not in the way he expected, shortish outside off and he thumps it through the covers out to the boundary

what a stroke to play, the tension was building and Bruce Martin has burst the bubble with a glorious drive straight down the ground to an overpitched ball on off

lovely ball first up, Bruce Martin hops around before squeezing it out off leg stump as it tails back in

well well, another wicket and can Canterbury conjure something out of nothing here? It was good length around off, Mills went for a big heave and dragged it onto the base of middle stump

Mills is forward on middle and defends, this one-day match has fluctuated between Twenty20 and first-class passages of play

firm forward defence to end a maiden over

punched to off

beaten with one that cuts the other way outside off this time, Ellis has extracted considerable deviation from this track and ball

more appreciable seam movement back into the right-hander, Hopkins adjusts well to tap it down to off

firmly punched down to mid-off

beaten outside off as he feels for it, Auckland finishing this with a bit of a stagger

late cuts a short ball outside off through backward point and Bennett is committed on the rope to haul the ball back in

defends into the off side

superb catch from Peter Fulton! He is loving his time in Auckland, this was angled across the right-hander outside off, Grobbelaar felt for it and edged, Fulton at first slip got down low to his left and plucked a one-handed slip catch with ease

defends off the front foot

oh dear, Hopkins went back and tried to hook a ball outside off which got too big on him, barely kept it down, rolled behind square, Fulton flung a throw at the non-striker's end, Hopkins was out had he hit, instead he misses and no one is backing up so four overthrows are tacked onto the initially risky single

defends once more to off

defends off the back foot to leg