Canterbury render Auckland disconsolate with six-run win
A summary of the fourth day's play in the fifth round of the State Championship
Mark Gillespie ensured Wellington would have enough time to secure a deserved a outright victory when he took 5 for 93 at Seddon Park in Hamilton. Needing to bat out the day to deny the visitors, Northern folded for 302, despite an excellent 128 from James Marshall and a stone-walling 74 not out from Mark Orchard. There was nothing else of note, however, and that allowed Jesse Ryder (26 not out off 16 balls) and Michael Parlane to get Wellington home in the fifth over of their second innings.
Dylan Cleaver is senior sports writer of Herald on Sunday