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Rolls powers Auckland to fourth successive title

A convincing five-wicket win over Canterbury on Saturday gave Auckland their fourth consecutive State League title

Anna Wilkins
25-Feb-2003
A convincing five-wicket win over Canterbury on Saturday gave Auckland their fourth consecutive State League title.
The defending champion Hearts returned to Christchurch's Redwood Park with recent memories of twice losing to the Magicians in round-robin play.
Keen to avenge the losses, Hearts' skipper Michelle Lynch won the toss and gave Canterbury first use of a bouncy pitch and lightning-fast outfield.
Early breakthroughs by pace bowler Natalee Scripps and off-spinner Debbie Ramsay brought key Magicians pair Haidee Tiffen and Nicola Payne together at the crease with the score at 18 for two wickets and the innings delicately poised.
A partnership of 82 runs between the TelstraClear White Ferns pair had their side well placed at 100 for two when a low, diving catch by Emily Drumm in the covers sent Tiffen back to the pavilion for 38.
Payne, who had struck some crisp straight drives and was punishing of anything short, followed soon after for 34 when Rebecca Rolls gloved a fine edge off Scripps.
The Magicians middle and lower-order were unable to sustain any momentum as the last eight wickets fell for 42 runs.
Capable left-hander Maria Fahey was left stranded on 13 not out as run outs and the medium pace of Helen Watson, with two for 31 from 10 overs, claimed the final wickets.
Scripps finished with the impressive figures of three for 13 from 8.3 overs as the Magicians were all out for 142 in the 47th over, no doubt grateful for the Heart's contribution of 17 wides.
Hearts' opener Rolls signaled how she was going to go about chasing the meagre total with a cracking back foot drive for four through cover point from the first ball of the innings.
In a player of the match performance, Rolls peppered the boundary and dominated the scoring, putting on 33 for the first wicket with Lynch and 67 with Drumm for the second.
A premeditated sweep shot lead to her demise on 82, bowled by left-armer Helen Daly with the score at 132.
In similar fashion to the Magicians, the Hearts' middle-order made hard work of scoring the remaining 11 runs, losing two more wickets before Watson finished the match with a boundary through the covers in the 38th over.