Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Tim McIntosh	c †Nevin b Gillespie	0	6	4	0	0	0.00
Martin Guptill	c NR Parlane b Bowden	21	77	104	4	0	27.27
Richard Jones (c)	c †Nevin b Elliott	22	43	60	3	0	51.16
Rob Nicol	c Gellatly b Gillespie	34	70	86	6	0	48.57
Colin de Grandhomme	b Bowden	9	15	22	1	0	60.00
Gareth Hopkins †	c ME Parlane b Houghton	66	119	151	8	0	55.46
Andrew de Boorder	c Woodcock b Shreck	88	215	278	13	0	40.93
Michael Bates	b Shreck	28	82	120	5	0	34.14
James Anderson	b Shreck	0	6	9	0	0	0.00
Gareth Hayne	not out	4	21	26	0	0	19.04
Andy McKay	b Shreck	0	2	5	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 8, lb 10, nb 5, w 2)	25
Total	108.2 Ov (RR: 2.74, 437 Mins)	297
Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Tim McIntosh, 0.6 ov), 2-41 (Richard Jones, 16.2 ov), 3-71 (Martin Guptill, 25.6 ov), 4-91 (Colin de Grandhomme, 31.1 ov), 5-104 (Rob Nicol, 36.5 ov), 6-210 (Gareth Hopkins, 70.1 ov), 7-289 (Michael Bates, 100.4 ov), 8-289 (James Anderson, 102.4 ov), 9-297 (Andrew de Boorder, 106.6 ov), 10-297 (Andy McKay, 108.2 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Mark Gillespie	24	9	57	2	2.37	-	-	-	0	2
Charlie Shreck	26.2	8	68	4	2.58	-	-	-	0	0
Grant Elliott	18	4	48	1	2.66	-	-	-	2	0
Dewayne Bowden	15	2	53	2	3.53	-	-	-	0	3
Luke Woodcock	17	4	36	0	2.11	-	-	-	0	0
Mark Houghton	8	2	17	1	2.12	-	-	-	0	0

Wellington 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Michael Parlane (c)	b Hayne	61	126	171	7	1	48.41
Luke Woodcock	c †Hopkins b Anderson	13	32	51	0	0	40.62
Neal Parlane	c †Hopkins b Anderson	165	314	387	23	1	52.54
Grant Elliott	b Hayne	108	202	247	12	2	53.46
Stephen Gellatly	not out	67	133	179	6	1	50.37
BJ Crook	run out (Guptill/Nicol)	31	82	112	4	0	37.80
Chris Nevin †	run out (Guptill/†Hopkins)	0	6	7	0	0	0.00
Dewayne Bowden	not out	59	35	38	6	3	168.57
Extras	(b 8, lb 10, w 2)	20
Total	155 Ov (RR: 3.38, 599 Mins)	524/6d
Did not bat: Mark Houghton, Mark Gillespie, Charlie Shreck
Fall of wickets: 1-30 (Luke Woodcock, 11.5 ov), 2-109 (Michael Parlane, 41.3 ov), 3-355 (Grant Elliott, 109.6 ov), 4-363 (Neal Parlane, 114.5 ov), 5-436 (BJ Crook, 144.2 ov), 6-442 (Chris Nevin, 146.2 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD
Andy McKay	25	5	79	0	3.16	-	-	-	0
James Anderson	38	13	95	2	2.50	-	-	-	1
Michael Bates	18	1	74	0	4.11	-	-	-	0
Colin de Grandhomme	14	2	27	0	1.92	-	-	-	1
Rob Nicol	23	1	120	0	5.21	-	-	-	0
Gareth Hayne	37	7	111	2	3.00	-	-	-	0

Auckland 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Tim McIntosh	lbw b Shreck	5	4	6	1	0	125.00
Martin Guptill	c ME Parlane b Woodcock	44	99	138	6	0	44.44
Richard Jones (c)	c Woodcock b Shreck	4	14	19	1	0	28.57
Rob Nicol	c ME Parlane b Gillespie	0	7	11	0	0	0.00
Colin de Grandhomme	c NR Parlane b Gillespie	22	74	121	2	0	29.72
Gareth Hopkins †	c ME Parlane b Woodcock	0	4	2	0	0	0.00
Andrew de Boorder	run out (NR Parlane/†Nevin)	0	8	7	0	0	0.00
Michael Bates	not out	14	45	61	0	0	31.11
James Anderson	c †Nevin b Gillespie	5	14	16	1	0	35.71
Gareth Hayne	c & b Woodcock	12	9	13	3	0	133.33
Andy McKay	c Shreck b Woodcock	13	18	19	3	0	72.22
Extras	(lb 7, nb 1, w 5)	13
Total	49.1 Ov (RR: 2.68, 211 Mins)	132
Fall of wickets: 1-10 (Tim McIntosh, 1.1 ov), 2-14 (Richard Jones, 5.3 ov), 3-16 (Rob Nicol, 8.1 ov), 4-83 (Martin Guptill, 31.2 ov), 5-83 (Gareth Hopkins, 31.6 ov), 6-85 (Andrew de Boorder, 33.5 ov), 7-89 (Colin de Grandhomme, 36.1 ov), 8-97 (James Anderson, 40.2 ov), 9-112 (Gareth Hayne, 43.5 ov), 10-132 (Andy McKay, 49.1 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Mark Gillespie	15	8	41	3	2.73	-	-	-	1	0
Charlie Shreck	16	4	35	2	2.18	-	-	-	0	0
Dewayne Bowden	3	0	21	0	7.00	-	-	-	0	1
Luke Woodcock	11.1	4	24	4	2.14	-	-	-	0	0
Grant Elliott	4	1	4	0	1.00	-	-	-	0	0

Close of Play

Thu, 06 Mar - day 1 - Auckland 1st innings 289/6 (Andrew de Boorder 85*, Michael Bates 28*, 100 ov)

Fri, 07 Mar - day 2 - Wellington 1st innings 169/2 (Neal Parlane 54*, Grant Elliott 32*, 56.1 ov)

Sat, 08 Mar - day 3 - Auckland 2nd innings 16/2 (Martin Guptill 2*, Rob Nicol 0*, 8 ov)

Sun, 09 Mar - day 4 - Auckland 2nd innings 132 (49.1 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

General

Day 1

Day 2

Wellington: 50 runs in 20.2 overs (122 balls), Extras 3
2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 155 balls (ME Parlane 26, NR Parlane 20, Ex 6)
ME Parlane: 50 off 117 balls (6x4)
Wellington: 100 runs in 40.5 overs (245 balls), Extras 9
Wellington: 150 runs in 50.5 overs (305 balls), Extras 9
NR Parlane: 50 off 125 balls (7x4, 1x6)
3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 70 balls (NR Parlane 26, GD Elliott 26, Ex 0)
Play abandoned at 6.44 pm due to bad light. Total 108 minutes still to be made up - 1 hour extra to be added on third day and 48 minutes extra on final day.

Day 3

Wellington: 200 runs in 71.4 overs (430 balls), Extras 10
3rd Wicket: 100 runs in 191 balls (NR Parlane 55, GD Elliott 47, Ex 1)
GD Elliott: 50 off 98 balls (8x4)
Wellington: 250 runs in 81.1 overs (487 balls), Extras 10
NR Parlane: 100 off 213 balls (15x4, 1x6)
3rd Wicket: 150 runs in 248 balls (NR Parlane 74, GD Elliott 76, Ex 1)
Wellington: 300 runs in 93.2 overs (560 balls), Extras 12
3rd Wicket: 200 runs in 319 balls (NR Parlane 115, GD Elliott 84, Ex 3)
NR Parlane: 150 off 275 balls (22x4, 1x6)
GD Elliott: 100 off 184 balls (11x4, 2x6)
Wellington: 350 runs in 106.5 overs (641 balls), Extras 13
Wellington: 400 runs in 131.1 overs (787 balls), Extras 15
5th Wicket: 50 runs in 121 balls (SJ Gellatly 30, BJ Crook 19, Ex 1)
Wellington: 450 runs in 148.2 overs (890 balls), Extras 19
SJ Gellatly: 50 off 120 balls (6x4)
7th Wicket: 50 runs in 40 balls (SJ Gellatly 21, DJ Bowden 28, Ex 1)
Wellington: 500 runs in 153.5 overs (923 balls), Extras 20
DJ Bowden: 50 off 32 balls (5x4, 3x6)
Minimum 17 overs to be bowled before stumps - 1 over deducted due to stoppage for bad light (4 minutes)
Play abandoned at 6.38 pm - bright sunshine, but shadow of tree had covered one end of the pitch

Day 4

Match Details

Eden Park Outer Oval, Auckland
Toss	Auckland, elected to bat first
Series	State Championship
Season	2007/08
Hours of play (local time)	10.30am start, Lunch 12.30-13.10, Tea 15.10-15.30, Close 17.30
Match days	6,7,8,9 March 2008 - day (4-day match)
FC debut	Andrew de Boorder BJ Crook Stephen Gellatly
Umpires	Dave Quested Evan Gray
Points	Wellington 8, Auckland 0

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Auckland Innings

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
MR Gillespie	15	8	41	3	2.73
CE Shreck	16	4	35	2	2.18
DJ Bowden	3	0	21	0	7 (1 nb)
LJ Woodcock	11.1	4	24	4	2.14
GD Elliott	4	1	4	0	1

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Team	M	W	L	D	PT	Quotient
WELL	8	4	1	3	33	1.303
CANT	8	3	1	4	26	1.082
AUCK	8	2	3	3	21	1.015
OTAGO	8	2	0	6	18	1.068
ND	8	1	3	4	16	0.862
CD	8	0	4	4	6	0.771