BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Peter Ingram	c †Hopkins b Shaw	46	47	67	8	0	97.87
Jamie How	c & b de Grandhomme	9	47	74	1	0	19.14
George Worker	b Shaw	0	2	2	0	0	0.00
Mathew Sinclair (c)	b Shaw	34	63	88	4	0	53.96
Brad Patton	c Nethula b de Grandhomme	18	51	64	3	0	35.29
Jacob Oram	c de Grandhomme b Tuffey	37	56	79	4	1	66.07
Bevan Griggs †	c †Hopkins b Shaw	8	9	14	2	0	88.88
Brendon Diamanti	c †Hopkins b Bates	10	10	17	2	0	100.00
Ewen Thompson	lbw b Shaw	0	3	4	0	0	0.00
Michael Mason	not out	9	16	27	1	0	56.25
Mitchell McClenaghan	c Raval b Tuffey	0	3	7	0	0	0.00
Extras	(lb 4, nb 5)	9
TOTAL	50.2 Ov (RR: 3.57)	180
Fall of wickets: 1-57 (Peter Ingram, 14.4 ov), 2-57 (George Worker, 14.6 ov), 3-57 (Jamie How, 15.5 ov), 4-109 (Brad Patton, 31.6 ov), 5-116 (Mathew Sinclair, 36.4 ov), 6-144 (Bevan Griggs, 40.1 ov), 7-165 (Brendon Diamanti, 43.5 ov), 8-166 (Ewen Thompson, 44.4 ov), 9-178 (Jacob Oram, 48.5 ov), 10-180 (Mitchell McClenaghan, 50.2 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Daryl Tuffey	15.2	4	42	2	2.73	-	-	-	1
Lance Shaw	13	1	59	5	4.53	-	-	-	1
Michael Bates	14	1	60	1	4.28	-	-	-	2
Colin de Grandhomme	8	3	15	2	1.87	-	-	-	1

Auckland 1st Innings

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Jeet Raval	c How b Mason	4	14	23	1	0	28.57
Richard Jones (c)	c †Griggs b Thompson	109	220	325	14	0	49.54
Rob Nicol	c †Griggs b McClenaghan	12	17	27	2	0	70.58
Anaru Kitchen	c †Griggs b Diamanti	115	180	213	15	3	63.88
Reece Young	b Worker	12	37	28	2	0	32.43
Gareth Hopkins †	b Diamanti	32	54	74	6	0	59.25
Colin de Grandhomme	c Worker b McClenaghan	32	70	108	2	1	45.71
Daryl Tuffey	b Oram	5	30	41	0	0	16.66
Lance Shaw	c How b McClenaghan	1	18	32	0	0	5.55
Tarun Nethula	not out	3	16	26	0	0	18.75
Michael Bates	run out (Oram)	1	12	15	0	0	8.33
Extras	(b 4, lb 5, nb 5, w 2)	16
TOTAL	110.3 Ov (RR: 3.09)	342
Fall of wickets: 1-15 (Jeet Raval, 4.6 ov), 2-39 (Rob Nicol, 10.1 ov), 3-223 (Anaru Kitchen, 63.6 ov), 4-246 (Reece Young, 72.5 ov), 5-275 (Richard Jones, 80.2 ov), 6-304 (Gareth Hopkins, 89.6 ov), 7-326 (Daryl Tuffey, 99.5 ov), 8-338 (Colin de Grandhomme, 104.4 ov), 9-339 (Lance Shaw, 106.4 ov), 10-342 (Michael Bates, 110.3 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Michael Mason	3.4	0	18	1	4.90	-	-	-	1	2
Ewen Thompson	21	5	59	1	2.80	-	-	-	1	3
Mitchell McClenaghan	21.5	2	97	3	4.44	-	-	-	0	0
Brendon Diamanti	25	10	51	2	2.04	-	-	-	0	0
Jacob Oram	19	8	48	1	2.52	-	-	-	0	0
Mathew Sinclair	3	1	6	0	2.00	-	-	-	0	0
George Worker	17	4	54	1	3.17	-	-	-	0	0

Central Districts 2nd Innings

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Peter Ingram	c Young b Nethula	90	155	227	9	0	58.06
Jamie How	c †Hopkins b Shaw	3	10	18	0	0	30.00
George Worker	c Raval b Bates	14	58	67	1	0	24.13
Mathew Sinclair (c)	c Nicol b Nethula	33	53	63	5	0	62.26
Brad Patton	lbw b Shaw	24	39	66	4	0	61.53
Jacob Oram	c †Hopkins b Bates	36	31	47	8	0	116.12
Bevan Griggs †	run out (Nethula/†Hopkins)	44	100	116	4	0	44.00
Brendon Diamanti	lbw b Nethula	22	39	54	2	1	56.41
Ewen Thompson	not out	54	51	76	3	2	105.88
Michael Mason	c & b Tuffey	1	7	10	0	0	14.28
Mitchell McClenaghan	c Kitchen b Tuffey	4	21	40	1	0	19.04
Extras	(b 10, lb 6, nb 6, w 2)	24
TOTAL	93 Ov (RR: 3.75)	349
Fall of wickets: 1-12 (Jamie How, 3.5 ov), 2-52 (George Worker, 20.5 ov), 3-111 (Mathew Sinclair, 35.4 ov), 4-172 (Brad Patton, 50.4 ov), 5-181 (Peter Ingram, 53.2 ov), 6-223 (Jacob Oram, 62.1 ov), 7-282 (Brendon Diamanti, 75.5 ov), 8-298 (Bevan Griggs, 81.6 ov), 9-311 (Michael Mason, 84.3 ov), 10-349 (Mitchell McClenaghan, 92.6 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Daryl Tuffey	30	4	89	2	2.96	-	-	-	2	0
Lance Shaw	19	1	81	2	4.26	-	-	-	0	1
Colin de Grandhomme	8	1	21	0	2.62	-	-	-	0	0
Michael Bates	12	1	59	2	4.91	-	-	-	0	1
Tarun Nethula	24	1	83	3	3.45	-	-	-	0	4

Auckland 2nd Innings (T: 188 runs)

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Jeet Raval	c †Griggs b McClenaghan	10	27	34	2	0	37.03
Richard Jones (c)	c & b McClenaghan	38	82	131	5	0	46.34
Rob Nicol	c Patton b Thompson	4	6	6	1	0	66.66
Anaru Kitchen	c †Griggs b Diamanti	10	19	25	2	0	52.63
Reece Young	lbw b Worker	18	101	138	2	0	17.82
Gareth Hopkins †	not out	48	118	154	4	0	40.67
Colin de Grandhomme	not out	54	59	79	6	1	91.52
Extras	(lb 3, nb 2, w 1)	6
TOTAL	68.2 Ov (RR: 2.75)	188/5
Did not bat: Tarun Nethula, Michael Bates, Daryl Tuffey, Lance Shaw
Fall of wickets: 1-16 (Jeet Raval, 8.3 ov), 2-21 (Rob Nicol, 9.4 ov), 3-41 (Anaru Kitchen, 15.1 ov), 4-75 (Richard Jones, 28.6 ov), 5-104 (Reece Young, 48.4 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Mitchell McClenaghan	16	1	74	2	4.62	-	-	-	1	1
Ewen Thompson	16.2	5	48	1	2.93	-	-	-	0	0
Jacob Oram	10	4	24	0	2.40	-	-	-	0	1
Brendon Diamanti	14	7	17	1	1.21	-	-	-	0	0
George Worker	12	4	22	1	1.83	-	-	-	0	0

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CLOSE OF PLAY

Mon, 06 Apr - day 1 - Central D 1st innings 169/8 (Jacob Oram 35*, Michael Mason 1*, 46 ov)

Tue, 07 Apr - day 2 - Auckland 1st innings 300/5 (Gareth Hopkins 28*, Colin de Grandhomme 4*, 88.5 ov)

Wed, 08 Apr - day 3 - Central D 2nd innings 116/3 (Peter Ingram 60*, Brad Patton 0*, 38.5 ov)

Thu, 09 Apr - day 4 - Central D 2nd innings 349

Fri, 10 Apr - day 5 - Auckland 2nd innings 188/5 (68.2 ov) - end of match

MATCH FLOW

General

Day 1

Central Districts 1st innings
50 runs in 11.3 overs (70 balls), Extras 2
1st Wicket: 50 runs in 70 balls (PJ Ingram 45, JM How 5, Ex 2)
Drinks: 57/0 in 14.0 overs (PJ Ingram 46, JM How 9)
Lunch: 91/3 in 27.0 overs (MS Sinclair 19, BMK Patton 13)
100 runs in 28.1 overs (171 balls), Extras 4
4th Wicket: 50 runs in 93 balls (MS Sinclair 30, BMK Patton 18, Ex 3)
150 runs in 41.4 overs (254 balls), Extras 8
Drinks: 155/6 in 42.0 overs (JDP Oram 30, BJ Diamanti 2)
Bad Light: 169/8 in 46.0 overs (JDP Oram 35, MJ Mason 1)
Bad light stopped play at 2.36pm.

Day 2

Due to injury to MJ Mason his 4th over was completed by MJ McClenaghan.
Drinks: 46/2 in 12.0 overs (RA Jones 20, AK Kitchen 5)
50 runs in 12.2 overs (77 balls), Extras 5
3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 83 balls (RA Jones 11, AK Kitchen 39, Ex 0)
Lunch: 95/2 in 26.0 overs (RA Jones 34, AK Kitchen 40)
100 runs in 27.6 overs (171 balls), Extras 5
AK Kitchen: 50 off 74 balls (7 x 4, 1 x 6)
3rd Wicket: 100 runs in 176 balls (RA Jones 28, AK Kitchen 70, Ex 2)
RA Jones: 50 off 114 balls (7 x 4)
150 runs in 43.6 overs (268 balls), Extras 7
Drinks: 153/2 in 44.0 overs (RA Jones 51, AK Kitchen 79)
3rd Wicket: 150 runs in 251 balls (RA Jones 56, AK Kitchen 92, Ex 2)
AK Kitchen: 100 off 145 balls (14 x 4, 2 x 6)
200 runs in 54.4 overs (332 balls), Extras 7
Tea: 221/2 in 62.0 overs (RA Jones 84, AK Kitchen 114)
250 runs in 74.3 overs (451 balls), Extras 8
RA Jones: 100 off 203 balls (13 x 4)
New Ball Taken: 275/4 after 80.1 overs (RA Jones 109, GJ Hopkins 15)
Drinks: 275/5 in 80.2 overs (GJ Hopkins 15)
300 runs in 88.5 overs (538 balls), Extras 16

Day 3

Drinks: 338/8 in 104.4 overs (LJ Shaw 1)
Central Districts 2nd innings
Lunch: 16/1 in 7.0 overs (PJ Ingram 9, GH Worker 2)
Rain: 16/1 in 7.0 overs (PJ Ingram 9, GH Worker 2)
Rain 1.10pm-1.18pm.
50 runs in 20.2 overs (122 balls), Extras 4
Drinks: 68/2 in 23.0 overs (PJ Ingram 41, MS Sinclair 6)
100 runs in 30.2 overs (182 balls), Extras 4
PJ Ingram: 50 off 82 balls (5 x 4)
Tea: 112/3 in 36.5 overs (PJ Ingram 56, BMK Patton 0)
Tea taken early at 3.24pm because of bad light.
Rain: 116/3 in 38.5 overs (PJ Ingram 60, BMK Patton 0)

Day 4

150 runs in 46.2 overs (278 balls), Extras 9
4th Wicket: 50 runs in 75 balls (PJ Ingram 22, BMK Patton 23, Ex 7)
200 runs in 56.4 overs (341 balls), Extras 14
250 runs in 69.2 overs (420 balls), Extras 17
Tea: 260/6 in 72.0 overs (BBJ Griggs 32, BJ Diamanti 9)
7th Wicket: 50 runs in 70 balls (BBJ Griggs 28, BJ Diamanti 17, Ex 5)
New Ball Taken: 292/7 after 80.1 overs (BBJ Griggs 44, EP Thompson 3)
300 runs in 82.2 overs (500 balls), Extras 23
Drinks: 333/9 in 89.0 overs (EP Thompson 42, MJ McClenaghan 0)
EP Thompson: 50 off 45 balls (3 x 4, 2 x

Day 5

Drinks: 45/3 in 17.0 overs (RA Jones 21, RA Young 0)
50 runs in 22.5 overs (137 balls), Extras 0
Lunch: 79/4 in 34.0 overs (RA Young 15, GJ Hopkins 2)
100 runs in 47.4 overs (287 balls), Extras 1
Drinks: 123/5 in 52.0 overs (GJ Hopkins 25, C de Grandhomme 12)
150 runs in 61.3 overs (371 balls), Extras 6
6th Wicket: 50 runs in 80 balls (GJ Hopkins 15, C de Grandhomme 31, Ex 4)
C de Grandhomme: 50 off 56 balls (6 x 4, 1 x 6)

MATCH DETAILS

Bert Sutcliffe Oval, Lincoln
Toss	Auckland, elected to field first
Series	State Championship
Season	2008/09
Series result	Auckland won the 2008/09 State Championship
Hours of play (local time)	10.30am start, Lunch 12.30-13.10, Tea 15.10-15.30, Close 17.30
Match days	6,7,8,9,10 April 2009 - day (5-day match)
Umpires	Billy Bowden Chris Gaffaney

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Auckland Innings

PLAYER NAME		R	B
JA Raval	caught	10	27
RA Jones	caught	38	82
RJ Nicol	caught	4	6
AK Kitchen	caught	10	19
RA Young	lbw	18	101
GJ Hopkins	not out	48	118
C de Grandhomme	not out	54	59
Extras	(lb 3, nb 2, w 1)
Total	188(5 wkts; 68.2 ovs)

PLAYER NAME	O	M	R	W	Econ
MJ McClenaghan	16	1	74	2	4.62 (1 nb)
EP Thompson	16.2	5	48	1	2.93
JDP Oram	10	4	24	0	2.4 (1 nb)
BJ Diamanti	14	7	17	1	1.21
GH Worker	12	4	22	1	1.83

WKT	RUNS	PLAYERS
1st	16	Richard Jones	Jeet Raval
2nd	5	Richard Jones	Rob Nicol
3rd	20	Richard Jones	Anaru Kitchen
4th	34	Reece Young	Richard Jones
5th	29	Gareth Hopkins	Reece Young
6th	84	Gareth Hopkins	Colin de Grandhomme

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State Championship

TEAM	M	W	L	D	PT	Quotient
AUCK	8	4	1	3	37	1.366
CD	8	4	0	4	31	1.013
WELL	8	2	1	5	22	1.286
ND	8	2	4	2	18	0.863
OTAGO	8	0	2	6	8	0.790
CANT	8	0	4	4	4	0.873

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