Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Rob Nicol	lbw b McKay	31	67	125	4	0	46.26
Michael Papps	c Boam b Gillespie	3	10	13	0	0	30.00
Peter Fulton (c)	c Parlane b Gillespie	9	26	36	2	0	34.61
Dean Brownlie	c Pollard b Gillespie	0	4	4	0	0	0.00
Shanan Stewart	c Parlane b Tugaga	0	2	4	0	0	0.00
Reece Young †	lbw b McKay	42	93	116	6	0	45.16
Andrew Ellis	lbw b McKay	19	21	46	3	0	90.47
Todd Astle	c †Austin-Smellie b McKay	9	11	21	1	0	81.81
Ryan McCone	b McKay	8	16	28	1	0	50.00
Willie Lonsdale	c & b Patel	20	24	33	3	0	83.33
Struan George	not out	4	9	13	0	0	44.44
Extras	(lb 9, nb 3, w 5)	17
Total	46.4 Ov (RR: 3.47)	162
Fall of wickets: 1-13 (Michael Papps, 4.1 ov), 2-36 (Peter Fulton, 12.1 ov), 3-36 (Dean Brownlie, 12.5 ov), 4-39 (Shanan Stewart, 13.3 ov), 5-82 (Rob Nicol, 26.1 ov), 6-115 (Andrew Ellis, 35.1 ov), 7-128 (Reece Young, 37.5 ov), 8-129 (Todd Astle, 39.3 ov), 9-148 (Ryan McCone, 43.2 ov), 10-162 (Willie Lonsdale, 46.4 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Mark Gillespie	13	4	45	3	3.46	-	-	-	1	3
Andy McKay	15	2	54	5	3.60	-	-	-	2	0
Ili Tugaga	11	4	25	1	2.27	-	-	-	2	0
Grant Elliott	2	2	0	0	0.00	-	-	-	0	0
Jeetan Patel	5.4	0	29	1	5.11	-	-	-	0	0

Wellington 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Stephen Murdoch	c †Young b George	23	33	35	5	0	69.69
Cameron Merchant	b McCone	13	24	37	1	0	54.16
Grant Elliott (c)	lbw b Astle	79	151	216	8	0	52.31
Neal Parlane	lbw b Astle	32	60	72	6	0	53.33
Michael Pollard	c Nicol b Ellis	7	16	15	0	0	43.75
Harry Boam	lbw b Astle	1	13	10	0	0	7.69
Joe Austin-Smellie †	c Papps b Astle	9	30	34	2	0	30.00
Jeetan Patel	c †Young b Ellis	51	85	128	4	0	60.00
Ili Tugaga	b Astle	2	12	12	0	0	16.66
Mark Gillespie	c McCone b Ellis	21	22	26	3	0	95.45
Andy McKay	not out	4	6	9	1	0	66.66
Extras	(nb 4, w 1)	5
Total	74.4 Ov (RR: 3.30)	247
Fall of wickets: 1-39 (Stephen Murdoch, 8.4 ov), 2-39 (Cameron Merchant, 9.2 ov), 3-103 (Neal Parlane, 27.1 ov), 4-112 (Michael Pollard, 30.4 ov), 5-115 (Harry Boam, 33.5 ov), 6-141 (Joe Austin-Smellie, 43.4 ov), 7-202 (Grant Elliott, 63.1 ov), 8-208 (Ili Tugaga, 65.6 ov), 9-239 (Mark Gillespie, 72.2 ov), 10-247 (Jeetan Patel, 74.4 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Ryan McCone	10	2	31	1	3.10	-	-	-	1	0
Willie Lonsdale	6	1	28	0	4.66	-	-	-	0	0
Struan George	12	2	51	1	4.25	-	-	-	0	3
Andrew Ellis	22.4	7	46	3	2.02	-	-	-	0	1
Todd Astle	24	1	91	5	3.79	-	-	-	0	0

Canterbury 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Rob Nicol	lbw b McKay	30	49	72	6	0	61.22
Michael Papps	c †Austin-Smellie b Gillespie	8	7	12	2	0	114.28
Peter Fulton (c)	c Boam b Tugaga	3	11	20	0	0	27.27
Dean Brownlie	b Elliott	38	52	75	6	0	73.07
Shanan Stewart	c †Austin-Smellie b Patel	99	176	231	17	0	56.25
Reece Young †	c †Austin-Smellie b Elliott	79	142	200	12	0	55.63
Andrew Ellis	c Parlane b Elliott	4	18	27	0	0	22.22
Todd Astle	not out	28	32	68	4	0	87.50
Ryan McCone	lbw b McKay	12	24	24	2	0	50.00
Willie Lonsdale	b McKay	9	20	18	1	0	45.00
Struan George	c Pollard b McKay	4	3	2	1	0	133.33
Extras	(b 4, lb 8, nb 8, w 5)	25
Total	87.4 Ov (RR: 3.86)	339
Fall of wickets: 1-18 (Michael Papps, 2.5 ov), 2-36 (Peter Fulton, 7.1 ov), 3-79 (Rob Nicol, 14.5 ov), 4-108 (Dean Brownlie, 23.1 ov), 5-275 (Shanan Stewart, 70.4 ov), 6-275 (Reece Young, 71.6 ov), 7-287 (Andrew Ellis, 77.4 ov), 8-322 (Ryan McCone, 83.2 ov), 9-335 (Willie Lonsdale, 87.1 ov), 10-339 (Struan George, 87.4 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Mark Gillespie	19	2	92	1	4.84	-	-	-	2	5
Andy McKay	18.4	2	76	4	4.07	-	-	-	2	0
Ili Tugaga	17	3	68	1	4.00	-	-	-	0	2
Grant Elliott	16	8	33	3	2.06	-	-	-	0	0
Harry Boam	3	0	14	0	4.66	-	-	-	1	0
Jeetan Patel	14	3	44	1	3.14	-	-	-	0	1

Wellington 2nd Innings (T: 255 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Stephen Murdoch	c Brownlie b Henry	50	103	131	8	0	48.54
Cameron Merchant	c Latham b George	58	91	122	8	1	63.73
Grant Elliott (c)	c Latham b George	14	13	19	3	0	107.69
Neal Parlane	b Henry	4	8	15	1	0	50.00
Michael Pollard	lbw b Henry	7	10	16	1	0	70.00
Harry Boam	lbw b Henry	12	24	26	2	0	50.00
Joe Austin-Smellie †	not out	11	24	57	2	0	45.83
Jeetan Patel	c †Young b Henry	0	10	8	0	0	0.00
Ili Tugaga	c †Young b Lonsdale	8	19	20	0	0	42.10
Mark Gillespie	b Lonsdale	2	6	9	0	0	33.33
Andy McKay	c †Young b Lonsdale	0	3	2	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 4, lb 7, nb 1)	12
Total	51.4 Ov (RR: 3.44)	178
Fall of wickets: 1-105 (Cameron Merchant, 31.1 ov), 2-117 (Stephen Murdoch, 32.6 ov), 3-127 (Grant Elliott, 35.2 ov), 4-127 (Neal Parlane, 36.2 ov), 5-144 (Michael Pollard, 38.6 ov), 6-151 (Harry Boam, 42.2 ov), 7-153 (Jeetan Patel, 44.2 ov), 8-164 (Ili Tugaga, 49.1 ov), 9-178 (Mark Gillespie, 51.1 ov), 10-178 (Andy McKay, 51.4 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Willie Lonsdale	7.4	3	16	3	2.08	-	-	-	0
Struan George	13	3	51	2	3.92	-	-	-	1
Andrew Ellis	6	2	17	0	2.83	-	-	-	0
Ryan McCone	9	0	39	0	4.33	-	-	-	0
Todd Astle	7	0	21	0	3.00	-	-	-	0
Matt Henry	9	3	23	5	2.55	-	-	-	0

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Close of Play

Mon, 14 Mar - day 1 - Wellington 1st innings 145/6 (Grant Elliott 54*, Jeetan Patel 1*, 47 ov)

Tue, 15 Mar - day 2 - Canterbury 2nd innings 108/4 (Shanan Stewart 15*, Reece Young 0*, 23.4 ov)

Wed, 16 Mar - day 3 - Wellington 2nd innings 105/0 (Stephen Murdoch 46*, Cameron Merchant 58*, 30 ov)

Thu, 17 Mar - day 4 - Wellington 2nd innings 178 (51.4 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

General

Day 1

Canterbury 1st innings
Start of play delayed until 10.45 because of heavy overnight dew.
Drinks: 42/4 in 15.0 overs (RJ Nicol 21, RA Young 0)
50 runs in 16.6 overs (104 balls), Extras 11
Lunch: 93/5 in 29.0 overs (RA Young 35, AM Ellis 1)
100 runs in 31.5 overs (194 balls), Extras 14
Drinks: 148/8 in 43.0 overs (RJ McCone 8, WM Lonsdale 10)
150 runs in 44.1 overs (268 balls), Extras 17
Wellington 1st innings
Tea: 39/1 in 8.4 overs (CJ Merchant 13)
50 runs in 12.5 overs (80 balls), Extras 3
3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 75 balls (GD Elliott 27, NR Parlane 21, Ex 2)
Drinks: 98/2 in 24.0 overs (GD Elliott 29, NR Parlane 28)
100 runs in 25.6 overs (160 balls), Extras 5
GD Elliott: 50 off 88 balls (5 x 4)

Day 2

150 runs in 47.6 overs (292 balls), Extras 5
7th Wicket: 50 runs in 96 balls (GD Elliott 26, JS Patel 24, Ex 0)
200 runs in 62.6 overs (382 balls), Extras 5
Drinks: 202/6 in 63.0 overs (GD Elliott 79, JS Patel 33)
JS Patel: 50 off 83 balls (4 x 4)
Canterbury 2nd innings
50 runs in 10.6 overs (69 balls), Extras 8
Drinks: 79/2 in 14.0 overs (RJ Nicol 30, DG Brownlie 25)
100 runs in 18.4 overs (118 balls), Extras 14

Day 3

150 runs in 35.4 overs (221 balls), Extras 15
Drinks: 157/4 in 40.0 overs (SL Stewart 47, RA Young 16)
5th Wicket: 50 runs in 109 balls (SL Stewart 32, RA Young 17, Ex 1)
SL Stewart: 50 off 99 balls (9 x 4)
200 runs in 52.2 overs (321 balls), Extras 17
5th Wicket: 100 runs in 183 balls (SL Stewart 53, RA Young 47, Ex 3)
Lunch: 215/4 in 57.0 overs (SL Stewart 69, RA Young 49)
RA Young: 50 off 101 balls (7 x 4)
250 runs in 66.1 overs (404 balls), Extras 18
5th Wicket: 150 runs in 265 balls (SL Stewart 76, RA Young 70, Ex 4)
Drinks: 287/6 in 77.0 overs (AM Ellis 4, TD Astle 7)
300 runs in 80.1 overs (489 balls), Extras 19
New Ball Taken: 300/7 after 80.2 overs (TD Astle 16, RJ McCone 4)
Wellington 2nd innings
50 runs in 12.4 overs (77 balls), Extras 1
1st Wicket: 50 runs in 77 balls (SJ Murdoch 26, CJ Merchant 23, Ex 1)
Drinks: 68/0 in 19.0 overs (SJ Murdoch 34, CJ Merchant 33)
CJ Merchant: 50 off 87 balls (7 x 4, 1 x 6)
100 runs in 29.1 overs (176 balls), Extras 1
1st Wicket: 100 runs in 176 balls (SJ Murdoch 45, CJ Merchant 55, Ex 1)

Day 4

Canterbury allowed two full replacements. TWM Latham for TD Astle and MJ Henry for AM Ellis.
SJ Murdoch: 50 off 100 balls (8 x 4)
150 runs in 40.4 overs (245 balls), Extras 6

Match Details

Mainpower Oval, Rangiora
Toss	Wellington, elected to field first
Series	Plunket Shield
Season	2010/11
Match days	14,15,16,17 March 2011 - day (4-day match)
CANT Player Replacement	Substitute: Matt Henry in, Andrew Ellis out () Substitute: Tom Latham in, Todd Astle out ()
FC debut	Matt Henry Struan George
Umpires	Barry Frost Derek Walker
Points	Canterbury 6, Wellington 2

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Wellington Innings

Player Name		R	B
SJ Murdoch	caught	50	103
CJ Merchant	caught	58	91
GD Elliott	caught	14	13
NR Parlane	bowled	4	8
MA Pollard	lbw	7	10
HKP Boam	lbw	12	24
J Austin-Smellie	not out	11	24
JS Patel	caught	0	10
MJ Tugaga	caught	8	19
MR Gillespie	bowled	2	6
AJ McKay	caught	0	3
Extras	(b 4, lb 7, nb 1)
Total	178(10 wkts; 51.4 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
WM Lonsdale	7.4	3	16	3	2.08
SR George	13	3	51	2	3.92 (1 nb)
AM Ellis	6	2	17	0	2.83
RJ McCone	9	0	39	0	4.33
TD Astle	7	0	21	0	3
MJ Henry	9	3	23	5	2.55

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	105	Cameron Merchant	Stephen Murdoch
2nd	12	Grant Elliott	Stephen Murdoch
3rd	10	Grant Elliott	Neal Parlane
4th	0	Neal Parlane	Michael Pollard
5th	17	Harry Boam	Michael Pollard
6th	7	Harry Boam	Joe Austin-Smellie
7th	2	Jeetan Patel	Joe Austin-Smellie
8th	11	Joe Austin-Smellie	Ili Tugaga
9th	14	Mark Gillespie	Joe Austin-Smellie
10th	0	Andy McKay	Joe Austin-Smellie

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Plunket Shield

Team	M	W	L	D	PT
CANT	10	4	1	4	41
OTAGO	10	4	0	6	30
CD	10	3	1	6	29
ND	10	3	3	4	29
WELL	10	2	5	2	27
AUCK	10	1	7	2	10

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