Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Chris Nevin †	c & b Nicol	50	74	90	7	0	67.56
Matthew Bell (c)	lbw b Walker	80	140	165	14	0	57.14
Richard Jones	lbw b Nicol	7	20	22	1	0	35.00
James Franklin	b Adams	73	208	219	7	0	35.09
Grant Donaldson	lbw b Adams	50	115	140	3	0	43.47
Leighton Morgan	c †Young b Canning	2	23	30	0	0	8.69
Luke Woodcock	b Canning	48	99	135	7	0	48.48
Mark Jefferson	c †Young b Shaw	35	65	85	5	0	53.84
Andrew Penn	c †Young b Shaw	1	6	12	0	0	16.66
Jeetan Patel	c McIntosh b Walker	23	38	54	2	0	60.52
Iain O'Brien	not out	11	40	47	1	0	27.50
Extras	(b 14, lb 11, nb 3, w 1)	29
Total	137.2 Ov (RR: 2.97, 508 Mins)	409
Fall of wickets: 1-102 (Chris Nevin, 24.5 ov), 2-128 (Richard Jones, 32.2 ov), 3-166 (Matthew Bell, 47.6 ov), 4-275 (Grant Donaldson, 90.2 ov), 4-284* (Leighton Morgan, retired not out), 5-286 (James Franklin, 94.6 ov), 6-359 (Mark Jefferson, 115.6 ov), 7-364 (Leighton Morgan, 120.6 ov), 8-375 (Andrew Penn, 123.5 ov), 9-375 (Luke Woodcock, 124.3 ov), 10-409 (Jeetan Patel, 137.2 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Andre Adams	39	14	84	2	2.15	-	-	-	0	0
Gareth Shaw	25	4	69	2	2.76	-	-	-	0	3
Tama Canning	19	4	54	2	2.84	-	-	-	1	0
Sanjeewa Silva	8	0	47	0	5.87	-	-	-	0	0
Brooke Walker	33.2	7	86	2	2.58	-	-	-	0	0
Rob Nicol	13	1	44	2	3.38	-	-	-	0	0

Auckland 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Nick Horsley	b Franklin	11	16	22	2	0	68.75
Tim McIntosh	c Nevin b Woodcock	68	146	186	11	0	46.57
Rob Lynch	c Bell b Patel	13	32	55	1	0	40.62
Sanjeewa Silva	c & b Woodcock	33	72	96	5	0	45.83
Tama Canning	b O'Brien	1	8	5	0	0	12.50
Rob Nicol	run out (Donaldson/†Bell)	42	116	163	7	0	36.20
Matt Cairns	lbw b O'Brien	1	9	6	0	0	11.11
Brooke Walker (c)	lbw b Penn	10	67	74	1	0	14.92
Andre Adams	c †Bell b O'Brien	16	36	38	3	0	44.44
Reece Young †	not out	5	26	38	0	0	19.23
Extras	(b 1, lb 5, nb 8, w 1)	15
Total	86.4 Ov (RR: 2.48, 345 Mins)	215/9d
Did not bat: Gareth Shaw
Fall of wickets: 1-21 (Nick Horsley, 5.1 ov), 2-51 (Rob Lynch, 16.3 ov), 3-129 (Sanjeewa Silva, 43.1 ov), 4-134 (Tama Canning, 44.4 ov), 5-134 (Tim McIntosh, 45.3 ov), 6-136 (Matt Cairns, 46.6 ov), 7-163 (Brooke Walker, 67.5 ov), 8-195 (Andre Adams, 76.6 ov), 9-215 (Rob Nicol, 86.4 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Andrew Penn	15	3	53	1	3.53	-	-	-	0	2
James Franklin	8	1	20	1	2.50	-	-	-	1	2
Iain O'Brien	21	8	41	3	1.95	-	-	-	0	1
Jeetan Patel	20.4	10	45	1	2.17	-	-	-	0	0
Mark Jefferson	7	2	17	0	2.42	-	-	-	0	0
Luke Woodcock	15	4	33	2	2.20	-	-	-	0	3

Wellington 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Chris Nevin †	c Canning b Shaw	0	7	6	0	0	0.00
Matthew Bell (c)	not out	17	54	76	0	0	31.48
Luke Woodcock	not out	28	53	69	0	0	52.83
Extras	(lb 3)	3
Total	19 Ov (RR: 2.52, 76 Mins)	48/1d
Did not bat: James Franklin, Grant Donaldson, Leighton Morgan, Richard Jones, Mark Jefferson, Andrew Penn, Jeetan Patel, Iain O'Brien
Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Chris Nevin, 1.4 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Andre Adams	10	3	24	0	2.40	-	-	-	0	0
Gareth Shaw	9	0	21	1	2.33	-	-	-	0	0

Auckland 2nd Innings (T: 243 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Tim McIntosh	b Penn	0	6	3	0	0	0.00
Nick Horsley	not out	106	191	263	15	3	55.49
Rob Lynch	c & b Patel	20	57	69	2	0	35.08
Sanjeewa Silva	c Penn b O'Brien	15	59	63	2	0	25.42
Tama Canning	c O'Brien b Jefferson	43	38	56	7	1	113.15
Rob Nicol	not out	16	50	65	1	0	32.00
Extras	(b 10, lb 2, nb 5)	17
Total	66 Ov (RR: 3.28, 253 Mins)	217/4
Did not bat: Brooke Walker (c), Matt Cairns, Andre Adams, Gareth Shaw, Reece Young †
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Tim McIntosh, 0.6 ov), 2-36 (Rob Lynch, 18.1 ov), 3-76 (Sanjeewa Silva, 36.4 ov), 4-160 (Tama Canning, 49.3 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Andrew Penn	13	7	25	1	1.92	-	-	-	0
James Franklin	6	1	26	0	4.33	-	-	-	2
Iain O'Brien	11	2	34	1	3.09	-	-	-	0
Jeetan Patel	16	8	53	1	3.31	-	-	-	0
Luke Woodcock	9	3	41	0	4.55	-	-	-	2
Mark Jefferson	11	2	26	1	2.36	-	-	-	0

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Sun, 24 Mar - day 1 - Wellington 1st innings 329/5 (Luke Woodcock 19*, Mark Jefferson 21*, 107 ov)

Mon, 25 Mar - day 2 - Wellington 1st innings 409

Tue, 26 Mar - day 3 - Wellington 2nd innings 10/1 (Matthew Bell 4*, Luke Woodcock 5*, 7 ov)

Wed, 27 Mar - day 4 - Auckland 2nd innings 217/4 (66 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

General

Day 1

Wellington 1st innings: 50 off 56 balls, 33 minutes; 100 off 139 balls, 84 minutes; 150 off 235 balls, 137 minutes; 200 off 364 balls, 209 minutes; 250 off 474 balls, 267 minutes; 300 off 602 balls, 356 minutes
Wellington 1st wicket partnership (Nevin/Bell): 50 off 56 balls, 33 minutes; 100 off 139 balls, 84 minutes
Wellington 4th wicket partnership (Franklin/Donaldson): 50 off 101 balls, 51 minutes; 100 off 222 balls, 119 minutes
CJ Nevin: 50 off 69 balls, 84 minutes
MD Bell: 50 off 80 balls, 94 minutes
JEC Franklin: 50 off 112 balls, 107 minutes
JEC Franklin: 73 is his highest first class score (previous: 46)
GT Donaldson: 50 off 113 balls, 139 minutes
LJ Morgan retired hurt on 2* from 284/4 to 359/6 (struck on the cheek from a delivery by AR Adams, had faced 9 balls)
Wellington 1st innings: 1x7 ball over

Day 2

Wellington 1st innings: 350 off 680 balls, 406 minutes; 400 off 809 balls, 497 minutes
Wellington 6th wicket partnership (Woodcock/Jefferson): 50 off 81 balls, 56 minutes
Play was delayed 5 minutes before the scheduled lunch break, at the change of innings. Firstly by bad light, then play was unable to resume when rain started during the lunch break. Rain continued until 3:50pm when play was eventually abandoned for the day

Day 3

Auckland 1st innings: 50 off 96 balls, 68 minutes; 100 off 211 balls, 143 minutes; 150 off 352 balls, 233 minutes; 200 off 475 balls, 310 minutes
Auckland 3rd wicket partnership (McIntosh/Silva): 50 off 110 balls, 64 minutes
TG McIntosh: 50 off 124 balls, 115 minutes, 8x4
MD Bell and LJ Woodcock standing in for CJ Nevin as wicketkeeper, as Nevin has a broken toe. Nevin fielding at slip for much of the day
CJ Nevin caught McIntosh while fielding at first slip
AR Adams caught by Bell standing in for Nevin as wicketkeeper
Auckland declared at 215/9, 194 runs behind Wellington and 44 runs behind the follow on target. Wellington declined to enforce the follow on, preferring to set a target in the hope of being able to bowl Auckland out quickly enough that the Net Average Per Wicket is altered enough that Wellington would win the STATE Championship

Day 4

Wellington declare on 48/1, setting a target of 243 for Auckland to win the game, or 169 for Auckland to win the STATE Championship over Wellington with a superior Net Average Per Wicket
MD Bell replaced CJ Nevin as wicketkeeper
Nevin returned after 14 overs, at the introduction of Patel to the bowling
LJ Woodcock took over the wicketkeeping duties after tea (54 overs)
Auckland 2nd innings: 50 off 167 balls, 104 minutes; 100 off 250 balls, 163 minutes
Auckland 4th wicket partnership (Horsley/Canning): 50 off 40 balls, 30 minutes; 150 off 298 balls, 194 minutes; 200 off 383 balls, 247 minutes
Auckland 5th wicket partnership (Horsley/Nicol): 50 off 89 balls, 53 minutes
NKW Horsley: 50 off 119 balls, 166 minutes; 100 off 186 balls, 251 minutes, 14x4, 3x6
NKW Horsley: Highest first class score (previous 95 vs Bangladesh)
Auckland 2nd innings: 1x7 ball over

Match Details

Colin Maiden Park, Auckland
Toss	Wellington, elected to bat first
Series	State Championship
Season	2001/02
Series result	Auckland won the 2001/02 State Championship
Match days	day (4-day match)
Umpires	Billy Bowden Tony Hill
Points	Wellington 2, Auckland 0

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Auckland Innings

Player Name		R	B
TG McIntosh	bowled	0	6
NKW Horsley	not out	106	191
RK Lynch	caught	20	57
WAS Silva	caught	15	59
TK Canning	caught	43	38
RJ Nicol	not out	16	50
Extras	(b 10, lb 2, nb 5)
Total	217(4 wkts; 66 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
AJ Penn	13	7	25	1	1.92
JEC Franklin	6	1	26	0	4.33 (2 nb)
IE O'Brien	11	2	34	1	3.09
JS Patel	16	8	53	1	3.31
LJ Woodcock	9	3	41	0	4.55 (2 nb)
MR Jefferson	11	2	26	1	2.36

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	0	Tim McIntosh	Nick Horsley
2nd	36	Rob Lynch	Nick Horsley
3rd	40	Nick Horsley	Sanjeewa Silva
4th	84	Tama Canning	Nick Horsley
5th	57	Nick Horsley	Rob Nicol

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State Championship

Team	M	W	L	D	PT
AUCK	10	6	1	3	39
WELL	10	5	1	4	35
CD	10	5	4	1	32
CANT	10	3	4	3	26
ND	10	3	4	3	24
OTAGO	10	1	9	0	12

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