Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Jeet Raval	c †Griggs b Patton	256	483	603	43	2	53.00
Richard Jones (c)	lbw b Thompson	0	1	4	0	0	0.00
Rob Nicol	c Sinclair b Bracewell	39	87	121	3	0	44.82
Anaru Kitchen	c †Griggs b McClenaghan	23	15	33	5	0	153.33
Reece Young	c Patton b Mason	74	120	184	10	1	61.66
Gareth Hopkins †	not out	132	269	372	15	0	49.07
Colin de Grandhomme	not out	103	92	114	8	8	111.95
Extras	(b 17, lb 15, nb 3)	35
Total	177 Ov (RR: 3.74)	662/5d
Did not bat: Kyle Mills, Daryl Tuffey, Lance Shaw, Michael Bates
Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Richard Jones, 1.1 ov), 2-79 (Rob Nicol, 30.4 ov), 3-131 (Anaru Kitchen, 37.4 ov), 4-283 (Reece Young, 84.3 ov), 5-511 (Jeet Raval, 148.1 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Michael Mason	21	6	55	1	2.61	-	-	-	0
Ewen Thompson	31	7	100	1	3.22	-	-	-	2
Mitchell McClenaghan	26	3	99	1	3.80	-	-	-	1
Kieran Noema-Barnett	20	5	57	0	2.85	-	-	-	0
Doug Bracewell	25	4	102	1	4.08	-	-	-	0
George Worker	29	3	90	0	3.10	-	-	-	0
Mathew Sinclair	13	0	43	0	3.30	-	-	-	0
Brad Patton	12	1	84	1	7.00	-	-	-	0

Central Districts 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Peter Ingram	lbw b Mills	54	80	106	11	0	67.50
George Worker	b Bates	37	125	186	6	0	29.60
Brad Patton	c Jones b Bates	17	45	69	3	0	37.77
Mathew Sinclair (c)	not out	131	184	240	19	2	71.19
Kieran Noema-Barnett	c Kitchen b Bates	11	65	86	2	0	16.92
Bevan Griggs †	c Kitchen b Nicol	5	18	27	1	0	27.77
Ewen Thompson	c de Grandhomme b Tuffey	33	24	29	4	2	137.50
Doug Bracewell	c Nicol b Bates	13	37	51	3	0	35.13
Michael Mason	c †Hopkins b Tuffey	0	6	10	0	0	0.00
Mitchell McClenaghan	b Shaw	3	16	21	0	0	18.75
Tim Weston	absent injured	-	-	-	-	-	-
Extras	(b 5, lb 3, nb 6)	14
Total	99 Ov (RR: 3.21)	318
Fall of wickets: 1-76 (Peter Ingram, 25.3 ov), 2-111 (Brad Patton, 40.1 ov), 3-118 (George Worker, 42.4 ov), 4-170 (Kieran Noema-Barnett, 64.4 ov), 5-192 (Bevan Griggs, 71.3 ov), 6-255 (Ewen Thompson, 80.1 ov), 7-289 (Doug Bracewell, 91.6 ov), 8-300 (Michael Mason, 94.1 ov), 9-318 (Mitchell McClenaghan, 98.6 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Kyle Mills	18	3	73	1	4.05	-	-	-	3
Daryl Tuffey	26	15	36	2	1.38	-	-	-	0
Lance Shaw	12	2	41	1	3.41	-	-	-	0
Michael Bates	25	7	82	4	3.28	-	-	-	3
Colin de Grandhomme	9	3	41	0	4.55	-	-	-	0
Rob Nicol	9	4	37	1	4.11	-	-	-	0

Auckland 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Richard Jones (c)	lbw b McClenaghan	15	41	60	2	0	36.58
Rob Nicol	not out	104	145	214	13	4	71.72
Anaru Kitchen	b Mason	3	5	7	0	0	60.00
Reece Young	b McClenaghan	1	5	5	0	0	20.00
Gareth Hopkins †	not out	70	94	140	11	0	74.46
Extras	(lb 1, nb 3, w 1)	5
Total	48 Ov (RR: 4.12)	198/3
Did not bat: Jeet Raval, Colin de Grandhomme, Steven Croft, Daryl Tuffey, Lance Shaw, Michael Bates
Fall of wickets: 1-35 (Richard Jones, 13.1 ov), 2-38 (Anaru Kitchen, 14.3 ov), 3-39 (Reece Young, 15.4 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Michael Mason	8	4	22	1	2.75	-	-	-	1	1
Ewen Thompson	5	0	14	0	2.80	-	-	-	0	0
Mitchell McClenaghan	8	1	33	2	4.12	-	-	-	0	0
Doug Bracewell	7	0	29	0	4.14	-	-	-	0	1
George Worker	11	2	59	0	5.36	-	-	-	0	0
Kieran Noema-Barnett	9	1	40	0	4.44	-	-	-	0	1

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Close of Play

Sun, 29 Mar - day 1 - Auckland 1st innings 323/4 (Jeet Raval 156*, Gareth Hopkins 14*, 100 ov)

Mon, 30 Mar - day 2 - Central D 1st innings 56/0 (Peter Ingram 34*, George Worker 19*, 21 ov)

Tue, 31 Mar - day 3 - Central D 1st innings 276/6 (Mathew Sinclair 100*, Doug Bracewell 9*, 87 ov)

Wed, 01 Apr - day 4 - Auckland 2nd innings 198/3 (48 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

General

Day 1

Auckland 1st innings
Drinks: 42/1 in 17.0 overs (JA Raval 15, RJ Nicol 26)
50 runs in 19.4 overs (118 balls), Extras 1
2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 118 balls (JA Raval 21, RJ Nicol 28, Ex 1)
JA Raval: 50 off 102 balls (9 x 4)
Lunch: 99/2 in 33.0 overs (JA Raval 52, AK Kitchen 2)
100 runs in 33.5 overs (203 balls), Extras 6
3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 41 balls (JA Raval 24, AK Kitchen 23, Ex 5)
150 runs in 45.4 overs (275 balls), Extras 8
Drinks: 166/3 in 49.0 overs (JA Raval 75, RA Young 21)
4th Wicket: 50 runs in 102 balls (JA Raval 18, RA Young 34, Ex 1)
200 runs in 57.5 overs (348 balls), Extras 8
RA Young: 50 off 71 balls (8 x 4, 1 x 6)
Tea: 227/3 in 63.0 overs (JA Raval 94, RA Young 60)
4th Wicket: 100 runs in 161 balls (JA Raval 34, RA Young 62, Ex 4)
JA Raval: 100 off 225 balls (17 x 4)
250 runs in 73.5 overs (445 balls), Extras 11
Drinks: 277/3 in 82.0 overs (JA Raval 129, RA Young 74)
4th Wicket: 150 runs in 279 balls (JA Raval 69, RA Young 74, Ex 9)
300 runs in 90.2 overs (544 balls), Extras 16
JA Raval: 150 off 317 balls (27 x 4)

Day 2

5th Wicket: 50 runs in 118 balls (JA Raval 35, GJ Hopkins 15, Ex 3)
50 partnership JA Raval/GJ Hopkins - 80 minutes
350 runs in 108.4 overs (656 balls), Extras 19
JA Raval: 200 off 394 balls, 479 mins (37 x 4)
Drinks: 382/4 in 116.0 overs (JA Raval 200, GJ Hopkins 25)
5th Wicket: 100 runs in 192 balls (JA Raval 69, GJ Hopkins 29, Ex 5)
400 runs in 122.3 overs (739 balls), Extras 21
GJ Hopkins: 50 off 120 balls, 193 mins (6 x 4)
5th Wicket: 150 runs in 276 balls (JA Raval 92, GJ Hopkins 55, Ex 6)
Lunch: 438/4 in 133.0 overs (JA Raval 225, GJ Hopkins 55)
450 runs in 136.6 overs (826 balls), Extras 22
JA Raval: 250 off 469 balls, 584 mins (42 x 4, 2 x 6)
5th Wicket: 200 runs in 355 balls (JA Raval 119, GJ Hopkins 75, Ex 6)
500 runs in 145.6 overs (881 balls), Extras 26
Drinks: 515/5 in 151.0 overs (GJ Hopkins 91, C de Grandhomme 2)
GJ Hopkins: 100 off 205 balls, 283 mins (13 x 4)
550 runs in 159.2 overs (961 balls), Extras 30
New Ball Taken: 552/5 after 160.3 overs (GJ Hopkins 109, C de Grandhomme 21)
6th Wicket: 50 runs in 92 balls (GJ Hopkins 23, C de Grandhomme 29, Ex 1)
Tea: 593/5 in 167.0 overs (GJ Hopkins 117, C de Grandhomme 53)
C de Grandhomme: 50 off 61 balls, 77 mins (8 x 4, 2 x 6)
600 runs in 167.6 overs (1013 balls), Extras 31
6th Wicket: 100 runs in 138 balls (GJ Hopkins 31, C de Grandhomme 67, Ex 5)
650 runs in 175.4 overs (1059 balls), Extras 35
C de Grandhomme: 100 off 88 balls, 110 mins (8 x 4, 8 x 6)
6th Wicket: 150 runs in 171 balls (GJ Hopkins 43, C de Grandhomme 102, Ex 5)
Central Districts 1st innings
50 runs in 17.6 overs (109 balls), Extras 2
1st Wicket: 50 runs in 109 balls (PJ Ingram 29, GH Worker 19, Ex 2)

Day 3

PJ Ingram: 50 off 72 balls (10 x 4)
100 runs in 34.4 overs (211 balls), Extras 7
Drinks: 106/1 in 37.0 overs (GH Worker 32, BMK Patton 13)
Lunch: 147/3 in 54.0 overs (MS Sinclair 27, K Noema-Barnett 5)
150 runs in 57.1 overs (346 balls), Extras 7
4th Wicket: 50 runs in 117 balls (MS Sinclair 38, K Noema-Barnett 11, Ex 2)
50 partnership MS Sinclair/K Noema Barnett - 76 minutes
MS Sinclair: 50 off 88 balls (8 x 4)
Drinks: 192/4 in 71.0 overs (MS Sinclair 58, BBJ Griggs 5)
200 runs in 71.6 overs (438 balls), Extras 10
6th Wicket: 50 runs in 40 balls (MS Sinclair 28, EP Thompson 27, Ex 0)
250 runs in 78.5 overs (479 balls), Extras 10
New Ball Taken: 255/5 after 80.1 overs (MS Sinclair 88, EP Thompson 33)
MS Sinclair: 100 off 146 balls (14 x 4, 1 x 6)
Tea: 276/6 in 87.0 overs (MS Sinclair 100, DAJ Bracewell 9)

Day 4

SJ Croft replaces KD Mills who has been included in the squad for the third Test in Wellington
300 runs in 93.4 overs (568 balls), Extras 14
TI Weston suffered a broken hand while fielding and will not bat
Auckland 2nd innings
Lunch: 39/3 in 15.4 overs (RJ Nicol 18)
50 runs in 18.4 overs (113 balls), Extras 2
4th Wicket: 50 runs in 61 balls (RJ Nicol 17, GJ Hopkins 34, Ex 0)
100 runs in 28.3 overs (173 balls), Extras 4
Drinks: 109/3 in 31.5 overs (RJ Nicol 47, GJ Hopkins 39)
RJ Nicol: 50 off 96 balls (10 x 4)
GJ Hopkins: 50 off 68 balls (8 x 4)
4th Wicket: 100 runs in 139 balls (RJ Nicol 47, GJ Hopkins 51, Ex 2)
150 runs in 40.1 overs (242 balls), Extras 4
4th Wicket: 150 runs in 194 balls (RJ Nicol 80, GJ Hopkins 70, Ex 3)
Tea: 198/3 in 48.0 overs (RJ Nicol 104, GJ Hopkins 70)
RJ Nicol: 100 off 145 balls (13 x 4, 4 x 6)
Game ended at tea.

Match Details

Eden Park Outer Oval, Auckland
Toss	Central Districts, elected to field first
Series	State Championship
Season	2008/09
Hours of play (local time)	10.30am start, Lunch 12.30-13.10, Tea 15.10-15.30, Close 17.30
Match days	29,30,31 March, 1 April 2009 - day (4-day match)
AUCK Player Replacement	Substitute: Steven Croft in, Kyle Mills out ()
FC debut	Kieran Noema-Barnett
Umpires	Dave Quested Phil Jones
Points	Auckland 2, Central Districts 0

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Auckland Innings

Player Name		R	B
RA Jones	lbw	15	41
RJ Nicol	not out	104	145
AK Kitchen	bowled	3	5
RA Young	bowled	1	5
GJ Hopkins	not out	70	94
Extras	(lb 1, nb 3, w 1)
Total	198(3 wkts; 48 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
MJ Mason	8	4	22	1	2.75 (1 nb)
EP Thompson	5	0	14	0	2.8
MJ McClenaghan	8	1	33	2	4.12
DAJ Bracewell	7	0	29	0	4.14 (1 nb)
GH Worker	11	2	59	0	5.36
K Noema-Barnett	9	1	40	0	4.44 (1 nb)

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	35	Richard Jones	Rob Nicol
2nd	3	Rob Nicol	Anaru Kitchen
3rd	1	Reece Young	Rob Nicol
4th	159	Gareth Hopkins	Rob Nicol

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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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