BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Leighton Morgan	c Kitchen b McKay	54	102	158	7	0	52.94
Hamish Rutherford	c Nicol b Tuffey	5	14	27	0	0	35.71
Greg Todd (c)	c & b de Grandhomme	10	28	34	1	0	35.71
Neil Broom	c †Young b Tuffey	26	50	67	5	0	52.00
Jordan Sheed	c McIntosh b Nethula	27	87	119	5	0	31.03
Shaun Haig †	lbw b Nethula	35	71	99	5	0	49.29
Sam Wells	c †Young b Tuffey	7	20	22	1	0	35.00
Neil Wagner	b Nethula	18	35	58	2	0	51.42
Matt Harvie	c Tuffey b Nethula	17	22	27	3	0	77.27
James McMillan	c †Young b Tuffey	1	19	22	0	0	5.26
Nick Beard	not out	0	1	5	0	0	0.00
Extras	(lb 10)	10
TOTAL	74.5 Ov (RR: 2.80)	210
Fall of wickets: 1-16 (Hamish Rutherford, 5.6 ov), 2-44 (Greg Todd, 13.6 ov), 3-92 (Neil Broom, 29.2 ov), 4-108 (Leighton Morgan, 36.3 ov), 5-164 (Jordan Sheed, 57.6 ov), 6-169 (Shaun Haig, 59.3 ov), 7-175 (Sam Wells, 62.6 ov), 8-206 (Matt Harvie, 69.4 ov), 9-210 (Neil Wagner, 73.5 ov), 10-210 (James McMillan, 74.5 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Chris Martin	16	2	60	0	3.75	-	-	-
Daryl Tuffey	20.5	8	32	4	1.53	-	-	-
Colin de Grandhomme	10	3	22	1	2.20	-	-	-
Andy McKay	15	3	47	1	3.13	-	-	-
Tarun Nethula	13	4	39	4	3.00	-	-	-

Auckland 1st Innings

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Tim McIntosh	c Beard b McMillan	74	184	222	10	0	40.21
Richard Jones (c)	c Wagner b Harvie	102	193	273	11	0	52.84
Rob Nicol	b Harvie	31	66	66	3	0	46.96
Anaru Kitchen	c Todd b Wagner	125	155	199	13	4	80.64
Steven Croft	b Harvie	41	73	85	4	0	56.16
Reece Young †	not out	100	147	215	8	0	68.02
Colin de Grandhomme	c †Haig b McMillan	26	58	70	3	0	44.82
Tarun Nethula	lbw b Beard	2	13	21	0	0	15.38
Daryl Tuffey	not out	7	13	24	0	0	53.84
Extras	(b 4, lb 11, nb 3, w 8)	26
TOTAL	149.5 Ov (RR: 3.56)	534/7d
Did not bat: Andy McKay, Chris Martin
Fall of wickets: 1-169 (Tim McIntosh, 56.4 ov), 2-218 (Richard Jones, 71.2 ov), 3-229 (Rob Nicol, 75.4 ov), 4-331 (Steven Croft, 97.2 ov), 5-428 (Anaru Kitchen, 121.4 ov), 6-495 (Colin de Grandhomme, 139.6 ov), 7-508 (Tarun Nethula, 144.2 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Neil Wagner	35	7	124	1	3.54	-	-	-	2	2
Matt Harvie	26	4	96	3	3.69	-	-	-	0	0
James McMillan	27.5	2	104	2	3.73	-	-	-	4	0
Sam Wells	13	3	39	0	3.00	-	-	-	0	0
Nick Beard	42	7	133	1	3.16	-	-	-	0	1
Neil Broom	4	0	22	0	5.50	-	-	-	0	0
Greg Todd	2	1	1	0	0.50	-	-	-	0	0

Otago 2nd Innings

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Hamish Rutherford	lbw b McKay	37	35	52	6	0	105.71
Leighton Morgan	c †Young b de Grandhomme	18	72	101	1	0	25.00
Greg Todd (c)	c †Young b Shaw	23	39	52	3	0	58.97
Neil Broom	c Kitchen b McKay	79	101	135	15	0	78.21
Jordan Sheed	c Kitchen b Shaw	0	9	8	0	0	0.00
Shaun Haig †	lbw b Shaw	26	96	127	4	0	27.08
Sam Wells	c Kitchen b McKay	0	6	12	0	0	0.00
Neil Wagner	run out (de Grandhomme)	1	3	4	0	0	33.33
Matt Harvie	c Croft b Nethula	11	13	43	1	0	84.61
James McMillan	c Nethula b McKay	4	4	3	1	0	100.00
Nick Beard	not out	32	43	36	6	0	74.41
Extras	(b 1, lb 3, nb 5)	9
TOTAL	69.2 Ov (RR: 3.46)	240
Fall of wickets: 1-51 (Hamish Rutherford, 11.5 ov), 2-81 (Leighton Morgan, 23.5 ov), 3-81 (Greg Todd, 24.2 ov), 4-81 (Jordan Sheed, 26.5 ov), 5-191 (Neil Broom, 57.4 ov), 6-191 (Shaun Haig, 58.1 ov), 7-192 (Neil Wagner, 58.6 ov), 8-192 (Sam Wells, 59.2 ov), 9-196 (James McMillan, 59.6 ov), 10-240 (Matt Harvie, 69.2 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Daryl Tuffey	18	4	55	0	3.05	-	-	-	0
Andy McKay	14	0	58	4	4.14	-	-	-	0
Colin de Grandhomme	8	3	23	1	2.87	-	-	-	0
Lance Shaw	14	4	49	3	3.50	-	-	-	1
Tarun Nethula	12.2	2	38	1	3.08	-	-	-	0
Steven Croft	3	0	13	0	4.33	-	-	-	4

CLOSE OF PLAY

Fri, 13 Mar - day 1 - Auckland 1st innings 69/0 (Tim McIntosh 30*, Richard Jones 33*, 23 ov)

Sat, 14 Mar - day 2 - Auckland 1st innings 428/5 (Reece Young 31*, Colin de Grandhomme 0*, 123 ov)

Sun, 15 Mar - day 3 - Otago 2nd innings 240 (69.2 ov) - end of match

MATCH FLOW

General

Day 1

Day 2

Day 3

Days 3 & 4 JA Raval replaces TG McIntosh, LJ Shaw replaces CS Martin, and MD Bates becomes 12th man (Auckland)
450 runs in 127.3 overs (768 balls), Extras 24
RA Young: 50 off 85 balls (5 x 4)
6th Wicket: 50 runs in 81 balls (RA Young 30, C de Grandhomme 19, Ex 1)
Drinks: 495/6 in 140.0 overs (RA Young 71)
500 runs in 140.3 overs (846 balls), Extras 25
RA Young: 100 off 147 balls (8 x 4)
Otago 2nd innings
Lunch: 16/0 in 4.0 overs (HD Rutherford 10, LJ Morgan 5)
50 runs in 11.4 overs (70 balls), Extras 2
1st Wicket: 50 runs in 70 balls (HD Rutherford 37, LJ Morgan 12, Ex 2)
Drinks: 70/1 in 18.0 overs (LJ Morgan 16, GR Todd 15)
Tea: 95/4 in 35.0 overs (NT Broom 11, SB Haig 3)
100 runs in 36.6 overs (223 balls), Extras 3
5th Wicket: 50 runs in 95 balls (NT Broom 39, SB Haig 13, Ex 0)
NT Broom: 50 off 66 balls (10 x 4)
150 runs in 47.2 overs (285 balls), Extras 3
Drinks: 170/4 in 51.0 overs (NT Broom 67, SB Haig 21)
5th Wicket: 100 runs in 166 balls (NT Broom 73, SB Haig 24, Ex 4)
200 runs in 62.1 overs (378 balls), Extras 8

MATCH DETAILS

Queenstown Events Centre
Toss	Auckland, 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	13,14,15 March 2009 - day (4-day match)
AUCK Player Replacement	Substitute: Jeet Raval in, Tim McIntosh out () Substitute: Lance Shaw in, Chris Martin out ()
FC debut	Nick Beard
Umpires	Dave Quested Derek Walker
Points	Auckland 8, Otago 0

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Otago Innings

PLAYER NAME	O	M	R	W	Econ
DR Tuffey	18	4	55	0	3.05
AJ McKay	14	0	58	4	4.14
C de Grandhomme	8	3	23	1	2.87
LJ Shaw	14	4	49	3	3.5 (1 nb)
TS Nethula	12.2	2	38	1	3.08
SJ Croft	3	0	13	0	4.33 (4 nb)

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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