Canterbury beat Northern Districts by 8 wickets in Plunket Shield – http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-Zealand-c754 domestic
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Canterbury-c775 defeated Northern Districts by 8 wickets in a match of the Plunket Shield played at the Mainpower Oval, Rangiora in New Zealand.
The hosts were given a target of 190 runs on the final day of play, which they achieved easily losing just two wickets.
Earlier, Canterbury captain http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Peter-Fulton-c2177 elected to field first after winning the toss. The wicket did not have much assistance for the bowlers in it, but there was some moisture beneath the surface of the pitch, which gave the advantage to the home team
bowlers.
Northern Districts were bowled out for 149 runs in their first innings, as none of their batsmen was able to bat for longer periods. Seasoned campaigner http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Hamish-Marshall-c1525 was the top scorer in the first innings for his team, scoring 36 runs. Apart from him,
only four other batsmen were able to reach double figures, but there was nothing significant.
Matthew Henry was the pick of the bowlers for the home team, as he took a five-wicket haul. He was supported by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Andrew-Ellis-c1037, who grabbed three wickets in the innings.
Canterbury batted sensibly in their first innings, taking a 129-run lead over their opponents. The highlight of the innings was a valiant half-century from Fulton, who scored 62 runs off 147 balls with the help of 6 fours.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Todd-Astle-c2697 also batted well, scoring 51 runs from 72 balls with the help of 4 fours and 1 six. He batted sensibly along with the tail-enders, guiding his team’s total to 278.
Brent Arnel and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Trent-Boult-c2708 were the pick of the bowlers for the visitors as both of them shared 7 wickets between them.
Northern Districts played well in the second innings, piling 318 runs. However, they did not score enough runs in their first innings, which only gave them an overall lead of 189 runs.
Brook Hatwell top scored the innings with 73 runs off 163 balls. He struck 7 fours in his classy knock. Opener Bradley Watling also batted brilliantly at the top of the order, scoring 60 runs with the help of 6 fours.
Chasing 190 for victory, the Canterbury openers Rob Nicol and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Michael-Papps-c1961 got off to a very good start. The pair constructed 102 runs for the first wicket before Papps got out. The seasoned player scored 38 runs off 47 balls, stroking 6 fours.
Just four balls later, Nicol also gave his wicket away and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Northern-Districts-c825 bounced back into the game.
However, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Stewart-c91370 played aggressive cricket, guiding their team to an easy win. They scored 39 and 47 runs respectively and lifted the run rate to 6.12 until the end.
Brent Arnel was the only bowler who troubled the batsmen as he took one wicket in the final innings.
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