Canterbury dominate http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Wellington-c864 to clinch easy victory
Canterbury dominated the match against Wellington in the domestic http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-Zealand-c754 limited-over tournament. The match was played at Wellington and the hosts failed to take advantage of their home conditions. The visitors won the match by a convincing margin of
125 runs.
The toss was won by Canterbury and the team decided to bat first. The decision to bat first wasn’t a tough one as the wicket had no assistance for the bowlers.
However, there may have been some doubts in the minds of the captains as the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 team was all-out for 124 in their opening match against New Zealand in the six-match ODI series at the same venue.
The start to the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Peter-Fulton-c2177 gave a solid century partnership with Rob Nicol.
The pair amassed a 143-run stand for the second wicket and took the team’s total to 163 in 36 overs. Nicol was out after playing a steady knock of 67 runs off 103 balls. Fulton missed out on a century -- he was dismissed after a brilliant 92 runs off 122
balls.
The lower middle order didn’t disappoint the team and took the total past 250 with good innings by the batsmen. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Todd-Astle-c2697 remained unbeaten on 12 and 15 respectively to guide their team to 265.
Mark Gellispe and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Grant-c60671 Elliot were the main bowlers doing the damage for their team. Gillespie took three wickets in the match whereas Elliot finished with two wickets.
The start to the innings was disappointing for the home team. They lost four batsmen within 50 runs. Stuart Rhodes offered some resistance to the Canterbury bowlers but he was run out after making 35 runs off 66 balls.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Harry-Boam-c1536 and Marc Calkin tried to build a partnership for their team but it was a tough ask for them. Boam got out after scoring 29 whereas Calkin managed 27 runs before getting out.
The home team was dismissed for 140 in 35.1 overs. The main damage was done by the attack bowlers, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Richard-Sherlock-c2317. Claydon took three wickets in the match whereas Sherlock dismissed two batsmen.
Martin Kain was a touch expensive but he chipped in with three wickets to wrap up the Wellington team within 150. The result is disappointing for the home team and they will be hoping to improve their batting in the future.
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