Central Districts reach HRV Cup final with 8-wicket win over Auckland
Central Districts made it to the final of 2010-11 HRV Cup with an 8-wicket thrashing of the tournament’s table-toppers Auckland at Pukekura Park, in New Plymouth on Wednesday, 29th of December. Chasing 181 for a berth in
the tournament’s final, the defending champions reached their target in the 17th over with only two wickets down.
Openers Peter Ingram and Jamie How set the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Roneel-Hira-c2365 helped the Auckland Aces stop the roaring opening guns of Stags after
having the Central Districts' skipper Jamie How caught by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Jimmy-Adams-c1696. How struck three sixes in his 27 ball 43.
How’s dismissal took their overseas player http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ian-Blackwell-c1569 to the crease and in partnership with How’s opening partner Peter Ingram, the duo struck a flurry of well timed boundaries to steady the run chase. The partnership was worth
58 when Ingram lost his wicket while taking a careless and needless run. Ingram holed out just 4 runs short of his half-century that would have been laced with a minimum of five boundaries and two sixes.
Blackwell then took over the charge and sealed the deal for Stags with an unbeaten 68 which contained six sixes and four fours. George Worker partnered Blackwell in finishing the game with 20 not out that came through 13 balls.
Earlier, Auckland, after opting to bat first, went off to a poor start losing three wickets in seven overs with 58 on the board. Despite the wickets clattering at the other end, Lou Vincent, the man of the match of the last match,
kept his nerves and went on hitting the opposition bowlers across the turf. But, things further worsened for the Aces when Vincent holed out at 46.
A whirlwind half-century stand between http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Colin-Munro-c51481 from just 4.2 overs took Auckland near 150. Quiney plundered five muscular sixes and two boundaries in his 29-ball 55 while Munro’s 34 saw him clearing the boundary
four times.
Michael Yardy led the Central Districts' attack with 2 for 18. The victory against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Auckland-c766 has added four points to Central Districts' account taking them to the second position behind Auckland. Both the sides will now face off each
other in the finale of the tournament on Sunday, 2nd January. Both are also the finalists of 2009-10 HRV Cup that was won by the Stags.
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