http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Northern-Districts-c825 v Central Districts – Plunket Shield, 2012/13 – Match Update – Central Districts claim 8-wicket win
A concentrated bowling attack remained the key strength of the Central Districts Stags as they went on to secure an 8-wicket victory over the Northern Districts Knights in their first-class match during the ongoing Plunket Shield, played from November 17
to 20 at the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Barker-c47300 Reserve in Gisborne.
The Stags won the toss on day one, and elected to field first, going on to unleash http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Tarun-Nethula-c2647 (7-3-26-2), Ben Wheeler (16-3-48-2), and Adam Milne (17.3-2-41-2) on the Knights. None of the batsmen, save 5, were able to progress
beyond single-digit scores, and the contributions of wicketkeeper batsman Adam Wheater (53), http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Joseph-Yovich-c1735 (13), and Brent Arnel (12*) were not enough to keep the Knights on steady ground. Day one saw the Northern Districts
all out for a meagre first innings total of 183.
The Central Districts’ innings, in comparison, was a more solid affair, despite the assaults of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/JM-Anderson-c1705 Baker (25-5-59-4), Ish Sodhi (28-4-84-2), Brent Arnel (27.5-6-70-2), and Graeme Aldridge (23-8-64-2). Opener Jeet Raval set the tone for the innings with
a sizeable 73, and additional contributions came from wicketkeeper batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Kieran-Noema-Barnett-c71440 (44), Nethula (39), Milne (38), and Will Young (36). By the 122nd over of their innings, on day three, the Stags managed to
reach a decent 341 before they were all out.
The http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Daryl-Mitchell-c52533 (83), Ish Sodhi (50),
and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Graeme-Aldridge-c1502 (38) contributed substantial scores, while Corey Anderson (16) and Anton Devcich (12) failed to enable their team to make any headway against the Central Districts.
The third day saw them bowled for 252, and the Stags subsequently faced little trouble in their 95-run chase, despite http://www.senore.com/Cricket/JM-How-c1707
(20), Carl Cachopa (9) and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Central-Districts-c777 easily reached 95, with 8 wickets to spare.
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