New Zealand Twenty20 Competition, 2005-06, Final
Auckland v Canterbury
Eden Park Outer Oval, Auckland
5 February 2006 (20-over match)

Result: Canterbury won by 6 wickets
Series: Canterbury wins the 2005/06 New Zealand Twenty20 Competition

Toss: Canterbury
Umpires: BF Bowden and AL Hill
TV Umpire: BG Frost

Auckland innings (20 overs maximum)                             R   M   B  4 6
L Vincent             c McCullum         b Cairns              36  18  20  7 0
PA Hitchcock          c Bond             b Astle               37  42  26  2 2
*RA Jones             c Cunis            b Harris               4   3   3  1 0
SB Styris                            c & b Cairns              62  31  32  4 5
RJ Nicol              c Cunis            b Wiseman             19  24  16  1 0
MY Pasupati           c Cunis            b Bond                 0   2   3  0 0
KD Mills              run out (Fulton)                          2   5   2  0 0
+RA Young             not out                                  13  12  12  1 1
GPG Andrews           not out                                   3   9   6  0 0
Extras                (lb 2, w 1)                               3
Total                 (7 wickets, 20 overs)                   179

DNB: TI Lythe, CS Martin.

FoW: 1-50 (Vincent), 2-56 (Jones), 3-109 (Hitchcock),
     4-152 (Styris), 5-153 (Pasupati), 6-162 (Mills),
     7-162 (Nicol).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Cunis                        3      0     33      0
Bond                         4      0     42      1
Cairns                       4      0     31      2
Harris                       3      0     21      1 (1w)
Astle                        3      0     32      1
Wiseman                      3      0     18      1

Canterbury innings (target: 180 runs from 20 overs)             R   M   B  4 6
+BB McCullum          c Pasupati         b Hitchcock           62  25  22  4 6
NJ Astle              run out (Vincent)                        74  69  52 11 2
CD McMillan           c Andrews          b Mills               36  33  23  4 2
CL Cairns             not out                                   3  19   5  0 0
PG Fulton             c Young            b Styris               0   2   1  0 0
*CZ Harris            not out                                   1   6   2  0 0
Extras                (w 3, nb 1)                               4
Total                 (4 wickets, 17.2 overs)                 180

DNB: MHW Papps, SL Stewart, SE Bond, PJ Wiseman, SJ Cunis.

FoW: 1-80 (McCullum), 2-152 (McMillan), 3-178 (Astle),
     4-178 (Fulton).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Mills                        3      0     44      1 (1w)
Martin                       3      0     50      0
Hitchcock                    3      0     24      1
Pasupati                     4      0     27      0
Nicol                        1      0     17      0
Styris                       3.2    0     18      1 (1nb, 2w)

• Scorers: EK Knights and CE Hayne

• Auckland innings:
• L Vincent/PA Hitchcock 50 partnership off 26 balls in 17 minutes
• Auckland 50 runs off 26 balls in 18 minutes
• Auckland 100 runs off 62 balls in 38 minutes
• PA Hitchcock/SB Styris 50 partnership off 32 balls in 15 minutes
• SB Styris 50 runs off 28 balls in 28 minutes
• SB Styris 50 runs off 28 balls in 29 minutes
• Auckland 150 runs off 86 balls in 53 minutes

• Canterbury innings:
• BB McCullum/NJ Astle 50 partnership off 17 balls in 13 minutes
• Canterbury 50 runs off 17 balls in 13 minutes
• BB McCullum 50 runs off 18 balls in 19 minutes
• Canterbury 100 runs off 54 balls in 36 minutes
• NJ Astle/CD McMillan 50 partnership off 27 balls in 25 minutes
• NJ Astle 50 runs off 37 balls in 56 minutes
• Canterbury 150 runs off 83 balls in 52 minutes

Domestic Season Index

Team Pages: Auckland, Canterbury.

Ground Page: Eden Park Outer Oval, Auckland

Auckland Player Pages: L Vincent, PA Hitchcock, RA Jones, SB Styris, RJ Nicol, MY Pasupati, KD Mills, RA Young, GPG Andrews, TI Lythe, CS Martin.

Canterbury Player Pages: BB McCullum, NJ Astle, CD McMillan, CL Cairns, PG Fulton, CZ Harris, MHW Papps, SL Stewart, SE Bond, PJ Wiseman, SJ Cunis.

Match Officials' Pages: BF Bowden, AL Hill, BG Frost.