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Shell Cup, 1997-98Northern Districts v Canterbury
 Final
 WestpacTrust Park, Hamilton
 24 January 1998
 
Result: Northern Districts won by 55 runsNorthern Districts win the 1997-98 Shell Cup
 
Toss: CanterburyUmpires: BF Bowden (Auckland) and EA Watkin (Wellington)
 Man of the Match: AR Tait (Northern Districts)
 
 
Northern Districts innings
BA Young              c Harris           b Wisneski             4 (  7)
ME Parlane            c Fleming          b Wisneski            16 ( 35)
DL Vettori            c Astle            b Wisneski            26 ( 29)
MD Bailey             lbw                b Cairns               5 ( 16)
DJ Nash               lbw                b Harris              45 (103)
MN Hart               c Priest           b Owens                1 (  2)
AR Tait               run out                                   8 ( 19)
SB Styris             c Harris           b Wisneski            20 ( 49)
*+RG Hart             not out                                  25 ( 26)
GE Bradburn           run out                                  23 ( 13)
SB Doull              not out                                   1 (  1)
Extras                (lb 6, w 9)                              15
Total                 (for 9 wickets, 50 overs)               189
FoW: 1-6 (Young), 2-46 (Vettori), 3-50 (Parlane), 4-58 (Bailey),
     5-61 (MN Hart), 6-84 (AR Tait), 7-132 (Styris),
     8-152 (Nash), 9-184 (Bradburn).
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Wisneski                    10      1     42      4 (2w)
Owens                        8      0     30      1 (3w)
Cairns                       5      2     12      1 (1w)
McMillan                     7      0     39      0 (2w)
Harris                      10      1     24      1 (1w)
Priest                      10      0     36      0
Canterbury innings
LG Howell             run out                                   4 (  3)
NJ Astle              c RG Hart          b Doull                0 (  3)
CD McMillan           c Young            b Styris              28 ( 35)
SP Fleming            c Young            b Doull               48 ( 84)
GR Stead              run out                                   2 ( 12)
CL Cairns             lbw                b Styris               7 ( 16)
CZ Harris             c Styris           b Tait                20 ( 29)
*+LK Germon           c RG Hart          b Tait                 0 (  2)
WA Wisneski           c RG Hart          b Tait                 0 (  2)
MW Priest             c RG Hart          b Tait                 0 (  1)
MB Owens              not out                                   3 ( 13)
Extras                (lb 7, w 13, nb 2)                       22
Total                 (all out, 33.1 overs)                   134
FoW: 1-5 (Astle), 2-12 (Howell), 3-51 (McMillan), 4-65 (Stead),
     5-81 (Cairns), 6-117 (Harris), 7-117 (Germon),
     8-117 (Wisneski), 9-117 (Priest), 10-134 (Fleming).
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Doull                        8.1    0     34      2 (3w)
Bradburn                     2      0      9      0
Nash                         6      0     18      0 (1nb, 2w)
Styris                       6      0     20      2 (5w)
Tait                         7      2     29      4 (2w)
Vettori                      4      0     17      0 (1w)
 
 NJ Astle's dismissal was SB Doull's 50th in Shell Cup cricket.
 LG Howell became the 3rd player to score 500 runs in a Shell
    Cup season, after BA Edgar in 1981-82 and NJ Astle in 1995-96.
 The 29th over of the Canterbury innings, bowled by AR Tait,
    contained 4 wickets: x . x . x x. The first ball of his next
    over was left alone by MB Owens to avoid the hat-trick.
 RG Hart's 4 catches took his season total to 24 dismissals,
    past Wellington's CJ Nevin's record total of 22 in 1996-97.
 It is Northern Districts' 2nd Shell Cup title since the
    competition's inception in 1980-81 (other victory in 1994-95).
    Overall Shell Cup wins: Canterbury 6, Auckland 5, Wellington 3,
    Northern Districts 2, Central Districts 1, Otago 1.
 It is the 7th consecutive Shell Cup Final where the side
    batting first has won.
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