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Harry does it in ones and news from the Shell Trophy Francis Payne - 19 February 2001
Barring something quite extraordinary, Chris Harris will become the outright holder of the most wickets for New Zealand in One-Day Internationals. When he bowled Inzamam-ul-Haq in the first one-dayer at Auckland, Harris drew level with Richard Hadlee with 158 victims. However, since taking 2-45 in the final match in South Africa, Harris has been attacking the record in ones (and nones). In the nine home ODIs this season his figures have been 0-41, 1-45, 1-36 (Zimbabwe), 0-33, 0-38, 1-33, 0-2, 1-42 (Sri Lanka) and 1-21 v Pakistan. The table now reads:
Auckland wicketkeeper Reece Young provided one of first-class cricket's big batting turnarounds when he scored an unbeaten 101 for Auckland against Central Districts.
Although he had several centuries to his name in Auckland club cricket, Young's record for Auckland could only be described as something approaching abysmal. He scored 29 against West Indies last season but in Shell Trophy matches had amassed just 33 runs at an average of 3.66. In 1999/00 Young reeled off four ducks (two pairs) in succession and had added another nought in the match before he hit his maiden century.
Auckland scored 368-6 to win in the match against Central, its highest ever winning fourth innings total and its first fourth innings of 300 against any team other than Wellington! Auckland's highest fourth innings are:
Canterbury ran up 372 against Wellington at Christchurch when set 411 for victory. Their best efforts in the fourth innings of a match are:
Richard Jones had an unusual sequence of scores in the Shell Trophy. With a previous highest score of 99 (run out) for Auckland against Otago in 1996/97, he hit centuries in successive games for Wellington, running up scores of 145 and 53 against Canterbury at Christchurch and 0 (out first ball) and 188 v Otago.
Jones was not the only player to suffer a first-ball duck. Auckland opener John Aiken had three in succession against Central Districts and two pairs in all.
At Palmerston North he was the victim of a most bizarre set of circumstances. In both innings Aiken faced the first ball - a wide from Brent Hefford. In both innings he was then out next ball - the first legitimate ball in both innings. The two teams met again at Auckland a week later with Tim McIntosh taking first ball this time. It did not help Aiken, however. McIntosh played out a maiden from Hefford before Aiken was trapped lbw by the first ball of the second over bowled by Andrew Schwass.
Auckland kept the same combination in the second innings but after a single from the third ball, Aiken came down to face Hefford and was caught behind off the last ball off the opening over.
(Aiken scored 7 and 46 against Otago in between the games against Central).
Aiken was not the only opener to suffer the dreaded first-ball nought. Adam Parore was bowled by Wasim Akram with the first ball of the first one-dayer at Auckland. He was not, however, the first New Zealand batsman to suffer this ignominy. The following have been dismissed with the first ball of an ODI:
(Wright was dismissed with the first legitimate ball of the match in the World Cup match against Australia at Auckland in 1991/92 but only after McDermott had begun the game with two wides).
The only New Zealand batsman dismissed first ball of an ODI innings when batting second is Mathew Sinclair (on debut) against Australia at Christchurch last season.
Matthew Bell and Richard Jones shared an opening partnership of 220 against Canterbury at Christchurch. This was just the seventh double century first wicket stand in Wellington history, although well short of the province's best. The highest first wicket stands for Wellington are now:
Mark Richardson and Matt Horne put on 193 for Otago's first wicket against Wellington but they too fell well short of the best for Otago.
There are just three double century opening stands for Otago in first-class cricket and one pair features twice:
Finally, this column would hardly be complete without reference to Chris Harris and his not out record in One-Day Internationals. The New Zealand all-rounder added another to his name as he watched Shoaib Akhtar wreak havoc at the other end in the first one-dayer at Auckland. Harris is now in outright third place and the table reads:
Harris made 5 not out at Auckland. His lowest not out score is an unbeaten 3 against Pakistan at Napier in 1992/93.
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