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Mayhem at Carisbrook and a tale of two substitutes
Francis Payne - 15 January 2001

Domestic cricket took centre stage this past week and included some extraordinary events on the last day of the Shell Trophy game between Otago and Northern Districts at Carisbrook.

In an attempt to bring about a result, Otago used part time bowlers who sent down deliberate full tosses and long hops while the fielders made no attempt to stop the ball.

The end result was that Northern Districts made 285/6 in only 76 minutes from just 22.4 overs. The innings milestones were as follows:

 50 in 10 mins
100 in 20 mins
150 in 34 mins
200 in 46 mins
250 in 66 mins

Hamish Marshall (who made his highest score) reached fifty off 22 balls in 20 minutes while Neal Parlane took 26 minutes and 23 balls. Interestingly neither player bettered Andre Adams' 20-ball fifty scored in authentic circumstances for Auckland against Otago in 1997/98 (on that occasion, Adams had come in to bat facing a pair in his first-class debut).

Marshall, who finished with 83 off 41 balls in 34 minutes, was on target to score the fastest hundred in New Zealand first-class cricket - certainly in terms of time. The record is held by Lance Cairns who reached his hundred off 45 balls in 52 minutes for Otago against Wellington at Lower Hutt in 1979/80 and Barry Cooper (52 minutes and 66 balls) for Northern Districts against Canterbury at Gisborne in 1986/87.

Andrew Hore (5-0-77-1) bowled for the first time in a first-class match while Matt Horne (7-0-68-2) took his first wicket in first-class cricket despite having being used as New Zealand's first change bowler in legitimate circumstances in the First Test against Sri Lanka at Dunedin as far back as 1996/97. Mark Richardson (10.4-0-136-3) completed the bowling lineup.

The most expensive over was Hore's fifth (20 runs) while Horne and Richardson both somehow managed an over where only three singles were scored.


Paul Wiseman created history when he was called into the New Zealand one-day side while he was playing for Otago in their Shell Trophy game against Canterbury at Alexandra. He became the first player to be withdrawn from and replaced in a first-class game in New Zealand on three occasions. Mark Priest, Chris Harris and Heath Davis have been substituted twice in first-class matches.

As if that was not enough, there were further dramas when Wiseman was included in the Otago team to play Northern Districts at Dunedin the day after the final one-dayer against Zimbabwe at Auckland. Because of flight schedules, Wiseman was absent when the match began at Carisbrook and twelfth man Nathan McCullum (who had replaced Wiseman in the previous game) took the field when play started.

Shayne O'Connor then broke down in the ninth over of the day and just as Otago's thirteenth man, Albion club player Lachlan Weir, was about to get onto the field, Wiseman arrived, took the field, and McCullum stayed on as substitute for O'Connor.


Even more bizarre events were to follow in this game with regard to substitute fielders. On the last day, Otago had intended to bat on, having established a small lead overnight. During warmups, however, both Chris Gaffaney and Kerry Walmsley suffered injuries.

With play about to start, Otago thus found themselves without both O'Connor and Walmsley and decided that their chances of bowling Northern out were now so slim that a declaration was their best option. The absurd situation then arose of the ten minute break between innings taking place at the scheduled time for the commencement of play.

Although Gaffaney was able to field (his back injury affected his batted later on) Otago were now down to just ten fielders. Lachlan Weir, however, was destined to miss out again as Lee Germon (with 99 first-class appearances to his credit) had just arrived at the ground and went on as emergency fielder.

Gaffaney and Walmsley, by the way, were not the only players to suffer injury in warmups during the week. Carl Bulfin missed Wellington's Shell Cup match against Otago after sustaining a groin injury just prior to the game.


There were plenty of Shell Cup highlights in the latest two rounds, although not for Central Districts who had their fourth match (out of eight) abandoned without a ball being bowled.

Roger Twose and Stephen Fleming amassed the highest partnership in Shell Cup history when they put on an unbeaten 244 for Wellington against Otago. The highest partnerships for any wicket in the Shell Cup are:

wkt
3rd 244* Roger Twose & Stephen Fleming  Wellington v Otago              Wellington   2000/01
4th 221  Llorne Howell & Gary Stead     Canterbury v Otago              Oamaru       1997/98
3rd 216  Chris Nevin & Jason Wells      Wellington v Central Districts  Wellington   1997/98
1st 205* John Aiken & Mark Douglas      Wellington v Canterbury         Wellington   1994/95
3rd 199* John Parker & Barry Cooper     Northern Districts v Auckland   Gisborne     1982/83
5th 198  Chris Cairns & Lee Germon      Canterbury v Wellington         Christchurch 1992/93
1st 191  Bruce Edgar & Robert Vance     Wellington v Northern Districts Gisborne     1981/82
2nd 189  Blair Hartland & Llorne Howell Canterbury v Northern Districts Timaru       1993/94


The partnership between Twose and Fleming was the third individual wicket record set this season. The record for each wicket is now:

wkt
1st  205* John Aiken & Mark Douglas        Wellington v Canterbury         Wellington   1994/95
2nd  189  Blair Hartland & Llorne Howell   Canterbury v Northern Districts Timaru       1993/94
3rd  244* Roger Twose & Stephen Fleming    Wellington v Otago              Wellington   2000/01
4th  221  Llorne Howell & Gary Stead       Canterbury v Otago              Oamaru       1997/98
5th  198  Chris Cairns & Lee Germon        Canterbury v Wellington         Christchurch 1992/93
6th  142  Chris Cairns & Stephen Fleming   Canterbury v Central Districts  Napier       1993/94
7th  130* Matthew Bell & Stephen Mather    Wellington v Northern Districts Mt Maunganui 1997/98
8th  121  Tama Canning & Richard Morgan    Auckland v Otago                Alexandra    2000/01
9th   98  Lincoln Doull & Brett Williams   Wellington v Otago              Alexandra    1993/94
10th  56* Warren McSkimming & David Sewell Otago v Northern Districts      Oamaru       2000/01


McSkimming and Martyn Croy had equalled the tenth wicket record earlier in the season (see column of 19 December). The best last wicket stands in the Shell Cup are now:

56* Warren McSkimming & David Sewell Otago v Northern Districts             Oamaru       2000/01
50  Craig Garner & Alistair Alcock   Central Districts v Otago              Oamaru       1993/94
50  Martyn Croy & Warren McSkimming  Otago v Auckland                       Auckland     2000/01
47* Jacob Oram & Michael Mason       Central Districts v Wellington         Waikanae     2000/01
47  Brendon Lyon & Kerry Walmsley    Auckland v Central Districts           Auckland     1997/98
43  Roydon Hayes & Richard de Groen  Northern Districts v Canterbury        Christchurch 1995/96
42  Carl Bulfin & Michael Mason      Central Districts v Northern Districts Hamilton     1997/98


McSkimming also came close to registering the highest score by a number ten batsman in the Shell Cup. The best scores in that position are:

63    Andrew Penn         Central Districts v Canterbury   Napier       1996/97
59*   Warren McSkimming   Otago v Northern Districts       Oamaru       2000/01
44    Carl Bulfin         Wellington v Canterbury          Wellington   2000/01
43*   Craig Findlay       Central Districts v Auckland     Auckland     1996/97


McSkimming's fifty took just 26 balls - one of the quickest in Shell Cup history. The fastest are now:

balls
  22    Matthew Maynard     Otago v Auckland                  Alexandra      1997/98
  23    Mark Greatbatch     Central Districts v Otago         New Plymouth   1996/97
  26    Lance Cairns        Northern Districts v Canterbury   Rangiora       1987/88
  26    Carl Bulfin         Central Districts v Wellington    New Plymouth   1997/98
  26    Warren McSkimming   Otago v Northern Districts        Oamaru         2000/01


Roger Twose and Stephen Fleming provided just the fifth instance of two players scoring a hundred in the same Shell Cup innings. Twose features on the list three times and Fleming twice.

Nathan Astle (129) & Stephen Fleming (102)   Canterbury v Northern Districts Christchurch 1995/96
Darrin Murray (116) & Stephen Fleming (105*) Canterbury v Central Districts  Napier       1996/97
Phil Chandler (106) & Roger Twose (100)      Wellington v Canterbury         Christchurch 1996/97
Llorne Howell (134*) & Gary Stead (100)      Canterbury v Otago              Oamaru       1997/98
Roger Twose (120*) & Stephen Fleming (124*)  Wellington v Otago              Wellington   2000/01


Twose has now scored more Shell Cup centuries than any other player. The most hundreds have been scored by:

                  100s   matches
Roger Twose         6       93
Martin Crowe        5       57
Nathan Astle        5       74
Llorne Howell       4       74
Bruce Edgar         3       43
Stephen Fleming     3       50
Craig McMillan      3       50
Matthew Bell        3       53
Mark Richardson     3       64
Chris Cairns        3       65


In Otago's game against Wellington, Mark Richardson became just the second player to carry his bat through a completed (i.e. all out) Shell Cup innings.

Richardson was unbeaten on 88 out of Otago's 172 all out while Kyle Wealleans achieved the feat for Northern Districts against Otago at Alexandra in 1991/92 scoring 77 not out in his side's total of 212 all out.


In the game against Wellington, Otago's Craig Pryor conceded 78 runs from his ten overs. The most runs conceded in a Shell Cup innings is:

10-0-93-2   Craig Presland   Northern Districts v Auckland    Gisborne       1982/83
 9-0-85-1   Robert Kennedy   Otago v Canterbury               Christchurch   1996/97
10-1-85-0   Robert Kennedy   Otago v Central Districts        New Plymouth   1996/97
10-0-83-2   Graeme Welch     Wellington v Central Districts   New Plymouth   1997/98
10-0-80-3   Bruce Blair      Otago v Central Districts        Oamaru         1982/83
10-0-78-0   Craig Pryor      Otago v Wellington               Wellington     2000/01

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