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Shell Cup, 1997-98
Northern Districts v Canterbury
Final
WestpacTrust Park, Hamilton
24 January 1998
Result: Northern Districts won by 55 runs
Northern Districts win the 1997-98 Shell Cup
Toss: Canterbury
Umpires: 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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