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Super SmashMatch 17 · T20

Central Districts beat Auckland by 29 runs

Eden Park Outer Oval, Auckland, . Central Districts won the toss and chose to bowl.

Auckland191/820 ov
Central Districts108/29.2 ov
Central Districts won by 29 runs (DLS method)
Northern Districts won the title

Match report

From the scorecard

Central Districts won the toss and chose to bowl. Auckland made 191 for 8 in 20 overs, Cole Briggs 50 from 33 balls and William O'Donnell 39 from 19 balls. Jayden Lennox took 3 for 31.

Central Districts reached 108 for 2 in 9.2 overs, Will Young 67 from 27 balls and Ben Smith 27 not out from 21 balls.

Central Districts won by 29 runs (DLS method).

Key performers

Auckland innings

191/8(20 ov)
BatterRB4s6sSR
George Workerb BG Randellb BG Randell13901144.44
Cole Briggsc BG Randell b JR Lennoxc BG Randell b JR Lennox503371151.52
William O'Donnellc JA Clarkson b BG Randellc JA Clarkson b BG Randell391905205.26
Robert O'Donnellc †D Cleaver b JR Lennoxc †D Cleaver b JR Lennox140025.00
Sean Soliac BL Wiggins b JR Lennoxc BL Wiggins b JR Lennox322411133.33
Ben Horne †c AY Patel b BG Randellc AY Patel b BG Randell322132152.38
Ross ter Braaknot outnot out7*201350.00
Louis Delportc AR Schaw b RL Toolec AR Schaw b RL Toole7410175.00
Danru Fernsc AY Patel b RL Toolec AY Patel b RL Toole6301200.00
Adithya Ashoknot outnot out0*1000.00
Extras(lb 1, w 3)(lb 1, w 3)4
Total20 Ov (RR 9.55)20 Ov (RR 9.55)191/8
Did not bat: Benjamin Lister
Fall of wickets: 17-1 (GH Worker, 2 ov), 72-2 (WT O'Donnell, 6.5 ov), 78-3 (RR O'Donnell, 8.1 ov), 123-4 (CJ Briggs, 12.5 ov), 163-5 (BJ Horne, 17.3 ov), 177-6 (SM Solia, 18.4 ov), 184-7 (L Delport, 19.2 ov), 190-8 (DK Ferns, 19.5 ov)
BowlerOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
AR Schaw2029014.5030320
Brett Randell403238.0090300
Raymond Toole4052213.00104500
Jayden Lennox403137.7584000
Ajaz Patel302006.6762010
Josh Clarkson302608.6762100
Partnerships
WktBattersRunsBalls
1stGH Worker 13(9) & CJ Briggs 2(3)1712
2ndCJ Briggs 16(10) & WT O'Donnell 39(19)5529
3rdRR O'Donnell 1(4) & CJ Briggs 5(4)68
4thSM Solia 18(12) & CJ Briggs 27(16)4528
5thBJ Horne 32(21) & SM Solia 7(7)4028
6thRM ter Braak 7(2) & SM Solia 7(5)147
7thL Delport 7(4) & RM ter Braak 0(0)74
8thDK Ferns 6(3) & RM ter Braak 0(0)63
9thA Ashok 0(1) & RM ter Braak 0(0)1*1

Central Districts innings

108/2(9.2 ov)
BatterRB4s6sSR
Bayley Wigginsc †BJ Horne b BG Listerc †BJ Horne b BG Lister02000.00
Ben Smithnot outnot out27*2112128.57
Will Youngc DK Ferns b L Delportc DK Ferns b L Delport672747248.15
Dane Cleaver †not outnot out7*610116.67
Extras(lb 5, w 2)(lb 5, w 2)7
Total9.2 Ov (RR 11.57)9.2 Ov (RR 11.57) · Target 80 from 9.1 ov108/2
Fall of wickets: 0-1 (BL Wiggins, 0.2 ov), 84-2 (WA Young, 7 ov)
BowlerOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
Benjamin Lister2023111.5033100
Ross ter Braak201005.0070100
Sean Solia2020010.0023010
Danru Ferns201407.0050110
Louis Delport1030130.0010500
Adithya Ashok0.206018.0010100
Partnerships
WktBattersRunsBalls
1stBL Wiggins 0(2) & BS Smith 0(0)02
2ndWA Young 67(27) & BS Smith 17(13)8440
3rdBS Smith 10(8) & D Cleaver 7(6)24*14

Commentary

End of innings: CD 108/2 (9.2 ov)
9.20
A Ashok to BS Smith, no run
9.16
A Ashok to BS Smith, SIX
End of over 912 runsCD 102/2141Wd014Lb
D Cleaver 7(6)BS Smith 21(19)SM Solia 2-0-20-0
8.64Lb
SM Solia to D Cleaver, 4 leg byes
8.51
SM Solia to BS Smith, 1 run
8.40
SM Solia to BS Smith, no run
8.4Wd
SM Solia to BS Smith, wide
8.31
SM Solia to D Cleaver, 1 run
8.24
SM Solia to D Cleaver, FOUR
8.11
SM Solia to BS Smith, 1 run
End of over 86 runsCD 90/2101LbWd012
D Cleaver 2(3)BS Smith 19(16)DK Ferns 2-0-14-0
7.62
DK Ferns to D Cleaver, 2 runs
7.51
DK Ferns to BS Smith, 1 run
7.40
DK Ferns to BS Smith, no run
7.4Wd
DK Ferns to BS Smith, wide
7.31Lb
DK Ferns to D Cleaver, 1 leg bye
7.20
DK Ferns to D Cleaver, no run
7.11
DK Ferns to BS Smith, 1 run
End of over 730 runs, 1 wktCD 84/266666W
BS Smith 17(13)L Delport 1-0-30-1
6.6W
L Delport to WA Young, OUT
WA Young c DK Ferns b L Delport 67(27) [4s-4 6s-7] · FoW 84/2 (7 ov)
6.56
L Delport to WA Young, SIX
6.46
L Delport to WA Young, SIX
6.36
L Delport to WA Young, SIX
FIFTY for WA Young (55 off 24)
6.26
L Delport to WA Young, SIX
6.16
L Delport to WA Young, SIX
End of over 69 runsCD 54/1601011
WA Young 37(21)BS Smith 17(13)DK Ferns 1-0-9-0
5.61
DK Ferns to WA Young, 1 run
5.51
DK Ferns to BS Smith, 1 run
5.40
DK Ferns to BS Smith, no run