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Super SmashPreliminary Final · T20

Central Districts beat Auckland by 44 runs in the Preliminary final

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

Central Districts219/420 ov
Auckland175/520 ov
Central Districts won by 44 runs
Central Districts won the title

Match report

From the scorecard

Auckland won the toss and chose to bowl. Central Districts made 219 for 4 in 20 overs, Will Young 83 from 54 balls and Dane Cleaver 77 not out from 37 balls. Mitchell McClenaghan took 2 for 33.

Auckland made 175 for 5 in 20 overs, Daniel Bell-Drummond 64 from 43 balls and Colin Munro 33 from 18 balls. Seth Rance took 2 for 31.

Central Districts won by 44 runs.

Key performers

Central Districts innings

219/4(20 ov)
BatterRB4s6sSR
George Workerb MJ McClenaghanb MJ McClenaghan7601116.67
Will Youngc Craig Cachopa b MJ McClenaghanc Craig Cachopa b MJ McClenaghan835443153.70
Dean Foxcroftc DJ Bell-Drummond b MR Quinnc DJ Bell-Drummond b MR Quinn451080.00
Tom Brucec RM Hira b WER Somervillec RM Hira b WER Somerville351951184.21
Dane Cleaver †not outnot out77*3745208.11
Extras(b 1, lb 4, w 7, nb 1)(b 1, lb 4, w 7, nb 1)13
Total20 Ov (RR 10.95)20 Ov (RR 10.95)219/4
Fall of wickets: 14-1 (GH Worker, 1.3 ov), 23-2 (D Foxcroft, 2.4 ov), 76-3 (TC Bruce, 8 ov), 219-4 (WA Young, 20 ov)
BowlerOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
Matthew Quinn403919.7584040
Mitchell McClenaghan403328.25101300
William Somerville4048112.0043310
Donovan Grobbelaar4042010.5011211
Roneel Hira4052013.0025210
Partnerships
WktBattersRunsBalls
1stGH Worker 7(6) & WA Young 6(3)149
2ndD Foxcroft 4(5) & WA Young 5(2)97
3rdWA Young 11(13) & TC Bruce 35(19)5332
4thWA Young 61(36) & D Cleaver 77(37)14372

Auckland innings

175/5(20 ov)
BatterRB4s6sSR
Colin Munroc TC Bruce b AF Milnec TC Bruce b AF Milne331842183.33
Daniel Bell-Drummondc †D Cleaver b SHA Rancec †D Cleaver b SHA Rance644334148.84
Glenn Phillips †lbw b AY Patellbw b AY Patel302512120.00
Mark Chapmanst †D Cleaver b AY Patelst †D Cleaver b AY Patel10111090.91
Craig Cachopanot outnot out16*1501106.67
Robert O'Donnellc TC Bruce b SHA Rancec TC Bruce b SHA Rance450080.00
Donovan Grobbelaarnot outnot out4*60066.67
Extras(lb 5, w 6, nb 3)(lb 5, w 6, nb 3)14
Total20 Ov (RR 8.75)20 Ov (RR 8.75) · Target 220 from 20 ov175/5
Fall of wickets: 42-1 (C Munro, 3.3 ov), 104-2 (GD Phillips, 11.1 ov), 141-3 (MS Chapman, 15.2 ov), 154-4 (DJ Bell-Drummond, 16.3 ov), 166-5 (RR O'Donnell, 18.1 ov)
BowlerOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
Ben Wheeler403809.50103211
Seth Rance403127.7591210
Adam Milne402416.00121120
Doug Bracewell4040010.0043210
Ajaz Patel403729.2581212
Partnerships
WktBattersRunsBalls
1stC Munro 33(18) & DJ Bell-Drummond 5(4)4221
2ndGD Phillips 30(25) & DJ Bell-Drummond 29(21)6246
3rdMS Chapman 10(11) & DJ Bell-Drummond 22(15)3725
4thCraig Cachopa 3(5) & DJ Bell-Drummond 8(3)137
5thRR O'Donnell 4(5) & Craig Cachopa 8(5)1210
6thCraig Cachopa 5(5) & DJ Grobbelaar 4(6)9*11

Commentary

End of innings: AUC 175/5 (20 ov)
End of over 203 runsAUC 175/5101001
DJ Grobbelaar 4(6)Craig Cachopa 16(15)BM Wheeler 4-0-38-0
19.61
BM Wheeler to DJ Grobbelaar, 1 run
19.50
BM Wheeler to DJ Grobbelaar, no run
19.40
BM Wheeler to DJ Grobbelaar, no run
19.31
BM Wheeler to Craig Cachopa, 1 run
19.20
BM Wheeler to Craig Cachopa, no run
19.11
BM Wheeler to DJ Grobbelaar, 1 run
End of over 196 runs, 1 wktAUC 172/5W21111
DJ Grobbelaar 2(2)Craig Cachopa 15(13)SHA Rance 4-0-31-2
18.61
SHA Rance to DJ Grobbelaar, 1 run
18.51
SHA Rance to Craig Cachopa, 1 run
18.41
SHA Rance to DJ Grobbelaar, 1 run
18.31
SHA Rance to Craig Cachopa, 1 run
18.22
SHA Rance to Craig Cachopa, 2 runs
18.1W
SHA Rance to RR O'Donnell, OUT
RR O'Donnell c TC Bruce b SHA Rance 4(5) [4s-0 6s-0] · FoW 166/5 (18.1 ov)
End of over 184 runsAUC 166/4012010
Craig Cachopa 11(10)RR O'Donnell 4(4)AF Milne 4-0-24-1
17.60
AF Milne to Craig Cachopa, no run
17.51
AF Milne to RR O'Donnell, 1 run
17.40
AF Milne to RR O'Donnell, no run
17.32
AF Milne to RR O'Donnell, 2 runs
17.21
AF Milne to Craig Cachopa, 1 run
17.10
AF Milne to Craig Cachopa, no run
End of over 179 runs, 1 wktAUC 162/401LbW161
Craig Cachopa 10(7)RR O'Donnell 1(1)SHA Rance 3-0-25-1
16.61
SHA Rance to Craig Cachopa, 1 run
16.56
SHA Rance to Craig Cachopa, SIX
16.41
SHA Rance to RR O'Donnell, 1 run
16.3W
SHA Rance to DJ Bell-Drummond, OUT
DJ Bell-Drummond c †D Cleaver b SHA Rance 64(43) [4s-3 6s-4] · FoW 154/4 (16.3 ov)
16.21Lb
SHA Rance to Craig Cachopa, 1 leg bye
16.10
SHA Rance to Craig Cachopa, no run
End of over 1613 runs, 1 wktAUC 153/31W0217Nb2
DJ Bell-Drummond 64(42)Craig Cachopa 3(3)AY Patel 4-0-37-2