Central win State Shield
Sunday, February 8 2004
A superb batting display by Ross Taylor 95 (86), Jamie How 92 (113) and Craig Spearman 85 (48) took Central through to 354/5.
Craig Spearman and Jamie How got Central off to a hard hitting aggressive start forcing Chris Cairns into a number of early bowling changes. One memorable over saw Spearman take 30 runs off Paul Wiseman with some meaty blows into the crowd.
Even after Spearman was dismissed Central continued the momentum through out the innings and finished up with the second highest domestic one day total ever.
Chris Cairns was the pick of the Canterbury bowlers in taking 2-66 off 10 overs.
In reply Canterbury lost wickets regularly and were never able to form any substantial partnerships thanks to some good line and length bowling. Even some lower order hitting from Paul Wiseman in partnership with Chris Harris couldn’t take Canterbury home.
Central Districts wrapped up the State Shield with Chris Martin being bowled by Andrew Schwass for 0.
Score Summary
Central Districts 354/5 (R Taylor 95, J How 92, C Spearman 85, M Sinclair 40*, C Cairns 2/66)
Canterbury 255 (P Fulton 59, P Wiseman 50, C Cairns 35, C Harris 35, J Oram 3/44, M Mason 2/37, A Schwass 2/44)
Central Districts won by 99 runs
Man of the Match: Craig Spearman
State Shield 2003/4 Best Bowler: Michael Mason
State Shield 2003/4 Best Batsman: Ross Taylor
Posted by James
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