Overseas Matches 2007/08

WELLINGTON v AUCKLAND Played at Basin Reserve, Wellington, March 30, 31, April 1, 2, 2008. State Championship 2007/08 Match drawn. (Points: Wellington 1, Auckland 1) WELLINGTON 1 M.D.Bell b Azhar Abbas 5 2 *M.E.Parlane b de Grandhomme 20 3 N.R.Parlane c de Grandhomme b Munro 110 4 G.D.Elliott not out 196 5 S.J.Gellatly c Hopkins b Azhar Abbas 44 6 B.J.Crook c Hopkins b Morgan 4 7 †C.J.Nevin c Morgan b de Grandhomme 27 8 J.S.Patel c Jones b Guptill 0 9 M.R.Gillespie c de Grandhomme b Munro 5 10 I.E.O’Brien lbw b McKay 10 11 C.E.Shreck lbw b Munro 6 Extras b 2, lb 6, w 6, nb 3 17 —— 444 FoW (1): 1-18 (1), 2-33 (2), 3-205 (3), 4-312 (5), 5-325 (6), 6-401 (7), 7-406 (8), 8-411 (9), 9-427 (10), 10-444 (11) AUCKLAND 1 T.G.McIntosh b Gillespie 9 2 *R.A.Jones not out 9 3 M.J.Guptill not out 0 4 R.J.Nicol 5 †G.J.Hopkins 6 A.P.de Boorder 7 C.de Grandhomme 8 C.Munro 9 G.J.Morgan 10 Azhar Abbas 11 A.J.McKay Extras b 4, nb 1 5 —— (1 wicket) 23 FoW (1): 1-19 (1) Auckland Bowling O M R W Azhar Abbas 32 8 84 2 1nb McKay 29 7 71 1 1w,1nb Munro 33 4 106 3 1nb de Grandhomme 25 6 85 2 Morgan 21 2 82 1 1w Guptill 2 0 8 1 Wellington Bowling O M R W Gillespie 5 1 10 1 1nb O’Brien 5 2 9 0 Umpires: B.G.Frost and D.M.Quested. Toss: Auckland Close of Play: 1st day: No play; 2nd day: No play; 3rd day: Wellington (1) 167-2 (N.R.Parlane 92*, Elliott 45*, 57 overs). N.R.Parlane’s 110 took 183 balls in 255 minutes and included 15 fours. G.D.Elliott’s 196 took 365 balls in 518 minutes and included 23 fours and 2 sixes. 213 New Zealand in 2007/08