- BATSMENRExtras25 (b 21, lb 4)TOTAL298 all out (171.5 Overs, RR: 1.73)Fall of wickets: 1-18, 2-18, 3-18, 4-121, 5-123, 6-179, 7-185, 8-233, 9-279, 10-298
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB GF Cresswell 46 21 63 2 1.36 0 0 DD Beard 57 26 91 3 1.59 0 0 HB Cave 40.5 17 56 1 1.37 0 0 IB Leggat 15 1 30 2 2 0 0 AA Hunter 13 0 33 1 2.53 0 0
- BATSMENRExtras32 (b 17, lb 11, nb 4)TOTAL300 all out (129.5 Overs, RR: 2.31)Fall of wickets: 1-6, 2-47, 3-59, 4-91, 5-105, 6-137, 7-198, 8-249, 9-262, 10-300
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB JA Hayes 25.5 4 73 3 2.82 0 0 KJ McNicholl 22 4 53 3 2.4 0 0 AR MacGibbon 6 3 10 0 1.66 0 0 ME Chapple 6 2 12 0 2 0 0 TB Burtt 40 17 56 3 1.4 0 0 MB Poore 25 8 54 1 2.16 0 0 PGZ Harris 5 2 10 0 2 0 0
- BATSMENRExtras23 (b 15, lb 7, w 1)TOTAL252 all out (91.5 Overs, RR: 2.74)Fall of wickets: 1-5, 2-66, 3-87, 4-101, 5-137, 6-178, 7-229, 8-231, 9-248, 10-252
- BATSMENRExtras25 (b 16, lb 8, nb 1)TOTAL227/3 (64 Overs, RR: 3.54)Fall of wickets: 1-40, 2-44, 3-140
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB JA Hayes 15 1 38 0 2.53 0 0 KJ McNicholl 7 2 24 1 3.42 0 0 AR MacGibbon 13 0 56 1 4.3 0 0 ME Chapple 7 2 14 1 2 0 0 TB Burtt 16 3 60 0 3.75 0 0 MB Poore 6 2 10 0 1.66 0 0
Match Details
Series
Toss
Canterbury , elected to bat first
Season
Match days
9,10,12,13 January 1953 (4-day match)
Umpires
Points
Central Districts 4, Canterbury 2
Close of Play
- Fri, 9 Jan - day 1 - Canterbury 1st innings 185/7 (JG Leggat 94*)
- Sat, 10 Jan - day 2 - Central Districts 1st innings 157/6 (LSM Miller 37*, IB Leggat 7*)
- Sun, 11 Jan - rest day
- Mon, 12 Jan - day 3 - Canterbury 2nd innings 109/4 (JG Leggat 46*, MB Poore 3*)
- Tue, 13 Jan - day 4 - Central Districts 2nd innings 227/3 (64 ov) - end of match
Plunket Shield News
Canterbury take Plunket Shield title after tight race needs second tie-breaker
Otago's victory over Wellington in the final round wasn't enough to clinch top spot
Thomas O'Connor upstages dad Shayne with 13-wicket haul
Thomas rewrote family history and Otago records, bagging a match haul of 13 wickets in the Plunket Shield
Five in five! Brett Randell 'blown away' after blowing Northern Districts away in landmark spell
Central Districts quick Brett Randell became the first to pick five wickets in five balls in first-class cricket history, and later became the first to take six wickets in eight balls in the format
Henry, Santner, Nathan Smith ruled out of rest of West Indies Test series
Uncapped seam-bowling allrounder Kristian Clarke called up as reinforcement; Glenn Phillips and Daryl Mitchell included in squad
Michael Rae called up to bolster injury-hit New Zealand attack
The fast bowler and his Canterbury team-mate Mitch Hay could make their Test debuts in the second Test against West Indies
