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Central Districts beat Wellington by 11 runs in Super Smash

by Alastair Symondson Friday 1 February 2019

Jeetan Patel 2-26 today

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Central Districts won the toss and decided to bat against Wellington at the Basin Reserve, Wellington today in their Super Smash encounter.

Match Summary

Central Districts 161-7 (Dean Foxcroft 51, George Worker 44; Jeetan Patel 2-26, Logan van Beek 2-19)

Wellington 150 (Luke Woodcock 63; Blair Tickner 3-25, Ajaz Patel 2-27)

Result - Central Districts won by 11 runs

.@CentralStags confirm their finals booking with an 11 run win over the @wgtnfirebirds at the @BasinReserve today.
Report: https://t.co/8fRDRMwgGJ #bksupersmash #firebirdsvstags #cricketnation pic.twitter.com/QBF7oLjkEd
— Super Smash (@SuperSmashNZ) 1 February 2019

Batting first, Central Districts scored a competitive 161-7 in their 20 overs, with Dean Foxcroft 51 and George Worker 44 the mainstays with the bat and Jeetan Patel 2-26 and Logan van Beek 2-19 the pick of the bowlers for Wellington.

In reply, Wellington fell 11 runs short in the run chase and were all out for 150 - Luke Woodcock 63 top scored and Blair Tickner 3-25 and Ajaz Patel 2-27 did the damage with the ball.

Wellington - Michael Bracewell, Devon Conway, Tom Blundell(wk), Troy Johnson, Luke Woodcock, Rachin Ravindra, Logan van Beek, Ollie Newton, Jeetan Patel, Ben Sears, Hamish Bennett(c)

Central Districts - George Worker, Will Young, Dean Foxcroft, Tom Bruce(c), Josh Clarkson, Doug Bracewell, Bayley Wiggins(wk), Ben Wheeler, Seth Rance, Ajaz Patel, Blair Tickner

©Cricket World 2019