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Northern Districts beat Wellington by 12 runs in Super Smash

by Alastair Symondson Saturday 12 January 2019

Adam Hose 52 for Wellington today

©Reuters

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

Match Summary

Northern Districts 157-7 (Daryl Mitchell 49, Nick Kelly 45; Ollie Newton 3-26, Jeetan Patel 2-27)

Wellington 145-6 (Adam Hose 52; Corey Anderson 2-22, Daryl Mitchell 2-19, Kyle Abbott 2-19)

Result - Northern Districts won by 12 runs

First innings down, we've posted 157/7, Daryl Mitchell top-scoring with 49 and Nick Kelly making 45. Big defence coming up!#gotheknights #bksupersmash #firebirdsvknights #cricketnation ?? @PhotosportNZ pic.twitter.com/9NcSQisUcO
— Knights (@ndcaknights) January 12, 2019

Batting first, Northern Districts scored a creditable 157-7 with Daryl Mitchell 49 and Nick Kelly 45 top scoring; Ollie Newton 3-26 and Jeetan Patel 2-27 were the pick of the bowlers for Wellington.

In reply, Wellington ended up 12 runs short on 145-6 in the run chase - Adam Hose 52 top run scorer and Corey Anderson 2-22, Daryl Mitchell 2-19 and Kyle Abbott 2-19 the pick of the bowlers for Northern Districts.

Wellington - Michael Bracewell, Devon Conway, Adam Hose, Troy Johnson, Tom Blundell(wk), Michael Pollard, Logan van Beek, Ollie Newton, Jeetan Patel, Iain McPeake, Hamish Bennett(c)

Northern Districts - PD Bocock(wk), Nick Kelly, Brett Hampton, Corey Anderson, Daryl Mitchell, Daniel Flynn(c), Joe Carter, Tarun Nethula, Kyle Abbott, Neil Wagner, Zak Gibson

©Cricket World 2019