Hartland century frustrates Otago

Press, 11 December 1989, Page 48

Hartland century frustrates Otago

The confidence which Canterbury’s cricket selectors have shown in Blair Hartland was fully justified yesterday when the young opening batsman scored his maiden first-class century against Otago at Lancaster Park. Hartland’s unbeaten 126 deprived Otago of any chance it had of starting its Shell Trophy campaign with an outright victory, and might one day be seen as the , innings which restored momentum to a career full of promise.’ Three years ago Hartland scored 172 in a junior international against Australia at Brisbane, but his 13 previous appearances in first-class cricket had brought him only 472 runs (at an average of 20) and a best of 73. But yesterday Hartland, with able assistance from Peter Kennedy (60) and Paul McEwan (64), came of age at provincial level as Canterbury mustered 297 for three wickets in its second innings. . It had trailed by 104 runs on the first innings, and was still 84 in arrears when the match resumed yesterday. Otago’s hopes were raised by the dismissal of David Boyle, but Hartland, Kennedy, McEwan and Rod Latham batted through until an early finish after the tea adjournment. Otago went home with four competition points, having succeeded in lifting its first innings over-rate of 15.8 up to the required 17. Canterbury travels to Napier for Friday’s encounter with Central Districts with a far stronger belief in its run-scoring capabilities. “We just had to keep batting right through. Someone had to stick around,” said Hartland after receiving the “man of the match” award. Hartland, aged 23, did just that, for 332 minutes in the face of 296 deliveries, and had only two moments of real anxiety. At 31 he survived a hard chance to Stephen Boock’s left hand in the gully, and when a nerve-wracking one run short of his century Hartland edged a ball from Peter Hills just short of Michael Austen at first slip. “I didn’t want to look around to see what happened to it,” said Hartland. A short while later Hartland clipped the ball behind square leg to attain his milestone. His innings had blossomed as it advanced — in round figures his first 50 occupied three hours, he reached 100 in another two hours, and the remainder of the runs flowed in about even time. The ratio of boundaries also steadily rose, and totalled 11 fours and a bonus overthrown five. The loss of Boyle, from a bat-

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pad catch, did not faze Hartland. With Kennedy dominant in their second-wicket stand, 85 runs came in 84 minutes, and Hartland’s burgeoning authority was evident as he and McEwan added 107 runs in 95 minutes. A six over long-on off Boock, who has enjoyed many better days at Lancaster Park, got Kennedy under way, and as he breezed past his half-century in 72 minutes it seemed he would beat Hartland to a first century. But Kennedy fell leg before wicket to the medium pace of Ken Rutherford. McEwan idled along for a while, then pushed down firmly on the accelerator. His lofted ondrives were a delight; ah attempt to hit high over mid-off was his downfall. McEwan is within 21 runs of becoming the first Canterbury batsman to have a career aggregate of 5000. By tea Latham was also into his stride, but there was not enough time for a realistic declaration and the captains decided that tea should be, in the context of this match, the last supper. Auckland leads the Shell Trophy with a maximum 16 points from its match against Central. Both Otago and Northern Districts have four points each, and Canterbury, Central and Wellington have yet to open their accounts. CANTERBURY First innings 185 Second innings B. R. Hartland not out 126 D. J. Boyle c Blair b Boock .... 15 P. G. Kennedy lbw b Rutherford . 60 P. E. McEwan c Blair b Johnson . 64 R. T. Latham not out 28 Extras (b2, lb2) 4 Total (for 3 wkts) 297 Fall: 33, 118, 225. Bowling.—S. L. Boock 39, 10, 106, 1; N. A. Mallender 9,5, 10, 0; P. W. Hills 13, 4, 34, 0; V. F. Johnson 15, 3, 39, 1; M. H. Austen 12, 2, 50, 0; K. R. Rutherford 11, 3, 38, 1; B. R. Blair 5,0, 16, 0. OTAGO First innings M. H. Austen lbw b Roberts .... 27 P. W. Dobbs c Petrie b Priest ... 12 V. F. Johnson lbw b Petrie 2 K. J. Burns c and b Priest 13 K. R. Rutherford std Germon B Harris 96 B. R. Blair b Harris 39 R. N. Hoskin lbw b Petrie 63 S. A. Robinson b Roberts 4 N. A. Mallender not out 21 S. L. Boock c Roberts b Petrie. . . 8 Extras (lb2, nb2) 4 Total (for 9 wkts dec.) 289 Fall: 38, 41, 51, 97, 190, 196, 204, 275, 289. Bowling.—S. J. Roberts 19, 3, 61, 2 (nb2); R. M. Ford 17, 3, 37, 0; R. G. Petrie 20.1, 7, 48, 3; M. W. Priest 49, 15, 102, 2; C. Z. Harris 16,' 7, 39, 2. Umpires: B. L. Aldridge and P. F. Carrick. Other Shell Trophy scoreboards.— AUCKLAND v. CENTRAL DISTRICTS CENTRAL DISTRICTS First innings: ill Second innings

S. Briasco lbw Watson 14 J. Smith lbw Watson 0 M. Greatbatch c Wright b Watson . 5 M. Crowe c Franklin b Snedden . . 39 M. Douglas c and b Watson 25 T. Blain b Watson 8 I. Fisher c Crowe b Morrison. ... 20 G. Robertson b Watson 0 P. Unwin lbw Watson 3 G. Logan not out 23 T. McKenna lbw Morrison ....... 0 Extras (lb 4 nb3, wl) 8 Total 145 Fall: 8, 20, 21, 68, 92, 97, 97, 101, 141, 145. Bowling.—D. Morrison 13.4, 2, 46, 2 (nbl, wl); W. Watson 25, 9, 60, 7 (nb2); M. Snedden 14, 3, 20, 1; D. Patel 2,0, 15, 0. AUCKLAND First innings • R. Reid c Douglas b Briasco .... 88 T. Franklin c Greatbatch b Robertson ... . 8 J. Wright lbw Fisher «.- 71 D. Patel c Douglas b Robertson . . 15 J. Crowe c Blain b Fisher 31 V. Brown c Crowe b Robertson. . . 9 S. Brown not out 60 I. Smith lbw Fisher 10 M. Snedden c Blain b Fisher .... 14 D. Morrison c Blain b Unwin.... 22 W. Watson c Blain b Fisher.- .... 2 Extras (bll, lbl2, nb7) 30 Total 360 Fall: 15, 156, 180, 221, 238, 239, 252, 278, 343, 360. Bowling.—T. McKenna 16, 3, 67, 0; G. Logan 29, 6, 62, 0 (nb2); G. Robertson 24, 4, 90, 3 (nbs); I. Fisher 33.4, 9, 82, 5; S. Briasco 5,0, 23, 1; P Unwin 6,1, 13, 1. WELLINGTON v. NORTHERN DISTRICTS NORTHERN DISTRICTS First innings: 340-7 deci Second Innings D. White c Larsen b Stirling .... 8 K. Wealleans not out 112 R. Twose run out 49 G. Bradburn st McSweeney b Gray 40 S. Thomson not out 8 Extras (bl, lbs) . 6 Total (for three wickets decl) ... 223 Fall: 15, 146, 209. Bowling: F. Beyeler 10, 1, 23, 0, D. Stirling 9,1, 32, 1, E. Gray 17, 4, 50, J, E. Chatfield, 13, 1, 56, 0, S. Hotter 4,0, 15, 0, A. Jones 10, 1, 41,'0. WELLINGTON First Innings: R. Vance c McKenzie b Neutze . . 46 A. Jones lbw b Thomson 36 T. Ritchie c Bradburn b Thomson. 21 E. Gray lbw b Kuggeleijn 17 G. Larsen c Twose b Bradburn . . 29 E. McSweeney c Young b Bracewell 29 D. Stirling c Young b Thomson . . 15 F. Beyeler lbw b Bracewell 7 S. Hotter not out 1 Extras (b 3 lb 6, wl, nblO) 20 Total (for nine wickets decl).... 261 Fall: 86, 108, 152, 165, 183, 236, 237, 255, 261. Bowling: B. Bracewell 23, 1, 64, 2 (nb4); B. Barrett 7,1, 26, 0 (wl, nbs); S. Thomson 16.2, 3, 39, 3; P. Neutze 33, 8, 67, 2 (nbl); G. Bradburn 8,2, 18, 1; C. Kuggeleijn 9,0, 38, 1. Second Innings: Edgar c White b Bracewell 14 Vance run out 63 Jones c and b Kuggeleijn 52 Ritchie lbw b Twose 2 Gray c White b Neutze 20 Larsen not out 53 Stirling c Bracewell b Neutze ... 5 McSweeney c Twose b Neutze ... 25 Beyeler b Bradburn 17 Hotter not out 0 Extras (lb 4 nbl) 5 Total (for eight wickets 256 Fall: 29, 121, 126, 144, 179, 187, 217, 256. Bowling: B. Bracewell 8,0, 43, 1 (nbl), S. Thomson 5,0, 18, 0, P. Neutze 17, 3, 62, 3, B. Barrett 5,0, 25, 0, C. Kuggeleijn 13, 3, 32, 1, R. Twose 12, 2, 35, 1, G. Bradburn 9,2, 37, 1.