Jamieson, Nuttall star as Canterbury steal 10-run win

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Medium-pacers Kyle Jamieson and Ed Nuttall shared 16 wickets between them to lead Canterbury to a 10-run win over Auckland in Rangiora. The win puts Canterbury in second place.

Auckland captain Rob Nicol had put Canterbury in on the first day, and his seamers took eight wickets in bowling them out for 245. Auckland had a shaky start, losing three wickets by stumps on the first day, after a burst by Jamieson. On the second day, a 66-run fifth-wicket partnership between debutant SM Solia (49) and Brad Cachopa (23), and a 94-run stand for the eighth wicket between Colin Munro – who scored an unbeaten 108 in 86 balls while batting with the tail – and Lockie Ferguson (41) helped them go past Canterbury’s total, despite Jamieson’s career-best 8 for 74.

Canterbury’s intent in the second innings was led by their top three batsmen, who put on 295 for the first two wickets. Debutant opener Jack Boyle scored 81 in a 167-run opening stand with Chad Bowes. Bowes then scored a career-best 155, as he put on 128 with Peter Fulton (72) for the second wicket. They scored at 4.16 per over before declaring on 400, setting Auckland 361 to win. Legspinner Tarun Nethula took his third five-wicket haul of the …

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