Laughlin, Mitchell pin Wellington; Chapman blitzes Otago

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Northern Districts lost their last eight wickets for 42 runs to finish on 142 in Hamilton, but that did not hurt them; they restricted Wellington to 135 for 9 to win by seven runs.

Daryl Mitchell and Ben Laughlin took seven wickets between them to dent Wellington, not allowing any of the batsmen to create partnerships. Mitchell dismissed both Wellington openers – Hamish Marshall and Michael Papps – off consecutive deliveries in the fourth over. He finished with 4 for 35. Tom Blundell’s 42-ball 63 offered Wellington’s lone resistance; he was the ninth man out, dismissed by Laughlin, whose miserly figures of 3 for 13 meant Wellington’s required run-rate kept on increasing. After Blundell’s dismissal, they managed only seven runs off the last over.

Earlier in the match, Joe Carter (32), Nathan Reardon (34) and Corey Anderson (34) batted aggressively to take Northern Districts to 100 for 2, before the collapse began; team was dismissed in the final over for 142 as their last seven batsmen aggregated only 21 runs.

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