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- Updated: December 24, 2016
Wellington 182 for 9 (Pollard 74, Blundell 61, Mills 2-21) beat Auckland 180 for 5 (Nicol 68, Chapman 54) by two runsScorecard
Wellington staved off a challenge from Auckland captain Rob Nicol to defend their total of 182 by two runs off the last ball of the Super Smash match in Auckland.
Asked to bowl the last over, with Auckland needing 11 runs, Jeetan Patel dismissed Nicol for 68 off the second ball. The pair of SM Solia and Ben Horne brought the equation down to four off the last ball before Solia’s reverse sweep trickled down the ground to a fielder for …