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- Updated: January 1, 2017
Auckland 176 for 3 (Phillips 62*, Nicol 51) beat Otago 175 for 7 (Finnie 45*, Rutherford 42, Grobbelaar 2-32, de Grandhomme 2-32) by seven wicketsScorecard
Half-centuries from opening batsmen Rob Nicol and Glenn Phillips steered Auckland to a seven-wicket win, as they chased down 176 in their Super Smash clash against Otago. Auckland also benefited from handy cameos by Colin de Grandhomme (30 off 14) and Jeet Raval (21 off 12) as they chased the target with two overs to spare at the University Oval in Dunedin. Otago had put up 175 …