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Latham, bowlers star in Canterbury’s close win
- Updated: January 2, 2017
Canterbury 161 for 7 (Latham 82, Fulton 36, Winter 2-30) beat Northern Districts 152 for 7 (Kuggeleijn 38*, Watling 37, Jamieson 2-20, Johnston 2-32) by nine runsScorecard
Canterbury’s bowlers hunted in a pack to bowl their team to a nine-run win over Northern Districts in their Super Smash clash at the Hagley Oval in Christchurch. Northern Districts were restricted to 152 for 7 in 20 overs. That, after Canterbury put up 161 for 7 after electing to bat, riding on opening batsman Tom Latham’s 57-ball 82.
The win left Canterbury tied second with Auckland on 20 points. Their hopes of qualifying for the preliminary final rest on the match between Otago and Wellington (on 16 points) on Tuesday. If Otago win, Canterbury will be through, while a Wellington victory could …
