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The unfortunate bowler was 21-year-old Central Stags right-armer Willem Ludick who came up against a determined Joe Carter and ballistic hard-hitter Brett Hampton in just his fourth Ford Trophy appearance.
Ludick’s nightmare was Carter’s dream as the 25-year-old batsman from Bay of Plenty, looking to resuscitate his career after four indifferent seasons for ND in the one-day format, slaughtered his way to a maiden Ford Trophy century from just 76 balls (4x4, 8x6).
Carter’s eight sixes in his unbeaten 102 included three lusty bombs off the final three balls of the 46th over, bowled by Ludick.
Often utilised as a pinch-hitter in the shortest format, fellow Bay of Plenty rep Brett Hampton had already dished out three sixes of his own from the over that would go down in the scorebook as: 4 (a streaky French cut that ran off to the rope) 6+1nb 6+1nb 6 1 6 6 and 6 for a grand sum of 43 — the two no-balls having been awarded for consecutive beamers as the young bowler lost his length whilst striving for yorkers to stem the damage.
The extras helped bump the tally up and over the previous List A world record of 39 that had been set by Zimbabwe’s Elton Chigumbura off Bangladesh’s Alauddin Babu in Dhaka in 2013.
Carter and Hampton both slammed Ludick out of the ground onto the Seddon Road tarseal with Carter playing several outrageous shots square of the wicket as their imperious sixth wicket stand took off.
Remarkably, the Central Stags had been right in the game before the duo stole the show — and that was despite Stags captain Doug Bracewell having made a nightmarish start of his own with an 11-ball over including five wides to open the innings after he had finally won a toss this season and sent ND in.
Bracewell recovered his poise, and his youthful side had had ND listing at 95 for five — Bracewell having trapped Anton Devcich just one ball after the ND veteran off-spinning allrounder had clocked up a half century at run-a-ball pace.
Enter Hampton, joining a batsman who had scored just 285 runs from his previous 16 List A innings. They would boom their way to a 178-run partnership off 126 balls, breaking the 6th wicket record between the two teams that had stood at 150, set by BJ Watling and Pete McGlashan in Whangarei in 2010/11.
Hampton, who had never scored a century for ND in any format, had looked a dead-set cert for a maiden century of his own, but holed out to a simple catch in the deep off Bracewell when he was just one swing of the bat away, on 95 in the 47th over.
Still, his innings — off just 66 balls, including five fours and six sixes — would go down in the record books, and had helped do the job for his team.
Carter carried on at the death with Peter Bocock and then Joe Walker who each had a license to swing hard as ND ended up with a superb 313 for seven off the full 50 overs — Carter making it to three figures just in the nick of time, his 102* carved from just 77 deliveries.
It was never going to threaten the record total between the sides — set at the same ground where former Stags opener Jamie How had blasted the only Ford Trophy double century to date, accompanied by Jeet Raval with his maiden century, as the pair set up a record tally of 417 in the scorching summer of 2012/13. However, it was still the eighth-equal best effort of all time from Northern Districts in List A cricket.
A maiden unbeaten century to 20-year-old Dean Foxcroft in just his second List A appearance was the highlight of the Stags’ game chase, which prevented ND from snatching a bonus point to boot.
The burly former South Africa Under-19 World Cup captain, now based in Hawke’s Bay, finished unbeaten on 120* off 105 balls (8x4, 4x6) to console the Stags as they fell 25 runs short.
A total of 22 sixes were hit in the match, Northern Districts' first win in The Ford Trophy this season lifting them up from last on the points table, the position now occupied by today’s opponents.
In other results, the Wellington Firebirds cemented their position at the top of the table with an emphatic 120-run victory over the Auckland Aces in Wellington while the Otago Volts backed up their Round Four victory with a useful 62-run win over Canterbury in Dunedin, bounding from fourth to second on the leaderboard.
Ludick’s nightmare was Carter’s dream as the 25-year-old batsman from Bay of Plenty, looking to resuscitate his career after four indifferent seasons for ND in the one-day format, slaughtered his way to a maiden Ford Trophy century from just 76 balls (4x4, 8x6).
Carter’s eight sixes in his unbeaten 102 included three lusty bombs off the final three balls of the 46th over, bowled by Ludick.
Often utilised as a pinch-hitter in the shortest format, fellow Bay of Plenty rep Brett Hampton had already dished out three sixes of his own from the over that would go down in the scorebook as: 4 (a streaky French cut that ran off to the rope) 6+1nb 6+1nb 6 1 6 6 and 6 for a grand sum of 43 — the two no-balls having been awarded for consecutive beamers as the young bowler lost his length whilst striving for yorkers to stem the damage.
The extras helped bump the tally up and over the previous List A world record of 39 that had been set by Zimbabwe’s Elton Chigumbura off Bangladesh’s Alauddin Babu in Dhaka in 2013.
Carter and Hampton both slammed Ludick out of the ground onto the Seddon Road tarseal with Carter playing several outrageous shots square of the wicket as their imperious sixth wicket stand took off.
Remarkably, the Central Stags had been right in the game before the duo stole the show — and that was despite Stags captain Doug Bracewell having made a nightmarish start of his own with an 11-ball over including five wides to open the innings after he had finally won a toss this season and sent ND in.
Bracewell recovered his poise, and his youthful side had had ND listing at 95 for five — Bracewell having trapped Anton Devcich just one ball after the ND veteran off-spinning allrounder had clocked up a half century at run-a-ball pace.
Enter Hampton, joining a batsman who had scored just 285 runs from his previous 16 List A innings. They would boom their way to a 178-run partnership off 126 balls, breaking the 6th wicket record between the two teams that had stood at 150, set by BJ Watling and Pete McGlashan in Whangarei in 2010/11.
Hampton, who had never scored a century for ND in any format, had looked a dead-set cert for a maiden century of his own, but holed out to a simple catch in the deep off Bracewell when he was just one swing of the bat away, on 95 in the 47th over.
Still, his innings — off just 66 balls, including five fours and six sixes — would go down in the record books, and had helped do the job for his team.
Carter carried on at the death with Peter Bocock and then Joe Walker who each had a license to swing hard as ND ended up with a superb 313 for seven off the full 50 overs — Carter making it to three figures just in the nick of time, his 102* carved from just 77 deliveries.
It was never going to threaten the record total between the sides — set at the same ground where former Stags opener Jamie How had blasted the only Ford Trophy double century to date, accompanied by Jeet Raval with his maiden century, as the pair set up a record tally of 417 in the scorching summer of 2012/13. However, it was still the eighth-equal best effort of all time from Northern Districts in List A cricket.
A maiden unbeaten century to 20-year-old Dean Foxcroft in just his second List A appearance was the highlight of the Stags’ game chase, which prevented ND from snatching a bonus point to boot.
The burly former South Africa Under-19 World Cup captain, now based in Hawke’s Bay, finished unbeaten on 120* off 105 balls (8x4, 4x6) to console the Stags as they fell 25 runs short.
A total of 22 sixes were hit in the match, Northern Districts' first win in The Ford Trophy this season lifting them up from last on the points table, the position now occupied by today’s opponents.
In other results, the Wellington Firebirds cemented their position at the top of the table with an emphatic 120-run victory over the Auckland Aces in Wellington while the Otago Volts backed up their Round Four victory with a useful 62-run win over Canterbury in Dunedin, bounding from fourth to second on the leaderboard.
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