misc34689	Ashburton County v Fiji
	Fiji in New Zealand 1977/78
Venue	Ashburton Domain, Ashburton on 20th, 21st January 1978 (2-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Fiji won by 1 wicket
Umpires	[unknown], RG Hoskin
Close of play day 1	No play

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Ashburton County first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DJ Isherwood	c Dakainivanua b Sekinini	46		45	4	2
P Thomas	c Aria b Sekinini	37		69	3	-
WJ Argyle	c Jepsen b Aria	34		40	4	-
+BP Isherwood	run out	9		14	-	-
SJ Baker	not out	8		11	-	-
RW Drennan	not out	7		6	1	-
*BV Sampson	did not bat
MR Holmes	did not bat
RJR Grover	did not bat
MJ Hooper	did not bat
MA Hansen	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 1 lb)	2
Total	(4 wickets, declared, 91 minutes, 20 overs)	143
Fall of wickets:
1-66 (DJ Isherwood), 2-114 (Thomas), 3-128 (Argyle), 4-131 (BP Isherwood)

Fiji bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Dakainivanua	2	0	21	0	-	-
Suka	3	0	20	0	-	-
Sekinini	8	0	58	2	-	-
Jepsen	4	0	26	0	-	-
Aria	3	0	16	1	-	-

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Fiji first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
P Dakainivanua	b Sampson	78		55	5	4
S Sekinini	b Sampson	15		20	2	-
I Veikauyaki	c Hansen b Sampson	9		20	-	-
IN Vuli	not out	16		35	-	1
+U Sorovakatini	b Hooper	5		10	-	-
S Aria	not out	6		10	1	-
IV Tambualevu	did not bat
P Lesavua	did not bat
RG Jepsen	did not bat
I Suka	did not bat
Jaswant Singh	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 1 lb)	3
Total	(4 wickets, declared, 77 minutes, 20 overs)	132
Fall of wickets:
1-67 (Sekinini), 2-95 (Veikauyaki), 3-112 (Dakainivanua), 4-119 (Sorovakatini)

Ashburton County bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Drennan	2	0	34	0	-	-
Holmes	2	0	27	0	-	-
Sampson	7	1	30	3	-	-
Hooper	7	0	27	1	-	-
DJ Isherwood	1	0	4	0	-	-
Thomas	1	0	7	0	-	-

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Ashburton County second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DJ Isherwood	c Sorovakatini b Vuli	47		45	6	-
+BP Isherwood	b Vuli	4		7	-	-
*BV Sampson	c Jepsen b Aria	13		13	2	-
MA Hansen	st Sorovakatini b Aria	18		30	2	-
MR Holmes	c Sorovakatini b Sekinini	40		40	4	-
RJR Grover	c Vuli b Aria	18		22	-	2
MJ Hooper	c Jepsen b Aria	15		18	1	-
RW Drennan	c Jepsen b Aria	0		3	-	-
SJ Baker	not out	1		4	-	-
WJ Argyle	not out	1		2	-	-
P Thomas	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 2 lb)	5
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 97 minutes, 27 overs)	162
Fall of wickets:
1-15 (BP Isherwood), 2-38 (Sampson), 3-81 (DJ Isherwood), 4-93 (Hansen), 5-133 (Grover), 6-154 (Holmes), 7-160 (Drennan), 8-160 (Hooper)

Fiji bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Vuli	9	1	41	2	-	-
Aria	13	1	97	5	-	-
Sekinini	5	1	19	1	-	-

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Fiji second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
IN Vuli	c BP Isherwood b Holmes	11		15	-	1
IV Tambualevu	b Holmes	1		20	-	-
P Lesavua	c BP Isherwood b Sampson	15		20	2	-
P Dakainivanua	b Holmes	0		1	-	-
S Aria	c Argyle b Baker	50		44	2	5
S Sekinini	st BP Isherwood b Sampson	4		10	-	-
RG Jepsen	not out	46		70	2	-
I Suka	c Holmes b Sampson	25		31	2	1
+U Sorovakatini	c Hooper b Sampson	3		9	-	-
I Veikauyaki	c Argyle b Drennan	3		3	-	-
Jaswant Singh	not out	1		2	-	-
Extras	(13 b, 2 lb)	15
Total	(9 wickets, 118 minutes, 29 overs)	174
Fall of wickets:
1-20 (Vuli), 2-21 (Tambualevu), 3-21 (Dakainivanua), 4-41 (Lesavua), 5-47 (Sekinini), 6-101 (Aria), 7-153 (Suka), 8-166 (Sorovakatini), 9-172 (Veikauyaki)

Ashburton County bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Holmes	4	1	6	3	-	-
Sampson	10	0	53	4	-	-
Baker	6	0	50	1	-	-
DJ Isherwood	1	0	21	0	-	-
Grover	3	0	5	0	-	-
Drennan	5	0	27	1	-	-

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Notes
--> Bowling in the Fiji second innings adds 3 runs over
--> Ashburton County first innings: 100 in 62 minutes
--> P Dakainivanua (1) 50 in 24 balls

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With the first day being washed out, the captains agreed that the first innings of each team would be limited to 20 overs
Fiji were given 120 minutes to score 174 for the outright win and they reached their target with 2 minutes to spare

 

 

 

 

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