Central Districts vs Otago, 14th Match - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

Jacob Duffy to Noema-Barnett, out Caught by Kitchen!! Straight down the throat of deep mid-wicket. Four wickets in the last five balls for Otago. Noema-Barnett connects it powerfully, although it doesn't have enough legs to clear deep mid-wicket and Kitchen settles under it. Noema-Barnett bags a golden duck. Noema-Barnett c Kitchen b Jacob Duffy 0(1)

Nathan G Smith to Cleaver, out Bowled!! Two and two for Smith. Deadly yorker, strikes the base of off. What an over from Smith, three wickets. He's come back strongly after that six. Gets the yorker on off, Cleaver exposed all three stumps and was moving to leg. Couldn't get his bat down in time and it slides under to crash the stumps. Cleaver b Nathan G Smith 0(1)

Nathan G Smith to Josh Clarkson, out Caught by Ben Raine!! He holes out to long-on this time, but has done his job. Fuller length on middle, Clarkson doesn't time it as he would've liked and gets caught by Raine. Josh Clarkson c Ben Raine b Nathan G Smith 27(7) [4s-2 6s-3]

Nathan G Smith to Josh Clarkson, SIX, Clarkson continues his assault. Fullish and Smith misses his mark, Clarkson makes him pay for the mistake. Dumps it over long-on

Nathan G Smith to Tom Bruce, out Caught by Kitchen!! Fantastic grab from Kitchen, which puts an end to Bruce's fabulous knock. Banged in short, Bruce goes for the hook and hits it in the air. Flat and hard, it travelled quickly to the fielder at deep square leg. Kitchen dives forward and pouches it without any trouble. Tom Bruce c Kitchen b Nathan G Smith 47(24) [4s-5 6s-2]

Ben Raine to Josh Clarkson, SIX, that's out of the ground. On the roof, in fact. Clarkson is playing a blinder here. What started to be a good over, Raine ends up conceding 20 runs. Bowls a tasty full toss in the slot for Clarkson, he was waiting for it and absolutely launches it over deep mid-wicket

Ben Raine to Josh Clarkson, SIX, woah! He's got under this full ball and muscled it over mid-wicket. Such clean-hitting, getting it off the screws and sends the ball journey into the stands. 14 off the last three balls, pressure back on Raine

Ben Raine to Josh Clarkson, FOUR, slight miscue, but Clarkson gets enough wood to clear mid-off. Skewed off the cue-end and he loses his shape, skies it over the fielder's head and it zooms away to the boundary

Ben Raine to Josh Clarkson, FOUR, Clarkson gets off the mark with a boundary. Moves across, gets under the short ball and helps it away to the fine leg fence

Ben Raine to Dean Foxcroft, out Bowled!! End of a 93-run stand. Runs had been dried up in the last couple of overs. Foxcroft attempts a wild heave, was early into the shot as Raine slipped in the slower ball. The batsman misses and it strikes the timber. Boom! Dean Foxcroft b Ben Raine 56(41) [4s-6 6s-2]

Jacob Duffy to Tom Bruce, SIX, oh, that's a gift wrapped and sent to Bruce. Juicy full toss, Bruce moves across his stumps and dismisses it over cow corner

Rippon to Dean Foxcroft, SIX, Foxcroft reaches his fifty in style. Punch of the glove with his partner. Loads up, flaunts his muscle power and clubs it over long-on

Rippon to Tom Bruce, SIX, wow! That's a biggie and Bruce has dispatched it a long way over mid-wicket, into the grassbanks. Flighted on middle, Bruce sinks low and smokes it off the meat

Rippon to Dean Foxcroft, FOUR, wonderful from Foxcroft. Moves away to leg, gets the required length and slaps it fiercely past extra cover

Jacob Duffy to Dean Foxcroft, byes, FOUR, very unfortunate for the bowler. That's beaten everyone and ran away to the fence. Follows the batsman with a searing yorker, nutmegs the batsman and the keeper can't collect it as well

Jacob Duffy to Tom Bruce, FOUR, raining boundaries for the Districts now. Low full toss on leg, Bruce gets across and flicks it over square leg

Hunter to Tom Bruce, FOUR, hat-trick of fours for Bruce. He's toying the field. Shortish outside off, Bruce gets deep and flashes the cut past point

Hunter to Tom Bruce, FOUR, Bruce brings out the scoop. Adventurism! Gets across his stumps, reads the bowler's mind and helps it beautifully over the keeper

Hunter to Tom Bruce, FOUR, on the pads, easy-pickings for Bruce. Moves inside the line and whips it powerfully behind square

Nathan G Smith to Dean Foxcroft, FOUR, this is turning out to be a big over for the CD's. Slower short delivery gone wrong for Smith again. Offers plenty of width and Foxcroft takes toll, flaying it square past point

Nathan G Smith to Dean Foxcroft, FOUR, Foxcroft has started to change gears. Full outside off, Foxcroft takes it and drills it over mid-off. Knew the fielder was up and picked his spot

Nathan G Smith to Dean Foxcroft, FOUR, that's how you carve your bread using a knife. Slower short ball outside off, ample time for Foxcroft to wait back and slice it over point

Rippon to Dean Foxcroft, SIX, Foxcroft is having a move on. Uses his feet, meets the pitch and whacks it in a spectacular fashion over long-on

Rippon to Tom Bruce, FOUR, Bruce is a street-smart cricketer. Knew he had to do something out of the box to break the shackles. Backs away, frees his arms and thrashes it through extra cover

Ben Raine to Will Young, out Caught by Hicks!! Will Young gets out to an innocuous delivery. A full toss on the pads and Young could have hit it anywhere. Instead, he picked the man in the deep to perfection. Flicks it aerially and spoons a simple catch to Hick at deep backward square leg. Will Young c Hicks b Ben Raine 43(28) [4s-3 6s-3]

Ben Raine to Will Young, FOUR, length ball outside off, Young fetches it from there and heaves over the leg-side. Gets it off the inner half, but he finds the gap between deep mid-wicket and deep backward square leg

Ben Raine to Dean Foxcroft, FOUR, slower ball, fullish and outside off, Foxcroft stays leg-side of the ball and flays

Rippon to Will Young, SIX, that's been deposited into the deep mid-wicket fence. Slower from Rippon, but he has overpitched. Right in the batsman's arc and Young swung his bat hard to flog it over mid-wicket

Rippon to Dean Foxcroft, FOUR, fullish ball down leg, Foxcroft sweeps it fine of the diving short fine leg fielder. Raced away

Jacob Duffy to Worker, out Caught by Cox!! Edged and gone! Jacob Duffy strikes with his very first delivery. It was hurled full from round the wicket and the line was well outside off. Worker bends his back knee and tries to thrash it through the covers, gets a faint edge and that's been pouched by the keeper. Much-needed breakthrough for Otago. Worker c Cox b Jacob Duffy 18(13) [4s-2 6s-1]

Ben Raine to Will Young, FOUR, too full and too straight, easy pickings for Young. The right-hander stands

Ben Raine to Will Young, SIX, short on leg-stump line, sits up nicely for Young, who helps it on its way with a swivel-pull over backward square leg. Easily put away

Hunter to Worker, SIX, Worker goes after this short-pitched delivery. Didn't middle the pull stroke, but has made decent contact to send it into the deep backward square leg fence

Hunter to Worker, FOUR, short of length delivery just outside off, Worker goes hard on the pull and manages to get sufficient wood on it to place it over mid-wicket

Kitchen to Will Young, SIX, clean strike and that's the first six of the match. Kitchen goes fuller and gets punished. Young moved leg-side to free his arms and then lifted it over long-off. Goes all the way. He didn't try to over-hit it

Kitchen to Will Young, FOUR, Young goes downtown and fetches his first boundary. Kitchen slightly overpitched, Young stands tall and swings his bat hard to tonk it over mid-on for a one-bounce four

Hunter to Worker, FOUR, Worker gets off the mark with a boundary! A skiddy back of a length delivery outside off, Worker hangs back in his crease and punches it wide of backward point. Found the gap and there was none to stop that