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Brave 217/5
Santner 92no, Clarke 71, Shipley 2/30
Kings 161
Henry 44, McConchie 23, Sodhi 3/48, Southee 3/39
Northern Brave with by 56 runs
Canterbury Kings
19th over - Southee into his last over. If Canterbury can bat out their overs, is that a moral victory?
WICKET
Nuttall tries to flat-bat through the legside, but hits it straight to Clarke to end the innings, CAN 161
18th over - Verma into his third over, with Ed Nuttall the last batter in. Astle tries to lap him, but completely misses.
Nuttall lofts Verma through the offside for four. Verma lands one into the blockhole and Nuttall smashes a six, CAN 158/9
17th over - Southee into his third over with a wide. Henry connects with the toe for four off the second.
Southee takes the speed of his next deliver and almost bowls Henry, who responds with another four.
He goes better on the next ball, although he has no idea where the delivery went - the shot goes for six.
WICKET
Southee puts an end to Henry's fun, bowling the perfect yorker to take out middle and off stumps, CAN 147/9
Henry 44 b Southee
16th over - Sodhi into his last. Incredibly, Henry is about to become his team's highest scorer and he does so with a four through the legside, CAN 132/8
15th over - Santner into his third over. Astle skies him straight into the air, but it falls clear of the field.
Henry swings, but misses completely. Seifert is keen on the stumping, but the foot is grounded.
Next ball hits Henry on the front pad and it looks plumb - but not plumb enough obviously. Henry has the last laugh with a six off the last ball, CAN 122/8
14th over - Walker will bowl out. Astle drives pleasantly through the offside for four, CAN 112/8
13th over - Sodhi into the third over and Henry hoicks him onto the bank for six. Sodhi entices him into another big swing and Henry misses everything.
Henry puts that false shot behind him with a flat four - required run rate is more than 15.
WICKET
Shipley tries to loft on the offside and leaves it short of the boundary, where Verma takes the catch, CAN 104/8
Shipley 4 c Verma, b Sodhi
12th over - Walker into his third over. Hay advances down the pitch and is beaten by Walker - it would have been a stumping, it hadn't hit off-stump, CAN 90/7
Hay 2 b Walker
Canterbury are just playing out the overs now, CAN 93/7
11th over - Santner continues and Fletcher smashes him high for six.
WICKET
But Fletcher cuts square to Raval next ball for an easy catch and that could be the dagger already, CAN 86/6
Fletcher 9 c Raval, b Santner
10th over - Mitch Hay comes to the crease, Walker continues. Fletcher has been the hero for Canterbury time and again this season, but he needs a partner in crime about now.
Four runs off the over, CAN 80/5
Ninth over - Sodhi into his second over and McConchie dispatches him for six. Next ball is wide and the batters run a single to rub salt into the wounds.
McConchie skies one high, but Verma can't make enough ground and can't hold his diving catch. McConchie connects with the next delivery for six.
WICKET
McConchie swings lustily again, but can't find the boundary this time - it falls for Clarke, who falls forward for the catch, CAN 76/5
McConchie 23 c Clarke, b Sodhi
Eighth over - Joe Walker will be the third spinner employed by Northern. His first ball spins so far, it's a wide.
His third ball strikes McConchie on the front pad, but he's a long way down the pitch. Carter reaches outside off-stump and drags it over the legside boundary for six.
WICKET
Walker entices Carter down the pitch and beats him, with Seifert completing a stumping that he actually predicted in stump mic earlier in the over, CAN 57/4
Carter 11 st Seifert, b Walker
Seventh over - Ish Sodhi into the attack and...
WICKET
Mitchell tries to drive him over long-off, but finds Santner lurking on the boundary, CAN 40/3
Mitchell 8 c Santner, b Sodhi
McConchie comes in and strokes Sodhi over cover for four, CAN 48/3
Sixth over - Verma into his second. Mitchell defends and sets off for a single, but Verma scrambles onto the ball and almost throws him out.
The batters are struggling to time Verma, who concedes just two runs from the over, CAN 40/2
Fifth over - Kuggeleijn to bowl his first over. Bowes plays him through midwicket, but Southee cuts off the boundary.
WICKET
Bowes flat-bats it into the offside and Raval is underneath to take the catch, CAN 36/2
Bowes 19 c Raval, b Kuggeleijn
Leo Carter joins Mitchell in the middle. Just six runs off the over, CAN 38/2
Fourth over - Santner has the ball in hand and immediately stands up Bowes, who reverse-sweeps the second ball uppishly for four.
Santner spins past the outside of Mitchell's defensive shot. Five runs off the over, CAN 32/1
Third over - Southee bowls his second over, but Latham swings him through legside for four. Southee holds one back and causes Latham some discomfort.
WICKET
Next ball, Southee beats Latham and takes out middle stump, CAN 21/1
Latham b Southee 11
Next in, Daryl Mitchell - the new Blackcaps T20 opener. He immediately swings off his pads for six, CAN 27/1
Second over - Verma will bowl his first over, and makes Bowes swing and miss. Bowes plays the next ball off his pads for four.
Just six runs off the over, CAN 15/0
First over - Tim Southee will bowl the first over for the Brave, Bowes and Latham opening for Canterbury.
Bowers immediately swings a boundary off the first ball. His second shot is uppish into legside, but lands safely.
Latham drives through the offside for four. Southee beats Bowes outside the off-stump with his last delivery, CAN 9/0
Northern Brave
20th over - Shipley to bowl the last over, with Kuggeleijn on strike. He bunts it back down the ground for a single and gives Santner strike.
Can Santner bring up his century in the next five balls? He swings to the boundary, but only two runs, as fielders patrol the rope.
Santner digs out the next one for a single and that will probably cost him the century. Kuggeleijn runs another two and retains strike with two balls left.
Kuggeleijn has a single on the penultimate ball and Santner will face the last. He takes a single off a wide, so Kuggeleijn to face the last ball...
He lofts into the outfield for two to close the innings at 217/5.
19th over - Nuttall into his last over. Two singles bring up the Northern 200.
WICKET
Cooper swings, but only manages to connect with the toe of the bat. Nuttall can't take the return catch, but the review shows Cooper short of the crease for a runout, NOR 200/5
Cooper 16 runout (Nuttall)
Kuggeleijn joins Santber, who hits Nuttall back over his head for another six.
18th over - Henry into his last over and Cooper feeds Santner the strike. Santner hits straight down the ground for another six, NOR 198/4
17th over - Mitchell into his second over. Santner swings the second ball over the ropes to bring up a 50-run partnership in 20 balls.
Mitchell serves up a full toss that Santner tries to steer to fine leg and Hay drops the catch, but Santner dispatches the last ball as he did the earlier one for six, NOR 189/4
16th over - McConchie into his third over. Santner gets all of that for another six and then greets a full toss for four back over the bowler's head.
Fourteen off the over, NOR 174/4
15th over - Nuttall into his third over. Santner cuts behind square for four, then tries to hook Nuttall and is lucky not to get a touch to Fletcher behind the stumps.
Santner runs a single for his fifty off 24 balls. Cooper scoops one high into the stand for a six and there's a search for another ball, NOR 160/4
14th over - WICKET
Daryl Mitchell comes into the attack and Clarke lifts him high over his head, but only as far as McConchie on the boundary. Golden arm, NOR 127/4
Clarke 71 c McConchie, b Mitchell
Santner plays into the offside for a single, but he tries to make it two and would have been well short, if Fletcher had hit the stumps with his throw.
Santner swings almost aimlessly and the ball skies high over his head for six. His next shot is much better, straight back for four and then scoops the last ball high for another six on the short boundary, NOR 145/4
13th over - Henry returns for his third over and he's outfoxing the batters, mixing it up.
Santner scoops hin into the leg side and has to scamper to complete two runs, NOR 127/3
12th over - Shipley back to break this partnership. He slows the run rate for a few balls...
Santner pulls through midwicket to the boundary to break the shackles, NOR 121/3
11th over - Astle into his third over and Clarke greets him with another six onto the bank. Astle responds with two wides...
Clarke skies another one high over the rope for another six - Astle's in trouble here. Santner stands and delivers too for another six over Astle's head.
Umpires are scrambling to find a ball to play with. Twenty-two runs off that over, NOR 112/3
10th over - McConchie to continue with spin from both ends. Santner scoops over legside for six to the short boundary - that would have been out on the other side, NOR 91/3
Ninth over - Astle changes ends and bowls to new man Santner, who finds himself playing a long finisher's innings.
Santner cuts square for a couple of open his account. Just two runs for the over, NOR 80/3
Eighth over - McConchie still fancies spin, just not Astle's. He brings himself on, but Clarke steps away and cuts for four.
Clark drives McConchie back over his head for six and his half-century in just 19 balls. CDG looks all at sea against spin and can't connect...
WICKET
De Grandhomme does connect on this one, but hits it high and is caught by Bowes, NOR 75/3
De Grandhomme 10 c Bowes, b McConchie
Seventh over - Nuttall to continue and de Grandhomme is just nudging for quick singles and twos for now.
Spoke too soon, as CDG smashes the fourth delivery out of the ground and down the road. They won't find that one, NOR 67/2
Sixth over - That brings de Grandhomme to the wicket and Canterbury immediately introduce spin, through Todd Astle. Clarke immediately strokes him to the boundary and then edges him for four more.
Clarke has reached to 35 off 13 balls, and then digs Astle out to the offside for four more. Astle concedes 16 runs off his opening over, NOR 57/2
Fifth over - Shipley has changed ends and Raval steers a single to give Clarke the strike.
Clarke swings to the legside, but it falls short of McConchie. Good tight bowling from Shipley.
WICKET
Raval tries to ramp Shipley over the wicketkeeper, but Fletcher has the catch, NOR 41/2
Raval 9 c Fletcher, b Shipley
Fourth over - Nuttall into his first over and raps Raval on the pad, but it's high. Big bouncer from Nuttall and it's called wide.
Nuttall ball cramps Clarke up and he cuts barely past a diving dilder to the boundary. Clarke gives himself more room on the last ball and cuts to the rope along the ground, NOR 37/1
Third over - Henry into his second over and he has Raval fending outside off-stump. Raval steps away and swings, but fails to connect.
The former test opener will play quite a different style to what we could have expected from Seifert, who is reknowned as a big hitter.
Clarke drives through the offside for four and repeats the shot for six, NOR 27/1
Second over - WICKET
Shipley coaxes Seifert into a false shot with his first delivery and he cuts it square to Bowes. Big wicket, NOR 10/1
Seifert 5 c Bowes, b Shipley
Jeet Raval comes to the crease and swings Shipley through legside for four early, NOR 16/1
First over - Matt Henry to open the bowling for Canterbury and Clarke swings at him immediately, only a single through.
Seifert tucks the third ball away through the infield for four. Clarke also swings for four, NOR 10/0
6:50pm - Canterbury have won the toss and sent the Brave into bat first.
*****
Kia ora, good evening and welcome to Newshub's live coverage of the Super Smash men's final between Northern Brave and Canterbury Kings at Hamilton's Seddon Park.
The Northern Districts side have arrived at the championship game off the back of an eight-game winning streak - their only loss this season came against Otago Volts in December - a record easily good enough to top the competition table and seal home final advantage.
Canterbury had to overcome defending champions Wellington Firebirds in the playoff to reach this stage, a sweet victory that erased memories of last year's final, where the capital side deprived the Kings of a clean sweep of domestic titles.
TAB Odds: Northern Brave $1.80, Canterbury $1.90
Northern Brave: KD Clarke, TL Seifert, JA Raval, MJ Santner, C de Grandhomme, HR Cooper, SC Kuggeleijn, A Verma, TG Southee, IS Sodhi, JG Walker
Canterbury Kings: CJ Bowes, TWM Latham, DJ Mitchell, LJ Carter, CE McConchie, CD Fletcher, HB Shipley, MJ Henry, TD Astle, EJ Nuttall, MJ Hay
