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So it came to pass.

As wicketkeeper Peter McGlashan had predicted, Northern District got Mathew Sinclair for 93 yesterday morning and the Central Districts' formidable-looking batting line-up was no more for a considerably respectable second-innings total of 310.

But the Knights in armour had done the hard yards, reaping the benefits of rolling over the Stags for a paltry 94 and chasing a walk-in-the park target of 126 for an outright win.

McGlashan's world-record number of catches (12) in a first-class match came from the edge of Bevan Griggs' willow following a superb delivery from Graeme Aldridge, who had a career-best 11-wicket haul in the four-day Plunket Shield match at the Cobham Oval, Whangarei.

The former Hawke's Bay and CD representative took six catches in each innings in the nine-wicket thrashing, eclipsing the previous record of 11 catches which several wicketkeepers share.

Zimbabwe wicketkeeper Wayne James holds the record for most dismissals (13) in any match, with 11 catches and two stumpings in 1994-95.

"Griggsy gave him a catch but if Pete hadn't dropped another he would have had [shared] the all-time world record of 13," CD coach Dermot Reeve said of McGlashan (pictured), who dedicated the record to his late grandfather, Robin Schofield.

The former CD wicketkeeper had taught McGlashan the art of wicketkeeping from the age of 11 before he died.

Putting it down to one of those days, Reeve told SportToday while the result was poor he was happy to have left the match without any injuries to his players due to a volatile wicket that popped up deliveries on the crease, catching batsmen on the hop.

"It was hitting batsmen in front of their visors, threatening to take their nose off on deliveries off a length.

"I didn't want people having broken fingers either," he said, reflecting on Tim Weston's broken finger last season.

"I know I haven't been in New Zealand long but I haven't seen a wicket like that anywhere."

Sinclair didn't last long because a good ball got him after the covers were left on at night. With the earlier start of 10am the moisture again helped the bowlers.

Reeve commended Sinclair, Black Cap Ross Taylor and allrounder Doug Bracewell for their batting.

"Thomo [Ewen Thompson] went out to a dodgy lbw decision, not that it would have probably mattered or changed the end result much," said Reeve, conceding ND bowled better than CD with some of the deliveries being "unplayable".

He did not feel the Stags needed to broaden their spectrum of shot making in seamer-friendly pitches, unlike the benign batting strips of Nelson and McLean Park in Napier.

Last season, he reflected, opener Peter Ingram had scored 240 against the Knights in Hamilton and the Stags had bowled out their rivals twice by the fourth day on a pitch that offered a degree of reverse swing too.

"I don't know how the umpires have marked this pitch," he said, claiming the CD line-up had test-match class calibre.

He said some of the Stags were now looking forward to the two-day Hawke Cup zone 2 elimination match between holder Hawke's Bay and Taranaki at Nelson Park starting tomorrow.

"It'll be a trial of fitness and a good time for Tim Weston and Peter Ingram [Taranaki] and [the Bay's] Brad Patton and Kieran [Noema-Barnett] to get some runs.

"They [CD] just have to take it [loss] on the chin as cricketers.

"They have a flat wicket and when you get a flat wicket [in Napier] you should fill your boots," he said, emphasising George Worker had a pair of ducks in the space of five balls that he faced at Cobham Oval.

Bracewell had an appointment with a doctor for his aching legs to ensure he isn't suffering from stress fractures while fast bowler Jeremy Kuru and seamer Michael Mason, both complaining of sore shins, left the CD bowling attack anaemic for their match against Otago Volts on Tuesday at Mclean Park.

Reeve and co-selectors Scott Briasco and Gary Cunningham have their work cut out, although Wairarapa allrounder Seth Rance comes into the equation with his fast-medium deliveries.

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