In 2003-04 Wellington won the New Zealand first-class competition. Since then they had not tasted victory in any domestic competition until today, a full decade on. Franklin and Ronchi used their experience to take their side home although Franklin almost threw it away with his dismissal towards the end, but in the end a spirited effort by Northern Districts to defend their total was let down by their fielding, including a crucial drop of Franklin when he was on 8.

Some quotes from the post-match presentation. Northern Districts captain Daniel Flynn: "Obviously disappointing, we managed to win a few of those during the Twenty20s so we backed ourselves to win. Couple of guys got in and got starts but didn't kick on as well as we would have liked, but that happens and we believed the total was one we could defend and we almost did."

Victorious Wellington captain James Franklin: "I was a little bit angry with myself for getting out in that situation but thankfully Ronchi got us home. 230 was still par and was going to take a few guys to make scores and that's what happened. Some grounds have been low-scoring, but it's been entertaining and good to develop different skills as batsmen and spinners. Hopefully we can now start to get some more silverware back to Wellington!"

The celebrations will begin for Wellington now but that concludes our coverage of the New Zealand cricket season, we hope you've enjoyed the tours by the West Indies and India as well as the finals of the Twenty20 and one-day competitions. On behalf of everyone this is Avi Singh signing off and wishing you well. Cheers!