Henry Cooper showed his cricketing pedigree on home turf with a sublime century against Canterbury in the Plunket Shield.
The Northern Districts batsman made 136 as he and opening partner Daniel Flynn rewrote the record books at Cobham Oval.
Cooper and Flynn combined for an opening stand of 278 from just over 56 overs, recording the highest ever first-wicket partnership for Northern Districts.
They eclipsed Brad Wilson and BJ Watling's 274 set in 2011, also at Cobham Oval.
This was Cooper's second ton for Northern Districts to go with three half-centuries, including a fifty in his last outing.