The venue, no doubt, had changed and so was the Kings' losing margin. Yesterday CD won by 54 runs, a drastic improvement from the hosts who had received a 217-run walloping, primarily at the hands of outgoing veteran batsman Jamie How scoring a belligerent 177 from 99 balls.
Yesterday, How again provided the platform with a 64 from 38 balls but the batting day belonged to fellow opener George Worker who smashed 194 runs from 145 balls, including 16 boundaries and 10 sixes.
"Jamie got things going with a quickfire innings to set the tone for the rest of the team," said left-hander Worker who had chastised himself for not completing the job after scoring 100 runs before losing his wicket in the 13-run loss to ND at Pukekura Park.
It is fast becoming a dream summer for the 25-year-old who added to his milestones, claiming 2000 A-list runs after scoring just 10 runs and claiming the second highest one-day domestic total. How holds the record of 222 scored in 2012-13.
"I didn't know it but someone mentioned it to me just as I was going out to bat. Ten runs isn't really a milestone," said Worker who played for Canterbury the previous two seasons but while disappointed not to reach 200 he was more preoccupied with the team getting back on the winning track.
Unlike the game against the Knights, he scored his fifth List-A century and flicked on the run-fest switch.
"I just took the pressure off the rest of us so it was nice to see it [century] come off again."
It was the Manawatu cricketer's highest one-day domestic score, improving on his unbeaten 129 against ND on Tuesday.
The bowling kudos belonged to Stags seamer Andrew Mathieson who claimed his maiden five-wicket bag, his previous best bowling 3-67.
Quite often finding himself running out snake lollies and drinks, the 25-year-old The Station Napier Old Boys' Marist player was "very happy".
In his third summer of Ford Trophy competition and having spent a lion's share of the first season as 12th man since arriving here from Hamilton, the former ND player said injuries hadn't helped his cause.
"To be honest, I think I was lucky today," Mathieson said before deflecting praise on How and Worker's knocks.
He praised van Wyk for giving them the licence to hit the deck hard despite the Kings robust start to their run chase, as they kept up with the required eight runs an over.
But at the 17th over Henry Nicholls departed for 70 runs (58 balls) but No 3 Neil Broom picked things up before scoring 83 runs (66). Mathieson claimed both scalps.
No 6 Andy Ellis 72 (49) and No 7 Todd Astle 58 (35) kept the OK Corral-like atmosphere but the wheels started coming off as the run rate required kept creeping up.
Canterbury were all out for 353 with 22 balls to spare but every CD bowler took some spanking with no one below seven an over.
Mathieson bowled back of a length, mixing it with the odd slow delivery and hitting the deck hard.
CD host the Wellington Firebirds at Saxton Oval, Nelson, on Monday.
The Firebirds remain win-less after succumbing by 23 runs to ND at the Bay Oval on New Year's Day.
The Auckland Aces yesterday beat the Otago Volts by 97 runs at Eden Park outer oval.
