Cricket: Cooper makes one-day debut for ND

Henry Cooper made his List A debut for Northern Districts at Cobham Oval, scoring 22 runs and taking a catch. Photo/Tania Whyte

Northland's Henry Cooper made his List A debut for the Northern Districts on his home ground of Cobham Oval as they defeated Wellington by 135 runs in the Ford Trophy.

Cooper has been in sublime form this year, scoring plenty of runs for his club Onerahi Central, Northland and Northern Districts A.

The son of former Northern Districts captain and Northland legend Barry Cooper did not have to wait long to get into the action when Wellington removed opener Bharat Popli for a duck.

Cooper batted patiently on his way to 22, scoring three boundaries, before being caught off the bowling of Wellington debutant Iain McPeake (2 for 61).

Northern Districts batted well to reach 285 for 6 with contributions from Dean Brownlie (30), Scott Kuggeleijn (30) and Brett Hampton (35 not out).

The best of the batsman however was Nick Kelly, who belted seven fours and five sixes on his way to an unbeaten 118 off just 103 balls.

In reply, Wellington never looked like reaching their target as Kuggeleijn (3 for 34) and Hampton (2 for 32) ripped through the top order.

Michael Pollard (30) and Matt Taylor (45) added some respectability to the score before Jono Boult (3 for 29) accounted for the tail.

Cooper managed to grab an outfield catch to end his debut as Wellington were dismissed for 150.