Cricket: Bell posts record breaking century

Wellington captain Matthew Bell wrote his name into the provincial cricket record books by scoring his opening century of the domestic season today.

Bell was on 101 not out, with Wellington at 175 for three early on the second morning of their State Championship match against Canterbury at the Basin Reserve in the capital.

He resumed this morning on 88 and quickly went to three figures, posting his 18th first-class century for Wellington, in his 79th match for the province.

It is the most centuries scored by any player for one province in New Zealand, surpassing the 17 registered by Bert Sutcliffe for Otago in the 1940s to 1960s.

- NZPA