Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Michael Papps (c)	c Guptill b Andrews	1	9	13	0	0	11.11
Luke Woodcock	not out	203	366	499	29	1	55.46
Stephen Murdoch	lbw b Andrews	2	2	5	0	0	100.00
Hamish Marshall	c †Cachopa b Grobbelaar	27	47	56	5	0	57.44
Michael Pollard	c Raval b Grobbelaar	4	18	24	0	0	22.22
Tom Blundell †	lbw b de Grandhomme	85	108	148	12	1	78.70
Matt Taylor	c Guptill b de Grandhomme	41	90	106	6	0	45.55
Jeetan Patel	c †Cachopa b de Grandhomme	0	2	2	0	0	0.00
Matt McEwan	c Chapman b Andrews	63	72	96	9	2	87.50
Ian McPeake	not out	23	26	41	4	0	88.46
Extras	(b 4, lb 10, nb 8, w 4)	26
Total	122 Ov (RR: 3.89)	475/8d
Did not bat: Hamish Bennett
Fall of wickets: 1-11 (Michael Papps, 2.6 ov), 2-13 (Stephen Murdoch, 4.2 ov), 3-58 (Hamish Marshall, 17.4 ov), 4-79 (Michael Pollard, 23.2 ov), 5-216 (Tom Blundell, 60.1 ov), 6-307 (Matt Taylor, 87.4 ov), 7-307 (Jeetan Patel, 87.6 ov), 8-417 (Matt McEwan, 111.5 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Cody Andrews	24	1	101	3	4.20	-	-	-	2	1
Donovan Grobbelaar	26	5	95	2	3.65	-	-	-	0	2
Colin de Grandhomme	21	8	50	3	2.38	-	-	-	1	0
Dane Hutchinson	21	1	93	0	4.42	-	-	-	0	5
Tarun Nethula	28	3	103	0	3.67	-	-	-	0	0
Martin Guptill	1	0	9	0	9.00	-	-	-	0	0
Mark Chapman	1	0	10	0	10.00	-	-	-	0	0

Auckland 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Jeet Raval	c McEwan b Patel	84	176	216	14	0	47.72
Martin Guptill	b McEwan	56	89	132	10	1	62.92
Michael Guptill-Bunce	c Woodcock b McEwan	109	139	196	15	4	78.41
Tarun Nethula	c †Blundell b McPeake	6	17	18	1	0	35.29
Rob Nicol (c)	c Patel b McEwan	7	19	21	1	0	36.84
Mark Chapman	c †Blundell b McEwan	28	50	53	5	0	56.00
Colin de Grandhomme	c Murdoch b Taylor	23	47	68	4	0	48.93
Brad Cachopa †	c †Blundell b Bennett	11	16	15	2	0	68.75
Donovan Grobbelaar	c Papps b Taylor	15	27	42	3	0	55.55
Dane Hutchinson	b Taylor	12	11	18	2	0	109.09
Cody Andrews	not out	1	6	10	0	0	16.66
Extras	(b 5, lb 13, w 4)	22
Total	99.3 Ov (RR: 3.75)	374
Fall of wickets: 1-110 (Martin Guptill, 34.1 ov), 2-207 (Jeet Raval, 56.2 ov), 3-221 (Tarun Nethula, 60.4 ov), 4-242 (Rob Nicol, 65.6 ov), 5-299 (Mark Chapman, 80.1 ov), 6-306 (Michael Guptill-Bunce, 84.1 ov), 7-317 (Brad Cachopa, 87.6 ov), 8-352 (Colin de Grandhomme, 95.6 ov), 9-364 (Donovan Grobbelaar, 97.4 ov), 10-374 (Dane Hutchinson, 99.3 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD
Hamish Bennett	17	4	68	1	4.00	-	-	-	1
Matt McEwan	24	4	80	4	3.33	-	-	-	0
Ian McPeake	16	2	77	1	4.81	-	-	-	1
Jeetan Patel	29	11	72	1	2.48	-	-	-	0
Luke Woodcock	7	1	25	0	3.57	-	-	-	0
Matt Taylor	6.3	1	34	3	5.23	-	-	-	0

Wellington 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Luke Woodcock	c Guptill-Bunce b Andrews	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
Michael Papps (c)	c Guptill b Grobbelaar	3	6	14	0	0	50.00
Stephen Murdoch	c Guptill-Bunce b Nethula	52	91	159	5	0	57.14
Hamish Marshall	c Guptill b Hutchinson	73	109	117	7	1	66.97
Michael Pollard	st †Cachopa b Nethula	34	50	70	5	0	68.00
Tom Blundell †	c †Cachopa b Nethula	45	35	63	8	0	128.57
Matt Taylor	b Nethula	4	2	2	1	0	200.00
Jeetan Patel	c Guptill b Nethula	8	6	9	2	0	133.33
Matt McEwan	run out (†Cachopa)	0	0	3	0	0	-
Ian McPeake	not out	6	14	21	0	1	42.85
Hamish Bennett	not out	2	11	16	0	0	18.18
Extras	(lb 10, nb 1, w 2)	13
Total	54 Ov (RR: 4.44)	240/9d
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Luke Woodcock, 0.1 ov), 2-16 (Michael Papps, 3.1 ov), 3-122 (Hamish Marshall, 32.1 ov), 4-157 (Stephen Murdoch, 38.3 ov), 5-205 (Michael Pollard, 46.4 ov), 6-209 (Matt Taylor, 46.6 ov), 7-227 (Jeetan Patel, 48.6 ov), 8-231 (Matt McEwan, 49.3 ov), 9-231 (Tom Blundell, 50.2 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Cody Andrews	15	1	67	1	4.46	-	-	-	0	0
Donovan Grobbelaar	12	1	43	1	3.58	-	-	-	0	0
Dane Hutchinson	14	1	49	1	3.50	-	-	-	1	0
Tarun Nethula	13	1	71	5	5.46	-	-	-	1	1

Auckland 2nd Innings (T: 342 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Martin Guptill	not out	128	191	288	16	4	67.01
Jeet Raval	c Taylor b Patel	19	37	60	2	0	51.35
Michael Guptill-Bunce	lbw b Patel	21	41	42	2	0	51.21
Rob Nicol (c)	c †Blundell b McPeake	62	66	96	8	3	93.93
Mark Chapman	c Patel b McPeake	6	10	11	1	0	60.00
Brad Cachopa †	c Taylor b Patel	14	10	23	3	0	140.00
Donovan Grobbelaar	c †Blundell b McEwan	11	14	20	1	0	78.57
Colin de Grandhomme	not out	11	21	31	2	0	52.38
Extras	(lb 3, w 1)	4
Total	65 Ov (RR: 4.24)	276/6
Did not bat: Tarun Nethula, Dane Hutchinson, Cody Andrews
Fall of wickets: 1-56 (Jeet Raval, 13.2 ov), 2-90 (Michael Guptill-Bunce, 23.5 ov), 3-201 (Rob Nicol, 46.3 ov), 4-209 (Mark Chapman, 48.6 ov), 5-237 (Brad Cachopa, 53.5 ov), 6-254 (Donovan Grobbelaar, 58.2 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD
Hamish Bennett	13	2	42	0	3.23	-	-	-	0
Matt McEwan	11	2	67	1	6.09	-	-	-	0
Jeetan Patel	25	5	65	3	2.60	-	-	-	0
Ian McPeake	13	1	71	2	5.46	-	-	-	1
Luke Woodcock	2	0	17	0	8.50	-	-	-	0
Matt Taylor	1	0	11	0	11.00	-	-	-	0

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Close of Play

Sat, 05 Nov - day 1 - Wellington 1st innings 278/5 (Luke Woodcock 117*, Matt Taylor 24*, 80 ov)

Sun, 06 Nov - day 2 - Auckland 1st innings 220/2 (Michael Guptill-Bunce 66*, Tarun Nethula 6*, 60 ov)

Mon, 07 Nov - day 3 - Wellington 2nd innings 99/2 (Stephen Murdoch 31*, Hamish Marshall 58*, 26.4 ov)

Tue, 08 Nov - day 4 - Auckland 2nd innings 276/6 (65 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

General

Day 1

Wellington 1st innings
Revised playing times on Day 1: 1st Session 11.20am-1.20pm, 2nd Session 2.00pm-4.00pm, 3rd Session 4.20pm-6.20pm
Ground Delay: Wellington - 0/0
Rain: Wellington - 0/0
Ground Delay: Wellington - 0/0
Drinks: Wellington - 48/2 in 15.0 overs (LJ Woodcock 13, HJH Marshall 22)
Wellington: 50 runs in 15.2 overs (93 balls), Extras 10
Lunch: Wellington - 84/4 in 28.0 overs (LJ Woodcock 37, TA Blundell 1)
Wellington: 100 runs in 31.6 overs (195 balls), Extras 12
LJ Woodcock: 50 off 106 balls (9 x 4)
5th Wicket: 50 runs in 97 balls (LJ Woodcock 17, TA Blundell 35, Ex 0)
TA Blundell: 50 off 58 balls (8 x 4, 1 x 6)
Drinks: Wellington - 149/4 in 44.0 overs (LJ Woodcock 50, TA Blundell 52)
Wellington: 150 runs in 44.2 overs (270 balls), Extras 13
5th Wicket: 100 runs in 169 balls (LJ Woodcock 25, TA Blundell 73, Ex 2)
Wellington: 200 runs in 55.4 overs (339 balls), Extras 14
Tea: Wellington - 208/4 in 58.0 overs (LJ Woodcock 75, TA Blundell 85)
LJ Woodcock: 100 off 212 balls (15 x 4)
Wellington: 250 runs in 70.5 overs (431 balls), Extras 16
Rain: Wellington - 259/5 in 72.2 overs (LJ Woodcock 106, MJ Taylor 18)
Ground Delay: Wellington - 259/5 in 72.2 overs (LJ Woodcock 106, MJ Taylor 18)
Day One play revised to minimum of 84 overs after a rain break from 5.20pm to 6.15pm
6th Wicket: 50 runs in 104 balls (LJ Woodcock 29, MJ Taylor 20, Ex 1)
Rain: Wellington - 278/5 in 80.0 overs (LJ Woodcock 117, MJ Taylor 24)
End Of Day: Wellington - 278/5 in 80.0 overs (LJ Woodcock 117, MJ Taylor 24)

Day 2

New Ball Taken: WELLINGTON FIREBIRDS 278/5 at 80.1 overs (LJ Woodcock 117, MJ Taylor 24)
Wellington: 300 runs in 84.2 overs (512 balls), Extras 22
Wellington: 350 runs in 96.4 overs (587 balls), Extras 23
8th Wicket: 50 runs in 59 balls (LJ Woodcock 13, MB McEwan 36, Ex 1)
Drinks: Wellington - 361/7 in 99.0 overs (LJ Woodcock 142, MB McEwan 36)
LJ Woodcock: 150 off 299 balls (22 x 4)
Wellington: 400 runs in 108.4 overs (659 balls), Extras 24
MB McEwan: 50 off 63 balls (7 x 4, 2 x 6)
End of bonus points at 110 overs: Wellington 403/7 (Wellington 4 batting points, Auckland 3 bowling points)
8th Wicket: 100 runs in 136 balls (LJ Woodcock 39, MB McEwan 59, Ex 2)
Wellington: 450 runs in 116.5 overs (708 balls), Extras 25
Lunch: Wellington - 454/8 in 117.0 overs (LJ Woodcock 194, IG McPeake 12)
9th Wicket: 50 runs in 52 balls (LJ Woodcock 29, IG McPeake 22, Ex 0)
LJ Woodcock: 200 off 366 balls (29 x 4, 1 x 6)
Auckland 1st innings
Drinks: Auckland - 36/0 in 10.0 overs (JA Raval 21, MJ Guptill 14)
Auckland: 50 runs in 14.2 overs (86 balls), Extras 3
1st Wicket: 50 runs in 86 balls (JA Raval 25, MJ Guptill 22, Ex 3)
Tea: Auckland - 68/0 in 23.0 overs (JA Raval 32, MJ Guptill 33)
Auckland: 100 runs in 31.2 overs (188 balls), Extras 4
1st Wicket: 100 runs in 188 balls (JA Raval 49, MJ Guptill 47, Ex 4)
MJ Guptill: 50 off 83 balls (9 x 4, 1 x 6)
JA Raval: 50 off 114 balls (7 x 4)
Drinks: Auckland - 127/1 in 40.0 overs (JA Raval 55, ML Guptill-Bunce 12)
Auckland: 150 runs in 44.4 overs (268 balls), Extras 4
2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 71 balls (JA Raval 19, ML Guptill-Bunce 28, Ex 4)
ML Guptill-Bunce: 50 off 52 balls (8 x 4, 2 x 6)
Auckland: 200 runs in 51.2 overs (308 balls), Extras 8
End Of Day: Auckland - 220/2 in 60.0 overs (ML Guptill-Bunce 66, TS Nethula 6)

Day 3

Rain: Auckland - 220/2 in 60.0 overs (ML Guptill-Bunce 66, TS Nethula 6)
Ground Delay: Auckland - 220/2 in 60.0 overs (ML Guptill-Bunce 66, TS Nethula 6)
Day 3 Session Times: Session One 11.00am-1.00pm, Session Two 1.40pm-3.55pm, Session Thee 4.15pm-6.30pm
Rain: AucklandS - 221/3 in 60.4 overs (ML Guptill-Bunce 67)
Auckland: 250 runs in 70.2 overs (422 balls), Extras 10
ML Guptill-Bunce: 100 off 114 balls (14 x 4, 4 x 6)
Drinks: Auckland - 275/4 in 74.0 overs (ML Guptill-Bunce 101, MS Chapman 11)
5th Wicket: 50 runs in 66 balls (ML Guptill-Bunce 27, MS Chapman 23, Ex 0)
Rain: Auckland - 292/4 in 77.0 overs (ML Guptill-Bunce 106, MS Chapman 23)
New Ball Taken: AUCKLAND ACES 299/5 at 80.2 overs (ML Guptill-Bunce 108, C de Grandhomme 0)
Auckland: 300 runs in 80.5 overs (485 balls), Extras 10
Lunch: Auckland - 306/5 in 84.0 overs (ML Guptill-Bunce 109, C de Grandhomme 5)
Rain: Auckland - 308/6 in 85.3 overs (C de Grandhomme 5, B Cachopa 2)
Auckland: 350 runs in 94.4 overs (568 balls), Extras 17
Drinks: Auckland - 372/9 in 99.0 overs (DS Hutchinson 11, CW Andrews 0)
Wellington 2nd innings
Wellington: 50 runs in 11.1 overs (67 balls), Extras 5
Tea: Wellington - 52/2 in 12.0 overs (SJ Murdoch 19, HJH Marshall 25)
3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 80 balls (SJ Murdoch 9, HJH Marshall 36, Ex 5)
Rain: Wellington - 69/2 in 18.0 overs (SJ Murdoch 23, HJH Marshall 37)
HJH Marshall: 50 off 69 balls (6 x 4, 1 x 6)
Rain: Wellington - 99/2 in 26.4 overs (SJ Murdoch 31, HJH Marshall 58)
Ground Delay: Wellington - 99/2 in 26.4 overs (SJ Murdoch 31, HJH Marshall 58)
Rain: Wellington - 99/2 in 26.4 overs (SJ Murdoch 31, HJH Marshall 58)
End Of Day: Wellington - 99/2 in 26.4 overs (SJ Murdoch 31, HJH Marshall 58)
Play on 4th day to commence at 10 am.

Day 4

Wellington: 100 runs in 26.5 overs (162 balls), Extras 7
3rd Wicket: 100 runs in 166 balls (SJ Murdoch 27, HJH Marshall 67, Ex 6)
Wellington: 150 runs in 36.1 overs (218 balls), Extras 7
SJ Murdoch: 50 off 86 balls (5 x 4)
Drinks: Wellington - 171/4 in 43.0 overs (MA Pollard 25, TA Blundell 7)
Wellington: 200 runs in 46.1 overs (278 balls), Extras 12
Auckland 2nd innings
Lunch: Auckland - 10/0 in 3.0 overs (MJ Guptill 4, JA Raval 6)
Auckland: 50 runs in 11.2 overs (68 balls), Extras 0
1st Wicket: 50 runs in 68 balls (MJ Guptill 33, JA Raval 17, Ex 0)
Drinks: Auckland - 60/1 in 17.0 overs (MJ Guptill 38, ML Guptill-Bunce 3)
MJ Guptill: 50 off 69 balls (7 x 4, 2 x 6)
Auckland: 100 runs in 26.5 overs (161 balls), Extras 1
Tea: AucklandS - 126/2 in 31.0 overs (MJ Guptill 69, RJ Nicol 16)
3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 75 balls (MJ Guptill 29, RJ Nicol 22, Ex 0)
Auckland: 150 runs in 37.5 overs (227 balls), Extras 1
RJ Nicol: 50 off 57 balls (7 x 4, 2 x 6)
3rd Wicket: 100 runs in 128 balls (MJ Guptill 48, RJ Nicol 56, Ex 0)
Ball Change: Auckland - 194/2 in 45.1 overs (MJ Guptill 97, RJ Nicol 56)
Nicol hit the ball for six, and it was lost in bushes at north end of ground
Auckland: 200 runs in 46.1 overs (277 balls), Extras 1
MJ Guptill: 100 off 140 balls (14 x 4, 4 x 6)
Drinks: Auckland - 222/4 in 52.0 overs (MJ Guptill 101, B Cachopa 12)
Last hour commenced at 5.06 pm - minimum 16 overs to be bowled before stumps
Auckland: 250 runs in 57.6 overs (348 balls), Extras 2

Match Details

Eden Park Outer Oval, Auckland
Toss	Auckland, elected to field first
Series	Plunket Shield
Season	2016/17
Hours of play (local time)	10.30am start, Lunch 12.30-1.10pm, Tea 3.10-3.30pm, Close 5.30pm
Match days	5,6,7,8 November 2016 - day (4-day match)
FC debut	Cody Andrews
Umpires	Chris Brown Shaun Haig
Points	Wellington 8, Auckland 7

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Auckland Innings

Player Name		R	B
MJ Guptill	not out	128	191
JA Raval	caught	19	37
ML Guptill-Bunce	lbw	21	41
RJ Nicol	caught	62	66
MS Chapman	caught	6	10
B Cachopa	caught	14	10
DJ Grobbelaar	caught	11	14
C de Grandhomme	not out	11	21
Extras	(lb 3, w 1)
Total	276(6 wkts; 65 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
HK Bennett	13	2	42	0	3.23
MB McEwan	11	2	67	1	6.09
JS Patel	25	5	65	3	2.6
IG McPeake	13	1	71	2	5.46
LJ Woodcock	2	0	17	0	8.5
MJ Taylor	1	0	11	0	11

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	56	Martin Guptill	Jeet Raval
2nd	34	Martin Guptill	Michael Guptill-Bunce
3rd	111	Rob Nicol	Martin Guptill
4th	8	Martin Guptill	Mark Chapman
5th	28	Martin Guptill	Brad Cachopa
6th	17	Martin Guptill	Donovan Grobbelaar
7th	22	Colin de Grandhomme	Martin Guptill

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Plunket Shield

Team	M	W	L	D	PT
CANT	10	4	4	2	105
ND	10	4	2	4	103
AUCK	10	3	3	4	98
WELL	10	2	2	5	86
CD	10	2	1	6	79
OTAGO	10	1	4	5	60

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