Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Jeet Raval	c †Watling b Baker	0	14	24	0	0	0.00
Michael Guptill-Bunce (c)	c Seifert b Walker	58	87	121	8	1	66.66
Sean Solia	c Mitchell b Arnel	56	102	157	9	0	54.90
Robert O'Donnell	lbw b Baker	17	43	48	3	0	39.53
Glenn Phillips	c Bharat Popli b Arnel	93	126	199	13	1	73.80
Michael Barry	lbw b Mitchell	14	34	49	2	0	41.17
Ben Horne †	c Seifert b Baker	51	103	102	8	1	49.51
Matt McEwan	c Kuggeleijn b Baker	24	22	27	5	0	109.09
Stuart Meaker	not out	8	17	28	1	0	47.05
Ben Lister	b Baker	7	16	19	0	0	43.75
Jamie Brown	b Baker	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 4, lb 3, nb 1, w 3)	11
Total	94 Ov (RR: 3.60)	339
Fall of wickets: 1-13 (Jeet Raval, 5.5 ov), 2-113 (Michael Guptill-Bunce, 27.2 ov), 3-135 (Robert O'Donnell, 38.6 ov), 4-145 (Sean Solia, 41.3 ov), 5-193 (Michael Barry, 52.6 ov), 6-289 (Ben Horne, 81.3 ov), 7-317 (Matt McEwan, 87.2 ov), 8-328 (Glenn Phillips, 88.4 ov), 9-339 (Ben Lister, 93.5 ov), 10-339 (Jamie Brown, 93.6 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Scott Kuggeleijn	15	1	71	0	4.73	-	-	-	3	0
James Baker	23	3	72	6	3.13	-	-	-	0	0
Brent Arnel	23	3	87	2	3.78	-	-	-	0	0
Joe Walker	23	5	84	1	3.65	-	-	-	0	1
Daryl Mitchell	10	2	18	1	1.80	-	-	-	0	0

Northern Districts 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Daniel Flynn (c)	c Barry b Brown	16	41	53	3	0	39.02
Henry Cooper	c †Horne b McEwan	60	143	210	9	0	41.95
Bharat Popli	c & b Brown	2	15	32	0	0	13.33
Dean Brownlie	c †Horne b McEwan	17	22	25	2	0	77.27
BJ Watling †	c O'Donnell b McEwan	0	1	6	0	0	0.00
Daryl Mitchell	c †Horne b McEwan	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
Tim Seifert	c O'Donnell b Phillips	78	92	117	12	0	84.78
Scott Kuggeleijn	c O'Donnell b McEwan	20	36	51	3	0	55.55
Joe Walker	c Solia b Lister	14	25	33	1	1	56.00
James Baker	not out	7	16	22	1	0	43.75
Brent Arnel	c †Horne b Lister	4	9	11	1	0	44.44
Extras	(b 4, lb 2, nb 11, w 2)	19
Total	65 Ov (RR: 3.64)	237
Fall of wickets: 1-35 (Daniel Flynn, 12.6 ov), 2-47 (Bharat Popli, 20.1 ov), 3-70 (Dean Brownlie, 25.6 ov), 4-79 (BJ Watling, 27.1 ov), 5-79 (Daryl Mitchell, 27.2 ov), 6-171 (Henry Cooper, 47.1 ov), 7-198 (Tim Seifert, 53.5 ov), 8-220 (Scott Kuggeleijn, 59.5 ov), 9-226 (Joe Walker, 62.2 ov), 10-237 (Brent Arnel, 64.6 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Stuart Meaker	15	2	59	0	3.93	-	-	-	0	4
Ben Lister	12	3	33	2	2.75	-	-	-	0	4
Matt McEwan	20	4	60	5	3.00	-	-	-	1	0
Jamie Brown	11	1	40	2	3.63	-	-	-	0	0
Sean Solia	4	0	22	0	5.50	-	-	-	1	3
Glenn Phillips	3	0	17	1	5.66	-	-	-	0	0

Auckland 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Jeet Raval	c †Watling b Baker	17	50	68	3	0	34.00
Michael Guptill-Bunce (c)	c †Watling b Baker	17	15	15	4	0	113.33
Sean Solia	c Baker b Kuggeleijn	45	87	130	7	0	51.72
Robert O'Donnell	c Walker b Mitchell	7	24	36	0	0	29.16
Stuart Meaker	c †Watling b Arnel	14	35	63	3	0	40.00
Glenn Phillips	c †Watling b Arnel	13	19	33	2	0	68.42
Michael Barry	c Seifert b Mitchell	4	17	31	1	0	23.52
Ben Horne †	lbw b Arnel	23	59	90	4	0	38.98
Matt McEwan	c †Watling b Arnel	30	46	59	6	0	65.21
Ben Lister	not out	10	34	53	1	0	29.41
Jamie Brown	lbw b Kuggeleijn	14	29	43	2	0	48.27
Extras	(lb 1, nb 1, w 3)	5
Total	69 Ov (RR: 2.88)	199
Fall of wickets: 1-18 (Michael Guptill-Bunce, 3.6 ov), 2-59 (Jeet Raval, 16.3 ov), 3-78 (Robert O'Donnell, 24.2 ov), 4-103 (Sean Solia, 33.2 ov), 5-112 (Stuart Meaker, 37.1 ov), 6-121 (Glenn Phillips, 39.2 ov), 7-127 (Michael Barry, 44.2 ov), 8-174 (Matt McEwan, 57.3 ov), 9-179 (Ben Horne, 59.5 ov), 10-199 (Jamie Brown, 68.6 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Scott Kuggeleijn	17	4	37	2	2.17	-	-	-	1	1
James Baker	19	2	74	2	3.89	-	-	-	0	0
Brent Arnel	22	5	58	4	2.63	-	-	-	2	0
Daryl Mitchell	11	4	29	2	2.63	-	-	-	0	0

Northern Districts 2nd Innings (T: 302 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Henry Cooper	c †Horne b Lister	7	11	16	1	0	63.63
Daniel Flynn (c)	lbw b McEwan	24	45	68	3	0	53.33
Bharat Popli	c †Horne b McEwan	10	18	24	1	0	55.55
Dean Brownlie	c McEwan b Brown	10	37	44	1	0	27.02
BJ Watling †	c †Horne b McEwan	45	105	136	2	0	42.85
Daryl Mitchell	c †Horne b Lister	8	13	22	0	0	61.53
Tim Seifert	lbw b Brown	21	54	73	2	0	38.88
Scott Kuggeleijn	c Guptill-Bunce b Lister	10	31	31	2	0	32.25
Joe Walker	c Meaker b McEwan	9	15	24	1	0	60.00
James Baker	c Solia b Lister	5	13	19	1	0	38.46
Brent Arnel	not out	1	3	5	0	0	33.33
Extras	(lb 7, nb 2, w 2)	11
Total	57 Ov (RR: 2.82, 235 Mins)	161
Fall of wickets: 1-17 (Henry Cooper, 3.2 ov), 2-44 (Bharat Popli, 9.1 ov), 3-51 (Daniel Flynn, 15.5 ov), 4-61 (Dean Brownlie, 20.5 ov), 5-72 (Daryl Mitchell, 26.1 ov), 6-133 (Tim Seifert, 44.3 ov), 7-141 (BJ Watling, 49.5 ov), 8-149 (Scott Kuggeleijn, 52.3 ov), 9-159 (Joe Walker, 55.5 ov), 10-161 (James Baker, 56.6 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Stuart Meaker	7	0	27	0	3.85	-	-	-	2	0
Ben Lister	13	3	34	4	2.61	-	-	-	0	1
Matt McEwan	19	3	36	4	1.89	-	-	-	0	0
Jamie Brown	11	2	22	2	2.00	-	-	-	0	0
Michael Barry	3	0	17	0	5.66	-	-	-	0	1
Glenn Phillips	4	0	18	0	4.50	-	-	-	0	0

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Thu, 01 Mar - day 1 - Auckland 1st innings 339

Fri, 02 Mar - day 2 - Auckland 2nd innings 83/3 (Sean Solia 35*, Stuart Meaker 4*, 26 ov)

Sat, 03 Mar - day 3 - Northern Dis 2nd innings 141/7 (Scott Kuggeleijn 5*, 49.5 ov)

Sun, 04 Mar - day 4 - Northern Dis 2nd innings 161 (57 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

Day 1

Auckland 1st innings:
Auckland : 50 runs in 14.6 overs (90 balls), Extras 4
Auckland : 50 runs in 64 minutes
2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 71 balls (ML Guptill-Bunce 30,
ML Guptill-Bunce: 50 off 74 balls (7 x 4, 1 x 6)
Auckland : 100 runs in 24.1 overs (145 balls), Extras 5
SM Solia: 50 off 60 balls (9 x 4)
2nd Wicket: 100 runs in 124 balls (ML Guptill-Bunce 49,
Lunch: Auckland - 125/2 in 32.0 overs (SM Solia 51,
Auckland : 150 runs in 42.4 overs (257 balls), Extras 6
Auckland : 200 runs in 55.3 overs (334 balls), Extras 8
Tea: Auckland - 215/5 in 64.0 overs (GD Phillips 45, BJ Horne 15)
GD Phillips: 50 off 68 balls (7 x 4)
6th Wicket: 50 runs in 111 balls (GD Phillips 18, BJ Horne 35, Ex 2)
Auckland : 250 runs in 71.5 overs (432 balls), Extras 10
BJ Horne: 50 off 92 balls (8 x 4, 1 x 6)
New Ball Taken: Auckland 278/5 at 80.1 overs (GD Phillips 73,
Auckland : 300 runs in 84.5 overs (510 balls), Extras 11

Day 2

Ground Delay: Northern Districts - 0/0
Ball Change: Northern Districts - 43/1 in 14.0 overs (HR Cooper 20, B Popli 0)
Northern Districts: 50 runs in 20.4 overs (127 balls), Extras 8
MB McEwan took a hat-trick with the wickets of Brownlie, Watling and Mitchell
Lunch: Northern Districts - 95/5 in 31.0 overs (HR Cooper 38, TL Seifert 11)
Northern Districts: 100 runs in 32.6 overs (203 balls), Extras 11
6th Wicket: 50 runs in 66 balls (HR Cooper 11, TL Seifert 35, Ex 4)
HR Cooper: 50 off 119 balls (8 x 4)
Northern Districts: 150 runs in 43.1 overs (268 balls), Extras 15
TL Seifert: 50 off 61 balls (10 x 4)
Northern Districts: 200 runs in 54.6 overs (340 balls), Extras 17
Tea: Northern Districts - 218/7 in 59.0 overs (SC Kuggeleijn 18, JG Walker 10)
Auckland 2nd innings
Auckland: 50 runs in 12.4 overs (76 balls), Extras 2
End Of Day: Auckland - 83/3 in 26.0 overs (SM Solia 35, SC Meaker 4)

Day 3

Auckland: 100 runs in 32.6 overs (198 balls), Extras 3
4 minute delay from 12.18 pm after ball hit onto Sandringham Road.
Auckland: 150 runs in 49.6 overs (301 balls), Extras 4
Lunch: Auckland - 170/7 in 56.0 overs (BJ Horne 23, MB McEwan 26)
Northern Districts 2nd innings:
Tea: Northern Districts - 48/2 in 14.0 overs (DR Flynn 21, DG Brownlie 4)
Northern Districts : 50 runs in 15.4 overs (96 balls), Extras 6
Northern Districts : 100 runs in 36.2 overs (221 balls), Extras 9
6th Wicket: 50 runs in 89 balls (BJ Watling 31, TL Seifert 16, Ex 3)
End Of Day: Northern Districts - 141/7 in 49.5 overs (SC Kuggeleijn 5)

Day 4

Northern Districts: 150 runs in 53.4 overs (325 balls), Extras 11

Match Details

Eden Park Outer Oval, Auckland
Toss	Northern Districts, elected to field first
Series	Plunket Shield
Season	2017/18
Match days	1,2,3,4 March 2018 - day (4-day match)
FC debut	Jamie Brown
Umpires	John Dempsey Tim Parlane
Match Referee	Ross Dykes
Points	Auckland 19, Northern Districts 5

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Northern Dis Innings

Player Name		R	B
HR Cooper	caught	7	11
DR Flynn	lbw	24	45
Bharat Popli	caught	10	18
DG Brownlie	caught	10	37
BJ Watling	caught	45	105
DJ Mitchell	caught	8	13
TL Seifert	lbw	21	54
SC Kuggeleijn	caught	10	31
JG Walker	caught	9	15
JD Baker	caught	5	13
BJ Arnel	not out	1	3
Extras	(lb 7, nb 2, w 2)
Total	161(10 wkts; 57 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
SC Meaker	7	0	27	0	3.85
BG Lister	13	3	34	4	2.61 (1 nb)
MB McEwan	19	3	36	4	1.89
JA Brown	11	2	22	2	2
MJ Barry	3	0	17	0	5.66 (1 nb)
GD Phillips	4	0	18	0	4.5

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	17	Daniel Flynn	Henry Cooper
2nd	27	Daniel Flynn	Bharat Popli
3rd	7	Dean Brownlie	Daniel Flynn
4th	10	Dean Brownlie	BJ Watling
5th	11	BJ Watling	Daryl Mitchell
6th	61	BJ Watling	Tim Seifert
7th	8	BJ Watling	Scott Kuggeleijn
8th	8	Joe Walker	Scott Kuggeleijn
9th	10	James Baker	Joe Walker
10th	2	Brent Arnel	James Baker

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Plunket Shield

Team	M	W	L	D	PT
CD	10	6	0	4	131
WELL	10	6	3	1	127
AUCK	10	5	3	2	105
ND	10	2	4	4	80
OTAGO	10	2	7	1	79
CANT	10	2	6	2	64

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