Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
George Worker	lbw b McEwan	47	116	152	6	0	40.51
Greg Hay	c †Horne b Solia	101	208	302	12	0	48.55
Ben Smith †	b Brown	7	27	34	1	0	25.92
Will Young (c)	lbw b Brown	162	196	284	24	1	82.65
Jesse Ryder	c Guptill-Bunce b McEwan	23	31	37	3	0	74.19
Tom Bruce	c Guptill-Bunce b Phillips	84	117	163	7	1	71.79
Doug Bracewell	c Phillips b Lister	37	44	73	1	3	84.09
Ben Wheeler	c †Horne b Meaker	1	9	7	0	0	11.11
Adam Milne	c Lister b Phillips	14	30	35	1	0	46.66
Bevan Small	c Raval b McEwan	11	8	16	2	0	137.50
Ajaz Patel	not out	11	14	13	2	0	78.57
Extras	(b 8, lb 7, nb 3, w 8)	26
Total	132.5 Ov (RR: 3.94)	524
Fall of wickets: 1-116 (George Worker, 37.2 ov), 2-127 (Ben Smith, 44.4 ov), 3-250 (Greg Hay, 73.2 ov), 4-296 (Jesse Ryder, 81.3 ov), 5-437 (Will Young, 112.1 ov), 6-458 (Tom Bruce, 119.1 ov), 7-459 (Ben Wheeler, 120.5 ov), 8-501 (Doug Bracewell, 128.5 ov), 9-501 (Adam Milne, 129.2 ov), 10-524 (Bevan Small, 132.5 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Stuart Meaker	28	2	98	1	3.50	-	-	-	4	0
Ben Lister	23	5	90	1	3.91	-	-	-	1	2
Matt McEwan	28.5	8	92	3	3.19	-	-	-	0	0
Jamie Brown	22	4	82	2	3.72	-	-	-	3	0
Glenn Phillips	25	0	116	2	4.64	-	-	-	0	0
Jeet Raval	1	0	9	0	9.00	-	-	-	0	0
Sean Solia	5	0	22	1	4.40	-	-	-	0	1

Auckland 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Jeet Raval	b Milne	20	81	108	1	0	24.69
Michael Guptill-Bunce (c)	lbw b Wheeler	0	2	2	0	0	0.00
Sean Solia	c Bracewell b Small	13	25	45	2	0	52.00
Robert O'Donnell	lbw b Bracewell	41	90	109	7	0	45.55
Glenn Phillips	c Patel b Small	63	142	209	12	0	44.36
Finn Allen	b Patel	20	50	59	3	0	40.00
Ben Horne †	lbw b Patel	23	61	70	5	0	37.70
Matt McEwan	lbw b Patel	0	8	11	0	0	0.00
Stuart Meaker	c Ryder b Patel	0	5	7	0	0	0.00
Ben Lister	not out	9	30	40	1	0	30.00
Jamie Brown	c Worker b Patel	5	25	26	1	0	20.00
Extras	(b 1, lb 1, nb 4, w 5)	11
Total	85.5 Ov (RR: 2.38)	205
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Michael Guptill-Bunce, 0.2 ov), 2-27 (Sean Solia, 10.6 ov), 3-57 (Jeet Raval, 25.2 ov), 4-89 (Robert O'Donnell, 37.1 ov), 5-141 (Finn Allen, 52.2 ov), 6-175 (Ben Horne, 71.1 ov), 7-176 (Matt McEwan, 73.3 ov), 8-184 (Stuart Meaker, 75.2 ov), 9-193 (Glenn Phillips, 78.4 ov), 10-205 (Jamie Brown, 85.5 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Ben Wheeler	17	3	36	1	2.11	-	-	-	1	0
Adam Milne	16	5	49	1	3.06	-	-	-	3	3
Bevan Small	11	1	52	2	4.72	-	-	-	1	1
Doug Bracewell	13	5	24	1	1.84	-	-	-	0	0
Ajaz Patel	28.5	14	42	5	1.45	-	-	-	0	0

Auckland 2nd Innings (Following on)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Jeet Raval	c †Smith b Wheeler	0	4	4	0	0	0.00
Michael Guptill-Bunce (c)	lbw b Patel	33	91	115	6	0	36.26
Sean Solia	c Bruce b Wheeler	59	137	210	8	0	43.06
Robert O'Donnell	st †Smith b Patel	17	50	58	2	0	34.00
Glenn Phillips	b Bracewell	23	86	129	3	0	26.74
Finn Allen	c Worker b Patel	16	43	46	2	1	37.20
Ben Horne †	c Worker b Patel	3	31	32	0	0	9.67
Matt McEwan	not out	17	30	36	3	0	56.66
Stuart Meaker	b Patel	1	6	6	0	0	16.66
Ben Lister	not out	1	16	19	0	0	6.25
Extras	(lb 3, nb 3, w 5)	11
Total	82 Ov (RR: 2.20, 325 Mins)	181/8
Did not bat: Jamie Brown
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Jeet Raval, 0.4 ov), 2-72 (Michael Guptill-Bunce, 26.3 ov), 3-107 (Robert O'Donnell, 41.2 ov), 4-123 (Sean Solia, 50.6 ov), 5-149 (Finn Allen, 52.6 ov), 6-160 (Ben Horne, 72.2 ov), 7-172 (Glenn Phillips, 75.1 ov), 8-175 (Stuart Meaker, 76.3 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Ben Wheeler	11	3	41	2	3.72	-	-	-	1	0
Doug Bracewell	19	7	44	1	2.31	-	-	-	2	0
Adam Milne	16	3	48	0	3.00	-	-	-	2	3
Ajaz Patel	32	15	39	5	1.21	-	-	-	0	0
Bevan Small	3	1	4	0	1.33	-	-	-	0	0
Jesse Ryder	1	0	2	0	2.00	-	-	-	0	0

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Fri, 09 Mar - day 1 - Central D 1st innings 379/4 (Will Young 141*, Tom Bruce 41*, 96 ov)

Sat, 10 Mar - day 2 - Auckland 1st innings 144/5 (Glenn Phillips 40*, Ben Horne 2*, 57 ov)

Sun, 11 Mar - day 3 - Auckland 2nd innings 152/5 (Glenn Phillips 15*, Ben Horne 2*, 65 ov)

Mon, 12 Mar - day 4 - Auckland 2nd innings 181/8 (82 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

Day 1

Central Districts 1st innings:
Central Districts: 50 runs in 14.6 overs (91 balls), Extras 3
1st Wicket: 50 runs in 91 balls (GH Worker 16, GR Hay 31, Ex 3)
GR Hay: 50 off 88 balls (6 x 4)
Central Districts: 100 runs in 33.5 overs (204 balls), Extras 7
1st Wicket: 100 runs in 204 balls (GH Worker 40, GR Hay 54, Ex 7)
Lunch: Central Districts - 112/0 in 35.0 overs (GH Worker 43, GR Hay 62)
Break In Play: Central Districts - 119/1 in 40.3 overs (GR Hay 62, BS Smith 3)
Central Districts: 150 runs in 54.6 overs (331 balls), Extras 8
3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 77 balls (GR Hay 9, WA Young 42, Ex 1)
WA Young: 50 off 49 balls (9 x 4, 1 x 6)
Central Districts: 200 runs in 63.1 overs (380 balls), Extras 8
Tea: Central Districts - 211/2 in 65.0 overs (GR Hay 85, WA Young 64)
3rd Wicket: 100 runs in 137 balls (GR Hay 26, WA Young 73, Ex 1)
GR Hay: 100 off 205 balls (12 x 4)
Central Districts: 250 runs in 72.4 overs (438 balls), Extras 9
New Ball Taken: Central Districts 282/3 at 80.1 overs (WA Young 94, JD Ryder 19)
WA Young: 100 off 106 balls (16 x 4, 1 x 6)
Central Districts: 300 runs in 81.5 overs (493 balls), Extras 14
5th Wicket: 50 runs in 46 balls (WA Young 22, TC Bruce 26, Ex 2)
Central Districts: 350 runs in 89.2 overs (538 balls), Extras 16
End Of Day: Central Districts - 379/4 in 96.0 overs (WA Young 141, TC Bruce 41)

Day 2

TC Bruce: 50 off 60 balls (4 x 4, 1 x 6)
5th Wicket: 100 runs in 124 balls (WA Young 40, TC Bruce 55, Ex 5)
Central Districts: 400 runs in 103.4 overs (624 balls), Extras 19
WA Young: 150 off 183 balls (23 x 4, 1 x 6)
End of bonus points at 110 overs: CENTRAL STAGS 419/4
Central Districts: 450 runs in 116.5 overs (703 balls), Extras 23
Central Districts: 500 runs in 128.4 overs (774 balls), Extras 24
Lunch: Central Districts - 501/8 in 128.5 overs (AF Milne 14)
Auckland 1st innings:
Auckland: 50 runs in 20.4 overs (125 balls), Extras 3
Tea: Auckland - 50/2 in 22.0 overs (JA Raval 18, RR O'Donnell 16)
Auckland: 100 runs in 39.4 overs (240 balls), Extras 6
5th Wicket: 50 runs in 85 balls (GD Phillips 31, FH Allen 20, Ex 1)
End Of Day: Auckland - 144/5 in 57.0 overs (GD Phillips 40, BJ Horne 2)

Day 3

Auckland: 150 runs in 63.3 overs (384 balls), Extras 8
GD Phillips: 50 off 107 balls (9 x 4)
New Ball Taken: Auckland 195/9 at 80.1 overs (BG Lister 5, JA Brown 0)
Auckland: 200 runs in 81.5 overs (495 balls), Extras 10
Auckland 2nd innings:
Lunch: Auckland - 12/1 in 3.0 overs (ML Guptill-Bunce 4, SM Solia 8)
Auckland: 50 runs in 16.1 overs (98 balls), Extras 2
2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 94 balls (ML Guptill-Bunce 21, SM Solia 29, Ex 2)
Tea: Auckland - 87/2 in 34.0 overs (SM Solia 42, RR O'Donnell 7)
Auckland: 100 runs in 37.4 overs (227 balls), Extras 6
SM Solia: 50 off 98 balls (7 x 4)
Auckland: 150 runs in 63.1 overs (382 balls), Extras 10
End Of Day: Auckland - 152/5 in 65.0 overs (GD Phillips 15, BJ Horne 2)

Day 4

New Ball Taken: AUCKLAND ACES 181/8 at 81.1 overs (MB McEwan 17, BG Lister 1)
Rain: Auckland - 181/8 in 82.0 overs (MB McEwan 17, BG Lister 1)

Match Details

Eden Park Outer Oval, Auckland
Toss	Central Districts, elected to bat first
Series	Plunket Shield
Season	2017/18
Match days	9,10,11,12 March 2018 - day (4-day match)
FC debut	Finn Allen
Umpires	Billy Bowden Eugene Sanders
Match Referee	Ross Dykes
Points	Central Districts 8, Auckland 2

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Auckland Innings

Player Name		R	B
JA Raval	caught	0	4
ML Guptill-Bunce	lbw	33	91
SM Solia	caught	59	137
RR O'Donnell	stumped	17	50
GD Phillips	bowled	23	86
FH Allen	caught	16	43
BJ Horne	caught	3	31
MB McEwan	not out	17	30
SC Meaker	bowled	1	6
BG Lister	not out	1	16
Extras	(lb 3, nb 3, w 5)
Total	181(8 wkts; 82 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
BM Wheeler	11	3	41	2	3.72
DAJ Bracewell	19	7	44	1	2.31
AF Milne	16	3	48	0	3 (3 nb)
AY Patel	32	15	39	5	1.21
BJ Small	3	1	4	0	1.33
JD Ryder	1	0	2	0	2

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	0	Jeet Raval	Michael Guptill-Bunce
2nd	72	Michael Guptill-Bunce	Sean Solia
3rd	35	Robert O'Donnell	Sean Solia
4th	16	Sean Solia	Glenn Phillips
5th	26	Glenn Phillips	Finn Allen
6th	11	Ben Horne	Glenn Phillips
7th	12	Matt McEwan	Glenn Phillips
8th	3	Stuart Meaker	Matt McEwan
9th	6	Matt McEwan	Ben Lister

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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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