Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Michael Papps	c Broom b Rippon	46	132	164	6	0	34.84
Luke Woodcock	c †de Boorder b Craig	36	82	115	4	0	43.90
Stephen Murdoch	b Rippon	4	6	6	1	0	66.66
Michael Bracewell (c)	not out	58	117	161	8	0	49.57
Tom Blundell †	lbw b Rippon	0	1	2	0	0	0.00
Fraser Colson	lbw b Rippon	0	11	16	0	0	0.00
Logan van Beek	c Craig b Neesham	10	18	25	1	1	55.55
Peter Younghusband	run out (Craig/Wagner)	12	22	32	2	0	54.54
Jeetan Patel	b Craig	11	16	25	1	1	68.75
Ian McPeake	c Broom b Craig	4	9	11	1	0	44.44
Hamish Bennett	b Craig	0	4	8	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 4, lb 3, nb 6)	13
Total	68.4 Ov (RR: 2.82)	194
Fall of wickets: 1-83 (Luke Woodcock, 28.1 ov), 2-88 (Stephen Murdoch, 29.3 ov), 3-117 (Michael Papps, 41.2 ov), 4-117 (Tom Blundell, 41.3 ov), 5-123 (Fraser Colson, 45.2 ov), 6-138 (Logan van Beek, 50.5 ov), 7-160 (Peter Younghusband, 58.1 ov), 8-182 (Jeetan Patel, 64.1 ov), 9-188 (Ian McPeake, 66.6 ov), 10-194 (Hamish Bennett, 68.4 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Neil Wagner	14	2	53	0	3.78	-	-	-	1
Jacob Duffy	12	4	31	0	2.58	-	-	-	3
James Neesham	10	4	19	1	1.90	-	-	-	0
Mark Craig	16.4	4	42	4	2.52	-	-	-	2
Michael Rippon	16	4	42	4	2.62	-	-	-	0

Otago 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Rob Nicol (c)	c †Blundell b Bennett	6	13	11	1	0	46.15
Hamish Rutherford	lbw b Patel	32	89	132	2	0	35.95
Neil Broom	run out (van Beek)	0	2	8	0	0	0.00
Anaru Kitchen	b Patel	64	151	193	7	1	42.38
Derek de Boorder †	c Colson b Patel	2	11	16	0	0	18.18
James Neesham	c van Beek b Patel	93	111	150	11	4	83.78
Michael Rippon	c Colson b Patel	6	20	22	0	0	30.00
Mark Craig	lbw b Patel	5	12	8	1	0	41.66
Neil Wagner	c Bennett b Woodcock	40	69	69	2	4	57.97
Jacob Duffy	not out	20	19	26	0	2	105.26
Michael Rae	b Patel	13	10	13	1	0	130.00
Extras	(b 1, lb 4, nb 3)	8
Total	84 Ov (RR: 3.44)	289
Fall of wickets: 1-11 (Rob Nicol, 2.4 ov), 2-11 (Neil Broom, 3.4 ov), 3-91 (Hamish Rutherford, 33.4 ov), 4-96 (Derek de Boorder, 37.3 ov), 5-153 (Anaru Kitchen, 51.3 ov), 6-177 (Michael Rippon, 57.4 ov), 7-189 (Mark Craig, 59.6 ov), 8-237 (James Neesham, 77.3 ov), 9-258 (Neil Wagner, 80.4 ov), 10-289 (Michael Rae, 83.6 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Hamish Bennett	14	4	39	1	2.78	-	-	-	0
Logan van Beek	12	3	45	0	3.75	-	-	-	2
Jeetan Patel	36	10	105	7	2.91	-	-	-	1
Ian McPeake	2	0	8	0	4.00	-	-	-	0
Peter Younghusband	11	1	45	0	4.09	-	-	-	0
Luke Woodcock	9	2	42	1	4.66	-	-	-	0

Wellington 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Luke Woodcock	c Craig b Wagner	47	115	133	7	0	40.86
Michael Papps	c Rippon b Rae	128	277	372	20	1	46.20
Stephen Murdoch	b Neesham	48	68	84	6	1	70.58
Michael Bracewell (c)	lbw b Kitchen	27	88	116	2	0	30.68
Devon Conway	lbw b Duffy	16	33	55	4	0	48.48
Fraser Colson	lbw b Rae	0	8	12	0	0	0.00
Logan van Beek	b Rae	0	3	3	0	0	0.00
Peter Younghusband	not out	17	19	51	3	0	89.47
Jeetan Patel	c Craig b Duffy	0	1	2	0	0	0.00
Ian McPeake	c Neesham b Rae	11	24	31	2	0	45.83
Hamish Bennett	c †de Boorder b Rae	5	15	14	1	0	33.33
Extras	(b 1, lb 5, nb 3, w 1)	10
Total	108 Ov (RR: 2.86, 441 Mins)	309
Fall of wickets: 1-92 (Luke Woodcock, 35.1 ov), 2-163 (Stephen Murdoch, 56.6 ov), 3-233 (Michael Bracewell, 86.3 ov), 4-271 (Michael Papps, 95.1 ov), 5-275 (Fraser Colson, 97.3 ov), 6-275 (Logan van Beek, 97.6 ov), 7-275 (Devon Conway, 98.1 ov), 8-275 (Jeetan Patel, 98.2 ov), 9-299 (Ian McPeake, 105.1 ov), 10-309 (Hamish Bennett, 107.6 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Neil Wagner	16	4	41	1	2.56	-	-	-	0	2
Jacob Duffy	13	2	57	2	4.38	-	-	-	1	1
Mark Craig	34	14	74	0	2.17	-	-	-	0	0
Michael Rippon	20	4	54	0	2.70	-	-	-	0	0
James Neesham	11	1	35	1	3.18	-	-	-	0	0
Anaru Kitchen	6	1	24	1	4.00	-	-	-	0	0
Michael Rae	8	2	18	5	2.25	-	-	-	0	0

Otago 2nd Innings (T: 215 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Rob Nicol (c)	b McPeake	36	131	167	5	0	27.48
Hamish Rutherford	c Conway b van Beek	4	12	16	1	0	33.33
Michael Rippon	lbw b McPeake	13	61	72	1	0	21.31
Anaru Kitchen	b van Beek	21	34	45	3	0	61.76
Derek de Boorder †	c & b Patel	18	31	60	3	0	58.06
James Neesham	c Bennett b McPeake	1	10	16	0	0	10.00
Mark Craig	c Colson b van Beek	25	32	51	3	1	78.12
Neil Broom	not out	43	109	133	1	1	39.44
Neil Wagner	lbw b Patel	8	11	13	2	0	72.72
Jacob Duffy	run out (McPeake/van Beek)	7	10	11	1	0	70.00
Michael Rae	b Patel	11	41	67	0	1	26.82
Extras	(b 6, lb 1, nb 2)	9
Total	80 Ov (RR: 2.45, 330 Mins)	196
Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Hamish Rutherford, 3.6 ov), 2-36 (Michael Rippon, 21.4 ov), 3-67 (Anaru Kitchen, 32.6 ov), 4-86 (Rob Nicol, 40.5 ov), 5-92 (James Neesham, 44.5 ov), 6-108 (Derek de Boorder, 47.1 ov), 7-136 (Mark Craig, 56.5 ov), 8-147 (Neil Wagner, 59.4 ov), 9-156 (Jacob Duffy, 62.1 ov), 10-196 (Michael Rae, 79.6 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Hamish Bennett	7	4	5	0	0.71	-	-	-	0
Logan van Beek	21	3	64	3	3.04	-	-	-	2
Jeetan Patel	34	11	73	3	2.14	-	-	-	0
Ian McPeake	14	2	44	3	3.14	-	-	-	0
Luke Woodcock	4	1	3	0	0.75	-	-	-	0

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Close of Play

Sat, 10 Mar - day 1 - Otago 1st innings 80/2 (Hamish Rutherford 24*, Anaru Kitchen 46*, 28 ov)

Sun, 11 Mar - day 2 - Wellington 2nd innings 107/1 (Michael Papps 45*, Stephen Murdoch 10*, 44 ov)

Mon, 12 Mar - day 3 - Otago 2nd innings 62/2 (Rob Nicol 27*, Anaru Kitchen 17*, 32 ov)

Tue, 13 Mar - day 4 - Otago 2nd innings 196 (80 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

Day 1

Wellington 1st innings:
Ground Delay: WELLINGTON FIREBIRDS - 0/0
Hours of Play Day 1: 11am to 1-20pm. 2pm to 4-10pm. 4-30pm to 6-30pm
Wellington: 50 runs in 18.3 overs (113 balls), Extras 6
1st Wicket: 50 runs in 113 balls (MHW Papps 26, LJ Woodcock 19, Ex 6)
Break In Play: Wellington - 88/2 in 29.4 overs (MHW Papps 40, MG Bracewell 0)
Lunch: Wellington - 98/2 in 35.0 overs (MHW Papps 44, MG Bracewell 6)
Wellington: 100 runs in 35.1 overs (215 balls), Extras 8
Wellington: 150 runs in 53.3 overs (325 balls), Extras 11
MG Bracewell: 50 off 101 balls (7 x 4)
Otago 1st innings:
Tea: Otago - 0/0
Otago: 50 runs in 16.1 overs (98 balls), Extras 3
3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 93 balls (HD Rutherford 11, AK Kitchen 38, Ex 2)
End Of Day: Otago - 80/2 in 28.0 overs (HD Rutherford 24, AK Kitchen 46)

Day 2

Ground Delay: Otago - 80/2 in 28.0 overs (HD Rutherford 24, AK Kitchen 46)
MD Rae replaced S Hicks at the beginning of Day 2 as a
AK Kitchen: 50 off 105 balls (7 x 4)
Otago: 100 runs in 39.6 overs (241 balls), Extras 6
Drinks: Otago - 120/4 in 45.0 overs (AK Kitchen 55, JDS Neesham 19)
5th Wicket: 50 runs in 79 balls (AK Kitchen 13, JDS Neesham 38, Ex 1)
Otago: 150 runs in 50.5 overs (307 balls), Extras 7
JDS Neesham: 50 off 50 balls (9 x 4, 1 x 6)
Lunch: Otago - 199/7 in 62.0 overs (JDS Neesham 75, N Wagner 2)
Otago: 200 runs in 62.1 overs (375 balls), Extras 7
Otago: 250 runs in 79.5 overs (482 balls), Extras 8
New Ball Taken: OTAGO VOLTS 258/9 at 80.5 overs (JA Duffy 2, MD Rae 0)
Wellington 2nd innings:
Tea: Wellington - 41/0 in 11.0 overs (MHW Papps 22, LJ Woodcock 16)
Wellington: 50 runs in 16.5 overs (104 balls), Extras 3
1st Wicket: 50 runs in 104 balls (MHW Papps 32, LJ Woodcock 17, Ex 3)
Drinks: Wellington - 81/0 in 29.0 overs (LJ Woodcock 41, MHW Papps 36)
Wellington: 100 runs in 36.3 overs (222 balls), Extras 4
End Of Day: Wellington - 107/1 in 44.0 overs (MHW Papps 45, SJ Murdoch 10)

Day 3

Ground Delay: Wellington - 107/1 in 44.0 overs (MHW Papps 45, SJ Murdoch 10)
2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 87 balls (MHW Papps 8, SJ Murdoch 41, Ex 1)
MHW Papps: 50 off 145 balls (8 x 4)
Wellington: 150 runs in 52.2 overs (317 balls), Extras 5
Wellington: 200 runs in 71.6 overs (435 balls), Extras 9
3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 136 balls (MHW Papps 31, MG Bracewell 20, Ex 0)
Lunch: Wellington - 215/2 in 80.0 overs (MHW Papps 90, MG Bracewell 21)
Break In Play: Wellington - 215/2 in 80.2 overs (MHW Papps 90, MG Bracewell 21)
MHW Papps: 100 off 241 balls (15 x 4, 1 x 6)
Wellington: 250 runs in 90.2 overs (545 balls), Extras 9
New Ball Taken: Wellington 275/4 at 97.1 overs (DP Conway 16, FJ Colson 0)
Wellington: 300 runs in 105.5 overs (638 balls), Extras 10
Otagon 2nd innings:
Ball Change: Otago - 15/1 in 10.0 overs (RJ Nicol 5, MJG Rippon 6)
Otago: 50 runs in 27.2 overs (164 balls), Extras 0
End Of Day: Otago - 62/2 in 32.0 overs (RJ Nicol 27, AK Kitchen 17)

Day 4

Otago: 100 runs in 45.6 overs (278 balls), Extras 8
otago: 150 runs in 60.4 overs (366 balls), Extras 8
Lunch: Otago - 183/9 in 72.0 overs (NT Broom 37, MD Rae 5)

Match Details

University Oval, Dunedin
Toss	Wellington, elected to bat first
Series	Plunket Shield
Season	2017/18
Match days	10,11,12,13 March 2018 - day (4-day match)
WELL Player Replacement	Substitute: Devon Conway in, Tom Blundell out (3rd innings, 0.1 ov)
OTAGO Player Replacement	Substitute: Michael Rae in, Shawn Hicks out (2nd innings, 28.1 ov)
Umpires	Ashley Mehrotra Derek Walker
Match Referee	Kevin Pulley
Points	Wellington 16, Otago 6

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Otago Innings

Player Name		R	B
RJ Nicol	bowled	36	131
HD Rutherford	caught	4	12
MJG Rippon	lbw	13	61
AK Kitchen	bowled	21	34
DC de Boorder	caught	18	31
JDS Neesham	caught	1	10
MD Craig	caught	25	32
NT Broom	not out	43	109
N Wagner	lbw	8	11
JA Duffy	run out	7	10
MD Rae	bowled	11	41
Extras	(b 6, lb 1, nb 2)
Total	196(10 wkts; 80 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
HK Bennett	7	4	5	0	0.71
LV van Beek	21	3	64	3	3.04 (2 nb)
JS Patel	34	11	73	3	2.14
IG McPeake	14	2	44	3	3.14
LJ Woodcock	4	1	3	0	0.75

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	4	Rob Nicol	Hamish Rutherford
2nd	32	Rob Nicol	Michael Rippon
3rd	31	Rob Nicol	Anaru Kitchen
4th	19	Rob Nicol	Derek de Boorder
5th	6	Derek de Boorder	James Neesham
6th	16	Derek de Boorder	Mark Craig
7th	28	Neil Broom	Mark Craig
8th	11	Neil Broom	Neil Wagner
9th	9	Neil Broom	Jacob Duffy
10th	40	Neil Broom	Michael Rae

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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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