BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
William O'Donnell	lbw b KDC Clarke	7	20	25	1	0	35.00
Sean Solia	b Kuggeleijn	8	17	28	1	0	47.05
Quinn Sunde	c KD Clarke b KDC Clarke	0	4	10	0	0	0.00
Robert O'Donnell (c)	b KDC Clarke	61	92	141	8	1	66.30
George Worker	c †Seifert b KDC Clarke	13	9	11	3	0	144.44
Cam Fletcher †	lbw b Hampton	20	77	107	3	0	25.97
Ryan Harrison	c †Seifert b Kuggeleijn	23	51	75	3	0	45.09
Simon Keene	c Gibson b Fisher	18	28	40	3	0	64.28
Adithya Ashok	not out	15	36	62	1	0	41.66
Danru Ferns	c Raval b KDC Clarke	12	30	37	1	0	40.00
Matt Gibson	c †Seifert b KDC Clarke	0	4	4	0	0	0.00
Extras	(lb 5, nb 2)	7
TOTAL	61 Ov (RR: 3.01, 272 Mins)	184
Fall of wickets: 1-15 (William O'Donnell, 5.6 ov), 2-15 (Sean Solia, 6.1 ov), 3-19 (Quinn Sunde, 7.4 ov), 4-39 (George Worker, 9.5 ov), 5-110 (Cam Fletcher, 34.2 ov), 6-120 (Robert O'Donnell, 37.3 ov), 7-154 (Simon Keene, 47.2 ov), 8-165 (Ryan Harrison, 51.3 ov), 9-184 (Danru Ferns, 60.2 ov), 10-184 (Matt Gibson, 60.6 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Scott Kuggeleijn	15	3	31	2	2.06	-	-	-	0
Kristian Clarke	14	4	45	6	3.21	-	-	-	0
Matthew Fisher	9	1	39	1	4.33	-	-	-	0
Zak Gibson	10	1	42	0	4.20	-	-	-	2
Brett Hampton	12	3	18	1	1.50	-	-	-	0
Jeet Raval	1	0	4	0	4.00	-	-	-	0

Northern Districts 1st Innings

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Jeet Raval (c)	c †Fletcher b Ferns	50	95	160	8	1	52.63
Henry Cooper	c WT O'Donnell b Ferns	39	30	45	6	2	130.00
Sandeep Patel	c Ferns b Ashok	21	50	71	1	0	42.00
Joe Carter	c WT O'Donnell b Ashok	58	116	157	10	0	50.00
Tim Seifert †	c Gibson b Ashok	6	12	24	1	0	50.00
Katene Clarke	c RR O'Donnell b Ashok	0	6	8	0	0	0.00
Scott Kuggeleijn	c Solia b Ashok	19	28	40	2	1	67.85
Brett Hampton	c †Fletcher b WT O'Donnell	59	73	112	8	1	80.82
Kristian Clarke	lbw b Ashok	20	38	41	2	0	52.63
Zak Gibson	c †Fletcher b Ashok	20	27	44	3	0	74.07
Matthew Fisher	not out	2	12	12	0	0	16.66
Extras	(w 1)	1
TOTAL	81.1 Ov (RR: 3.63, 360 Mins)	295
Fall of wickets: 1-56 (Henry Cooper, 8.6 ov), 2-99 (Sandeep Patel, 25.3 ov), 3-121 (Jeet Raval, 34.3 ov), 4-136 (Tim Seifert, 39.5 ov), 5-138 (Katene Clarke, 41.3 ov), 6-182 (Scott Kuggeleijn, 51.1 ov), 7-221 (Joe Carter, 61.2 ov), 8-255 (Kristian Clarke, 71.6 ov), 9-287 (Brett Hampton, 78.2 ov), 10-295 (Zak Gibson, 81.1 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD
Danru Ferns	19	5	62	2	3.26	-	-	-	1
Sean Solia	7	0	35	0	5.00	-	-	-	0
Simon Keene	10	2	31	0	3.10	-	-	-	0
Matt Gibson	12	1	46	0	3.83	-	-	-	0
Adithya Ashok	26.1	0	103	7	3.93	-	-	-	0
Ryan Harrison	2	1	8	0	4.00	-	-	-	0
Robert O'Donnell	3	1	7	0	2.33	-	-	-	0
William O'Donnell	2	0	3	1	1.50	-	-	-	0

Auckland 2nd Innings

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
William O'Donnell	c Kuggeleijn b Fisher	18	22	31	3	0	81.81
Sean Solia	c Carter b Fisher	21	32	55	4	0	65.62
Cam Fletcher †	lbw b Fisher	5	11	12	1	0	45.45
Quinn Sunde	c Sandeep Patel b Kuggeleijn	35	60	86	5	1	58.33
Robert O'Donnell (c)	c †Seifert b Fisher	18	26	39	4	0	69.23
George Worker	c †Seifert b Kuggeleijn	16	28	45	3	0	57.14
Ryan Harrison	c †Seifert b Gibson	4	23	33	0	0	17.39
Simon Keene	c Gibson b Fisher	8	29	51	1	0	27.58
Adithya Ashok	c Carter b Fisher	16	39	44	2	0	41.02
Danru Ferns	c Hampton b Kuggeleijn	5	16	33	0	0	31.25
Matt Gibson	not out	1	6	-	0	0	16.66
Extras	(b 4, lb 3, nb 7)	14
TOTAL	47.3 Ov (RR: 3.38, 224 Mins)	161
Fall of wickets: 1-38 (William O'Donnell, 6.4 ov), 2-48 (Cam Fletcher, 10.1 ov), 3-57 (Sean Solia, 12.2 ov), 4-86 (Robert O'Donnell, 20.1 ov), 5-113 (Quinn Sunde, 27.6 ov), 6-120 (George Worker, 29.3 ov), 7-125 (Ryan Harrison, 35.3 ov), 8-145 (Simon Keene, 40.5 ov), 9-156 (Adithya Ashok, 44.5 ov), 10-161 (Danru Ferns, 47.3 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Scott Kuggeleijn	14.3	3	38	3	2.62	-	-	-	0
Kristian Clarke	3	0	19	0	6.33	-	-	-	0
Matthew Fisher	15	4	45	6	3.00	-	-	-	4
Zak Gibson	9	2	34	1	3.77	-	-	-	3
Brett Hampton	6	1	18	0	3.00	-	-	-	0

Northern Districts 2nd Innings (T: 51 runs)

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Henry Cooper	not out	18	10	23	1	2	180.00
Tim Seifert †	c Ashok b Ferns	24	11	14	1	3	218.18
Jeet Raval (c)	not out	6	4	8	1	0	150.00
Extras	(w 3)	3
TOTAL	4.1 Ov (RR: 12.24, 23 Mins)	51/1
Did not bat: Joe Carter, Sandeep Patel, Kristian Clarke, Scott Kuggeleijn, Brett Hampton, Katene Clarke, Matthew Fisher, Zak Gibson
Fall of wickets: 1-27 (Tim Seifert, 2.4 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Danru Ferns	2.1	0	15	1	6.92	-	-	-	2	0
Adithya Ashok	2	0	36	0	18.00	-	-	-	1	0

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Sat, 28 Oct - day 1 - Northern Dis 1st innings 110/2 (Jeet Raval 44*, Joe Carter 5*, 28 ov)

Sun, 29 Oct - day 2 - Auckland 2nd innings 81/3 (Quinn Sunde 18*, Robert O'Donnell 14*, 17 ov)

Mon, 30 Oct - day 3 - Auckland 2nd innings 138/7 (Simon Keene 4*, Adithya Ashok 11*, 39.2 ov)

Tue, 31 Oct - day 4 - Northern Dis 2nd innings 51/1 (4.1 ov) - end of match

MATCH FLOW

General

Auckland Innings:
Auckland: 50 runs in 11.0 overs, 54 minutes, 1 extra
5th Wicket: 50 runs in 79 balls, 56 minutes, RR O'Donnell 32 (35), CD Fletcher 18 (44), 2 extras
RR O'Donnell: 50 runs in 65 balls, 102 minutes (7x4, 1x6)
Auckland: 100 runs in 28.5 overs, 131 minutes, 4 extras
Lunch (12:51 to 13:31): Auckland - 101/4 in 31.0 overs, RR O'Donnell 51 (72), CD Fletcher 18 (66)
Auckland: 150 runs in 44.2 overs, 198 minutes, 6 extras
KDC Clarke: 5 wickets (13.2-3-45-5)
Tea (15:42 to 16:05): Auckland - 184/10 in 61.0 overs, A Ashok 15 (36), MJ Gibson 0 (4)
End of 110 over bonus points: Auckland 184 (61) (Auckland 0 batting points, Northern Districts 4 bowling points)
Northern Districts Innings:
1st Wicket: 50 runs in 53 balls, 38 minutes, JA Raval 16 (24), HR Cooper 39 (29), 0 extras
Northern Districts: 50 runs in 8.5 overs, 38 minutes, 0 extras
Ball Change (17:08 to 17:10): Northern Districts - 58/1 in 12.4 overs, JA Raval 18 (39), SK Patel 0 (7)
Northern Districts: 100 runs in 25.4 overs, 117 minutes, 1 extra
End of Day (18:15): Northern Districts - 110/2 in 28.0 overs, JA Raval 44 (80), JF Carter 5 (8)
Play finished early due to bad light on Day 1 (89 overs of 96 bowled)

Day 2

Play finished early due to bad light on Day 1 (89 overs of 96 bowled)
Ball Change (10:33 to 10:36): Northern Districts - 110/2 in 28.1 overs, JA Raval 44 (80), JF Carter 5 (9)
JA Raval: 50 runs in 92 balls, 153 minutes (8x4, 1x6)
Northern Districts: 150 runs in 44.1 overs, 205 minutes, 1 extra
JF Carter: 50 runs in 101 balls, 136 minutes (9x4)
Northern Districts: 200 runs in 56.0 overs, 254 minutes, 1 extra
Lunch (12:53 to 13:35): Northern Districts - 221/6 in 61.0 overs, JF Carter 58 (114), BR Hampton 27 (31)
A Ashok: 5 wickets (16.2-0-70-5)
Northern Districts: 250 runs in 70.3 overs, 310 minutes, 1 extra
Ball Change (14:23 to 14:25): Northern Districts - 261/8 in 72.4 overs, BR Hampton 47 (60), ZN Gibson 0 (1)
BR Hampton: 50 runs in 66 balls, 95 minutes (7x4, 1x6)
Injury (14:54 to 14:56): Northern Districts - 294/9 in 79.2 overs, ZN Gibson 19 (24), MJ Fisher 2 (4)
End of 110 over bonus points: Northern Districts 295 (81.1) (Northern Districts 2 batting points, Auckland 4 bowling points)
Auckland 2nd innings:
Tea (15:44 to 16:04): Auckland - 38/1 in 6.4 overs, SM Solia 17 (20), CD Fletcher 0 (0)
Auckland : 50 runs in 11.2 overs, 50 minutes, 4 extras
Bad Light (16:54 to 17:14): Auckland - 81/3 in 17.0 overs, QLM Sunde 18 (24), RR O'Donnell 14 (16)
End of Day (17:14): Auckland - 81/3 in 17.0 overs, QLM Sunde 18 (24), RR O'Donnell 14 (16)
23 overs lost on Day 2 due to early stumps (bad light)

Day 3

Rain (10:18 to 12:00): Auckland - 81/3 in 17.0 overs, QLM Sunde 18 (24), RR O'Donnell 14 (16)
Lunch (12:00 to 12:40): Auckland - 81/3 in 17.0 overs, QLM Sunde 18 (24), RR O'Donnell 14 (16)
Rain (12:40): Auckland - 81/3 in 17.0 overs, QLM Sunde 18 (24), RR O'Donnell 14 (16)
Ground Delay (13:12 to 14:15): Auckland - 81/3 in 17.0 overs, QLM Sunde 18 (24), RR O'Donnell 14 (16)
23 overs lost on Day 2 due to early stumps (bad light)
Early Lunch taken at 12.00pm on Day 3 due to rain
Day 3: Revised Session times 2.15pm-4.30pm; 4.50pm-6.30pm (58 overs minimum)
GH Worker: 6,000 First Class career runs when he reached 3 in Auckland's second innings
Auckland: 100 runs in 23.4 overs, 111 minutes, 6 extras
Rain (15:59 to 15:59): Auckland - 138/7 in 39.2 overs, SB Keene 4 (20), A Ashok 11 (18)
Tea (15:59): Auckland - 138/7 in 39.2 overs, SB Keene 4 (20), A Ashok 11 (18)
Rain (16:20 to 17:07): Auckland - 138/7 in 39.2 overs, SB Keene 4 (20), A Ashok 11 (18)
End of Day (17:07): Auckland - 138/7 in 39.2 overs, SB Keene 4 (20), A Ashok 11 (18)

Day 4

Ground Delay (09:52 to 11:14): Auckland - 138/7 in 39.2 overs, SB Keene 4 (20), A Ashok 11 (18)
Day 4: Revised Session times 11.15am-1.15pm; 1.55pm-4.05pm; 4.25pm-6.30pm
MJ Fisher: 5 wickets (11.5-3-36-5)
Auckland: 150 runs in 41.4 overs, 195 minutes, 13 extras
Rain (11:48 to 12:23): Auckland - 157/9 in 46.1 overs, DK Ferns 3 (9), MJ Gibson 0 (4)
Ground Delay (12:23 to 12:29): Auckland - 157/9 in 46.1 overs, DK Ferns 3 (9), MJ Gibson 0 (4)
Northern Districts 2nd innings:
Ball Change (12:57 to 12:57): Northern Districts - 20/0 in 1.5 overs, HR Cooper 1 (5), TL Seifert 17 (6)
Ball Change (13:05 to 13:06): Northern Districts - 37/1 in 3.1 overs, HR Cooper 7 (6), JA Raval 4 (2)
Northern Districts: 50 runs in 4.0 overs, 22 minutes, 3 extras

MATCH DETAILS

Eden Park Outer Oval, Auckland
Toss	Northern Districts, elected to field first
Series	Plunket Shield
Season	2023/24
Match days	28,29,30,31 October 2023 - day (4-day match)
Umpires	Billy Bowden Tim Parlane
Match Referee	Gary Troup
Points	Northern Districts 18, Auckland 4

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Northern Dis Innings

PLAYER NAME		R	B
HR Cooper	not out	18	10
TL Seifert	caught	24	11
JA Raval	not out	6	4
Extras	(w 3)
Total	51(1 wkt; 4.1 ovs)

PLAYER NAME	O	M	R	W	Econ
DK Ferns	2.1	0	15	1	6.92
A Ashok	2	0	36	0	18

WKT	RUNS	PLAYERS
1st	27	Tim Seifert	Henry Cooper
2nd	24	Jeet Raval	Henry Cooper

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Plunket Shield

TEAM	M	W	L	D	PT
WELL	8	4	0	4	94
ND	8	4	1	3	91
CD	8	3	2	3	85
CANT	8	3	3	2	84
OTAGO	8	1	5	2	54
AUCK	8	1	5	2	51

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