Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Jeet Raval (c)	c †Chu b Hart	33	103	144	5	0	32.03
Henry Cooper	c †Chu b Hart	60	103	154	10	0	58.25
Bharat Popli	c †Chu b Hart	91	156	209	8	2	58.33
Joe Carter	c †Chu b Ferns	52	96	126	5	0	54.16
Robert O'Donnell	c Georgeson b Hart	32	52	61	4	0	61.53
Brett Hampton	c & b Georgeson	1	3	5	0	0	33.33
Ben Pomare †	c †Chu b Georgeson	0	3	2	0	0	0.00
Kristian Clarke	not out	34	61	94	6	0	55.73
Tim Pringle	c †Chu b Hart	29	47	74	4	0	61.70
Joshua Brown	c Johnson b Hart	1	11	9	0	0	9.09
Zak Gibson	c Hart b Ferns	5	5	6	1	0	100.00
Extras	(b 2, lb 2, nb 2, w 2)	8
Total	106.2 Ov (RR: 3.25, 445 Mins)	346
Fall of wickets: 1-96 (Jeet Raval, 33.3 ov), 2-101 (Henry Cooper, 35.2 ov), 3-200 (Joe Carter, 66.4 ov), 4-263 (Robert O'Donnell, 83.3 ov), 5-268 (Brett Hampton, 84.3 ov), 6-268 (Ben Pomare, 84.6 ov), 7-276 (Bharat Popli, 85.4 ov), 8-339 (Tim Pringle, 103.2 ov), 9-341 (Joshua Brown, 105.2 ov), 10-346 (Zak Gibson, 106.2 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Luke Georgeson	18	6	41	2	2.27	92	7	0	0	0
84.3 to BR Hampton, . 268/5 84.6 to BJ Pomare, . 268/6
Jarrod McKay	22	3	87	0	3.95	91	13	0	2	0
Danru Ferns	20.2	4	55	2	2.70	96	7	0	0	2
66.4 to JF Carter, . 200/3 106.2 to ZN Gibson, . 346/10
Toby Hart	21	5	73	6	3.47	95	11	0	0	0
33.3 to JA Raval, . 96/1 35.2 to HR Cooper, . 101/2 83.3 to RR O'Donnell, . 263/4 85.4 to Bharat Popli, . 276/7 103.2 to TJG Pringle, . 339/8 105.2 to JH Brown, . 341/9
Ben Lockrose	17	4	65	0	3.82	62	3	2	0	0
Troy Johnson	4	0	14	0	3.50	14	1	0	0	0
Jack Boyle	3	1	2	0	0.66	16	0	0	0	0
Jacob Cumming	1	0	5	0	5.00	4	1	0	0	0

Otago 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Jack Boyle	lbw b Clarke	0	2	1	0	0	0.00
Jacob Cumming	c †Pomare b Brown	10	27	46	1	0	37.03
Tom Jones	c †Pomare b Gibson	9	21	21	2	0	42.85
Thorn Parkes	lbw b Gibson	16	49	69	3	0	32.65
Troy Johnson	c Bharat Popli b Pringle	61	111	150	10	0	54.95
Max Chu †	c †Pomare b Hampton	9	20	24	2	0	45.00
Luke Georgeson (c)	c Bharat Popli b Hampton	74	203	301	5	1	36.45
Ben Lockrose	c Hampton b Brown	70	145	197	12	0	48.27
Danru Ferns	c Brown b Clarke	11	28	39	2	0	39.28
Jarrod McKay	c Pringle b Hampton	4	11	20	0	0	36.36
Toby Hart	not out	0	1	4	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 6, lb 8, nb 4, w 7)	25
Total	102.2 Ov (RR: 2.82, 439 Mins)	289
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Jack Boyle, 0.2 ov), 2-15 (Tom Jones, 5.5 ov), 3-25 (Jacob Cumming, 11.2 ov), 4-58 (Thorn Parkes, 21.1 ov), 5-71 (Max Chu, 26.5 ov), 6-139 (Troy Johnson, 44.5 ov), 7-272 (Ben Lockrose, 94.1 ov), 8-277 (Luke Georgeson, 98.2 ov), 9-289 (Danru Ferns, 101.5 ov), 10-289 (Jarrod McKay, 102.2 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Kristian Clarke	22	6	61	2	2.77	107	10	0	1	1
0.2 to JCT Boyle, . 0/1 101.5 to DK Ferns, . 289/9
Zak Gibson	22	7	50	2	2.27	109	7	0	0	1
5.5 to TC Jones, . 15/2 21.1 to TK Parkes, . 58/4
Brett Hampton	15.2	3	49	3	3.19	73	8	0	1	1
26.5 to MW Chu, . 71/5 98.2 to LI Georgeson, . 277/8 102.2 to JD McKay, . 289/10
Joshua Brown	16	2	59	2	3.68	67	5	1	5	1
11.2 to JM Cumming, . 25/3 94.1 to BNJ Lockrose, . 272/7
Tim Pringle	17	8	34	1	2.00	85	5	0	0	0
44.5 to TM Johnson, . 139/6
Jeet Raval	6	2	11	0	1.83	28	1	0	0	0
Henry Cooper	4	0	11	0	2.75	17	1	0	0	0

Northern Districts 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Henry Cooper	b Georgeson	45	86	118	9	0	52.32
Jeet Raval (c)	c †Chu b Ferns	1	8	11	0	0	12.50
Bharat Popli	lbw b Georgeson	1	11	12	0	0	9.09
Joe Carter	not out	119	186	322	15	2	63.97
Robert O'Donnell	c Jones b Lockrose	17	33	47	2	0	51.51
Brett Hampton	lbw b McKay	60	52	72	9	2	115.38
Kristian Clarke	b Boyle	1	7	6	0	0	14.28
Ben Pomare †	c †Chu b McKay	11	14	19	2	0	78.57
Tim Pringle	c Boyle b Lockrose	25	75	63	1	1	33.33
Joshua Brown	c Parkes b Hart	7	5	9	0	1	140.00
Zak Gibson	not out	2	3	9	0	0	66.66
Extras	(b 2, lb 1, w 4)	7
Total	80 Ov (RR: 3.70, 347 Mins)	296/9d
Fall of wickets: 1-7 (Jeet Raval, 2.4 ov), 2-8 (Bharat Popli, 5.3 ov), 3-64 (Henry Cooper, 25.6 ov), 4-93 (Robert O'Donnell, 36.1 ov), 5-199 (Brett Hampton, 53.3 ov), 6-200 (Kristian Clarke, 54.4 ov), 7-217 (Ben Pomare, 59.4 ov), 8-271 (Tim Pringle, 76.6 ov), 9-285 (Joshua Brown, 78.3 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Danru Ferns	11	4	17	1	1.54	56	2	0	0	0
2.4 to JA Raval, . 7/1
Luke Georgeson	9	3	20	2	2.22	46	3	0	1	0
5.3 to Bharat Popli, . 8/2 25.6 to HR Cooper, . 64/3
Jacob Cumming	1	0	4	0	4.00	5	1	0	0	0
Toby Hart	15	2	68	1	4.53	63	10	1	2	0
78.3 to JH Brown, . 285/9
Jarrod McKay	18	5	71	2	3.94	75	7	3	1	0
53.3 to BR Hampton, . 199/5 59.4 to BJ Pomare, . 217/7
Ben Lockrose	11	2	71	2	6.45	37	12	1	0	0
36.1 to RR O'Donnell, . 93/4 76.6 to TJG Pringle, . 271/8
Jack Boyle	13	3	40	1	3.07	55	3	1	0	0
54.4 to KDC Clarke, . 200/6
Troy Johnson	2	1	2	0	1.00	10	0	0	0	0

Otago 2nd Innings (T: 354 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Jacob Cumming	c Hampton b Brown	57	94	133	9	0	60.63
Jack Boyle	c O'Donnell b Gibson	3	7	12	0	0	42.85
Tom Jones	c Hampton b Gibson	3	5	7	0	0	60.00
Thorn Parkes	b Gibson	0	7	9	0	0	0.00
Troy Johnson	c †Pomare b Gibson	2	6	8	0	0	33.33
Max Chu †	b Pringle	60	77	120	8	1	77.92
Luke Georgeson (c)	not out	49	171	216	6	1	28.65
Ben Lockrose	c Carter b Naylor	32	44	58	4	0	72.72
Danru Ferns	c Bharat Popli b Naylor	0	1	2	0	0	0.00
Jarrod McKay	c †Pomare b Cooper	0	69	98	0	0	0.00
Toby Hart	c †Pomare b Pringle	5	26	32	1	0	19.23
Extras	(b 17, lb 4, nb 3, w 5)	29
Total	84 Ov (RR: 2.85, 350 Mins)	240
Fall of wickets: 1-10 (Jack Boyle, 2.6 ov), 2-20 (Tom Jones, 4.2 ov), 3-20 (Thorn Parkes, 6.3 ov), 4-22 (Troy Johnson, 8.3 ov), 5-118 (Jacob Cumming, 30.2 ov), 6-142 (Max Chu, 35.5 ov), 7-203 (Ben Lockrose, 49.5 ov), 8-203 (Danru Ferns, 49.6 ov), 9-227 (Jarrod McKay, 76.1 ov), 10-240 (Toby Hart, 83.6 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Zak Gibson	15	6	42	4	2.80	72	5	0	0	1
2.6 to JCT Boyle, . 10/1 4.2 to TC Jones, . 20/2 6.3 to TK Parkes, . 20/3 8.3 to TM Johnson, . 22/4
James Naylor	10	3	34	2	3.40	44	4	0	1	0
49.5 to BNJ Lockrose, . 203/7 49.6 to DK Ferns, . 203/8
Brett Hampton	4	0	17	0	4.25	17	3	0	0	0
Henry Cooper	12	8	21	1	1.75	64	4	0	0	0
76.1 to JD McKay, . 227/9
Joshua Brown	11	0	40	1	3.63	45	4	0	4	2
30.2 to JM Cumming, . 118/5
Tim Pringle	25	11	51	2	2.04	123	6	1	0	0
35.5 to MW Chu, . 142/6 83.6 to TJ Hart, . 240/10
Jeet Raval	7	5	14	0	2.00	39	2	1	0	0

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Close of Play

Fri, 05 Dec - day 1 - Northern Dis 1st innings 313/7 (Kristian Clarke 21*, Tim Pringle 16*, 96 ov)

Sat, 06 Dec - day 2 - Otago 1st innings 223/6 (Luke Georgeson 62*, Ben Lockrose 35*, 83 ov)

Sun, 07 Dec - day 3 - Northern Dis 2nd innings 255/7 (Joe Carter 98*, Tim Pringle 16*, 74 ov)

Mon, 08 Dec - day 4 - Otago 2nd innings 240 (84 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

Day 1

Northern Districts 1st innings:
1st Wicket: 50 runs in 97 balls, 67 minutes, JA Raval 17 (48), HR Cooper 30 (49), 3 extras
Northern Districts: 50 runs in 15.5 overs, 67 minutes, 3 extras
HR Cooper: 50 runs in 83 balls, 113 minutes (9x4)
Lunch (12:52 to 13:30): Northern Districts - 96/0 in 33.0 overs, JA Raval 33 (100), HR Cooper 59 (100)
Northern Districts: 100 runs in 34.4 overs, 150 minutes, 4 extras
3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 130 balls, 88 minutes, B Popli 14 (57), JF Carter 37 (73), 0 extras
Northern Districts: 150 runs in 57.0 overs, 242 minutes, 4 extras
Tea (15:43 to 16:03): Northern Districts - 187/2 in 65.0 overs, B Popli 45 (97), JF Carter 45 (89)
B Popli: 50 runs in 100 balls, 131 minutes (5x4, 1x6)
JF Carter: 50 runs in 93 balls, 123 minutes (5x4)
Northern Districts: 200 runs in 66.2 overs, 278 minutes, 4 extras
New Ball Taken: Northern Districts - 246/3 after 80.0 overs, B Popli 72 (137), RR O'Donnell 22 (43), 7 extras
4th Wicket: 50 runs in 82 balls, 48 minutes, B Popli 21 (37), RR O'Donnell 26 (45), 3 extras
Northern Districts: 250 runs in 80.2 overs, 328 minutes, 7 extras
Northern Districts: 300 runs in 93.0 overs, 384 minutes, 7 extras
End of Day (18:06): Northern Districts - 313/7 in 96.0 overs, KDC Clarke 21 (34), TJG Pringle 16 (28)

Day 2

8th Wicket: 50 runs in 87 balls, 60 minutes, KDC Clarke 24 (47), TJG Pringle 25 (40), 1 extra
TJ Hart: 5 wickets (19.2-4-68-5)
End of 110 over bonus points: Northern Districts 346 (106.2) (Northern Districts 3 batting points, Otago 4 bowling points)
Otago 1st innings:
Otago: 50 runs in 18.5 overs, 80 minutes, 3 extras
Lunch (12:53 to 13:30): Otago - 53/3 in 20.0 overs, TK Parkes 16 (48), TM Johnson 15 (23)
Otago: 100 runs in 34.4 overs, 151 minutes, 6 extras
TM Johnson: 50 runs in 78 balls, 110 minutes (9x4)
Injury (15:04 to 15:07): Otago - 120/5 in 41.2 overs, TM Johnson 57 (100), LI Georgeson 9 (33)
6th Wicket: 50 runs in 89 balls, 65 minutes, TM Johnson 37 (56), LI Georgeson 9 (33), 4 extras
Injury (15:41 to 15:42): Otago - 142/6 in 49.2 overs, LI Georgeson 22 (55), BNJ Lockrose 0 (15)
Tea (15:45 to 16:04): Otago - 142/6 in 50.0 overs, LI Georgeson 22 (55), BNJ Lockrose 0 (19)
Otago: 150 runs in 52.1 overs, 228 minutes, 15 extras
7th Wicket: 50 runs in 146 balls, 95 minutes, LI Georgeson 22 (67), BNJ Lockrose 27 (79), 3 extras
LI Georgeson: 50 runs in 124 balls, 190 minutes (3x4, 1x6)
Otago: 200 runs in 72.5 overs, 307 minutes, 17 extras
End of Day (18:11): Otago - 223/6 in 83.0 overs, LI Georgeson 62 (160), BNJ Lockrose 35 (112)

Day 3

7th Wicket: 100 runs in 248 balls, 162 minutes, LI Georgeson 45 (122), BNJ Lockrose 47 (126), 8 extras
BNJ Lockrose: 50 runs in 134 balls, 178 minutes (9x4)
Otago: 250 runs in 90.4 overs, 379 minutes, 21 extras
Injury (11:20 to 11:22): Otago - 272/7 in 94.3 overs, LI Georgeson 72 (194), DK Ferns 0 (2)
Lunch (12:53 to 13:32): Northern Districts Men - 12/2 in 10.0 overs, HR Cooper 6 (26), JF Carter 4 (15)
Injury (13:36 to 13:38): Northern Districts Men - 13/2 in 10.5 overs, HR Cooper 6 (30), JF Carter 4 (16)
Northern Districts Men: 50 runs in 21.1 overs, 92 minutes, 2 extras
3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 112 balls, 82 minutes, HR Cooper 35 (66), JF Carter 14 (46), 3 extras
Drinks (14:40 to 14:43): Northern Districts Men - 60/2 in 25.0 overs, HR Cooper 41 (80), JF Carter 14 (51)
Tea (15:43 to 16:02): Northern Districts Men - 94/4 in 38.0 overs, JF Carter 27 (84), BR Hampton 0 (6)
Northern Districts Men: 100 runs in 39.0 overs, 177 minutes, 3 extras
5th Wicket: 50 runs in 61 balls, 42 minutes, JF Carter 23 (33), BR Hampton 29 (28), 1 extra
JF Carter: 50 runs in 115 balls, 185 minutes (7x4)
Northern Districts Men: 150 runs in 47.3 overs, 212 minutes, 5 extras
BR Hampton: 50 runs in 45 balls, 63 minutes (9x4, 1x6)
5th Wicket: 100 runs in 97 balls, 67 minutes, JF Carter 40 (50), BR Hampton 59 (47), 2 extras
Northern Districts Men: 200 runs in 54.0 overs, 241 minutes, 5 extras
Northern Districts Men: 250 runs in 68.5 overs, 298 minutes, 5 extras
End of Day (18:26): Northern Districts Men - 255/7 in 74.0 overs, JF Carter 98 (171), TJG Pringle 16 (62)

Match Details

Seddon Park, Hamilton
Toss	Otago, elected to field first
Series	Plunket Shield
Season	2025/26
Hours of play (local time)	10.30 start, Lunch 12.30-13.10, Tea 15.10-15.30, Close 17.30
Match days	5,6,7,8 December 2025 - day (4-day match)
ND Player Replacement	Substitute: James Naylor in, Kristian Clarke out (4th innings, 0.1 ov)
Umpires	Greg Pennell John Dempsey
Match Referee	Kevin Pulley
Points	Northern Districts 19, Otago 6

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Otago Innings

Player Name		R	B
JM Cumming	caught	57	94
JCT Boyle	caught	3	7
TC Jones	caught	3	5
TK Parkes	bowled	0	7
TM Johnson	caught	2	6
MW Chu	bowled	60	77
LI Georgeson	not out	49	171
BNJ Lockrose	caught	32	44
DK Ferns	caught	0	1
JD McKay	caught	0	69
TJ Hart	caught	5	26
Extras	(b 17, lb 4, nb 3, w 5)
Total	240(10 wkts; 84 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
ZN Gibson	15	6	42	4	2.8 (1 nb)
JJ Naylor	10	3	34	2	3.4
BR Hampton	4	0	17	0	4.25
HR Cooper	12	8	21	1	1.75
JH Brown	11	0	40	1	3.63 (2 nb)
TJG Pringle	25	11	51	2	2.04
JA Raval	7	5	14	0	2

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	10	Jack Boyle	Jacob Cumming
2nd	10	Jacob Cumming	Tom Jones
3rd	0	Jacob Cumming	Thorn Parkes
4th	2	Troy Johnson	Jacob Cumming
5th	96	Max Chu	Jacob Cumming
6th	24	Max Chu	Luke Georgeson
7th	61	Luke Georgeson	Ben Lockrose
8th	0	Danru Ferns	Luke Georgeson
9th	24	Luke Georgeson	Jarrod McKay
10th	13	Luke Georgeson	Toby Hart

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Plunket Shield

Team	M	W	L	D	PT
AUCK	4	2	1	1	49
CANT	4	2	1	1	48
ND	4	2	1	1	47
CD	4	2	1	1	40
OTAGO	4	1	1	2	40
WELL	4	0	4	0	18

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