Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Anton Devcich	lbw b Quinn	42	100	145	2	0	42.00
Daniel Flynn (c)	c de Grandhomme b Grobbelaar	25	30	47	5	0	83.33
Joe Carter	c Munro b Quinn	0	6	6	0	0	0.00
Daryl Mitchell	lbw b de Grandhomme	4	33	48	0	0	12.12
Bharat Popli	b Bates	2	24	29	0	0	8.33
BJ Watling †	lbw b Nethula	31	79	94	3	0	39.24
Mitchell Santner	c †B Cachopa b Grobbelaar	57	103	145	9	0	55.33
Scott Kuggeleijn	c Raval b Quinn	66	93	119	11	0	70.96
Ish Sodhi	run out (Grobbelaar)	2	2	4	0	0	100.00
Graeme Aldridge	c Grobbelaar b Bates	5	30	44	0	0	16.66
Tony Goodin	not out	0	3	6	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 4, lb 10, nb 5)	19
Total	83 Ov (RR: 3.04)	253
Fall of wickets: 1-39 (Daniel Flynn, 10.5 ov), 2-40 (Joe Carter, 11.6 ov), 3-66 (Daryl Mitchell, 23.3 ov), 4-80 (Bharat Popli, 30.5 ov), 5-82 (Anton Devcich, 33.4 ov), 6-154 (BJ Watling, 54.2 ov), 7-213 (Mitchell Santner, 68.4 ov), 8-215 (Ish Sodhi, 69.5 ov), 9-247 (Graeme Aldridge, 81.3 ov), 10-253 (Scott Kuggeleijn, 82.6 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Michael Bates	18	5	45	2	2.50	-	-	-	1
Matt Quinn	17	2	63	3	3.70	-	-	-	0
Donovan Grobbelaar	18	4	53	2	2.94	-	-	-	2
Colin de Grandhomme	20	10	34	1	1.70	-	-	-	0
Tarun Nethula	8.2	0	35	1	4.20	-	-	-	2
Rob Nicol	1.4	0	9	0	5.40	-	-	-	0

Auckland 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Jeet Raval	lbw b Aldridge	18	41	46	2	0	43.90
Rob Nicol (c)	c †Watling b Aldridge	1	8	7	0	0	12.50
Carl Cachopa	c Mitchell b Goodin	17	61	94	2	0	27.86
Anaru Kitchen	c Mitchell b Sodhi	53	114	156	6	0	46.49
Colin Munro	lbw b Santner	57	75	89	7	1	76.00
Colin de Grandhomme	b Santner	0	6	8	0	0	0.00
Brad Cachopa †	c Mitchell b Santner	67	157	158	10	0	42.67
Donovan Grobbelaar	not out	62	155	189	7	0	40.00
Tarun Nethula	c Sodhi b Aldridge	2	16	23	0	0	12.50
Michael Bates	c Mitchell b Aldridge	0	5	7	0	0	0.00
Matt Quinn	c †Watling b Aldridge	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 1, lb 1, nb 3, w 2)	7
Total	106 Ov (RR: 2.67)	284
Fall of wickets: 1-6 (Rob Nicol, 1.6 ov), 2-21 (Jeet Raval, 11.5 ov), 3-60 (Carl Cachopa, 25.4 ov), 4-147 (Colin Munro, 48.5 ov), 5-149 (Colin de Grandhomme, 50.2 ov), 6-149 (Anaru Kitchen, 51.1 ov), 7-261 (Brad Cachopa, 97.4 ov), 8-281 (Tarun Nethula, 103.5 ov), 9-284 (Michael Bates, 105.5 ov), 10-284 (Matt Quinn, 105.6 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Scott Kuggeleijn	19	4	51	0	2.68	-	-	-	1	3
Graeme Aldridge	19	5	52	5	2.73	-	-	-	0	0
Ish Sodhi	30	6	82	1	2.73	-	-	-	0	0
Tony Goodin	14	3	44	1	3.14	-	-	-	0	0
Mitchell Santner	22	7	51	3	2.31	-	-	-	0	0
Daryl Mitchell	2	0	2	0	1.00	-	-	-	1	0

Northern Districts 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Anton Devcich	c †B Cachopa b Quinn	64	97	122	8	0	65.97
Daniel Flynn (c)	c de Grandhomme b Nicol	30	67	100	4	0	44.77
Joe Carter	c & b Nethula	8	32	40	0	0	25.00
Daryl Mitchell	c Nicol b Bates	15	53	70	0	0	28.30
Bharat Popli	c de Grandhomme b Nicol	43	106	145	5	0	40.56
BJ Watling †	c †B Cachopa b de Grandhomme	45	104	128	3	0	43.26
Mitchell Santner	c †B Cachopa b Grobbelaar	0	10	12	0	0	0.00
Scott Kuggeleijn	lbw b Nethula	6	22	30	1	0	27.27
Ish Sodhi	b de Grandhomme	0	3	9	0	0	0.00
Graeme Aldridge	c Grobbelaar b Quinn	8	16	28	1	0	50.00
Tony Goodin	not out	1	25	25	0	0	4.00
Extras	(b 9, lb 3, nb 9)	21
Total	87.4 Ov (RR: 2.74)	241
Fall of wickets: 1-90 (Daniel Flynn, 23.3 ov), 2-109 (Anton Devcich, 29.5 ov), 3-116 (Joe Carter, 34.1 ov), 4-144 (Daryl Mitchell, 46.4 ov), 5-212 (Bharat Popli, 69.4 ov), 6-215 (Mitchell Santner, 72.5 ov), 7-231 (BJ Watling, 79.4 ov), 8-231 (Scott Kuggeleijn, 80.5 ov), 9-231 (Ish Sodhi, 81.1 ov), 10-241 (Graeme Aldridge, 87.4 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Michael Bates	15	4	44	1	2.93	-	-	-	0
Matt Quinn	12.4	4	31	2	2.44	-	-	-	0
Colin de Grandhomme	17	8	31	2	1.82	-	-	-	0
Donovan Grobbelaar	13	3	29	1	2.23	-	-	-	2
Tarun Nethula	23	4	73	2	3.17	-	-	-	7
Rob Nicol	7	1	21	2	3.00	-	-	-	0

Auckland 2nd Innings (T: 211 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Jeet Raval	c Kuggeleijn b Santner	90	172	230	14	0	52.32
Rob Nicol (c)	c Bharat Popli b Aldridge	7	42	54	1	0	16.66
Carl Cachopa	c Sodhi b Aldridge	52	94	118	8	1	55.31
Anaru Kitchen	b Sodhi	16	34	37	2	0	47.05
Colin Munro	c Kuggeleijn b Sodhi	20	20	23	1	1	100.00
Colin de Grandhomme	not out	0	11	15	0	0	0.00
Brad Cachopa †	not out	12	11	10	2	0	109.09
Extras	(b 6, lb 4, nb 1, w 3)	14
Total	63.5 Ov (RR: 3.30)	211/5
Did not bat: Donovan Grobbelaar, Tarun Nethula, Michael Bates, Matt Quinn
Fall of wickets: 1-25 (Rob Nicol, 13.6 ov), 2-127 (Carl Cachopa, 44.4 ov), 3-168 (Anaru Kitchen, 54.3 ov), 4-195 (Jeet Raval, 59.3 ov), 5-199 (Colin Munro, 60.4 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Graeme Aldridge	14	4	33	2	2.35	-	-	-	2	0
Scott Kuggeleijn	8	5	23	0	2.87	-	-	-	0	1
Ish Sodhi	21	6	72	2	3.42	-	-	-	1	0
Mitchell Santner	18.5	4	59	1	3.13	-	-	-	0	0
Tony Goodin	2	0	14	0	7.00	-	-	-	0	0

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Thu, 23 Oct - day 1 - Northern Dis 1st innings 244/8 (Scott Kuggeleijn 60*, Graeme Aldridge 3*, 80 ov)

Fri, 24 Oct - day 2 - Auckland 1st innings 261/7 (Donovan Grobbelaar 41*, Tarun Nethula 0*, 99 ov)

Sat, 25 Oct - day 3 - Auckland 2nd innings 8/0 (Jeet Raval 3*, Rob Nicol 0*, 10 ov)

Sun, 26 Oct - day 4 - Auckland 2nd innings 211/5 (63.5 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

General

Day 1

Northern Districts 1st innings
Drinks: Northern Districts - 49/2 in 16.0 overs (AP Devcich 19, DJ Mitchell 0)
Northern Districts: 50 runs in 16.2 overs (98 balls), Extras 5
Lunch: Northern Districts - 82/4 in 33.0 overs (AP Devcich 42, BJ Watling 1)
Northern Districts: 100 runs in 36.1 overs (219 balls), Extras 9
6th Wicket: 50 runs in 79 balls (BJ Watling 24, MJ Santner 23, Ex 5)
Drinks: Northern Districts - 146/5 in 50.0 overs (BJ Watling 29, MJ Santner 31)
Northern Districts: 150 runs in 50.4 overs (307 balls), Extras 14
TS Nethula injured during over 57. Replaced after 57.2 by RJ Nicol
MJ Santner: 50 off 77 balls (8 x 4)
Northern Districts: 200 runs in 63.3 overs (385 balls), Extras 16
Tea: Northern Districts - 203/6 in 65.0 overs (MJ Santner 52, SC Kuggeleijn 31)
7th Wicket: 50 runs in 75 balls (MJ Santner 16, SC Kuggeleijn 31, Ex 3)
SC Kuggeleijn: 50 off 81 balls (9 x 4)
Rain: Northern Districts - 244/8 in 80.0 overs (SC Kuggeleijn 60, GW Aldridge 3)
Play abandoned for the day at 5.30pm. Play to recommence at 10.00am on

Day 2

End Of Day: Northern Districts - 244/8 in 80.0 overs (SC Kuggeleijn 60, GW Aldridge 3)
Day 2 session times: 10.00am - 12.30pm, 1.10pm - 3.30pm, 3.50pm - 6.00pm
Northern Districts: 250 runs in 82.1 overs (498 balls), Extras 19
Auckland 1st innings
Rain: Auckland - 21/1 in 10.3 overs (JA Raval 18, Carl Cachopa 2)
Auckland: 50 runs in 23.4 overs (142 balls), Extras 0
Lunch: Auckland - 64/3 in 31.0 overs (AK Kitchen 27, C Munro 1)
Auckland: 100 runs in 37.3 overs (227 balls), Extras 2
4th Wicket: 50 runs in 92 balls (AK Kitchen 19, C Munro 31, Ex 3)
C Munro: 50 off 66 balls (7 x 4)
AK Kitchen: 50 off 108 balls (6 x 4)
Drinks: Auckland - 147/4 in 48.5 overs (AK Kitchen 51)
Auckland: 150 runs in 51.3 overs (311 balls), Extras 3
Tea: Auckland - 190/6 in 70.0 overs (B Cachopa 25, DJ Grobbelaar 14)
Rain: Auckland - 190/6 in 70.0 overs (B Cachopa 25, DJ Grobbelaar 14)
3rd Session time now 4.50pm - 6.30pm
Auckland: 200 runs in 77.6 overs (470 balls), Extras 5
7th Wicket: 50 runs in 161 balls (B Cachopa 31, DJ Grobbelaar 20, Ex 2)
New Ball Taken: Auckland 202/6 at 80.1 overs (B Cachopa 31, DJ Grobbelaar 20)
B Cachopa: 50 off 130 balls (7 x 4)
7th Wicket: 100 runs in 254 balls (B Cachopa 63, DJ Grobbelaar 33, Ex 4)
Auckland: 250 runs in 95.2 overs (575 balls), Extras 7
End Of Day: Auckland - 261/7 in 99.0 overs (DJ Grobbelaar 41, TS Nethula 0)

Day 3

Day 3 session times: 10.00am - 12.30pm, 1.10pm - 3.30pm, 3.50pm - 6.00pm
DJ Grobbelaar: 50 off 138 balls (5 x 4)
Northern Districts 2nd innings
Northern Districts: 50 runs in 11.3 overs (69 balls), Extras 5
1st Wicket: 50 runs in 69 balls (AP Devcich 27, DR Flynn 19, Ex 5)
Drinks: Northern Districts - 57/0 in 12.0 overs (AP Devcich 29, DR Flynn 19)
AP Devcich: 50 off 74 balls (6 x 4)
Lunch: Northern Districts - 96/1 in 27.0 overs (AP Devcich 52, JF Carter 2)
Northern Districts: 100 runs in 28.1 overs (170 balls), Extras 12
Drinks: Northern Districts - 141/3 in 45.0 overs (DJ Mitchell 13, Bharat Popli 11)
Northern Districts: 150 runs in 47.5 overs (292 balls), Extras 16
Tea: Northern Districts - 183/4 in 62.0 overs (Bharat Popli 29, BJ Watling 20)
5th Wicket: 50 runs in 109 balls (Bharat Popli 21, BJ Watling 27, Ex 3)
Northern Districts: 200 runs in 67.2 overs (411 balls), Extras 19
Drinks: Northern Districts - 231/7 in 79.4 overs (SC Kuggeleijn 6)
New Ball Taken: Northern Districts 241/9 at 87.1 overs (GW Aldridge 8, TC Goodin 1)
Auckland 2nd innnings
End Of Day: Auckland - 8/0 in 10.0 overs (JA Raval 3, RJ Nicol 0)

Day 4

Day 4 session times: 10.00am - 12.30pm, 1.10pm - 3.30pm, 3.50pm - 6.00pm
Auckland: 50 runs in 26.2 overs (159 balls), Extras 5
2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 87 balls (JA Raval 32, Carl Cachopa 19, Ex 0)
Drinks: Auckland - 76/1 in 29.0 overs (JA Raval 45, Carl Cachopa 19)
JA Raval: 50 off 95 balls (10 x 4)
Auckland: 100 runs in 36.5 overs (222 balls), Extras 9
Carl Cachopa: 50 off 92 balls (8 x 4, 1 x 6)
2nd Wicket: 100 runs in 180 balls (JA Raval 44, Carl Cachopa 52, Ex 4)
Lunch: Auckland - 136/2 in 49.0 overs (JA Raval 65, AK Kitchen 2)
Auckland: 150 runs in 51.2 overs (309 balls), Extras 10
Auckland: 200 runs in 61.2 overs (369 balls), Extras 14

Match Details

Cobham Oval (New), Whangarei
Toss	Northern Districts, elected to bat first
Series	Plunket Shield
Season	2014/15
Match days	23,24,25,26 October 2014 - day (4-day match)
Umpires	Barry Frost Gary Baxter
Match Referee	George Morris
Points	Auckland 17, Northern Districts 5

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Auckland Innings

Player Name		R	B
JA Raval	caught	90	172
RJ Nicol	caught	7	42
Carl Cachopa	caught	52	94
AK Kitchen	bowled	16	34
C Munro	caught	20	20
C de Grandhomme	not out	0	11
B Cachopa	not out	12	11
Extras	(b 6, lb 4, nb 1, w 3)
Total	211(5 wkts; 63.5 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
GW Aldridge	14	4	33	2	2.35
SC Kuggeleijn	8	5	23	0	2.87 (1 nb)
IS Sodhi	21	6	72	2	3.42
MJ Santner	18.5	4	59	1	3.13
TC Goodin	2	0	14	0	7

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	25	Rob Nicol	Jeet Raval
2nd	102	Carl Cachopa	Jeet Raval
3rd	41	Jeet Raval	Anaru Kitchen
4th	27	Colin Munro	Jeet Raval
5th	4	Colin de Grandhomme	Colin Munro
6th	12	Colin de Grandhomme	Brad Cachopa

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Plunket Shield

Team	M	W	L	D	PT
CANT	10	6	4	0	122
AUCK	10	5	4	1	115
OTAGO	10	4	4	2	99
ND	10	4	4	2	98
WELL	10	4	4	2	93
CD	10	2	5	3	69

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