Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Bharat Popli	c †Cleaver b McCone	10	34	63	0	0	29.41
Henry Cooper	c †Cleaver b Tickner	36	62	80	6	0	58.06
Dean Brownlie (c)	b McCone	13	26	40	2	0	50.00
Joe Carter	c †Cleaver b Tickner	11	9	16	2	0	122.22
Tim Seifert †	c & b Patel	10	24	25	2	0	41.66
Daryl Mitchell	b Patel	26	62	105	5	0	41.93
Mitchell Santner	lbw b Rance	10	19	26	1	1	52.63
Scott Kuggeleijn	c Smith b Patel	37	65	77	6	0	56.92
Brett Hampton	not out	9	15	22	1	0	60.00
Ish Sodhi	c Noema-Barnett b Bracewell	0	2	4	0	0	0.00
James Baker	lbw b Bracewell	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
Extras	(lb 1, nb 1, w 3)	5
Total	53 Ov (RR: 3.15, 232 Mins)	167
Fall of wickets: 1-33 (Bharat Popli, 14.1 ov), 2-49 (Henry Cooper, 17.5 ov), 3-71 (Joe Carter, 21.1 ov), 4-72 (Dean Brownlie, 22.4 ov), 5-87 (Tim Seifert, 26.6 ov), 6-102 (Mitchell Santner, 33.2 ov), 7-152 (Daryl Mitchell, 47.3 ov), 8-165 (Scott Kuggeleijn, 51.6 ov), 9-167 (Ish Sodhi, 52.5 ov), 10-167 (James Baker, 52.6 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Doug Bracewell	15	4	31	2	2.06	-	-	-	1	1
Seth Rance	11	2	34	1	3.09	-	-	-	1	0
Ryan McCone	12	3	42	2	3.50	-	-	-	0	0
Blair Tickner	9	0	33	2	3.66	-	-	-	1	0
Ajaz Patel	6	1	26	3	4.33	-	-	-	0	0

Central Districts 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
George Worker	c Hampton b Kuggeleijn	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
Greg Hay (c)	run out (Santner)	52	100	143	8	0	52.00
Ben Smith	lbw b Sodhi	35	57	78	5	0	61.40
Tom Bruce	c †Seifert b Kuggeleijn	26	43	49	3	0	60.46
Dane Cleaver †	c Mitchell b Sodhi	17	66	92	3	0	25.75
Ajaz Patel	c Kuggeleijn b Santner	42	76	100	9	0	55.26
Kieran Noema-Barnett	b Sodhi	0	6	9	0	0	0.00
Doug Bracewell	b Santner	5	13	19	1	0	38.46
Ryan McCone	st †Seifert b Sodhi	1	27	35	0	0	3.70
Seth Rance	b Santner	19	18	22	3	0	105.55
Blair Tickner	not out	2	3	6	0	0	66.66
Extras	(b 5, lb 8, nb 3, w 1)	17
Total	67.5 Ov (RR: 3.18, 279 Mins)	216
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (George Worker, 0.1 ov), 2-69 (Ben Smith, 17.1 ov), 3-113 (Tom Bruce, 30.6 ov), 4-122 (Greg Hay, 34.4 ov), 5-176 (Dane Cleaver, 53.4 ov), 6-184 (Kieran Noema-Barnett, 55.4 ov), 7-186 (Ajaz Patel, 58.6 ov), 8-194 (Doug Bracewell, 60.2 ov), 9-214 (Seth Rance, 66.4 ov), 10-216 (Ryan McCone, 67.5 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Scott Kuggeleijn	14	2	61	2	4.35	-	-	-	1	1
James Baker	4	0	17	0	4.25	-	-	-	0	1
Brett Hampton	6	2	20	0	3.33	-	-	-	0	1
Daryl Mitchell	3	1	16	0	5.33	-	-	-	0	0
Ish Sodhi	26.5	11	62	4	2.31	-	-	-	0	0
Mitchell Santner	14	3	27	3	1.92	-	-	-	0	0

Northern Districts 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Henry Cooper	lbw b Bracewell	12	28	34	2	0	42.85
Bharat Popli	c †Cleaver b Rance	5	8	14	1	0	62.50
Joe Carter	c †Cleaver b McCone	33	49	75	6	0	67.34
Tim Seifert †	c Bruce b McCone	6	28	34	1	0	21.42
Dean Brownlie (c)	c †Cleaver b Patel	20	73	87	4	0	27.39
Daryl Mitchell	c †Cleaver b McCone	41	152	190	4	1	26.97
Mitchell Santner	c †Cleaver b McCone	33	104	135	3	1	31.73
Scott Kuggeleijn	not out	33	85	127	2	1	38.82
Brett Hampton	lbw b Rance	5	23	29	1	0	21.73
Ish Sodhi	c McCone b Patel	19	43	57	3	0	44.18
James Baker	b McCone	7	30	28	1	0	23.33
Extras	(nb 7, w 1)	8
Total	102.4 Ov (RR: 2.16)	222
Fall of wickets: 1-15 (Bharat Popli, 3.2 ov), 2-26 (Henry Cooper, 8.2 ov), 3-55 (Tim Seifert, 15.5 ov), 4-75 (Joe Carter, 20.3 ov), 5-92 (Dean Brownlie, 39.6 ov), 6-155 (Daryl Mitchell, 70.6 ov), 7-158 (Mitchell Santner, 74.1 ov), 8-165 (Brett Hampton, 81.3 ov), 9-207 (Ish Sodhi, 95.3 ov), 10-222 (James Baker, 102.4 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Doug Bracewell	20	6	63	1	3.15	-	-	-	1	4
Seth Rance	14	4	39	2	2.78	-	-	-	0	3
Ajaz Patel	36	17	49	2	1.36	-	-	-	0	0
Ryan McCone	24.4	10	47	5	1.90	-	-	-	0	0
Blair Tickner	6	1	20	0	3.33	-	-	-	0	0
George Worker	2	1	4	0	2.00	-	-	-	0	0

Central Districts 2nd Innings (T: 174 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
George Worker	c †Seifert b Kuggeleijn	26	100	123	2	1	26.00
Greg Hay (c)	c Mitchell b Sodhi	59	163	183	7	0	36.19
Will Young	c Mitchell b Santner	3	34	47	0	0	8.82
Tom Bruce	st †Seifert b Sodhi	16	23	39	2	1	69.56
Dane Cleaver †	c †Seifert b Sodhi	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
Kieran Noema-Barnett	c Hampton b Kuggeleijn	22	28	40	3	1	78.57
Doug Bracewell	not out	17	42	68	1	1	40.47
Ryan McCone	c Bharat Popli b Santner	2	5	8	0	0	40.00
Seth Rance	c Kuggeleijn b Sodhi	16	9	8	1	2	177.77
Ajaz Patel	c †Seifert b Sodhi	4	20	23	1	0	20.00
Blair Tickner	not out	1	8	12	0	0	12.50
Extras	(b 7, lb 1)	8
Total	72.1 Ov (RR: 2.41)	174/9
Fall of wickets: 1-65 (George Worker, 33.6 ov), 2-87 (Will Young, 47.3 ov), 3-95 (Greg Hay, 50.2 ov), 4-95 (Dane Cleaver, 50.3 ov), 5-124 (Tom Bruce, 56.3 ov), 6-136 (Kieran Noema-Barnett, 59.4 ov), 7-138 (Ryan McCone, 61.1 ov), 8-155 (Seth Rance, 62.5 ov), 9-165 (Ajaz Patel, 68.6 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Scott Kuggeleijn	11	3	33	2	3.00	-	-	-
James Baker	2	0	2	0	1.00	-	-	-
Mitchell Santner	25	7	53	2	2.12	-	-	-
Ish Sodhi	30.1	8	77	5	2.55	-	-	-
Henry Cooper	3	3	0	0	0.00	-	-	-
Daryl Mitchell	1	0	1	0	1.00	-	-	-

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Close of Play

Sat, 09 Mar - day 1 - Central D 1st innings 142/4 (Dane Cleaver 7*, Ajaz Patel 12*, 41 ov)

Sun, 10 Mar - day 2 - Northern Dis 2nd innings 155/5 (Daryl Mitchell 41*, Mitchell Santner 30*, 69 ov)

Mon, 11 Mar - day 3 - Central D 2nd innings 174/9 (72.1 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

Day 1

Northern Districts 1st innings:
Northern Districts: 50 runs in 18.1 overs (109 balls, 82 mins, 1 extra)
Northern Districts: 100 runs in 31.4 overs (190 balls, 141 mins, 3 extras)
Lunch: Northern Districts - 101/5 in 32.0 overs (DJ Mitchell 8, MJ Santner 10)
Northern Districts: 150 runs in 47.1 overs (283 balls, 207 mins, 4 extras)
7th Wicket: 50 runs in 84 balls, 59 mins (DJ Mitchell 17, SC Kuggeleijn 32, extras 1)
End of 110 over bonus points: Northern Districts 167 (53) (Northern Districts 0 batting points, Central Stags 4 bowling points)
Central Districts 1st innings:
Tea: Central Districts - 19/1 in 6.0 overs (GR Hay 13, BS Smith 4)
2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 75 balls, 56 mins (GR Hay 15, BS Smith 28, extras 8)
Central Districts: 50 runs in 12.2 overs (76 balls, 57 mins, 8 extras)
Central Districts: 100 runs in 27.4 overs (168 balls, 113 mins, 9 extras)
GR Hay: 50 off 94 balls, 135 mins (8 x 4)
End of Day: Central Districts - 142/4 in 41.0 overs (D Cleaver 7, AY Patel 12)

Day 2

Central Districts: 150 runs in 43.4 overs (265 balls, 181 mins, 14 extras)
5th Wicket: 50 runs in 90 balls, 61 mins (D Cleaver 17, AY Patel 28, extras 5)
Central Districts: 200 runs in 60.4 overs (367 balls, 252 mins, 17 extras)
End of 110 over bonus points: Central Stags 216 (67.5) (Central Stags 1 batting point, Northern Districts 4 bowling points)
Northern Districts 2nd innings:
Lunch: Northern Districts - 25/1 in 6.0 overs (HR Cooper 12, JF Carter 7)
Northern Districts: 50 runs in 15.0 overs (95 balls, 64 mins, 6 extras)
Tea: Northern Districts - 92/4 in 39.0 overs (DG Brownlie 20, DJ Mitchell 9)
Northern Districts: 100 runs in 44.3 overs (273 balls, 176 mins, 7 extras)
WA Young replaced BS Smith after tea on Day 2 after being released from New Zealand test squad.
6th Wicket: 50 runs in 134 balls, 88 mins (DJ Mitchell 28, MJ Santner 26, extras 0)
Northern Districts: 150 runs in 64.0 overs (390 balls, 251 mins, 7 extras)
End of Day: Northern Districts - 155/5 in 69.0 overs (DJ Mitchell 41, MJ Santner 30)

Day 3

New Ball Taken: Northern Districts - 165/7 after 80.0 overs (SC Kuggeleijn 2, BR Hampton 5)
Northern Districts: 200 runs in 92.1 overs (560 balls, 366 mins, 8 extras)
RJ McCone: 5 wickets (24.4-10-47-5)
Central Districts 2nd innings:
Lunch: Central Districts - 0/0
1st Wicket: 50 runs in 149 balls, 89 mins (GH Worker 15, GR Hay 34, extras 1)
Central Districts: 50 runs in 24.5 overs (149 balls, 89 mins, 1 extra)
Tea: Central Districts - 71/1 in 38.0 overs (GR Hay 44, WA Young 0)
GR Hay: 50 off 138 balls, 154 mins (6 x 4)
Central Districts: 100 runs in 52.0 overs (312 balls, 192 mins, 6 extras)
Central Districts: 150 runs in 62.3 overs (375 balls, 241 mins, 6 extras)
Extra half an hour claimed to get a result.
IS Sodhi: 5 wickets (29-8-75-5)

Match Details

McLean Park, Napier
Toss	Northern Districts, elected to bat first
Series	Plunket Shield
Season	2018/19
Hours of play (local time)	10.30am start, Lunch 12.30-1.10pm, Tea 3.10-3.30pm, Close 5.30pm
Match days	9,10,11 March 2019 - day (4-day match)
CD Player Replacement	Substitute: Will Young in, Ben Smith out (3rd innings, 68.6 ov)
Umpires	Ashley Mehrotra Tim Parlane
Match Referee	Ross Dykes
Points	Central Districts 17, Northern Districts 4

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Central D Innings

Player Name		R	B
GH Worker	caught	26	100
GR Hay	caught	59	163
WA Young	caught	3	34
TC Bruce	stumped	16	23
D Cleaver	caught	0	1
K Noema-Barnett	caught	22	28
DAJ Bracewell	not out	17	42
RJ McCone	caught	2	5
SHA Rance	caught	16	9
AY Patel	caught	4	20
BM Tickner	not out	1	8
Extras	(b 7, lb 1)
Total	174(9 wkts; 72.1 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
SC Kuggeleijn	11	3	33	2	3
JD Baker	2	0	2	0	1
MJ Santner	25	7	53	2	2.12
IS Sodhi	30.1	8	77	5	2.55
HR Cooper	3	3	0	0	0
DJ Mitchell	1	0	1	0	1

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	65	Greg Hay	George Worker
2nd	22	Greg Hay	Will Young
3rd	8	Greg Hay	Tom Bruce
4th	0	Dane Cleaver	Tom Bruce
5th	29	Kieran Noema-Barnett	Tom Bruce
6th	12	Kieran Noema-Barnett	Doug Bracewell
7th	2	Ryan McCone	Doug Bracewell
8th	17	Doug Bracewell	Seth Rance
9th	10	Doug Bracewell	Ajaz Patel
10th	9	Doug Bracewell	Blair Tickner

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Plunket Shield

Team	M	W	L	D	PT
CD	8	5	2	1	106
CANT	8	4	2	1	93
AUCK	8	3	2	3	77
ND	8	3	2	3	72
WELL	8	1	3	3	62
OTAGO	8	1	6	1	41

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