Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Hamish Rutherford	c †Horne b Lister	14	46	71	2	0	30.43
Cam Hawkins	b Solia	47	58	78	8	1	81.03
Mitch Renwick	c RR O'Donnell b Lister	131	186	238	19	1	70.43
Brad Wilson	c Phillips b Brown	71	158	179	2	0	44.93
Anaru Kitchen	c †Horne b WT O'Donnell	20	27	33	3	0	74.07
Nathan Smith	lbw b Lister	15	26	31	1	1	57.69
Christi Viljoen	c Lister b Brown	56	122	176	7	2	45.90
Max Chu †	hit wicket b Somerville	41	117	197	7	0	35.04
Jacob Duffy (c)	c WT O'Donnell b Somerville	71	53	64	4	5	133.96
Matthew Bacon	c RR O'Donnell b Phillips	2	10	11	0	0	20.00
Warren Barnes	not out	5	16	19	1	0	31.25
Extras	(b 5, lb 4, w 1)	10
Total	136.3 Ov (RR: 3.53)	483
Fall of wickets: 1-63 (Hamish Rutherford, 17.1 ov), 2-63 (Cam Hawkins, 18.1 ov), 3-248 (Brad Wilson, 67.3 ov), 4-282 (Anaru Kitchen, 77.3 ov), 5-298 (Mitch Renwick, 82.1 ov), 6-307 (Nathan Smith, 84.4 ov), 7-398 (Christi Viljoen, 119.5 ov), 8-436 (Max Chu, 128.2 ov), 9-441 (Matthew Bacon, 131.2 ov), 10-483 (Jacob Duffy, 136.3 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD
Matt McEwan	17	4	69	0	4.05	-	-	-	0
Ben Lister	17	4	61	3	3.58	-	-	-	1
Jamie Brown	23	6	90	2	3.91	-	-	-	0
Sean Solia	18	4	50	1	2.77	-	-	-	0
William Somerville	42.3	10	113	2	2.65	-	-	-	0
Glenn Phillips	11	0	48	1	4.36	-	-	-	0
Robert O'Donnell	1	0	4	0	4.00	-	-	-	0
William O'Donnell	7	0	39	1	5.57	-	-	-	0

Auckland 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Graeme Beghin	c †Chu b Duffy	11	24	32	2	0	45.83
Sean Solia	b Smith	11	17	26	2	0	64.70
Glenn Phillips	c Rutherford b Smith	92	128	196	11	2	71.87
William O'Donnell	lbw b Duffy	3	12	18	0	0	25.00
Robert O'Donnell (c)	c †Chu b Viljoen	25	41	65	4	0	60.97
Finn Allen	c †Chu b Duffy	3	38	46	0	0	7.89
Ben Horne †	c Viljoen b Bacon	63	128	183	8	1	49.21
William Somerville	c †Chu b Bacon	22	60	77	3	0	36.66
Matt McEwan	lbw b Kitchen	0	6	7	0	0	0.00
Ben Lister	c Kitchen b Bacon	7	29	28	0	0	24.13
Jamie Brown	not out	2	5	10	0	0	40.00
Extras	(lb 5, nb 2, w 1)	8
Total	81 Ov (RR: 3.04, 346 Mins)	247
Fall of wickets: 1-23 (Sean Solia, 6.3 ov), 2-23 (Graeme Beghin, 7.2 ov), 3-37 (William O'Donnell, 11.4 ov), 4-100 (Robert O'Donnell, 26.4 ov), 5-119 (Finn Allen, 37.4 ov), 6-166 (Glenn Phillips, 51.3 ov), 7-220 (William Somerville, 70.1 ov), 8-221 (Matt McEwan, 71.4 ov), 9-240 (Ben Lister, 78.5 ov), 10-247 (Ben Horne, 80.6 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Nathan Smith	19	3	51	2	2.68	-	-	-	0	1
Jacob Duffy	20	3	63	3	3.15	-	-	-	0	1
Matthew Bacon	18	2	54	3	3.00	-	-	-	1	0
Warren Barnes	6	2	26	0	4.33	-	-	-	0	0
Christi Viljoen	10	3	30	1	3.00	-	-	-	0	0
Anaru Kitchen	8	1	18	1	2.25	-	-	-	0	0

Auckland 2nd Innings (Following on)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Graeme Beghin	c Bacon b Barnes	140	240	359	24	2	58.33
Sean Solia	b Bacon	81	202	262	15	0	40.09
Matt McEwan	c Rutherford b Bacon	53	58	61	5	3	91.37
Glenn Phillips	c sub (JJ Tasman-Jones) b Bacon	34	51	77	4	0	66.66
William O'Donnell	c Smith b Kitchen	26	53	78	3	0	49.05
Ben Horne †	not out	25	52	69	2	2	48.07
Finn Allen	not out	7	24	32	1	0	29.16
Extras	(b 4, lb 1, nb 1, w 1)	7
Total	113 Ov (RR: 3.30)	373/5
Did not bat: William Somerville, Robert O'Donnell (c), Ben Lister, Jamie Brown
Fall of wickets: 1-193 (Sean Solia, 65.4 ov), 2-267 (Matt McEwan, 79.4 ov), 3-302 (Graeme Beghin, 87.5 ov), 4-337 (Glenn Phillips, 96.1 ov), 5-348 (William O'Donnell, 104.5 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Jacob Duffy	15	5	43	0	2.86	-	-	-	0	0
Nathan Smith	15	7	28	0	1.86	-	-	-	0	1
Warren Barnes	16	1	78	1	4.87	-	-	-	1	0
Christi Viljoen	19	8	35	0	1.84	-	-	-	0	0
Matthew Bacon	22	8	81	3	3.68	-	-	-	0	0
Anaru Kitchen	19	4	75	1	3.94	-	-	-	0	0
Hamish Rutherford	6	0	28	0	4.66	-	-	-	0	0
Brad Wilson	1	1	0	0	0.00	-	-	-	0	0

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Sun, 17 Mar - day 1 - Otago 1st innings 320/6 (Christi Viljoen 9*, Max Chu 5*, 98 ov)

Mon, 18 Mar - day 2 - Auckland 1st innings 177/6 (Ben Horne 18*, William Somerville 7*, 55 ov)

Tue, 19 Mar - day 3 - Auckland 2nd innings 198/1 (Graeme Beghin 110*, Matt McEwan 2*, 69 ov)

Wed, 20 Mar - day 4 - Auckland 2nd innings 373/5 (113 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

Day 1

1st Wicket: 50 runs in 94 balls, 63 mins (HD Rutherford 12, CT Hawkins 37, extras 1)
Otago: 50 runs in 15.4 overs (94 balls, 63 mins, 1 extra)
Otago: 100 runs in 27.2 overs (164 balls, 116 mins, 2 extras)
3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 84 balls, 56 mins (M Renwick 36, BS Wilson 16, extras 1)
Lunch: Otago - 132/2 in 35.0 overs (M Renwick 49, BS Wilson 16)
M Renwick: 50 off 60 balls, 73 mins (8 x 4)
Otago: 150 runs in 40.5 overs (245 balls, 162 mins, 6 extras)
3rd Wicket: 100 runs in 155 balls, 96 mins (M Renwick 66, BS Wilson 30, extras 4)
Otago: 200 runs in 54.0 overs (324 balls, 216 mins, 7 extras)
BS Wilson: 50 off 125 balls, 146 mins (5 x 4, 2 x 6)
3rd Wicket: 150 runs in 235 balls, 148 mins (M Renwick 95, BS Wilson 52, extras 5)
M Renwick: 100 off 133 balls, 171 mins (15 x 4, 1 x 6)
Otago: 250 runs in 69.1 overs (415 balls, 264 mins, 7 extras)
Tea: Otago - 261/3 in 71.0 overs (M Renwick 113, AK Kitchen 9)
New Ball Taken: Otago - 291/4 after 80.0 overs (M Renwick 124, NG Smith 7)
Otago: 300 runs in 83.0 overs (498 balls, 314 mins, 8 extras)
End of Day: Otago - 320/6 in 98.0 overs (C Viljoen 9, MW Chu 5)

Day 2

Otago: 350 runs in 105.0 overs (630 balls, 417 mins, 9 extras)
7th Wicket: 50 runs in 131 balls, 104 mins (C Viljoen 38, MW Chu 13, extras 2)
Break in Play: Otago - 368/6 in 107.0 overs (C Viljoen 39, MW Chu 21)
Ball Change: Otago - 368/6 in 107.0 overs (C Viljoen 39, MW Chu 21)
C Viljoen: 50 off 92 balls, 131 mins (7 x 4, 2 x 6)
End of 110 over bonus points: Otago Volts 381/6 (Otago Volts 4 batting points, Auckland Aces 2 bowling points)
Injury: Otago - 398/6 in 118.5 overs (C Viljoen 56, MW Chu 34)
Otago : 400 runs in 120.5 overs (725 balls, 490 mins, 10 extras)
Lunch: Otago - 439/8 in 130.0 overs (JA Duffy 33, MB Bacon 1)
Otago: 450 runs in 133.2 overs (800 balls, 538 mins, 10 extras)
JA Duffy: 50 off 47 balls, 56 mins (3 x 4, 3 x 6)
Auckland 1st innings:
Auckland: 50 runs in 14.0 overs (84 balls, 62 mins, 1 extra)
Tea: Auckland - 81/3 in 23.0 overs (GD Phillips 33, RR O'Donnell 22)
4th Wicket: 50 runs in 75 balls, 55 mins (GD Phillips 29, RR O'Donnell 23, extras 0)
Auckland: 100 runs in 26.2 overs (158 balls, 114 mins, 1 extra)
GD Phillips: 50 off 71 balls, 96 mins (7 x 4)
Auckland: 150 runs in 45.0 overs (271 balls, 194 mins, 7 extras)
End of Day: Auckland - 177/6 in 55.0 overs (BJ Horne 18, WER Somerville 7)

Day 3

Injury: Auckland - 187/6 in 58.5 overs (BJ Horne 24, WER Somerville 11)
Auckland: 200 runs in 64.4 overs (389 balls, 278 mins, 7 extras)
7th Wicket: 50 runs in 108 balls, 74 mins (BJ Horne 27, WER Somerville 22, extras 1)
BJ Horne: 50 off 114 balls, 158 mins (7 x 4)
New Ball Taken: Auckland - 243/9 after 80.0 overs (BJ Horne 59, JA Brown 2)
Lunch: Auckland - 16/0 in 7.0 overs (GK Beghin 9, SM Solia 7)
1st Wicket: 50 runs in 78 balls, 51 mins (GK Beghin 29, SM Solia 21, extras 0)
Auckland: 50 runs in 13.0 overs (78 balls, 51 mins, 0 extras)
GK Beghin: 50 off 77 balls, 94 mins (11 x 4)
SM Solia: 50 off 68 balls, 101 mins (11 x 4)
1st Wicket: 100 runs in 151 balls, 103 mins (GK Beghin 50, SM Solia 52, extras 0)
Auckland: 100 runs in 25.1 overs (151 balls, 103 mins, 0 extras)
Tea: Auckland - 134/0 in 41.0 overs (GK Beghin 76, SM Solia 58)
1st Wicket: 150 runs in 272 balls, 171 mins (GK Beghin 81, SM Solia 69, extras 0)
Auckland: 150 runs in 45.2 overs (272 balls, 171 mins, 0 extras)
Injury: Auckland - 166/0 in 49.4 overs (GK Beghin 96, SM Solia 70)
GK Beghin: 100 off 160 balls, 203 mins (20 x 4, 1 x 6)
Drinks: Auckland - 192/0 in 58.0 overs (GK Beghin 107, SM Solia 80)
Break in Play: Auckland - 192/0 in 60.0 overs (GK Beghin 107, SM Solia 80)
End of Day: Auckland - 198/1 in 69.0 overs (GK Beghin 110, MB McEwan 2)

Day 4

Rain: Auckland - 198/1 in 69.0 overs (GK Beghin 110, MB McEwan 2)
Ground Delay: Auckland - 198/1 in 69.0 overs (GK Beghin 110, MB McEwan 2)
Hours of Play Day 4. 12-45pm to 2pm. 2-40pm to 4-40pm. 5pm to 7pm. 78 overs minimum
Auckland: 200 runs in 69.2 overs (417 balls, 278 mins, 5 extras)
2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 59 balls, 43 mins (GK Beghin 17, MB McEwan 34, extras 0)
Auckland: 250 runs in 76.1 overs (458 balls, 309 mins, 5 extras)
MB McEwan: 50 off 56 balls, 58 mins (5 x 4, 3 x 6)
New Ball Taken: Auckland - 268/2 after 80.0 overs (GK Beghin 128, GD Phillips 1)
Lunch: Auckland - 296/2 in 86.0 overs (GK Beghin 139, GD Phillips 18)
Auckland: 300 runs in 86.2 overs (519 balls, 353 mins, 5 extras)
Auckland: 350 runs in 106.3 overs (640 balls, 447 mins, 7 extras)
Tea: Auckland - 373/5 in 113.0 overs (BJ Horne 25, FH Allen 7)

Match Details

University Oval, Dunedin
Toss	Auckland, elected to field 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	17,18,19,20 March 2019 - day (4-day match)
FC debut	William O'Donnell
Umpires	Billy Bowden Shaun Haig
Match Referee	Gary Baxter
Points	Otago 8, Auckland 3

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Auckland Innings

Player Name		R	B
GK Beghin	caught	140	240
SM Solia	bowled	81	202
MB McEwan	caught	53	58
GD Phillips	caught	34	51
WT O'Donnell	caught	26	53
BJ Horne	not out	25	52
FH Allen	not out	7	24
Extras	(b 4, lb 1, nb 1, w 1)
Total	373(5 wkts; 113 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
JA Duffy	15	5	43	0	2.86
NG Smith	15	7	28	0	1.86 (1 nb)
WD Barnes	16	1	78	1	4.87
C Viljoen	19	8	35	0	1.84
MB Bacon	22	8	81	3	3.68
AK Kitchen	19	4	75	1	3.94
HD Rutherford	6	0	28	0	4.66
BS Wilson	1	1	0	0	0

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	193	Sean Solia	Graeme Beghin
2nd	74	Matt McEwan	Graeme Beghin
3rd	35	Glenn Phillips	Graeme Beghin
4th	35	Glenn Phillips	William O'Donnell
5th	11	Ben Horne	William O'Donnell
6th	25	Ben Horne	Finn Allen

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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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