Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Tim McIntosh	c Ellis b Johnston	54	119	160	4	0	45.37
Neal Parlane	lbw b Ellis	24	40	57	2	1	60.00
Andrew de Boorder	c Lonsdale b Ellis	0	5	12	0	0	0.00
Anaru Kitchen	b Ellis	76	131	188	7	1	58.01
Gareth Hopkins (c)†	c Astle b Ellis	70	96	124	5	0	72.91
Colin de Grandhomme	c †Young b Johnston	125	163	204	11	1	76.68
Colin Munro	lbw b Astle	75	140	185	5	1	53.57
Bruce Martin	not out	0	4	6	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 1, lb 9, nb 11, w 7)	28
Total	114.3 Ov (RR: 3.94)	452/7d
Did not bat Mitchell McClenaghan, Michael Bates, Bhupinder Singh
Fall of wickets 1-40 (Neal Parlane, 13.4 ov), 2-49 (Andrew de Boorder, 15.5 ov), 3-114 (Tim McIntosh, 37.3 ov), 4-228 (Anaru Kitchen, 61.4 ov), 5-250 (Gareth Hopkins, 67.1 ov), 6-452 (Colin de Grandhomme, 113.2 ov), 7-452 (Colin Munro, 114.3 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Willie Lonsdale	20	2	64	0	3.20	-	0	3
Ed Nuttall	14	2	46	0	3.28	-	3	2
Andrew Ellis	26	3	115	4	4.42	-	2	6
Tim Johnston	28	2	99	2	3.53	-	0	0
Todd Astle	26.3	0	118	1	4.45	-	0	0

Canterbury 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Rob Nicol	c †Hopkins b de Grandhomme	64	247	283	3	1	25.91
George Worker	b Bates	6	13	17	0	0	46.15
Peter Fulton (c)	c †Hopkins b McClenaghan	87	241	312	8	1	36.09
Shanan Stewart	c de Grandhomme b Martin	49	98	154	4	1	50.00
Tom Latham	b Bhupinder Singh	59	94	144	9	0	62.76
Reece Young †	c Parlane b Martin	12	16	24	2	0	75.00
Andrew Ellis	not out	52	67	76	3	3	77.61
Todd Astle	not out	16	52	64	2	0	30.76
Extras	(b 6, lb 10, nb 2)	18
Total	137.4 Ov (RR: 2.63)	363/6d
Did not bat Willie Lonsdale, Ed Nuttall, Tim Johnston
Fall of wickets 1-10 (George Worker, 3.6 ov), 2-162 (Rob Nicol, 76.5 ov), 3-177 (Peter Fulton, 87.5 ov), 4-264 (Shanan Stewart, 110.5 ov), 5-290 (Reece Young, 116.4 ov), 6-306 (Tom Latham, 119.3 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	NB
Mitchell McClenaghan	29	9	64	1	2.20	-	0
Michael Bates	17	3	40	1	2.35	-	2
Bruce Martin	38	12	104	2	2.73	-	0
Colin Munro	10	4	27	0	2.70	-	0
Bhupinder Singh	28.4	6	77	1	2.68	-	0
Colin de Grandhomme	11	3	22	1	2.00	-	0
Tim McIntosh	2	1	4	0	2.00	-	0
Andrew de Boorder	2	0	9	0	4.50	-	0

Auckland 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Tim McIntosh	not out	142	214	261	15	2	66.35
Neal Parlane	lbw b Lonsdale	0	7	8	0	0	0.00
Andrew de Boorder	c & b Lonsdale	0	3	3	0	0	0.00
Anaru Kitchen	c Ellis b Astle	100	182	212	11	2	54.94
Colin de Grandhomme	c & b Worker	23	25	34	2	1	92.00
Extras	(b 3, lb 2, nb 1)	6
Total	71.5 Ov (RR: 3.77)	271/4d
Did not bat Gareth Hopkins (c)†, Colin Munro, Bruce Martin, Mitchell McClenaghan, Michael Bates, Bhupinder Singh
Fall of wickets 1-9 (Neal Parlane, 2.2 ov), 2-9 (Andrew de Boorder, 2.5 ov), 3-220 (Anaru Kitchen, 62.2 ov), 4-271 (Colin de Grandhomme, 71.5 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	NB
Willie Lonsdale	7	1	27	2	3.85	-	0
Ed Nuttall	5	1	15	0	3.00	-	1
Andrew Ellis	4	0	17	0	4.25	-	0
Tim Johnston	14	3	56	0	4.00	-	0
Todd Astle	23	3	72	1	3.13	-	0
George Worker	17.5	2	77	1	4.31	-	0
Tom Latham	1	0	2	0	2.00	-	0

Canterbury 2nd Innings (T: 361 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Rob Nicol	c & b Bhupinder Singh	59	107	149	4	3	55.14
George Worker	c McIntosh b Bhupinder Singh	74	120	172	10	0	61.66
Peter Fulton (c)	lbw b Martin	0	3	4	0	0	0.00
Shanan Stewart	not out	24	59	76	3	0	40.67
Tom Latham	c McIntosh b Martin	25	36	41	4	0	69.44
Reece Young †	not out	5	11	16	1	0	45.45
Extras	(b 2)	2
Total	56 Ov (RR: 3.37)	189/4
Did not bat Andrew Ellis, Todd Astle, Willie Lonsdale, Ed Nuttall, Tim Johnston
Fall of wickets 1-128 (Rob Nicol, 34.5 ov), 2-129 (Peter Fulton, 35.3 ov), 3-143 (George Worker, 40.4 ov), 4-182 (Tom Latham, 51.6 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s
Mitchell McClenaghan	9	1	35	0	3.88	-
Michael Bates	7	0	23	0	3.28	-
Bruce Martin	24	3	92	2	3.83	-
Bhupinder Singh	16	6	37	2	2.31	-

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Close of Play

Mon, 26 Mar

day 1 - Auckland 1st innings 372/5 (Colin de Grandhomme 81*, Colin Munro 42*, 97 ov)

Tue, 27 Mar

day 2 - Canterbury 1st innings 170/2 (Peter Fulton 83*, Shanan Stewart 1*, 84 ov)

Wed, 28 Mar

day 3 - Auckland 2nd innings 151/2 (Tim McIntosh 79*, Anaru Kitchen 71*, 43 ov)

Thu, 29 Mar

day 4 - Canterbury 2nd innings 189/4 (56 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

General

Day 1

Auckland 1st innings

Auckland: 50 runs in 16.1 overs (102 balls), Extras 8

Auckland: 100 runs in 31.2 overs (193 balls), Extras 8

TG McIntosh: 50 off 101 balls (4 x 4)

Lunch: Auckland - 103/2 in 33.0 overs (TG McIntosh 52, AK Kitchen 19)

Auckland: 150 runs in 45.2 overs (277 balls), Extras 9

AK Kitchen: 50 off 95 balls (5 x 4)

Auckland: 200 runs in 55.2 overs (337 balls), Extras 10

GJ Hopkins: 50 off 63 balls (5 x 4)

Tea: Auckland - 246/4 in 65.0 overs (GJ Hopkins 67, C de Grandhomme 7)

Auckland: 250 runs in 66.1 overs (403 balls), Extras 18

Auckland: 300 runs in 80.1 overs (489 balls), Extras 24

New Ball Taken: Auckland 323/5 after 86.1 overs (C de Grandhomme 49, C Munro 26)

C de Grandhomme: 50 off 86 balls (4 x 4)

Auckland: 350 runs in 92.6 overs (566 balls), Extras 24

End Of Day: Auckland - 372/5 in 97.0 overs (C de Grandhomme 81, C Munro 42)

Day 2

C Munro: 50 off 94 balls (4 x 4)

Auckland: 400 runs in 101.5 overs (622 balls), Extras 27

6th Wicket: 150 runs in 213 balls (C de Grandhomme 79, C Munro 63, Ex 9)

C de Grandhomme: 100 off 140 balls (9 x 4, 1 x 6)

End of bonus points at 110 overs: AUCKLAND ACES - 443/5

: 450 runs in 112.4 overs (687 balls), Extras 28

6th Wicket: 200 runs in 278 balls (C de Grandhomme 116, C Munro 75, Ex 10)

Canterbury 1st innings:

* Lunch: Canterbury - 28/1 in 15.0 overs (RJ Nicol 10, PG Fulton 8)

Canterbury: 50 runs in 21.2 overs (128 balls), Extras 6

2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 155 balls (RJ Nicol 23, PG Fulton 23, Ex 4)

Canterbury: 100 runs in 46.4 overs (280 balls), Extras 6

Tea: Canterbury - 108/1 in 52.0 overs (RJ Nicol 47, PG Fulton 45)

2nd Wicket: 100 runs in 291 balls (RJ Nicol 47, PG Fulton 45, Ex 8)

RJ Nicol: 50 off 187 balls (2 x 4, 1 x 6)

PG Fulton: 50 off 139 balls (5 x 4)

Canterbury: 150 runs in 73.2 overs (440 balls), Extras 11

2nd Wicket: 150 runs in 427 balls (RJ Nicol 62, PG Fulton 79, Ex 9)

End Of Day: Canterbury - 170/2 in 84.0 overs (PG Fulton 83, SL Stewart 1)

Day 3

Canterbury: 200 runs in 94.3 overs (569 balls), Extras 17

4th Wicket: 50 runs in 68 balls (SL Stewart 20, TWM Latham 29, Ex 1)

Canterbury: 250 runs in 106.3 overs (641 balls), Extras 18

End of bonus points at 110 overs: CANTERBURY WIZARDS - 264/3

Lunch: Canterbury - 281/4 in 114.0 overs (TWM Latham 48, RA Young 9)

TWM Latham: 50 off 81 balls (7 x 4)

Canterbury: 300 runs in 118.3 overs (713 balls), Extras 18

Canterbury: 350 runs in 136.2 overs (820 balls), Extras 18

7th Wicket: 50 runs in 104 balls (AM Ellis 37, TD Astle 13, Ex 0)

AM Ellis: 50 off 67 balls (3 x 4, 3 x 6)

Auckland 2nd innings:

Tea: Auckland - 26/2 in 7.0 overs (TG McIntosh 17, AK Kitchen 9)

Auckland: 50 runs in 15.3 overs (94 balls), Extras 1

3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 93 balls (TG McIntosh 18, AK Kitchen 33, Ex 1)

AK Kitchen: 50 off 70 balls (7 x 4, 1 x 6)

Auckland: 100 runs in 27.4 overs (166 balls), Extras 1

3rd Wicket: 100 runs in 170 balls (TG McIntosh 40, AK Kitchen 62, Ex 1)

TG McIntosh: 50 off 90 balls (5 x 4, 1 x 6)

Auckland: 150 runs in 42.4 overs (256 balls), Extras 1

End Of Day: Auckland - 151/2 in 43.0 overs (TG McIntosh 79, AK Kitchen 71)

Day 4

3rd Wicket: 150 runs in 260 balls (TG McIntosh 76, AK Kitchen 73, Ex 1)

TG McIntosh: 100 off 162 balls (9 x 4, 2 x 6)

Auckland: 200 runs in 57.4 overs (346 balls), Extras 4

AK Kitchen: 100 off 179 balls (11 x 4, 2 x 6)

3rd Wicket: 200 runs in 348 balls (TG McIntosh 97, AK Kitchen 100, Ex 4)

Auckland: 250 runs in 69.1 overs (415 balls), Extras 6

4th Wicket: 50 runs in 54 balls (TG McIntosh 25, C de Grandhomme 23, Ex 2)

Canterbury 2nd innings:

Lunch Canterbury - 34/0 in 8.0 overs (RJ Nicol 13, GH Worker 21)

Canterbury: 50 runs in 13.3 overs (81 balls), Extras 0

1st Wicket: 50 runs in 81 balls (RJ Nicol 20, GH Worker 31, Ex 0)

GH Worker: 50 off 79 balls (8 x 4)

Canterbury: 100 runs in 28.6 overs (174 balls), Extras 0

1st Wicket: 100 runs in 174 balls (RJ Nicol 49, GH Worker 53, Ex 0)

RJ Nicol: 50 off 94 balls (4 x 4, 2 x 6)

Tea: Canterbury - 133/2 in 38.0 overs (GH Worker 71, SL Stewart 3)

Canterbury: 150 runs in 41.6 overs (252 balls), Extras 0

Match Details

GroundColin Maiden Park, Auckland

TossAuckland, elected to bat first

Series

Plunket Shield

Season2011/12

Match days26,27,28,29 March 2012 - day (4-day match)

Umpires

Evan Watkin

Phil Jones

PointsAuckland 5, Canterbury 3

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