Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Michael Guptill-Bunce	c Ryder b NA Patel	12	8	16	2	0	150.00
Jeet Raval	st †Cleaver b AY Patel	29	83	119	3	0	34.93
Robert O'Donnell	c Ryder b AY Patel	71	170	218	7	0	41.76
Rob Nicol (c)	c & b Tickner	86	165	266	8	1	52.12
Colin Munro	c AY Patel b NA Patel	146	109	138	16	7	133.94
Sean Solia	not out	8	33	43	1	0	24.24
Ben Horne †	not out	10	21	30	1	0	47.61
Extras	(lb 14, nb 7, w 2)	23
Total	97 Ov (RR: 3.96)	385/5d
Did not bat: Tarun Nethula, Donovan Grobbelaar, Rajvinder Sandhu, Aniket Parikh
Fall of wickets: 1-18 (Michael Guptill-Bunce, 3.3 ov), 2-71 (Jeet Raval, 27.1 ov), 3-152 (Robert O'Donnell, 55.3 ov), 4-362 (Colin Munro, 87.4 ov), 5-363 (Rob Nicol, 89.1 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Seth Rance	20	4	80	0	4.00	-	-	-	0	3
Navin Patel	20	5	57	2	2.85	-	-	-	0	0
Blair Tickner	17	2	67	1	3.94	-	-	-	2	0
Jesse Ryder	10	1	38	0	3.80	-	-	-	0	4
Ajaz Patel	24	6	97	2	4.04	-	-	-	0	0
George Worker	4	0	24	0	6.00	-	-	-	0	0
Tom Bruce	2	0	8	0	4.00	-	-	-	0	0

Central Districts 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Greg Hay	c Nicol b Parikh	18	75	107	2	0	24.00
Ben Smith	b Sandhu	4	14	16	0	0	28.57
Will Young (c)	b Grobbelaar	0	1	2	0	0	0.00
George Worker	c Guptill-Bunce b Parikh	17	62	82	1	0	27.41
Jesse Ryder	lbw b Nethula	13	38	42	0	0	34.21
Tom Bruce	not out	127	166	219	14	1	76.50
Dane Cleaver †	lbw b Sandhu	33	50	67	5	0	66.00
Navin Patel	c †Horne b Grobbelaar	9	13	17	1	0	69.23
Ajaz Patel	not out	19	90	95	2	0	21.11
Extras	(b 7, lb 4, nb 5)	16
Total	84 Ov (RR: 3.04)	256/7d
Did not bat: Seth Rance, Blair Tickner
Fall of wickets: 1-8 (Ben Smith, 3.6 ov), 2-11 (Will Young, 4.3 ov), 3-40 (George Worker, 25.1 ov), 4-41 (Greg Hay, 25.6 ov), 5-66 (Jesse Ryder, 36.2 ov), 6-161 (Dane Cleaver, 53.4 ov), 7-176 (Navin Patel, 56.6 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Donovan Grobbelaar	12	4	23	2	1.91	-	-	-	1
Rajvinder Sandhu	10	1	37	2	3.70	-	-	-	0
Colin Munro	11	6	14	0	1.27	-	-	-	0
Tarun Nethula	26	4	84	1	3.23	-	-	-	4
Sean Solia	3	0	7	0	2.33	-	-	-	0
Aniket Parikh	21	1	77	2	3.66	-	-	-	0
Jeet Raval	1	0	3	0	3.00	-	-	-	0

Auckland 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Jeet Raval	b NA Patel	18	20	34	3	0	90.00
Michael Guptill-Bunce	retired hurt	13	29	44	2	0	44.82
Robert O'Donnell	c Rance b AY Patel	6	26	41	1	0	23.07
Rob Nicol (c)	c †Cleaver b Rance	11	61	74	0	0	18.03
Colin Munro	c Ryder b Bruce	142	103	156	15	5	137.86
Sean Solia	c Young b AY Patel	7	28	41	1	0	25.00
Ben Horne †	not out	44	76	90	4	0	57.89
Donovan Grobbelaar	c Ryder b AY Patel	0	4	4	0	0	0.00
Tarun Nethula	not out	8	14	14	1	0	57.14
Extras	(b 5, lb 2, nb 1, w 3)	11
Total	60 Ov (RR: 4.33)	260/6d
Did not bat: Rajvinder Sandhu, Aniket Parikh
Fall of wickets: 1-29 (Jeet Raval, 7.1 ov), 1-33* (Michael Guptill-Bunce, retired not out), 2-44 (Robert O'Donnell, 17.3 ov), 3-96 (Rob Nicol, 26.3 ov), 4-143 (Sean Solia, 34.5 ov), 5-249 (Colin Munro, 55.5 ov), 6-249 (Donovan Grobbelaar, 56.4 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Seth Rance	12	1	44	1	3.66	-	-	-	0	0
Navin Patel	11	2	61	1	5.54	-	-	-	2	0
Ajaz Patel	19	4	70	3	3.68	-	-	-	0	0
Blair Tickner	11	3	41	0	3.72	-	-	-	1	1
Jesse Ryder	2	0	12	0	6.00	-	-	-	0	0
George Worker	3	0	20	0	6.66	-	-	-	0	0
Tom Bruce	2	0	5	1	2.50	-	-	-	0	0

Central Districts 2nd Innings (T: 390 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Greg Hay	not out	41	109	140	2	0	37.61
Ben Smith	lbw b Solia	52	89	107	8	0	58.42
Will Young (c)	not out	15	27	32	2	0	55.55
Extras	(b 4, nb 3)	7
Total	37 Ov (RR: 3.10)	115/1
Did not bat: George Worker, Jesse Ryder, Tom Bruce, Dane Cleaver †, Navin Patel, Ajaz Patel, Seth Rance, Blair Tickner
Fall of wickets: 1-99 (Ben Smith, 29.3 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Donovan Grobbelaar	4	1	13	0	3.25	-	-	-	2
Rajvinder Sandhu	5	0	24	0	4.80	-	-	-	1
Colin Munro	4	1	8	0	2.00	-	-	-	0
Tarun Nethula	13	2	32	0	2.46	-	-	-	0
Aniket Parikh	7	1	24	0	3.42	-	-	-	0
Sean Solia	4	1	10	1	2.50	-	-	-	0

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Sat, 25 Feb - day 1 - no play

Sun, 26 Feb - day 2 - Auckland 1st innings 385/5d

Mon, 27 Feb - day 3 - Auckland 2nd innings 44/2 (Rob Nicol 4*, 17.3 ov)

Tue, 28 Feb - day 4 - Central D 2nd innings 115/1 (37 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

General

Day 1

Day 2

Drinks: Auckland - 48/1 in 14.1 overs (JA Raval 22, RR O'Donnell 12)
Auckland: 50 runs in 17.2 overs (105 balls), Extras 2
2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 131 balls (JA Raval 24, RR O'Donnell 21, Ex 5)
Lunch: Auckland - 74/2 in 30.0 overs (RR O'Donnell 22, RJ Nicol 3)
Auckland: 100 runs in 35.1 overs (214 balls), Extras 10
Drinks: Auckland - 120/2 in 46.0 overs (RR O'Donnell 45, RJ Nicol 20)
3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 116 balls (RR O'Donnell 23, RJ Nicol 21, Ex 6)
RR O'Donnell: 50 off 137 balls (3 x 4)
Auckland: 150 runs in 55.2 overs (335 balls), Extras 14
Tea: Auckland - 195/3 in 61.0 overs (RJ Nicol 30, C Munro 39)
Auckland: 200 runs in 62.2 overs (377 balls), Extras 14
4th Wicket: 50 runs in 42 balls (RJ Nicol 9, C Munro 43, Ex 0)
C Munro: 50 off 39 balls (8 x 4, 1 x 6)
RJ Nicol: 50 off 104 balls (4 x 4)
Auckland: 250 runs in 69.6 overs (425 balls), Extras 16
4th Wicket: 100 runs in 89 balls (RJ Nicol 24, C Munro 76, Ex 2)
Auckland: 300 runs in 78.5 overs (479 balls), Extras 17
Drinks: Auckland - 301/3 in 79.0 overs (RJ Nicol 78, C Munro 94)
4th Wicket: 150 runs in 148 balls (RJ Nicol 52, C Munro 96, Ex 3)
New Ball Taken: Auckland 304/3 at 80.1 overs (RJ Nicol 78, C Munro 97)
C Munro: 100 off 84 balls (10 x 4, 5 x 6)
Auckland: 350 runs in 85.6 overs (523 balls), Extras 18
4th Wicket: 200 runs in 189 balls (RJ Nicol 58, C Munro 143, Ex 4)
End Of Day: Auckland - 385/5 in 97.0 overs (SM Solia 8, BJ Horne 10)

Day 3

Central Districts 1st innings
Drinks: Central Districts - 22/2 in 16.0 overs (GR Hay 12, GH Worker 6)
Central Districts: 50 runs in 30.1 overs (181 balls), Extras 1
Lunch: Central Districts - 58/4 in 33.0 overs (JD Ryder 10, TC Bruce 8)
Central Districts: 100 runs in 43.1 overs (261 balls), Extras 3
6th Wicket: 50 runs in 53 balls (TC Bruce 35, D Cleaver 14, Ex 1)
TC Bruce: 50 off 69 balls (6 x 4, 1 x 6)
Drinks: Central Districts - 138/5 in 51.0 overs (TC Bruce 54, D Cleaver 24)
Central Districts: 150 runs in 52.1 overs (316 balls), Extras 9
Central Districts: 200 runs in 61.3 overs (374 balls), Extras 12
Tea: Central Districts - 207/7 in 64.0 overs (TC Bruce 86, AY Patel 14)
TC Bruce: 100 off 136 balls (12 x 4, 1 x 6)
8th Wicket: 50 runs in 91 balls (TC Bruce 32, AY Patel 16, Ex 2)
Central Districts: 250 runs in 82.1 overs (498 balls), Extras 16
Drinks: Central Districts - 256/7 in 84.0 overs (TC Bruce 127, AY Patel 19)
Auckland 2nd innings
Ball Change: Auckland - 23/0 in 5.0 overs (JA Raval 14, ML Guptill-Bunce 9)
ML Guptill-Bunce retired hurt at 33/1 (13, 8.6 overs)
End Of Day: Auckland - 44/2 in 17.3 overs (RJ Nicol 4)

Day 4

Auckland: 50 runs in 17.6 overs (109 balls), Extras 3
Ball Change: AUCKLAND ACES - 59/2 in 19.0 overs (RJ Nicol 6, C Munro 13)
3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 51 balls (RJ Nicol 5, C Munro 43, Ex 2)
Auckland: 100 runs in 27.2 overs (165 balls), Extras 5
C Munro: 50 off 27 balls (8 x 4, 1 x 6)
Drinks: Auckland - 118/3 in 31.0 overs (C Munro 53, SM Solia 7)
Auckland: 150 runs in 35.4 overs (215 balls), Extras 10
C Munro: 100 off 60 balls (13 x 4, 4 x 6)
5th Wicket: 50 runs in 58 balls (C Munro 33, BJ Horne 17, Ex 0)
Auckland: 200 runs in 45.5 overs (276 balls), Extras 10
Lunch: Auckland - 203/4 in 47.0 overs (C Munro 121, BJ Horne 17)
5th Wicket: 100 runs in 116 balls (C Munro 61, BJ Horne 38, Ex 1)
Auckland: 250 runs in 57.2 overs (345 balls), Extras 11
Central Districts 2nd innings
Central Districts: 50 runs in 14.1 overs (88 balls), Extras 7
1st Wicket: 50 runs in 88 balls (GR Hay 19, BS Smith 26, Ex 7)
Tea: Central Districts - 65/0 in 19.0 overs (GR Hay 26, BS Smith 32)
BS Smith: 50 off 78 balls (8 x 4)
Central Districts: 100 runs in 30.4 overs (187 balls), Extras 7

Match Details

Colin Maiden Park, Auckland
Toss	Auckland, elected to bat first
Series	Plunket Shield
Season	2016/17
Hours of play (local time)	10.30am start, Lunch 12.30-1.10pm, Tea 3.10-3.30pm, Close 5.30pm
Match days	25,26,27,28 February 2017 - day (4-day match)
FC debut	Aniket Parikh Ben Horne Rajvinder Sandhu
Umpires	Tim Parlane Tony Gillies
Match Referee	Gary Baxter
Points	Auckland 7, Central Districts 4

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Central D Innings

Player Name		R	B
GR Hay	not out	41	109
BS Smith	lbw	52	89
WA Young	not out	15	27
Extras	(b 4, nb 3)
Total	115(1 wkt; 37 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
DJ Grobbelaar	4	1	13	0	3.25 (2 nb)
RS Sandhu	5	0	24	0	4.8 (1 nb)
C Munro	4	1	8	0	2
TS Nethula	13	2	32	0	2.46
AA Parikh	7	1	24	0	3.42
SM Solia	4	1	10	1	2.5

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	99	Greg Hay	Ben Smith
2nd	16	Greg Hay	Will Young

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Plunket Shield

Team	M	W	L	D	PT
CANT	10	4	4	2	105
ND	10	4	2	4	103
AUCK	10	3	3	4	98
WELL	10	2	2	5	86
CD	10	2	1	6	79
OTAGO	10	1	4	5	60

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