Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Robert O'Donnell	lbw b NA Patel	4	10	10	0	0	40.00
Michael Guptill-Bunce	c Worker b NA Patel	13	34	53	0	0	38.23
Glenn Phillips	b Tickner	11	23	27	1	0	47.82
Rob Nicol (c)	c Dudding b NA Patel	34	48	79	3	1	70.83
Colin Munro	c Bruce b NA Patel	52	37	57	4	3	140.54
Sean Solia	c AY Patel b Dudding	17	57	72	1	0	29.82
Mark Chapman	c Worker b Dudding	18	22	38	0	2	81.81
Ben Horne †	lbw b Tickner	0	2	5	0	0	0.00
Tarun Nethula	c Bruce b NA Patel	30	43	62	2	0	69.76
Donovan Grobbelaar	not out	18	32	45	3	0	56.25
Rajvinder Sandhu	not out	0	1	3	0	0	0.00
Extras	(lb 3)	3
Total	51.3 Ov (RR: 3.88)	200/9d
Fall of wickets: 1-8 (Robert O'Donnell, 2.3 ov), 2-25 (Glenn Phillips, 9.2 ov), 3-33 (Michael Guptill-Bunce, 12.3 ov), 4-111 (Colin Munro, 24.5 ov), 5-114 (Rob Nicol, 26.2 ov), 6-133 (Mark Chapman, 34.5 ov), 7-136 (Ben Horne, 35.6 ov), 8-158 (Sean Solia, 40.5 ov), 9-199 (Tarun Nethula, 50.5 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Navin Patel	19	4	71	5	3.73	-	-	-
Liam Dudding	11	2	48	2	4.36	-	-	-
Blair Tickner	17.3	1	60	2	3.42	-	-	-
Ajaz Patel	4	0	18	0	4.50	-	-	-

Central Districts 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Greg Hay	c O'Donnell b Solia	23	53	61	2	0	43.39
Ben Smith	c †Horne b Munro	25	86	111	2	0	29.06
George Worker	c Guptill-Bunce b Nethula	41	116	134	2	0	35.34
Will Young (c)	lbw b Nethula	22	37	75	2	0	59.45
Mitch Renwick	lbw b Munro	9	27	31	0	0	33.33
Tom Bruce	c Guptill-Bunce b Nethula	0	8	15	0	0	0.00
Dane Cleaver †	c †Horne b Munro	1	16	21	0	0	6.25
Ajaz Patel	c Grobbelaar b Nethula	4	30	40	0	0	13.33
Navin Patel	lbw b Sandhu	15	54	67	0	1	27.77
Blair Tickner	not out	25	68	79	2	0	36.76
Liam Dudding	c Chapman b Grobbelaar	3	24	36	0	0	12.50
Extras	(b 3, lb 2, nb 4, w 4)	13
Total	85.5 Ov (RR: 2.10)	181
Fall of wickets: 1-47 (Greg Hay, 16.1 ov), 2-70 (Ben Smith, 29.5 ov), 3-114 (Will Young, 47.1 ov), 4-119 (George Worker, 49.4 ov), 5-125 (Tom Bruce, 53.3 ov), 6-125 (Mitch Renwick, 54.3 ov), 7-130 (Dane Cleaver, 58.4 ov), 8-144 (Ajaz Patel, 65.2 ov), 9-163 (Navin Patel, 76.5 ov), 10-181 (Liam Dudding, 85.5 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Donovan Grobbelaar	12.5	3	36	1	2.80	-	-	-	0	3
Colin Munro	17	7	22	3	1.29	-	-	-	2	0
Rajvinder Sandhu	11	4	36	1	3.27	-	-	-	1	0
Tarun Nethula	30	9	49	4	1.63	-	-	-	0	1
Sean Solia	14	3	27	1	1.92	-	-	-	1	0
Glenn Phillips	1	0	6	0	6.00	-	-	-	0	0

Auckland 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Robert O'Donnell	lbw b Dudding	2	7	7	0	0	28.57
Michael Guptill-Bunce	lbw b Worker	52	52	66	10	0	100.00
Glenn Phillips	c Renwick b AY Patel	20	33	53	4	0	60.60
Rob Nicol (c)	c Hay b NA Patel	45	78	114	2	1	57.69
Colin Munro	c Tickner b NA Patel	56	30	46	4	4	186.66
Mark Chapman	c †Cleaver b NA Patel	55	63	74	4	1	87.30
Sean Solia	not out	22	19	28	2	0	115.78
Ben Horne †	st †Cleaver b AY Patel	15	11	14	1	0	136.36
Extras	(b 4, lb 8, w 2)	14
Total	48.5 Ov (RR: 5.75)	281/7d
Did not bat: Tarun Nethula, Donovan Grobbelaar, Rajvinder Sandhu
Fall of wickets: 1-7 (Robert O'Donnell, 1.6 ov), 2-78 (Glenn Phillips, 14.2 ov), 3-81 (Michael Guptill-Bunce, 15.4 ov), 4-148 (Colin Munro, 26.2 ov), 5-225 (Rob Nicol, 41.6 ov), 6-248 (Mark Chapman, 45.4 ov), 7-281 (Ben Horne, 48.5 ov)

Bowling	O	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD
Navin Patel	18	99	3	5.50	-	-	-	1
Liam Dudding	3	15	1	5.00	-	-	-	0
Blair Tickner	8	45	0	5.62	-	-	-	0
Ajaz Patel	17.5	100	2	5.60	-	-	-	0
George Worker	2	10	1	5.00	-	-	-	1

Central Districts 2nd Innings (T: 301 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Greg Hay	c †Horne b Grobbelaar	2	4	2	0	0	50.00
Ben Smith	lbw b Munro	26	59	94	1	0	44.06
George Worker	c O'Donnell b Phillips	130	144	168	11	3	90.27
Will Young (c)	c O'Donnell b Munro	32	63	98	1	1	50.79
Mitch Renwick	lbw b Nethula	10	19	26	1	0	52.63
Tom Bruce	not out	43	57	101	3	1	75.43
Dane Cleaver †	c O'Donnell b Solia	29	43	65	1	1	67.44
Ajaz Patel	c Guptill-Bunce b Solia	0	10	13	0	0	0.00
Navin Patel	not out	9	18	19	0	0	50.00
Extras	(b 8, lb 6, nb 4, w 2)	20
Total	68.5 Ov (RR: 4.37)	301/7
Did not bat: Blair Tickner, Liam Dudding
Fall of wickets: 1-2 (Greg Hay, 0.4 ov), 2-99 (Ben Smith, 24.5 ov), 3-192 (George Worker, 42.1 ov), 4-209 (Will Young, 46.6 ov), 5-213 (Mitch Renwick, 47.3 ov), 6-279 (Dane Cleaver, 62.2 ov), 7-281 (Ajaz Patel, 64.4 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Donovan Grobbelaar	8	0	33	1	4.12	-	-	-	0	2
Colin Munro	16.5	2	51	2	3.02	-	-	-	0	1
Rajvinder Sandhu	8	1	46	0	5.75	-	-	-	0	1
Tarun Nethula	24	1	104	1	4.33	-	-	-	1	0
Sean Solia	7	0	36	2	5.14	-	-	-	1	0
Robert O'Donnell	2	0	8	0	4.00	-	-	-	0	0
Glenn Phillips	3	0	9	1	3.00	-	-	-	0	0

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Wed, 29 Mar - day 1 - Auckland 1st innings 57/3 (Rob Nicol 5*, Colin Munro 24*, 15 ov)

Thu, 30 Mar - day 2 - Central D 1st innings 65/1 (Ben Smith 25*, George Worker 15*, 27 ov)

Fri, 31 Mar - day 3 - Auckland 2nd innings 190/4 (Rob Nicol 21*, Mark Chapman 28*, 37 ov)

Sat, 01 Apr - day 4 - Central D 2nd innings 301/7 (68.5 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

General

Day 1

Auckland 1st innings
Rain: Auckland - 0/0
Lunch: Auckland - 0/0
Ground Delay: Auckland - 0/0
Tea: Auckland - 0/0
Hours of Play Day 1: 4.00pm-6.30pm. 40 overs
Bad Light: Auckland - 11/1 in 5.1 overs (ML Guptill-Bunce 7, GD Phillips 0)
Auckland: 50 runs in 14.3 overs (87 balls), Extras 0
Bad Light:Auckland - 57/3 in 15.0 overs (RJ Nicol 5, C Munro 24)
Rain: Auckland - 57/3 in 15.0 overs (RJ Nicol 5, C Munro 24)
End Of Day: Auckland - 57/3 in 15.0 overs (RJ Nicol 5, C Munro 24)

Day 2

Rain: Auckland - 57/3 in 15.0 overs (RJ Nicol 5, C Munro 24)
Ground Delay: Auckland - 57/3 in 15.0 overs (RJ Nicol 5, C Munro 24)
Lunch: Auckland - 57/3 in 15.0 overs (RJ Nicol 5, C Munro 24)
Hours of Play Day 2: 1.30pm-3.40pm 4.00pm-6.00pm. 66 overs
4th Wicket: 50 runs in 49 balls (RJ Nicol 18, C Munro 35, Ex 0)
Auckland: 100 runs in 22.4 overs (136 balls), Extras 0
C Munro: 50 off 36 balls (4 x 4, 3 x 6)
Drinks: Auckland - 116/5 in 31.0 overs (SM Solia 1, MS Chapman 1)
Auckland: 150 runs in 39.2 overs (236 balls), Extras 1
Tea: Auckland - 177/8 in 45.0 overs (TS Nethula 25, DJ Grobbelaar 1)
Auckland 200 runs in 51.3 overs (309 balls), Extras 3
Central Districts 1st innings
Drinks: Central Districts - 44/0 in 14.0 overs (GR Hay 21, BS Smith 22)
Central Districts: 50 runs in 18.4 overs (113 balls), Extras 2
End Of Day: Central Districts - 65/1 in 27.0 overs (BS Smith 25, GH Worker 15)

Day 3

Ground Delay: Central Districts - 65/1 in 27.0 overs (BS Smith 25, GH Worker 15)
Hours of Play Day 3: 11-00am-1.00pm 1.40pm-3.40pm 4.00pm-6.00pm.96 overs.
Central Districts: 100 runs in 40.3 overs (246 balls), Extras 5
Drinks: Central Districts - 109/2 in 43.0 overs (GH Worker 34, WA Young 22)
Lunch: Central Districts - 126/6 in 56.0 overs (D Cleaver 0, AY Patel 0)
Central Districts: 150 runs in 70.4 overs (427 balls), Extras 9
Drinks: Central Districts - 159/8 in 73.0 overs (NA Patel 13, BM Tickner 11)
New Ball Taken: Central Districts 169/9 at 80.1 overs (BM Tickner 17, LR Dudding 1)
Auckland 2nd innings
Auckland : 50 runs in 10.1 overs (61 balls), Extras 6
2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 55 balls (ML Guptill-Bunce 31, GD Phillips 16, Ex 6)
ML Guptill-Bunce: 50 off 46 balls (10 x 4)
Drinks: AUCKLAND ACES - 93/3 in 19.0 overs (RJ Nicol 4, C Munro 9)
Auckland : 100 runs in 20.4 overs (124 balls), Extras 6
4th Wicket: 50 runs in 53 balls (RJ Nicol 10, C Munro 43, Ex 0)
Ball Change: Auckland - 134/3 in 24.3 overs (RJ Nicol 11, C Munro 43)
C Munro: 50 off 26 balls (3 x 4, 4 x 6)
Auckland : 150 runs in 26.5 overs (161 balls), Extras 6
End Of Day:Auckland - 190/4 in 37.0 overs (RJ Nicol 21, MS Chapman 28)

Day 4

Ground Delay: Auckland - 190/4 in 37.0 overs (RJ Nicol 21, MS Chapman 28)
5th Wicket: 50 runs in 74 balls (RJ Nicol 14, MS Chapman 32, Ex 5)
Auckland: 200 runs in 38.5 overs (233 balls), Extras 11
Ball Change: Auckland - 239/5 in 44.5 overs (MS Chapman 49, SM Solia 3)
MS Chapman: 50 off 61 balls (4 x 4, 1 x 6)
Auckland: 250 runs in 45.5 overs (275 balls), Extras 12
Central Districts 2nd innings:
Central Districts: 50 runs in 12.2 overs (75 balls), Extras 7
2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 71 balls (BS Smith 12, GH Worker 31, Ex 7)
Lunch: Central Districts - 69/1 in 16.0 overs (BS Smith 18, GH Worker 42)
GH Worker: 50 off 70 balls (5 x 4)
Central Districts: 100 runs in 24.6 overs (151 balls), Extras 9
Drinks: Central Districts - 128/2 in 31.0 overs (GH Worker 75, WA Young 14)
Central Districts: 150 runs in 36.3 overs (222 balls), Extras 12
3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 72 balls (GH Worker 35, WA Young 14, Ex 4)
GH Worker: 100 off 124 balls (9 x 4, 1 x 6)
Tea: Central Districts - 198/3 in 45.0 overs (WA Young 27, M Renwick 0)
Central Districts: 200 runs in 45.5 overs (279 balls), Extras 13
Central Districts: 250 runs in 57.5 overs (351 balls), Extras 18
6th Wicket: 50 runs in 73 balls (TC Bruce 19, D Cleaver 26, Ex 5)
Drinks: Central Districts - 279/6 in 62.2 overs (TC Bruce 31)
Central Districts: 300 runs in 68.4 overs (416 balls), Extras 19

Match Details

McLean Park, Napier
Toss	Central Districts, elected to field 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	29,30,31 March, 1 April 2017 - day (4-day match)
Umpires	Ashley Mehrotra John Dempsey
Match Referee
Points	Central Districts 16, Auckland 5

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Central D Innings

Player Name		R	B
GR Hay	caught	2	4
BS Smith	lbw	26	59
GH Worker	caught	130	144
WA Young	caught	32	63
M Renwick	lbw	10	19
TC Bruce	not out	43	57
D Cleaver	caught	29	43
AY Patel	caught	0	10
NA Patel	not out	9	18
Extras	(b 8, lb 6, nb 4, w 2)
Total	301(7 wkts; 68.5 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
DJ Grobbelaar	8	0	33	1	4.12 (2 nb)
C Munro	16.5	2	51	2	3.02 (1 nb)
RS Sandhu	8	1	46	0	5.75 (1 nb)
TS Nethula	24	1	104	1	4.33
SM Solia	7	0	36	2	5.14
RR O'Donnell	2	0	8	0	4
GD Phillips	3	0	9	1	3

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	2	Greg Hay	Ben Smith
2nd	97	George Worker	Ben Smith
3rd	93	George Worker	Will Young
4th	17	Will Young	Mitch Renwick
5th	4	Tom Bruce	Mitch Renwick
6th	66	Dane Cleaver	Tom Bruce
7th	2	Ajaz Patel	Tom Bruce
8th	20	Tom Bruce	Navin Patel

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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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