Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Greg Hay (c)	c †Horne b Ferns	33	79	122	4	0	41.77
Ben Smith	lbw b Sandhu	15	30	43	3	0	50.00
Brad Schmulian	c †Horne b Somerville	50	69	84	9	0	72.46
Dane Cleaver †	c Beghin b McEwan	117	174	217	12	5	67.24
Willem Ludick	c Sandhu b Ferns	50	79	122	6	2	63.29
Doug Bracewell	c †Horne b Sandhu	8	15	22	0	1	53.33
Christian Leopard	c †Horne b McEwan	19	42	68	3	0	45.23
Adam Milne	not out	29	33	67	4	0	87.87
Ryan McCone	b Solia	17	41	45	2	0	41.46
Seth Rance	c †Horne b Somerville	0	5	5	0	0	0.00
Felix Murray	c †Horne b McEwan	0	17	12	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 6, lb 8, nb 3, w 5)	22
Total	96.5 Ov (RR: 3.71)	360
Fall of wickets: 1-38 (Ben Smith, 11.1 ov), 2-107 (Greg Hay, 29.1 ov), 3-111 (Brad Schmulian, 30.2 ov), 4-231 (Willem Ludick, 59.5 ov), 5-239 (Doug Bracewell, 65.2 ov), 6-314 (Dane Cleaver, 80.3 ov), 7-314 (Christian Leopard, 80.5 ov), 8-356 (Ryan McCone, 92.3 ov), 9-357 (Seth Rance, 93.3 ov), 10-360 (Felix Murray, 96.5 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Matt McEwan	22.5	5	65	3	2.84	-	-	-	0	0
Danru Ferns	21	2	84	2	4.00	-	-	-	2	0
Rajvinder Sandhu	10	1	59	2	5.90	-	-	-	1	0
Sean Solia	13	1	55	1	4.23	-	-	-	2	3
William Somerville	30	9	83	2	2.76	-	-	-	0	0

Auckland 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Michael Guptill-Bunce (c)	b Rance	11	18	20	1	0	61.11
Jeet Raval	c †Cleaver b Rance	8	16	29	1	0	50.00
Sean Solia	c †Cleaver b Milne	11	30	44	2	0	36.66
Robert O'Donnell	b McCone	36	57	67	6	0	63.15
Graeme Beghin	c Schmulian b Milne	18	53	76	2	0	33.96
Finn Allen	lbw b Ludick	8	24	41	1	0	33.33
Ben Horne †	c Smith b Murray	30	74	97	5	0	40.54
Matt McEwan	c †Cleaver b Milne	3	6	10	0	0	50.00
William Somerville	c †Cleaver b Leopard	25	59	79	5	0	42.37
Rajvinder Sandhu	b Rance	5	29	39	0	0	17.24
Danru Ferns	not out	25	31	35	3	1	80.64
Extras	(lb 2, nb 2)	4
Total	65.5 Ov (RR: 2.79)	184
Fall of wickets: 1-19 (Michael Guptill-Bunce, 5.1 ov), 2-26 (Jeet Raval, 7.1 ov), 3-43 (Sean Solia, 15.4 ov), 4-71 (Robert O'Donnell, 22.5 ov), 5-93 (Finn Allen, 32.5 ov), 6-93 (Graeme Beghin, 33.1 ov), 7-97 (Matt McEwan, 35.3 ov), 8-153 (William Somerville, 55.4 ov), 9-153 (Ben Horne, 56.2 ov), 10-184 (Rajvinder Sandhu, 65.5 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Doug Bracewell	15	4	31	0	2.06	-	-	-	0
Seth Rance	12.5	4	41	3	3.19	-	-	-	0
Adam Milne	11	4	30	3	2.72	-	-	-	0
Ryan McCone	9	2	25	1	2.77	-	-	-	0
Willem Ludick	9	2	26	1	2.88	-	-	-	1
Christian Leopard	5	1	21	1	4.20	-	-	-	1
Felix Murray	4	0	8	1	2.00	-	-	-	0

Central Districts 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Greg Hay (c)	c Sandhu b Ferns	1	10	15	0	0	10.00
Ben Smith	c Allen b Somerville	28	73	90	5	0	38.35
Brad Schmulian	lbw b Sandhu	16	44	59	3	0	36.36
Dane Cleaver †	c Beghin b Ferns	9	28	33	2	0	32.14
Willem Ludick	lbw b McEwan	7	23	30	1	0	30.43
Doug Bracewell	b Solia	31	40	82	3	1	77.50
Christian Leopard	c †Horne b Sandhu	37	51	53	7	0	72.54
Adam Milne	c †Horne b Sandhu	10	13	12	2	0	76.92
Ryan McCone	c †Horne b Solia	5	22	32	0	0	22.72
Seth Rance	not out	21	19	41	4	0	110.52
Felix Murray	c Ferns b Solia	9	13	12	2	0	69.23
Extras		0
Total	56 Ov (RR: 3.10)	174
Fall of wickets: 1-11 (Greg Hay, 3.6 ov), 2-45 (Brad Schmulian, 19.1 ov), 3-49 (Ben Smith, 22.6 ov), 4-55 (Dane Cleaver, 27.6 ov), 5-69 (Willem Ludick, 30.3 ov), 6-125 (Christian Leopard, 44.1 ov), 7-139 (Adam Milne, 46.5 ov), 8-139 (Doug Bracewell, 47.1 ov), 9-160 (Ryan McCone, 53.2 ov), 10-174 (Felix Murray, 55.6 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Matt McEwan	13	6	38	1	2.92	-	-	-
Danru Ferns	13	2	48	2	3.69	-	-	-
Rajvinder Sandhu	12	3	40	3	3.33	-	-	-
William Somerville	12	7	25	1	2.08	-	-	-
Sean Solia	6	1	23	3	3.83	-	-	-

Auckland 2nd Innings (T: 351 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Jeet Raval	c †Cleaver b Rance	57	90	134	10	0	63.33
Michael Guptill-Bunce (c)	b Bracewell	0	5	4	0	0	0.00
Sean Solia	run out (McCone)	9	37	51	2	0	24.32
Robert O'Donnell	lbw b Milne	0	4	3	0	0	0.00
Graeme Beghin	lbw b McCone	6	29	40	1	0	20.68
Finn Allen	c †Cleaver b McCone	53	68	96	8	1	77.94
Ben Horne †	not out	30	101	166	4	0	29.70
Matt McEwan	c Murray b Bracewell	22	58	66	3	0	37.93
William Somerville	b Bracewell	3	9	10	0	0	33.33
Rajvinder Sandhu	run out (McCone/Bracewell)	0	8	8	0	0	0.00
Danru Ferns	b Rance	5	12	15	1	0	41.66
Extras	(lb 6, nb 4, w 4)	14
Total	69.3 Ov (RR: 2.86)	199
Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Michael Guptill-Bunce, 0.6 ov), 2-54 (Sean Solia, 13.2 ov), 3-54 (Robert O'Donnell, 13.6 ov), 4-66 (Graeme Beghin, 23.1 ov), 5-104 (Jeet Raval, 30.4 ov), 6-151 (Finn Allen, 45.2 ov), 7-184 (Matt McEwan, 62.2 ov), 8-188 (William Somerville, 64.4 ov), 9-191 (Rajvinder Sandhu, 66.3 ov), 10-199 (Danru Ferns, 69.3 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Doug Bracewell	17	5	33	3	1.94	-	-	-	1	0
Seth Rance	10.3	3	49	2	4.66	-	-	-	0	0
Adam Milne	15	3	37	1	2.46	-	-	-	3	2
Willem Ludick	9	4	21	0	2.33	-	-	-	0	2
Ryan McCone	11	3	45	2	4.09	-	-	-	0	0
Felix Murray	5	1	6	0	1.20	-	-	-	0	0
Christian Leopard	2	0	2	0	1.00	-	-	-	0	0

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Wed, 17 Oct - day 1 - Central D 1st innings 359/9 (Adam Milne 28*, Felix Murray 0*, 96 ov)

Thu, 18 Oct - day 2 - Central D 2nd innings 54/3 (Dane Cleaver 9*, Willem Ludick 0*, 27 ov)

Fri, 19 Oct - day 3 - Auckland 2nd innings 199 (69.3 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

Day 1

Central Districts 1st innings:
Central Districts: 50 runs in 14.1 overs (85 balls, 58 mins, 5 extras)
2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 48 balls, 36 mins (GR Hay 16, BD Schmulian 30, extras 4)
Central Districts: 100 runs in 25.3 overs (153 balls, 107 mins, 9 extras)
BD Schmulian: 50 off 67 balls, 80 mins (9 x 4)
Lunch: Central Districts 116/3 in 34.0 overs (D Cleaver 4, WC Ludick 4)
Central Districts: 150 runs in 46.2 overs (278 balls, 186 mins, 12 extras)
4th Wicket: 50 runs in 101 balls, 62 mins (D Cleaver 26, WC Ludick 22, extras 2)
D Cleaver: 50 off 87 balls, 92 mins (4 x 4, 3 x 6)
Central Districts: 200 runs in 54.3 overs (328 balls, 225 mins, 13 extras)
4th Wicket: 100 runs in 158 balls, 105 mins (D Cleaver 64, WC Ludick 36, extras 3)
WC Ludick: 50 off 74 balls, 117 mins (6 x 4, 2 x 6)
Tea: Central Districts 239/4 in 65.0 overs (D Cleaver 70, DAJ Bracewell 8)
Central Districts: 250 runs in 68.4 overs (413 balls, 292 mins, 14 extras)
D Cleaver: 100 off 157 balls, 199 mins (10 x 4, 4 x 6)
6th Wicket: 50 runs in 70 balls, 46 mins (D Cleaver 30, CK Leopard 15, extras 7)
Central Districts: 300 runs in 78.1 overs (472 balls, 331 mins, 22 extras)
New Ball Taken: Central Districts 310/5 at 80.1 overs (D Cleaver 113, CK Leopard 19)
Central Districts: 350 runs in 89.2 overs (539 balls, 381 mins, 22 extras)
End of Day: Central Districts - 359/9 in 96.0 overs (AF Milne 28, FJM Murray 0)

Day 2

End of 110 over bonus points: Central Stags 360 (96.5) (Central Stags 4 batting points, Auckland Aces 4 bowling points)
Auckland 1st innings:
Rain: Auckland 1/0 in 0.4 overs (ML Guptill-Bunce 1, JA Raval 0)
Rain: Auckland 35/2 in 11.5 overs (SM Solia 6, RR O'Donnell 9)
Auckland: 50 runs in 18.0 overs (108 balls, 77 mins, 1 extra)
Lunch: Auckland 72/4 in 26.0 overs (GK Beghin 4, FH Allen 1)
Auckland : 100 runs in 37.0 overs (223 balls, 161 mins, 2 extras)
8th Wicket: 50 runs in 106 balls, 70 mins (BJ Horne 24, WER Somerville 25, extras 1)
Auckland: 150 runs in 54.1 overs (326 balls, 231 mins, 3 extras)
End of 110 over bonus points: Auckland Aces 184 (65.5) (Auckland Aces 0 batting points, Central Stags 4 bowling points)
Central Districts 2nd innings:
Central Districts: 50 runs in 23.2 overs (140 balls, 92 mins, 0 extras)
End of Day: Central Districts 54/3 in 27.0 overs (D Cleaver 9, WC Ludick 0)

Day 3

Central Districts: 100 runs in 38.5 overs (233 balls, 154 mins, 0 extras)
6th Wicket: 50 runs in 78 balls, 50 mins (DAJ Bracewell 18, CK Leopard 32, extras 0)
Central Districts: 150 runs in 50.5 overs (305 balls, 208 mins, 0 extras)
Lunch: Central Districts - 174/10 in 56.0 overs (SHA Rance 21, FJM Murray 9)
Auckland 2nd innings:
2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 69 balls, 47 mins (JA Raval 42, SM Solia 9, extras 1)
Auckland: 50 runs in 12.3 overs (75 balls, 52 mins, 1 extra)
JA Raval: 50 off 77 balls, 132 mins (10 x 4)
Auckland: 100 runs in 29.1 overs (178 balls, 132 mins, 8 extras)
Tea: Auckland - 114/5 in 33.0 overs (FH Allen 26, BJ Horne 8)
FH Allen: 50 off 65 balls, 95 mins (8 x 4, 1 x 6)
Auckland: 150 runs in 43.5 overs (266 balls, 196 mins, 9 extras)

Match Details

Eden Park Outer Oval, Auckland
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 October 2018 - day (4-day match)
Umpires	Tony Gillies Wayne Knights
Match Referee	Ross Dykes
Points	Central Districts 20, Auckland 4

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Auckland Innings

Player Name		R	B
JA Raval	caught	57	90
ML Guptill-Bunce	bowled	0	5
SM Solia	run out	9	37
RR O'Donnell	lbw	0	4
GK Beghin	lbw	6	29
FH Allen	caught	53	68
BJ Horne	not out	30	101
MB McEwan	caught	22	58
WER Somerville	bowled	3	9
RS Sandhu	run out	0	8
DK Ferns	bowled	5	12
Extras	(lb 6, nb 4, w 4)
Total	199(10 wkts; 69.3 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
DAJ Bracewell	17	5	33	3	1.94
SHA Rance	10.3	3	49	2	4.66
AF Milne	15	3	37	1	2.46 (2 nb)
WC Ludick	9	4	21	0	2.33 (2 nb)
RJ McCone	11	3	45	2	4.09
FJM Murray	5	1	6	0	1.2
CK Leopard	2	0	2	0	1

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	1	Jeet Raval	Michael Guptill-Bunce
2nd	53	Jeet Raval	Sean Solia
3rd	0	Jeet Raval	Robert O'Donnell
4th	12	Jeet Raval	Graeme Beghin
5th	38	Jeet Raval	Finn Allen
6th	47	Ben Horne	Finn Allen
7th	33	Matt McEwan	Ben Horne
8th	4	William Somerville	Ben Horne
9th	3	Ben Horne	Rajvinder Sandhu
10th	8	Ben Horne	Danru Ferns

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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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