Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Daniel Flynn (c)	lbw b Lister	32	65	93	5	0	49.23
Henry Cooper	lbw b Ferns	0	27	30	0	0	0.00
Tim Seifert †	b Ferns	0	2	2	0	0	0.00
Daryl Mitchell	lbw b Ferns	16	31	42	3	0	51.61
Joe Carter	c Lister b McEwan	23	49	77	3	1	46.93
Nick Kelly	lbw b McEwan	31	71	87	6	0	43.66
Anton Devcich	c Lister b McEwan	2	6	7	0	0	33.33
Scott Kuggeleijn	c †Horne b Ferns	11	21	41	2	0	52.38
Ish Sodhi	not out	11	25	36	2	0	44.00
Brett Randell	lbw b Somerville	0	5	6	0	0	0.00
James Baker	c Allen b Somerville	5	8	8	1	0	62.50
Extras	(lb 1, nb 1, w 1)	3
Total	51.3 Ov (RR: 2.60, 217 Mins)	134
Fall of wickets 1-15 (Henry Cooper, 8.4 ov), 2-15 (Tim Seifert, 8.6 ov), 3-46 (Daryl Mitchell, 18.6 ov), 4-59 (Daniel Flynn, 22.4 ov), 5-97 (Joe Carter, 37.4 ov), 6-99 (Anton Devcich, 39.1 ov), 7-109 (Nick Kelly, 43.2 ov), 8-127 (Scott Kuggeleijn, 48.2 ov), 9-128 (Brett Randell, 49.4 ov), 10-134 (James Baker, 51.3 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Ben Lister	9	3	22	1	2.44	-	0	0
Matt McEwan	13	4	33	3	2.53	-	0	0
Danru Ferns	11	1	33	4	3.00	-	0	0
Sean Solia	10	2	24	0	2.40	-	1	1
William Somerville	8.3	3	21	2	2.47	-	0	0

Auckland 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Sean Solia	b Baker	71	145	174	10	1	48.96
Graeme Beghin	c †Seifert b Kuggeleijn	4	18	27	1	0	22.22
Glenn Phillips	c Mitchell b Kuggeleijn	38	44	77	7	0	86.36
Robert O'Donnell (c)	c Baker b Kuggeleijn	65	126	179	8	2	51.58
Mark Chapman	b Sodhi	9	30	56	1	0	30.00
Finn Allen	c †Seifert b Randell	9	18	21	1	0	50.00
Ben Horne †	run out (Randell/Sodhi)	7	24	29	1	0	29.16
Matt McEwan	c & b Mitchell	27	40	58	3	1	67.50
William Somerville	c Kelly b Kuggeleijn	1	3	10	0	0	33.33
Danru Ferns	not out	21	35	50	3	0	60.00
Ben Lister	c †Seifert b Kuggeleijn	4	3	5	1	0	133.33
Extras	(b 8, lb 2, nb 3, w 3)	16
Total	80.3 Ov (RR: 3.37)	272
Fall of wickets 1-11 (Graeme Beghin, 6.5 ov), 2-90 (Glenn Phillips, 24.5 ov), 3-142 (Sean Solia, 41.6 ov), 4-172 (Mark Chapman, 54.4 ov), 5-185 (Finn Allen, 59.5 ov), 6-209 (Ben Horne, 66.6 ov), 7-210 (Robert O'Donnell, 67.3 ov), 8-215 (William Somerville, 69.1 ov), 9-268 (Matt McEwan, 79.5 ov), 10-272 (Ben Lister, 80.3 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Scott Kuggeleijn	20.3	5	68	5	3.31	-	2	0
James Baker	19	6	47	1	2.47	-	0	2
Brett Randell	9	2	27	1	3.00	-	0	0
Ish Sodhi	23	2	92	1	4.00	-	0	1
Daryl Mitchell	9	0	28	1	3.11	-	1	0

Northern Districts 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Henry Cooper	c O'Donnell b Lister	1	17	26	0	0	5.88
Daniel Flynn (c)	b Solia	11	19	23	2	0	57.89
Tim Seifert †	lbw b Solia	51	88	134	7	0	57.95
Daryl Mitchell	c Allen b Somerville	23	36	45	4	0	63.88
Joe Carter	c Allen b Solia	69	95	105	6	2	72.63
Nick Kelly	c Phillips b Somerville	30	56	96	3	0	53.57
Anton Devcich	c Allen b Somerville	0	3	5	0	0	0.00
Scott Kuggeleijn	c †Horne b Ferns	18	34	44	0	2	52.94
Ish Sodhi	c O'Donnell b Brown	47	57	74	7	1	82.45
Brett Randell	c O'Donnell b Brown	2	30	34	0	0	6.66
James Baker	not out	3	5	12	0	0	60.00
Extras	(b 4, lb 1, nb 2)	7
Total	73 Ov (RR: 3.58)	262
Fall of wickets 1-12 (Daniel Flynn, 5.5 ov), 2-12 (Henry Cooper, 6.1 ov), 3-63 (Daryl Mitchell, 15.6 ov), 4-153 (Tim Seifert, 38.6 ov), 5-166 (Joe Carter, 42.5 ov), 6-169 (Anton Devcich, 43.3 ov), 7-200 (Scott Kuggeleijn, 54.1 ov), 8-224 (Nick Kelly, 61.1 ov), 9-243 (Brett Randell, 70.4 ov), 10-262 (Ish Sodhi, 72.6 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	NB
Ben Lister	11	4	21	1	1.90	-	0
Matt McEwan	2	1	4	0	2.00	-	0
Sean Solia	12	0	61	3	5.08	-	0
Danru Ferns	10	0	56	1	5.60	-	0
William Somerville	29	8	87	3	3.00	-	0
Jamie Brown	8	2	27	2	3.37	-	2
Glenn Phillips	1	0	1	0	1.00	-	0

Auckland 2nd Innings (T: 125 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Sean Solia	c †Seifert b Kuggeleijn	1	10	14	0	0	10.00
Graeme Beghin	not out	54	74	117	8	0	72.97
Glenn Phillips	not out	57	69	103	7	2	82.60
Extras	(b 4, lb 5, nb 1, w 5)	15
Total	25.2 Ov (RR: 5.01)	127/1
Did not bat Mark Chapman, Finn Allen, Robert O'Donnell (c), Ben Horne †, Ben Lister, William Somerville, Danru Ferns, Jamie Brown
Fall of wickets 1-2 (Sean Solia, 2.6 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Scott Kuggeleijn	8	0	35	1	4.37	-	1	0
James Baker	5	2	23	0	4.60	-	0	0
Brett Randell	4	1	16	0	4.00	-	0	0
Ish Sodhi	5	1	23	0	4.60	-	0	0
Daryl Mitchell	2	0	6	0	3.00	-	0	0
Anton Devcich	1.2	0	15	0	11.25	-	0	1

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Close of Play

Fri, 14 Dec

day 1 - Auckland 1st innings 142/3 (Robert O'Donnell 28*, 42 ov)

Sat, 15 Dec

day 2 - Northern Dis 2nd innings 200/7 (Nick Kelly 20*, 54.1 ov)

Sun, 16 Dec

day 3 - Auckland 2nd innings 127/1 (25.2 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

General

Day 1

Northern Districts 1st innings:

Northern Districts: 50 runs in 20.0 overs (120 balls, 81 mins, 2 extras)

Lunch: Northern Districts - 96/4 in 35.0 overs (JF Carter 23, NF Kelly 23)

Northern Districts: 100 runs in 39.4 overs (238 balls, 164 mins, 2 extras)

Auckland 1st innings:

Tea: Auckland - 21/1 in 10.0 overs (SM Solia 10, GD Phillips 6)

Auckland: 50 runs in 14.3 overs (88 balls, 61 mins, 1 extra)

2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 63 balls, 45 mins (SM Solia 22, GD Phillips 27, extras 1)

SM Solia: 50 off 93 balls, 109 mins (7 x 4, 1 x 6)

Auckland: 100 runs in 26.4 overs (161 balls, 113 mins, 1 extra)

3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 96 balls, 64 mins (SM Solia 24, RR O'Donnell 28, extras 0)

End of Day: Auckland - 142/3 in 42.0 overs (RR O'Donnell 28)

Day 2

Auckland: 150 runs in 45.3 overs (275 balls, 189 mins, 2 extras)

RR O'Donnell: 50 off 108 balls, 148 mins (8 x 4)

Auckland: 200 runs in 64.1 overs (387 balls, 268 mins, 5 extras)

Lunch: Auckland - 227/8 in 75.0 overs (MB McEwan 8, DK Ferns 9)

Auckland: 250 runs in 77.0 overs (465 balls, 327 mins, 12 extras)

9th Wicket: 50 runs in 60 balls, 41 mins (MB McEwan 22, DK Ferns 20, extras 10)

Ball Change: Auckland - 268/9 in 80.0 overs (DK Ferns 21, BG Lister 0)

80.1 overs New ball taken

SC Kuggeleijn: 5 wickets (20.3-5-68-5)

Northern Districts 2nd innings:

ME McEwan off field for concussion assessment.

Northern Districts: 50 runs in 14.0 overs (84 balls, 59 mins, 4 extras)

ME McEwan assessed as unable to continue in the match and has been replaced by JA Brown.

3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 53 balls, 38 mins (TL Seifert 24, DJ Mitchell 23, extras 4)

Tea: Northern Districts - 84/3 in 21.0 overs (TL Seifert 37, JF Carter 8)

Northern Districts: 100 runs in 24.4 overs (148 balls, 102 mins, 4 extras)

4th Wicket: 50 runs in 65 balls, 38 mins (TL Seifert 21, JF Carter 29, extras 0)

JF Carter: 50 off 55 balls, 58 mins (5 x 4, 2 x 6)

TL Seifert: 50 off 78 balls, 119 mins (7 x 4)

Northern Districts: 150 runs in 36.5 overs (223 balls, 149 mins, 7 extras)

Northern Districts: 200 runs in 53.5 overs (325 balls, 224 mins, 7 extras)

End of Day: Northern Districts - 200/7 in 54.1 overs (NF Kelly 20)

Day 3

Northern Districts: 250 runs in 71.3 overs (431 balls, 294 mins, 7 extras)

Auckland 2nd innings:

Auckland: 50 runs in 11.4 overs (70 balls, 54 mins, 6 extras)

Lunch: Auckland - 51/1 in 12.0 overs (GK Beghin 39, GD Phillips 5)

Rain: Auckland - 51/1 in 12.0 overs (GK Beghin 39, GD Phillips 5)

2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 55 balls, 41 mins (GK Beghin 38, GD Phillips 9, extras 6)

2nd Wicket: 100 runs in 110 balls, 88 mins (GK Beghin 48, GD Phillips 42, extras 10)

Auckland: 100 runs in 21.2 overs (128 balls, 102 mins, 10 extras)

GK Beghin: 50 off 67 balls, 108 mins (8 x 4)

GD Phillips: 50 off 66 balls, 98 mins (6 x 4, 2 x 6)

Match Details

GroundEden Park Outer Oval, Auckland

TossAuckland, elected to field first

Series

Plunket Shield

Season2018/19

Hours of play (local time)10.30am start, Lunch 12.30-1.10pm, Tea 3.10-3.30pm, Close 5.30pm

Match days14,15,16 December 2018 - day (4-day match)

AUCK Player Replacement

Substitute:

Jamie Brown

in,

Matt McEwan

out (3rd innings, 4.1 ov)

Umpires

Ashley Mehrotra

Billy Bowden

Match Referee

Richard Hayward

PointsAuckland 18, Northern Districts 4

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