Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Daniel Flynn (c)	c & b Newton	15	30	34	2	0	50.00
Henry Cooper	c Conway b McPeake	2	3	5	0	0	66.66
Bharat Popli	c Sears b McPeake	31	43	59	7	0	72.09
Nick Kelly	b Sears	7	16	22	0	0	43.75
Joe Carter	c †Johns b Newton	109	128	172	10	5	85.15
Anton Devcich	c McPeake b Newton	0	4	5	0	0	0.00
Scott Kuggeleijn	lbw b Newton	21	33	31	3	0	63.63
Peter David Bocock †	c Bracewell b Patel	20	23	32	4	0	86.95
Joe Walker	lbw b Nofal	31	49	63	3	0	63.26
Brett Randell	c Conway b Nofal	0	1	3	0	0	0.00
James Baker	not out	7	23	28	1	0	30.43
Extras	(lb 5, nb 1, w 2)	8
Total	58.4 Ov (RR: 4.27)	251
Fall of wickets: 1-6 (Henry Cooper, 1.3 ov), 2-30 (Daniel Flynn, 8.5 ov), 3-48 (Nick Kelly, 14.3 ov), 4-57 (Bharat Popli, 15.5 ov), 5-58 (Anton Devcich, 16.5 ov), 6-88 (Scott Kuggeleijn, 24.6 ov), 7-127 (Peter David Bocock, 33.6 ov), 8-209 (Joe Walker, 51.2 ov), 9-209 (Brett Randell, 51.3 ov), 10-251 (Joe Carter, 58.4 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Ollie Newton	15.4	3	58	4	3.70	-	-	-	0	0
Ian McPeake	13	0	73	2	5.61	-	-	-	2	0
Ben Sears	12	2	39	1	3.25	-	-	-	0	1
Jeetan Patel	14	2	48	1	3.42	-	-	-	0	0
Malcolm Nofal	4	0	28	2	7.00	-	-	-	0	0

Wellington 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Andrew Fletcher	c †Bocock b Baker	5	35	50	0	0	14.28
Luke Woodcock	b Kuggeleijn	25	66	91	4	0	37.87
Devon Conway	c †Bocock b Randell	74	158	229	10	1	46.83
Michael Bracewell (c)	b Baker	46	95	122	4	1	48.42
Malcolm Nofal	c †Bocock b Devcich	35	77	103	7	0	45.45
Jakob Bhula	c Bharat Popli b Randell	2	12	14	0	0	16.66
Lauchie Johns †	c Carter b Baker	25	50	66	5	0	50.00
Ollie Newton	b Baker	8	20	39	1	0	40.00
Jeetan Patel	c Walker b Kuggeleijn	34	25	38	5	1	136.00
Ian McPeake	not out	11	16	34	1	1	68.75
Extras	(b 10, lb 12)	22
Total	92.2 Ov (RR: 3.10)	287/9d
Did not bat: Ben Sears
Fall of wickets: 1-20 (Andrew Fletcher, 12.3 ov), 2-42 (Luke Woodcock, 21.4 ov), 3-142 (Michael Bracewell, 51.6 ov), 4-193 (Devon Conway, 67.3 ov), 5-199 (Jakob Bhula, 71.1 ov), 6-212 (Malcolm Nofal, 77.2 ov), 7-242 (Ollie Newton, 85.2 ov), 8-243 (Lauchie Johns, 85.5 ov), 9-287 (Jeetan Patel, 92.2 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Scott Kuggeleijn	22.2	7	48	2	2.14	-	-	-
James Baker	25	10	68	4	2.72	-	-	-
Brett Randell	19	4	66	2	3.47	-	-	-
Joe Walker	23	4	78	0	3.39	-	-	-
Anton Devcich	3	2	5	1	1.66	-	-	-

Northern Districts 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Henry Cooper	c Bhula b Sears	48	103	141	4	1	46.60
Daniel Flynn (c)	lbw b Patel	46	61	61	7	0	75.40
Bharat Popli	c Bhula b Patel	24	54	55	3	1	44.44
Nick Kelly	c †Johns b Newton	36	85	102	6	0	42.35
Joe Carter	c Patel b Woodcock	10	28	34	0	1	35.71
Anton Devcich	c Bracewell b Woodcock	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
Scott Kuggeleijn	c Conway b Patel	12	25	44	0	1	48.00
Peter David Bocock †	b Patel	56	72	107	7	1	77.77
Joe Walker	b McPeake	23	66	80	3	1	34.84
Brett Randell	c †Johns b McPeake	5	18	20	1	0	27.77
James Baker	not out	0	1	3	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 4, lb 6, nb 3, w 3)	16
Total	85.1 Ov (RR: 3.24)	276
Fall of wickets: 1-76 (Daniel Flynn, 15.3 ov), 2-125 (Bharat Popli, 33.3 ov), 3-142 (Henry Cooper, 40.1 ov), 4-163 (Joe Carter, 48.2 ov), 5-163 (Anton Devcich, 48.3 ov), 6-190 (Nick Kelly, 58.6 ov), 7-190 (Scott Kuggeleijn, 59.1 ov), 8-257 (Joe Walker, 80.3 ov), 9-276 (Brett Randell, 84.5 ov), 10-276 (Peter David Bocock, 85.1 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Ollie Newton	17	2	51	1	3.00	-	-	-	0	0
Ben Sears	11	2	44	1	4.00	-	-	-	2	2
Jeetan Patel	28.1	8	88	4	3.12	-	-	-	0	1
Ian McPeake	13	3	35	2	2.69	-	-	-	1	0
Malcolm Nofal	9	2	30	0	3.33	-	-	-	0	0
Luke Woodcock	7	1	18	2	2.57	-	-	-	0	0

Wellington 2nd Innings (T: 241 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Luke Woodcock	c Kelly b Kuggeleijn	7	12	12	1	0	58.33
Andrew Fletcher	b Baker	5	10	17	1	0	50.00
Devon Conway	lbw b Walker	62	99	155	11	1	62.62
Michael Bracewell (c)	c Carter b Walker	19	30	37	3	0	63.33
Malcolm Nofal	c Bharat Popli b Randell	5	11	13	1	0	45.45
Jakob Bhula	c & b Kuggeleijn	18	45	47	2	0	40.00
Lauchie Johns †	c †Bocock b Walker	6	27	43	1	0	22.22
Ollie Newton	c & b Baker	1	7	9	0	0	14.28
Jeetan Patel	c Carter b Walker	2	5	14	0	0	40.00
Ian McPeake	not out	1	8	13	0	0	12.50
Ben Sears	c Carter b Walker	0	2	2	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 2, lb 12, nb 1, w 1)	16
Total	42.3 Ov (RR: 3.34)	142
Fall of wickets: 1-12 (Luke Woodcock, 2.5 ov), 2-12 (Andrew Fletcher, 3.5 ov), 3-43 (Michael Bracewell, 12.1 ov), 4-53 (Malcolm Nofal, 15.4 ov), 5-97 (Jakob Bhula, 28.3 ov), 6-138 (Lauchie Johns, 38.4 ov), 7-139 (Ollie Newton, 39.5 ov), 8-139 (Devon Conway, 40.1 ov), 9-142 (Jeetan Patel, 42.1 ov), 10-142 (Ben Sears, 42.3 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Scott Kuggeleijn	11	2	36	2	3.27	-	-	-	1	0
James Baker	11	4	40	2	3.63	-	-	-	0	0
Joe Walker	11.3	1	25	5	2.17	-	-	-	0	1
Brett Randell	4	0	13	1	3.25	-	-	-	0	0
Anton Devcich	5	1	14	0	2.80	-	-	-	0	0

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Close of Play

Thu, 06 Dec - day 1 - Northern Dis 1st innings 48/3 (Bharat Popli 23*, Joe Carter 0*, 15 ov)

Fri, 07 Dec - day 2 - Wellington 1st innings 152/3 (Devon Conway 58*, Malcolm Nofal 4*, 55 ov)

Sat, 08 Dec - day 3 - Northern Dis 2nd innings 189/5 (Nick Kelly 36*, Scott Kuggeleijn 11*, 58 ov)

Sun, 09 Dec - day 4 - Wellington 2nd innings 142 (42.3 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

Day 1

Day 2

Northern Districts: 50 runs in 15.2 overs (92 balls, 62 mins, 1 extra)
Northern Districts: 100 runs in 27.2 overs (164 balls, 111 mins, 2 extras)
Northern Districts: 150 runs in 38.4 overs (232 balls, 153 mins, 4 extras)
JF Carter: 50 off 75 balls, 99 mins (6 x 4, 1 x 6)
8th Wicket: 50 runs in 65 balls, 38 mins (JF Carter 35, JG Walker 14, extras 1)
Northern Districts: 200 runs in 49.4 overs (299 balls, 191 mins, 6 extras)
JF Carter: 100 off 119 balls, 160 mins (10 x 4, 4 x 6)
Northern Districts: 250 runs in 58.3 overs (352 balls, 229 mins, 8 extras)
Lunch: Northern Districts - 251/10 in 58.4 overs (JF Carter 109, JD Baker 7)
End of 110 over bonus points: Northern Districts 251 (58.4) (Northern Districts 2 batting points, Wellington Firebirds 4 bowling points)
Wellington 1st innings:
Tea: Wellington - 48/2 in 24.0 overs (DP Conway 13, MG Bracewell 0)
Wellington: 50 runs in 24.3 overs (147 balls, 103 mins, 5 extras)
3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 100 balls, 65 mins (DP Conway 31, MG Bracewell 14, extras 6)
Wellington: 100 runs in 40.5 overs (245 balls, 167 mins, 11 extras)
DP Conway: 50 off 111 balls, 149 mins (5 x 4, 1 x 6)
3rd Wicket: 100 runs in 181 balls, 122 mins (DP Conway 45, MG Bracewell 46, extras 9)
Wellington: 150 runs in 54.1 overs (325 balls, 224 mins, 14 extras)
End of Day: Wellington - 152/3 in 55.0 overs (DP Conway 58, MJ Nofal 4)

Day 3

4th Wicket: 50 runs in 91 balls, 64 mins (DP Conway 22, MJ Nofal 27, extras 2)
Wellington: 200 runs in 71.3 overs (429 balls, 297 mins, 20 extras)
New Ball Taken: Wellington Firebirds - 225/6 at 80.1 overs (LR Johns 17, OR Newton 1)
Lunch: Wellington - 245/8 in 87.0 overs (JS Patel 2, IG McPeake 1)
Wellington: 250 runs in 89.2 overs (536 balls, 377 mins, 22 extras)
End of 110 over bonus points: Wellington Firebirds 287/9 (92.2) (Wellington Firebirds 2 batting points, Northern Districts 4 bowling points)
Northern Districts 2nd innings:
1st Wicket: 50 runs in 66 balls, 43 mins (HR Cooper 15, DR Flynn 31, extras 5)
Northern Districts: 50 runs in 10.5 overs (66 balls, 43 mins, 5 extras)
Tea: Northern Districts - 99/1 in 27.0 overs (HR Cooper 31, B Popli 15)
Northern Districts: 100 runs in 27.2 overs (166 balls, 96 mins, 11 extras)
Northern Districts: 150 runs in 44.4 overs (270 balls, 159 mins, 14 extras)
End of Day: Northern Districts - 189/5 in 58.0 overs (NF Kelly 36, SC Kuggeleijn 11)

Day 4

Northern Districts: 200 runs in 63.4 overs (384 balls, 238 mins, 15 extras)
8th Wicket: 50 runs in 108 balls, 67 mins (PD Bocock 29, JG Walker 21, extras 1)
Northern Districts: 250 runs in 78.2 overs (472 balls, 293 mins, 15 extras)
New Ball Taken: Northern Districts - 257/7 at 80.1 overs (PD Bocock 43, JG Walker 23)
PD Bocock: 50 off 68 balls, 91 mins (6 x 4, 1 x 6)
Wellington 2nd innings:
Lunch: Wellington - 12/2 in 3.5 overs (DP Conway 0)
Wellington: 50 runs in 14.5 overs (89 balls, 65 mins, 5 extras)
Wellington: 100 runs in 30.3 overs (184 balls, 125 mins, 12 extras)
DP Conway: 50 off 86 balls, 130 mins (9 x 4, 1 x 6)
Tea: Wellington- 131/5 in 36.0 overs (DP Conway 55, LR Johns 6)
JG Walker: 5 wickets (11.3-1-25-5)

Match Details

Seddon Park, Hamilton
Toss	Wellington, 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	6,7,8,9 December 2018 - day (4-day match)
FC debut	Ben Sears Jakob Bhula
Umpires	Ashley Mehrotra Tim Parlane
Match Referee	Kevin Earl
Points	Northern Districts 18, Wellington 6

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Wellington Innings

Player Name		R	B
LJ Woodcock	caught	7	12
AT Fletcher	bowled	5	10
DP Conway	lbw	62	99
MG Bracewell	caught	19	30
MJ Nofal	caught	5	11
JJNP Bhula	caught	18	45
LR Johns	caught	6	27
OR Newton	caught	1	7
JS Patel	caught	2	5
IG McPeake	not out	1	8
BV Sears	caught	0	2
Extras	(b 2, lb 12, nb 1, w 1)
Total	142(10 wkts; 42.3 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
SC Kuggeleijn	11	2	36	2	3.27
JD Baker	11	4	40	2	3.63
JG Walker	11.3	1	25	5	2.17 (1 nb)
BG Randell	4	0	13	1	3.25
AP Devcich	5	1	14	0	2.8

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	12	Luke Woodcock	Andrew Fletcher
2nd	0	Devon Conway	Andrew Fletcher
3rd	31	Michael Bracewell	Devon Conway
4th	10	Devon Conway	Malcolm Nofal
5th	44	Devon Conway	Jakob Bhula
6th	41	Devon Conway	Lauchie Johns
7th	1	Devon Conway	Ollie Newton
8th	0	Jeetan Patel	Devon Conway
9th	3	Jeetan Patel	Ian McPeake
10th	0	Ian McPeake	Ben Sears

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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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