Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Anaru Kitchen	b Newton	5	10	15	1	0	50.00
Cam Hawkins	c †Johns b Sears	24	61	100	2	0	39.34
Dale Phillips	b Newton	65	82	117	11	0	79.26
Hamish Rutherford (c)	c Allen b Sears	57	99	130	10	0	57.57
Nick Kelly	c †Johns b McPeake	24	43	82	4	0	55.81
Mitch Renwick †	b Gibson	7	19	28	1	0	36.84
Nathan Smith	c Bracewell b Newton	11	51	66	2	0	21.56
Michael Rippon	c †Johns b Newton	30	49	68	7	0	61.22
Jacob Duffy	not out	20	34	53	3	0	58.82
Travis Muller	c Ravindra b Sears	16	33	32	3	0	48.48
Michael Rae	c Gibson b Sears	0	2	5	0	0	0.00
Extras	(lb 5, w 1)	6
Total	80.3 Ov (RR: 3.29, 350 Mins)	265
Fall of wickets: 1-6 (Anaru Kitchen, 3.2 ov), 2-82 (Cam Hawkins, 22.3 ov), 3-112 (Dale Phillips, 29.5 ov), 4-168 (Nick Kelly, 47.4 ov), 5-182 (Hamish Rutherford, 50.3 ov), 6-188 (Mitch Renwick, 53.4 ov), 7-222 (Nathan Smith, 66.4 ov), 8-229 (Michael Rippon, 70.4 ov), 9-265 (Travis Muller, 80.1 ov), 10-265 (Michael Rae, 80.3 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Hamish Bennett	15	3	50	0	3.33	68	7	0	0	0
Ollie Newton	23	8	62	4	2.69	113	10	0	1	0
3.2 to AK Kitchen, . 6/1 29.5 to DN Phillips, . 112/3 66.4 to NG Smith, . 222/7 70.4 to MJG Rippon, . 229/8
Jamie Gibson	10	3	27	1	2.70	49	4	0	0	0
53.4 to M Renwick, . 188/6
Ian McPeake	14	0	61	1	4.35	62	11	0	0	0
47.4 to NF Kelly, . 168/4
Ben Sears	12.3	4	46	4	3.68	60	10	0	0	0
22.3 to CT Hawkins, . 82/2 50.3 to HD Rutherford, . 182/5 80.1 to T Muller, . 265/9 80.3 to MD Rae, . 265/10
Rachin Ravindra	6	1	14	0	2.33	29	2	0	0	0

Wellington 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Rachin Ravindra	c Muller b Rippon	9	31	51	1	0	29.03
Tom Blundell	c Phillips b Duffy	31	59	71	7	0	52.54
Devon Conway	b Duffy	4	11	15	0	0	36.36
Michael Bracewell (c)	c Phillips b Duffy	37	83	137	5	0	44.57
Finn Allen	c Rutherford b Smith	3	20	27	0	0	15.00
Jamie Gibson	c †Renwick b Muller	19	36	55	3	0	52.77
Lauchie Johns †	c Rippon b Rae	9	11	12	2	0	81.81
Ollie Newton	c Kitchen b Rae	4	11	17	1	0	36.36
Ben Sears	c Hawkins b Muller	41	154	194	5	0	26.62
Ian McPeake	c Phillips b Duffy	0	10	14	0	0	0.00
Hamish Bennett	not out	20	106	158	2	0	18.86
Extras	(b 23, lb 3, w 2)	28
Total	88.4 Ov (RR: 2.31, 378 Mins)	205
Fall of wickets: 1-48 (Rachin Ravindra, 12.5 ov), 2-52 (Devon Conway, 16.1 ov), 3-53 (Tom Blundell, 16.6 ov), 4-64 (Finn Allen, 23.5 ov), 5-103 (Jamie Gibson, 36.1 ov), 6-112 (Lauchie Johns, 37.6 ov), 7-122 (Ollie Newton, 41.4 ov), 8-142 (Michael Bracewell, 46.3 ov), 9-144 (Ian McPeake, 50.1 ov), 10-205 (Ben Sears, 88.4 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Jacob Duffy	28	10	52	4	1.85	144	8	0	1	0
16.1 to DP Conway, . 52/2 16.6 to TA Blundell, . 53/3 46.3 to MG Bracewell, . 142/8 50.1 to IG McPeake, . 144/9
Nathan Smith	17	10	34	1	2.00	90	5	0	0	0
23.5 to FH Allen, . 64/4
Michael Rae	19	5	53	2	2.78	95	11	0	0	0
37.6 to LR Johns, . 112/6 41.4 to OR Newton, . 122/7
Michael Rippon	4	0	8	1	2.00	19	0	0	0	0
12.5 to R Ravindra, . 48/1
Travis Muller	14.4	5	20	2	1.36	76	1	0	1	0
36.1 to JD Gibson, . 103/5 88.4 to BV Sears, . 205/10
Anaru Kitchen	6	1	12	0	2.00	28	1	0	0	0

Otago 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Anaru Kitchen	c Sears b Newton	6	24	39	1	0	25.00
Cam Hawkins	c Gibson b Bennett	21	62	92	4	0	33.87
Dale Phillips	not out	83	151	207	14	0	54.96
Hamish Rutherford (c)	lbw b Allen	69	87	131	12	1	79.31
Nick Kelly	not out	24	22	22	5	0	109.09
Extras	(b 6, lb 7, w 2)	15
Total	57.4 Ov (RR: 3.78, 246 Mins)	218/3d
Did not bat: Mitch Renwick †, Nathan Smith, Michael Rippon, Travis Muller, Jacob Duffy, Michael Rae
Fall of wickets: 1-23 (Anaru Kitchen, 9.1 ov), 2-42 (Cam Hawkins, 21.4 ov), 3-174 (Hamish Rutherford, 51.1 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Hamish Bennett	8	5	12	1	1.50	44	2	0	2	0
21.4 to CT Hawkins, . 42/2
Ollie Newton	13	5	26	1	2.00	67	4	0	0	0
9.1 to AK Kitchen, . 23/1
Ian McPeake	6	0	31	0	5.16	24	6	0	0	0
Ben Sears	8	1	27	0	3.37	37	3	1	0	0
Rachin Ravindra	9	4	32	0	3.55	42	5	0	0	0
Michael Bracewell	2.4	0	18	0	6.75	10	4	0	0	0
Jamie Gibson	5	1	24	0	4.80	21	5	0	0	0
Finn Allen	3	0	15	1	5.00	13	3	0	0	0
51.1 to HD Rutherford, . 174/3
Tom Blundell	3	0	20	0	6.66	11	4	0	0	0

Wellington 2nd Innings (T: 279 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Rachin Ravindra	b Muller	14	43	63	1	0	32.55
Tom Blundell	obstructing the field	101	147	218	12	0	68.70
Devon Conway	c & b Duffy	16	32	45	4	0	50.00
Michael Bracewell (c)	c †Renwick b Duffy	1	11	45	0	0	9.09
Finn Allen	c Kitchen b Rae	17	53	11	0	0	32.07
Jamie Gibson	c †Renwick b Rae	0	1	69	0	0	0.00
Lauchie Johns †	run out (Smith)	0	1	7	0	0	0.00
Ollie Newton	b Duffy	11	11	11	2	0	100.00
Andrew Fletcher	c Kitchen b Smith	15	44	53	2	0	34.09
Ian McPeake	c Kitchen b Duffy	0	12	23	0	0	0.00
Hamish Bennett	not out	2	6	8	0	0	33.33
Extras	(b 6, lb 3, nb 2, w 6)	17
Total	59.5 Ov (RR: 3.24)	194
Fall of wickets: 1-54 (Rachin Ravindra, 15.2 ov), 2-92 (Devon Conway, 24.3 ov), 3-94 (Michael Bracewell, 26.5 ov), 4-152 (Finn Allen, 42.4 ov), 5-152 (Jamie Gibson, 42.5 ov), 6-156 (Lauchie Johns, 43.5 ov), 7-167 (Ollie Newton, 45.6 ov), 8-186 (Tom Blundell, 55.2 ov), 9-192 (Andrew Fletcher, 58.1 ov), 10-194 (Ian McPeake, 59.5 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Jacob Duffy	19.5	1	69	4	3.47	88	9	0	1	0
24.3 to DP Conway, . 92/2 26.5 to MG Bracewell, . 94/3 45.6 to OR Newton, . 167/7 55.2 to TA Blundell, . 186/8 55.2 to TA Blundell, . 186/8 59.5 to IG McPeake, . 194/10
Nathan Smith	15	3	26	1	1.73	73	1	0	0	0
58.1 to AT Fletcher, . 192/9
Travis Muller	8	2	21	1	2.62	41	2	0	1	2
15.2 to R Ravindra, . 54/1
Michael Rae	12	0	57	2	4.75	46	9	0	0	0
42.4 to FH Allen, . 152/4 42.5 to JD Gibson, . 152/5
Michael Rippon	4	0	11	0	2.75	15	0	0	0	0
Anaru Kitchen	1	0	1	0	1.00	5	0	0	0	0

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Thu, 05 Nov - day 1 - Wellington 1st innings 48/1 (Tom Blundell 31*, 12.5 ov)

Fri, 06 Nov - day 2 - Otago 2nd innings 36/1 (Cam Hawkins 21*, Dale Phillips 4*, 18 ov)

Sat, 07 Nov - day 3 - Wellington 2nd innings 185/7 (Tom Blundell 101*, Andrew Fletcher 8*, 54 ov)

Sun, 08 Nov - day 4 - Wellington 2nd innings 194 (59.5 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

Day 1

Otago 1st innings:
Otago: 50 runs in 11.5 overs, 53 minutes, 1 extra
2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 58 balls, 43 minutes, CT Hawkins 10 (22), DN Phillips 40 (36), 0 extras
DN Phillips: 50 runs in 50 balls, 58 minutes (8x4)
Otago: 100 runs in 28.1 overs, 125 minutes, 5 extras
Lunch (12:53 to 13:31): Otago - 118/3 in 32.0 overs, HD Rutherford 19 (32), NF Kelly 0 (7)
Otago: 150 runs in 42.2 overs, 192 minutes, 5 extras
4th Wicket: 50 runs in 101 balls, 78 minutes, HD Rutherford 32 (62), NF Kelly 20 (39), 0 extras
HD Rutherford: 50 runs in 93 balls, 120 minutes (9x4)
Tea (15:42 to 17:17): Otago - 196/6 in 61.0 overs, NG Smith 5 (32), MJG Rippon 4 (20)
Otago: 200 runs in 61.2 overs, 277 minutes, 5 extras
Otago: 250 runs in 76.3 overs, 332 minutes, 6 extras
New Ball Taken: Otago - 265/9 after 80.2 overs, JA Duffy 20 (34), MD Rae 0 (1), 6 extras
End of 110 over bonus points: Otago 265 (80.3) (Otago 2 batting points, Wellington 4 bowling points)
Wellington 1st innings:
End of Day (18:18): Wellington - 48/1 in 12.5 overs, TA Blundell 31 (46), DP Conway 0 (0)

Day 2

Wellington: 50 runs in 15.3 overs, 62 minutes, 8 extras
Wellington: 100 runs in 32.5 overs, 138 minutes, 12 extras
Lunch (12:51 to 13:28): Wellington - 133/7 in 44.0 overs, MG Bracewell 33 (77), BV Sears 5 (8)
Wellington: 150 runs in 52.5 overs, 230 minutes, 20 extras
10th Wicket: 50 runs in 162 balls, 110 minutes, BV Sears 27 (86), HK Bennett 18 (75), 5 extras
New Ball Taken: Wellington - 196/9 after 80.0 overs, BV Sears 35 (120), HK Bennett 19 (88), 26 extras
Wellington: 200 runs in 83.2 overs, 355 minutes, 27 extras
Tea (16:13 to 16:49): Wellington - 201/9 in 84.0 overs, BV Sears 38 (133), HK Bennett 20 (99)
End of 110 over bonus points: Wellington 205 (88.4) (Wellington 1 batting point, Otago 4 bowling points)*
Otago 2nd innings:
End of Day (18:15): Otago - 36/1 in 18.0 overs, CT Hawkins 21 (55), DN Phillips 4 (29)

Day 3

Otago: 50 runs in 23.5 overs, 104 minutes, 7 extras
3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 80 balls, 64 minutes, DN Phillips 29 (42), HD Rutherford 22 (36), 2 extras
Otago: 100 runs in 36.2 overs, 163 minutes, 8 extras
DN Phillips: 50 runs in 124 balls, 165 minutes (7x4)
HD Rutherford: 50 runs in 75 balls, 113 minutes (9x4, 1x6)
3rd Wicket: 100 runs in 164 balls, 119 minutes, DN Phillips 42 (82), HD Rutherford 53 (80), 5 extras
Lunch (12:46 to 13:57): Otago - 146/2 in 48.5 overs, DN Phillips 55 (127), HD Rutherford 53 (80)
Otago: 150 runs in 49.2 overs, 217 minutes, 11 extras
Otago: 200 runs in 55.4 overs, 239 minutes, 11 extras
Wellington 2nd innings:
1st Wicket: 50 runs in 89 balls, 58 minutes, R Ravindra 11 (40), TA Blundell 30 (48), 9 extras
Wellington: 50 runs in 14.4 overs, 58 minutes, 9 extras
Tea (15:43 to 16:01): Wellington - 74/1 in 22.0 overs, TA Blundell 44 (67), DP Conway 4 (23)
TA Blundell: 50 runs in 78 balls, 120 minutes (7x4)
Wellington: 100 runs in 28.2 overs, 127 minutes, 15 extras
4th Wicket: 50 runs in 81 balls, 59 minutes, TA Blundell 32 (39), FH Allen 15 (42), 3 extras
Wellington: 150 runs in 42.1 overs, 186 minutes, 17 extras
Wellington substituted AT Fletcher for BV Sears (Concussion)
TA Blundell: 100 runs in 138 balls, 261 minutes (12x4)
End of Day (18:25): Wellington - 185/7 in 54.0 overs, TA Blundell 101 (140), AT Fletcher 8 (34)

Day 4

Rain (10:29 to 11:50): Wellington Firebirds - 185/7 in 54.0 overs, TA Blundell 101 (140), AT Fletcher 8 (34)
Lunch (11:50 to 12:37): Wellington Firebirds - 185/7 in 54.0 overs, TA Blundell 101 (140), AT Fletcher 8 (34)
Ground Delay (12:37 to 16:59): Wellington Firebirds - 185/7 in 54.0 overs, TA Blundell 101 (140), AT Fletcher 8 (34)

Match Details

Basin Reserve, Wellington
Toss	Wellington, elected to field first
Series	Plunket Shield
Season	2020/21
Hours of play (local time)	10.30am start, Lunch 12.30-1.10pm, Tea 3.10-3.30pm, Close 5.30pm
Match days	5,6,7,8 November 2020 - day (4-day match)
WELL Player Replacement	Substitute: Andrew Fletcher in, Ben Sears out (4th innings, 46.1 ov)
Umpires	Chris Brown Shaun Haig
Match Referee	Tony Hill
Points	Otago 18, Wellington 5

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Wellington Innings

Player Name		R	B
R Ravindra	bowled	14	43
TA Blundell	obstruct field	101	147
DP Conway	caught	16	32
MG Bracewell	caught	1	11
FH Allen	caught	17	53
JD Gibson	caught	0	1
LR Johns	run out	0	1
OR Newton	bowled	11	11
AT Fletcher	caught	15	44
IG McPeake	caught	0	12
HK Bennett	not out	2	6
Extras	(b 6, lb 3, nb 2, w 6)
Total	194(10 wkts; 59.5 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
JA Duffy	19.5	1	69	4	3.47
NG Smith	15	3	26	1	1.73
T Muller	8	2	21	1	2.62 (2 nb)
MD Rae	12	0	57	2	4.75
MJG Rippon	4	0	11	0	2.75
AK Kitchen	1	0	1	0	1

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	54	Tom Blundell	Rachin Ravindra
2nd	38	Devon Conway	Tom Blundell
3rd	2	Michael Bracewell	Tom Blundell
4th	58	Tom Blundell	Finn Allen
5th	0	Tom Blundell	Jamie Gibson
6th	4	Tom Blundell	Lauchie Johns
7th	11	Tom Blundell	Ollie Newton
8th	19	Tom Blundell	Andrew Fletcher
9th	6	Ian McPeake	Andrew Fletcher
10th	2	Hamish Bennett	Ian McPeake

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Plunket Shield

Team	M	W	L	D	PT
CANT	8	5	0	3	109
ND	8	3	2	3	69
OTAGO	8	2	4	2	63
AUCK	8	2	0	5	61
CD	8	2	4	1	56
WELL	8	0	4	4	37

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