Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Jeet Raval	c Ravindra b Neesham	25	88	125	1	0	28.40
Henry Cooper	c †McLachlan b Neesham	14	19	28	1	0	73.68
Katene Clarke	b Neesham	15	41	73	3	0	36.58
Joe Carter (c)	c Neesham b Bracewell	3	19	29	0	0	15.78
Tim Seifert †	c †McLachlan b Ravindra	24	78	111	2	0	30.76
Mitchell Santner	c Younghusband b Sears	40	67	76	4	1	59.70
Scott Kuggeleijn	b Sears	0	2	1	0	0	0.00
Ish Sodhi	c Georgeson b Ravindra	10	19	26	2	0	52.63
Brett Randell	lbw b Ravindra	18	68	89	1	0	26.47
Kristian Clarke	not out	63	94	128	4	0	67.02
Joe Walker	c Bracewell b van Beek	9	35	41	2	0	25.71
Extras	(b 7, lb 5, nb 3, w 7)	22
Total	87.4 Ov (RR: 2.77, 365 Mins)	243
Fall of wickets: 1-18 (Henry Cooper, 6.2 ov), 2-55 (Katene Clarke, 22.2 ov), 3-63 (Jeet Raval, 26.3 ov), 4-63 (Joe Carter, 27.6 ov), 5-120 (Mitchell Santner, 48.2 ov), 6-120 (Scott Kuggeleijn, 48.4 ov), 7-140 (Ish Sodhi, 54.4 ov), 8-140 (Tim Seifert, 54.6 ov), 9-208 (Brett Randell, 77.6 ov), 10-243 (Joe Walker, 87.4 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
James Neesham	18	4	46	3	2.55	88	3	0	2	0
6.2 to HR Cooper, . 18/1 22.2 to KD Clarke, . 55/2 26.3 to JA Raval, . 63/3
Logan van Beek	19.4	4	48	1	2.44	96	6	0	1	2
87.4 to JG Walker, . 243/10
Ben Sears	15	2	34	2	2.26	70	3	0	0	0
48.2 to MJ Santner, . 120/5 48.4 to SC Kuggeleijn, . 120/6
Luke Georgeson	2	0	8	0	4.00	8	0	0	0	1
Michael Bracewell	15	3	42	1	2.80	73	4	1	0	0
27.6 to JF Carter, . 63/4
Rachin Ravindra	10	2	38	3	3.80	45	4	0	0	0
54.4 to IS Sodhi, . 140/7 54.6 to TL Seifert, . 140/8 77.6 to BG Randell, . 208/9
Jamie Gibson	4	1	6	0	1.50	19	0	0	0	0
Peter Younghusband	4	1	9	0	2.25	18	0	0	0	0

Wellington 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Luke Georgeson	c KD Clarke b Randell	4	17	19	0	0	23.52
Rachin Ravindra	c Raval b Walker	10	55	111	0	0	18.18
Troy Johnson	lbw b Randell	1	8	9	0	0	12.50
Michael Bracewell (c)	c KD Clarke b Kuggeleijn	13	32	42	1	0	40.62
Jakob Bhula	lbw b Kuggeleijn	0	3	3	0	0	0.00
James Neesham	b Randell	0	1	3	0	0	0.00
Jamie Gibson	c KD Clarke b KDC Clarke	9	17	25	0	0	52.94
Peter Younghusband	c †Seifert b Walker	1	11	13	0	0	9.09
Logan van Beek	c KD Clarke b Santner	35	51	87	2	1	68.62
Callum McLachlan †	not out	40	70	87	4	0	57.14
Ben Sears	c †Seifert b Santner	1	7	7	0	0	14.28
Extras	(b 2, nb 1, w 2)	5
Total	45.1 Ov (RR: 2.63, 206 Mins)	119
Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Luke Georgeson, 4.3 ov), 2-6 (Troy Johnson, 6.2 ov), 3-23 (Michael Bracewell, 15.3 ov), 4-23 (Jakob Bhula, 15.6 ov), 5-26 (James Neesham, 16.3 ov), 6-38 (Jamie Gibson, 21.1 ov), 7-38 (Rachin Ravindra, 22.6 ov), 8-43 (Peter Younghusband, 24.2 ov), 9-115 (Logan van Beek, 43.3 ov), 10-119 (Ben Sears, 45.1 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Brett Randell	13	3	36	3	2.76	60	1	1	1	0
4.3 to LI Georgeson, . 4/1 6.2 to TM Johnson, . 6/2 16.3 to JDS Neesham, . 26/5
Scott Kuggeleijn	13	4	28	2	2.15	63	2	0	1	0
15.3 to MG Bracewell, . 23/3 15.6 to JJNP Bhula, . 23/4
Joe Walker	9	1	29	2	3.22	33	0	0	0	1
22.6 to R Ravindra, . 38/7 24.2 to PF Younghusband, . 43/8
Kristian Clarke	6	1	23	1	3.83	27	4	0	0	0
21.1 to JD Gibson, . 38/6
Mitchell Santner	4.1	3	1	2	0.24	24	0	0	0	0
43.3 to LV van Beek, . 115/9 45.1 to BV Sears, . 119/10

Northern Districts 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Henry Cooper	lbw b Ravindra	45	117	64	5	0	38.46
Jeet Raval	c Sears b van Beek	38	132	59	4	0	28.78
Katene Clarke	c van Beek b Bracewell	10	16	23	1	0	62.50
Joe Carter (c)	c Gibson b Bracewell	76	121	52	11	0	62.80
Tim Seifert †	b Bracewell	3	11	13	0	0	27.27
Mitchell Santner	c Younghusband b Sears	74	140	46	8	1	52.85
Scott Kuggeleijn	not out	25	33	64	2	1	75.75
Ish Sodhi	c Younghusband b Sears	6	15	15	0	0	40.00
Brett Randell	c †McLachlan b Younghusband	14	7	9	0	2	200.00
Kristian Clarke	not out	11	11	12	1	0	100.00
Extras	(b 4, lb 3, nb 3, w 2)	12
Total	100 Ov (RR: 3.14, 381 Mins)	314/8d
Did not bat: Joe Walker
Fall of wickets: 1-89 (Jeet Raval, 40.4 ov), 2-93 (Henry Cooper, 41.4 ov), 3-105 (Katene Clarke, 46.6 ov), 4-113 (Tim Seifert, 50.6 ov), 5-245 (Joe Carter, 86.1 ov), 6-263 (Mitchell Santner, 91.5 ov), 7-276 (Ish Sodhi, 95.4 ov), 8-295 (Brett Randell, 97.2 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Logan van Beek	19	5	54	1	2.84	91	7	0	0	2
40.4 to JA Raval, . 89/1
James Neesham	6	3	11	0	1.83	31	1	0	1	0
Rachin Ravindra	22	8	55	1	2.50	105	6	0	0	1
41.4 to HR Cooper, . 93/2
Michael Bracewell	33	3	107	3	3.24	147	9	4	0	0
46.6 to KD Clarke, . 105/3 50.6 to TL Seifert, . 113/4 86.1 to JF Carter, . 245/5
Ben Sears	10	1	43	2	4.30	41	6	0	1	0
91.5 to MJ Santner, . 263/6 95.4 to IS Sodhi, . 276/7
Peter Younghusband	10	1	37	1	3.70	37	3	0	0	0
97.2 to BG Randell, . 295/8

Wellington 2nd Innings (T: 439 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Luke Georgeson	c †Seifert b KDC Clarke	17	31	54	3	0	54.83
Rachin Ravindra	c Raval b Randell	3	12	19	0	0	25.00
Troy Johnson	c †Seifert b Sodhi	13	70	88	1	0	18.57
Michael Bracewell (c)	c Carter b KDC Clarke	2	2	3	0	0	100.00
Jakob Bhula	b Walker	16	49	61	2	0	32.65
Jamie Gibson	lbw b Walker	14	58	80	1	0	24.13
Nathan Smith	st †Seifert b Walker	70	189	233	6	1	37.03
Peter Younghusband	c Raval b Sodhi	6	22	33	0	0	27.27
Logan van Beek	c KDC Clarke b Sodhi	21	41	57	2	0	51.21
Callum McLachlan †	st †Seifert b Walker	56	105	130	5	1	53.33
Ben Sears	not out	1	48	56	0	0	2.08
Extras	(b 4, w 2)	6
Total	104.3 Ov (RR: 2.15, 410 Mins)	225
Fall of wickets: 1-7 (Rachin Ravindra, 4.2 ov), 2-31 (Luke Georgeson, 11.2 ov), 3-33 (Michael Bracewell, 11.4 ov), 4-46 (Troy Johnson, 25.2 ov), 5-52 (Jakob Bhula, 28.4 ov), 6-89 (Jamie Gibson, 46.3 ov), 7-106 (Peter Younghusband, 55.5 ov), 8-143 (Logan van Beek, 68.4 ov), 9-188 (Nathan Smith, 88.6 ov), 10-225 (Callum McLachlan, 104.3 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Brett Randell	12	5	27	1	2.25	60	2	0	0	0
4.2 to R Ravindra, . 7/1
Scott Kuggeleijn	10	1	33	0	3.30	44	3	0	2	0
Joe Walker	27.3	10	50	4	1.81	138	5	1	0	0
28.4 to JJNP Bhula, . 52/5 46.3 to JD Gibson, . 89/6 88.6 to NG Smith, . 188/9 104.3 to CR McLachlan, . 225/10
Kristian Clarke	12	4	41	2	3.41	56	7	0	0	0
11.2 to LI Georgeson, . 31/2 11.4 to MG Bracewell, . 33/3
Ish Sodhi	22	7	39	3	1.77	108	2	1	0	0
25.2 to TM Johnson, . 46/4 55.5 to PF Younghusband, . 106/7 68.4 to LV van Beek, . 143/8
Mitchell Santner	21	5	31	0	1.47	105	1	0	0	0

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Thu, 03 Mar - day 1 - Northern Dis 1st innings 188/8 (Brett Randell 10*, Kristian Clarke 36*, 70 ov)

Fri, 04 Mar - day 2 - Northern Dis 2nd innings 68/0 (Henry Cooper 34*, Jeet Raval 29*, 28 ov)

Sat, 05 Mar - day 3 - Wellington 2nd innings 55/5 (Jamie Gibson 1*, Nathan Smith 0*, 39 ov)

Sun, 06 Mar - day 4 - Wellington 2nd innings 225 (104.3 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

Day 1

Northern Districts 1st innings:
Rain (10:50 to 10:58): Northern Districts - 18/0 in 4.4 overs, JA Raval 3 (14), HR Cooper 14 (15)
Ground Delay (10:58 to 11:06): Northern Districts - 18/0 in 4.4 overs, JA Raval 3 (14), HR Cooper 14 (15)
Rain (11:11 to 11:23): Northern Districts - 18/0 in 5.5 overs, JA Raval 3 (19), HR Cooper 14 (17)
Ground Delay (11:23 to 11:42): Northern Districts - 18/0 in 5.5 overs, JA Raval 3 (19), HR Cooper 14 (17)
Rain (11:42 to 12:10): Northern Districts - 18/0 in 5.5 overs, JA Raval 3 (19), HR Cooper 14 (17)
Ground Delay (12:10 to 12:29): Northern Districts - 18/0 in 5.5 overs, JA Raval 3 (19), HR Cooper 14 (17)
Lunch to be taken at 1.30pm
Day 1 session times - Session 2 2.10 - 4.20. Session 3 4.40 - 6.30 Minimum 80 overs
Lunch (13:30 to 14:09): Northern Districts - 47/1 in 19.0 overs, JA Raval 17 (63), KD Clarke 11 (34)
Northern Districts: 50 runs in 20.0 overs, 90 minutes, 5 extras
Rain (15:11 to 15:41): Northern Districts - 71/4 in 32.2 overs, TL Seifert 4 (17), MJ Santner 3 (12)
Ground Delay (15:41 to 15:50): Northern Districts - 71/4 in 32.2 overs, TL Seifert 4 (17), MJ Santner 3 (12)
Play to commence at 3.50pm 35 overs remaining for day
Tea (16:20 to 16:39): Northern Districts - 89/4 in 41.0 overs, TL Seifert 7 (46), MJ Santner 16 (35)
Northern Districts: 100 runs in 44.1 overs, 189 minutes, 9 extras
5th Wicket: 50 runs in 115 balls, 70 minutes, TL Seifert 12 (52), MJ Santner 35 (63), 3 extras
Northern Districts: 150 runs in 58.3 overs, 250 minutes, 9 extras
End of Day (18:31): Northern Districts - 188/8 in 70.0 overs, BG Randell 10 (40), KDC Clarke 36 (50)

Day 2

9th Wicket: 50 runs in 96 balls, 59 minutes, BG Randell 10 (42), KDC Clarke 37 (54), 3 extras
Northern Districts: 200 runs in 74.0 overs, 309 minutes, 13 extras
KDC Clarke: 50 runs in 75 balls, 90 minutes (3x4)
New Ball Taken: Northern Districts - 216/9 after 80.0 overs, KDC Clarke 50 (77), JG Walker 4 (6), 13 extras
End of 110 over bonus points: Northern Districts 243 (87.4) (Northern Districts 1 batting point, Wellington 4 bowling points)
Wellington 1st innings:
Rain (12:39 to 12:40): Wellington - 14/2 in 8.1 overs, R Ravindra 3 (16), MG Bracewell 6 (8)
Lunch (12:40 to 13:21): Wellington - 14/2 in 8.1 overs, R Ravindra 3 (16), MG Bracewell 6 (8)
Wellington: 50 runs in 26.3 overs, 128 minutes, 2 extras
9th Wicket: 50 runs in 70 balls, 53 minutes, LV van Beek 26 (27), CR McLachlan 21 (43), 4 extras
Wellington: 100 runs in 37.2 overs, 179 minutes, 5 extras
Tea (15:43 to 16:04): Wellington - 103/8 in 38.0 overs, LV van Beek 30 (38), CR McLachlan 30 (47)
End of 110 over bonus points: Wellington 119 (45.1) (Wellington 0 batting points, Northern Districts 4 bowling points)
Northern Disricts 2nd innings
1st Wicket: 50 runs in 120 balls, 78 minutes, HR Cooper 28 (61), JA Raval 18 (59), 4 extras
Northern Districts: 50 runs in 19.4 overs, 78 minutes, 4 extras
End of Day (18:31): Northern Districts - 68/0 in 28.0 overs, HR Cooper 34 (80), JA Raval 29 (90)

Day 3

NG Smith Covid replacement for JDS Neesham.
Northern Districts: 100 runs in 46.1 overs, 180 minutes, 6 extras
Northern Districts: 150 runs in 61.5 overs, 233 minutes, 8 extras
5th Wicket: 50 runs in 94 balls, 53 minutes, JF Carter 28 (40), MJ Santner 21 (54), 1 extra
Lunch (12:51 to 13:31): Northern Districts - 168/4 in 67.0 overs, JF Carter 42 (75), MJ Santner 21 (54)
JF Carter: 50 runs in 86 balls, 104 minutes (7x4)
Northern Districts: 200 runs in 73.5 overs, 275 minutes, 9 extras
5th Wicket: 100 runs in 171 balls, 92 minutes, JF Carter 55 (76), MJ Santner 47 (95), 1 extra
New Ball Taken: Northern Districts - 221/4 after 81.0 overs, JF Carter 67 (110), MJ Santner 49 (103), 9 extras
MJ Santner: 50 runs in 107 balls, 99 minutes (6x4, 1x6)
Northern Districts: 250 runs in 87.0 overs, 320 minutes, 12 extras
Drinks (14:53 to 14:55): Northern Districts - 256/5 in 90.0 overs, MJ Santner 70 (133), SC Kuggeleijn 2 (13)
Northern Districts: 300 runs in 99.0 overs, 375 minutes, 12 extras
Tea (15:40 to 15:41): Northern Districts - 314/8 in 100.0 overs, SC Kuggeleijn 25 (33), KDC Clarke 11 (11)
Wellington 2nd innings:
Wellington: 50 runs in 28.1 overs, 118 minutes, 1 extra
aEnd of Day (18:07): Wellington Firebirds - 55/5 in 30.0 overs, JD Gibson 1 (12), NG Smith 0 (4)

Day 4

Wellington: 100 runs in 53.1 overs, 212 minutes, 3 extras
Lunch (12:50 to 13:30): Wellington - 137/7 in 66.0 overs, NG Smith 45 (123), LV van Beek 16 (29)
NG Smith: 50 runs in 159 balls, 191 minutes (4x4)
Wellington: 150 runs in 79.1 overs, 312 minutes, 5 extras
New Ball Taken: Wellington - 158/8 after 81.0 overs, NG Smith 57 (165), CR McLachlan 4 (36), 5 extras
Wellington: 200 runs in 94.4 overs, 370 minutes, 5 extras
CR McLachlan: 50 runs in 102 balls, 123 minutes (5x4)
Ball lost, replacement ball

Match Details

Cobham Oval (New), Whangarei
Toss	Northern Districts, elected to bat first
Series	Plunket Shield
Season	2021/22
Match days	3,4,5,6 March 2022 - day (4-day match)
WELL Player Replacement	Substitute: Nathan Smith in, James Neesham out (3rd innings, 28.1 ov)
FC debut	Kristian Clarke
Umpires	Billy Bowden Cory Black
Match Referee	Tony Hill
Points	Northern Districts 17, Wellington 4

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Wellington Innings

Player Name		R	B
LI Georgeson	caught	17	31
R Ravindra	caught	3	12
TM Johnson	caught	13	70
MG Bracewell	caught	2	2
JJNP Bhula	bowled	16	49
JD Gibson	lbw	14	58
NG Smith	stumped	70	189
PF Younghusband	caught	6	22
LV van Beek	caught	21	41
CR McLachlan	stumped	56	105
BV Sears	not out	1	48
Extras	(b 4, w 2)
Total	225(10 wkts; 104.3 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
BG Randell	12	5	27	1	2.25
SC Kuggeleijn	10	1	33	0	3.3
JG Walker	27.3	10	50	4	1.81
KDC Clarke	12	4	41	2	3.41
IS Sodhi	22	7	39	3	1.77
MJ Santner	21	5	31	0	1.47

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	7	Rachin Ravindra	Luke Georgeson
2nd	24	Luke Georgeson	Troy Johnson
3rd	2	Michael Bracewell	Troy Johnson
4th	13	Jakob Bhula	Troy Johnson
5th	6	Jamie Gibson	Jakob Bhula
6th	37	Jamie Gibson	Nathan Smith
7th	17	Peter Younghusband	Nathan Smith
8th	37	Logan van Beek	Nathan Smith
9th	45	Nathan Smith	Callum McLachlan
10th	37	Ben Sears	Callum McLachlan

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Plunket Shield

Team	M	W	L	D	PT
AUCK	8	5	1	1	104
CANT	8	4	1	3	92
ND	7	3	3	0	68
OTAGO	8	2	4	2	61
WELL	8	2	6	0	58
CD	7	1	2	4	56

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