Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Henry Cooper	c †Kneebone b Hart	30	48	55	5	0	62.50
Jeet Raval (c)	st †Kneebone b Foxcroft	54	157	215	8	0	34.39
Bharat Popli	c Bacon b Hazeldine	10	26	41	1	0	38.46
Joe Carter	c Parkes b Hazeldine	138	219	303	17	2	63.01
Robert O'Donnell	c Cumming b Foxcroft	22	51	72	2	1	43.13
Ben Pomare †	c †Kneebone b Hazeldine	46	81	99	7	0	56.79
Scott Kuggeleijn	not out	53	32	56	6	3	165.62
Kristian Clarke	c Phillips b Bacon	21	24	24	4	0	87.50
Neil Wagner	not out	25	11	17	3	1	227.27
Extras	(b 1, lb 3, nb 1, w 7)	12
Total	108 Ov (RR: 3.80, 443 Mins)	411/7d
Did not bat: Joshua Brown, Scott Johnston
Fall of wickets: 1-44 (Henry Cooper, 12.6 ov), 2-62 (Bharat Popli, 22.4 ov), 3-137 (Jeet Raval, 52.4 ov), 4-197 (Robert O'Donnell, 68.3 ov), 5-301 (Ben Pomare, 95.6 ov), 6-326 (Joe Carter, 99.1 ov), 7-358 (Kristian Clarke, 104.6 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Andrew Hazeldine	25	3	115	3	4.60	-	-	-	3	1
Matthew Bacon	18	6	78	1	4.33	-	-	-	0	0
Toby Hart	20	2	84	1	4.20	-	-	-	0	0
Jarrod McKay	18	3	56	0	3.11	-	-	-	0	0
Dean Foxcroft	21	2	59	2	2.80	-	-	-	0	0
Dale Phillips	6	1	15	0	2.50	-	-	-	0	0

Otago 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Jacob Cumming	c Bharat Popli b Kuggeleijn	6	9	9	1	0	66.66
Dale Phillips	c †Pomare b Raval	20	69	99	3	0	28.98
Luke Georgeson (c)	c Bharat Popli b Wagner	34	60	75	7	0	56.66
Dean Foxcroft	c Clarke b Wagner	54	90	144	8	0	60.00
Thorn Parkes	c Kuggeleijn b Cooper	1	13	12	0	0	7.69
Bradley Kneebone †	b Clarke	7	44	39	1	0	15.90
Jamal Todd	b Raval	7	22	34	1	0	31.81
Matthew Bacon	c & b Raval	6	6	7	1	0	100.00
Andrew Hazeldine	c Wagner b Raval	0	2	2	0	0	0.00
Jarrod McKay	not out	0	24	34	0	0	0.00
Toby Hart	b Wagner	0	2	2	0	0	0.00
Extras	(lb 4, nb 5, w 1)	10
Total	56 Ov (RR: 2.58, 232 Mins)	145
Fall of wickets: 1-10 (Jacob Cumming, 2.3 ov), 2-64 (Luke Georgeson, 20.6 ov), 3-71 (Dale Phillips, 24.1 ov), 4-78 (Thorn Parkes, 27.2 ov), 5-93 (Bradley Kneebone, 37.3 ov), 6-113 (Jamal Todd, 44.4 ov), 7-121 (Matthew Bacon, 46.4 ov), 8-121 (Andrew Hazeldine, 46.6 ov), 9-145 (Dean Foxcroft, 55.4 ov), 10-145 (Toby Hart, 55.6 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Scott Kuggeleijn	7	1	16	1	2.28	-	-	-	1	0
Kristian Clarke	11	1	35	1	3.18	-	-	-	0	5
Neil Wagner	11	2	33	3	3.00	-	-	-	0	0
Scott Johnston	8	0	26	0	3.25	-	-	-	0	0
Jeet Raval	11	3	20	4	1.81	-	-	-	0	0
Henry Cooper	3	2	3	1	1.00	-	-	-	0	0
Joshua Brown	5	2	8	0	1.60	-	-	-	0	0

Northern Districts 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Scott Kuggeleijn	c Phillips b Hart	71	26	36	3	8	273.07
Jeet Raval (c)	c Hazeldine b McKay	14	17	34	2	0	82.35
Neil Wagner	not out	27	11	21	0	3	245.45
Bharat Popli	not out	21	13	19	3	0	161.53
Extras	(b 3, lb 2, nb 1, w 1)	7
Total	11 Ov (RR: 12.72)	140/2d
Did not bat: Robert O'Donnell, Ben Pomare †, Henry Cooper, Kristian Clarke, Joe Carter, Joshua Brown, Scott Johnston
Fall of wickets: 1-90 (Jeet Raval, 6.6 ov), 2-90 (Scott Kuggeleijn, 7.1 ov)

Bowling	O	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Matthew Bacon	2	29	0	14.50	-	-	-	0	0
Andrew Hazeldine	3	33	0	11.00	-	-	-	1	0
Jarrod McKay	4	53	1	13.25	-	-	-	0	1
Toby Hart	2	20	1	10.00	-	-	-	0	0

Otago 2nd Innings (T: 407 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Jacob Cumming	b Raval	47	120	170	6	0	39.16
Dale Phillips	c Raval b Wagner	15	37	48	3	0	40.54
Luke Georgeson (c)	b Raval	30	86	113	3	0	34.88
Dean Foxcroft	c Carter b Wagner	17	49	62	1	0	34.69
Thorn Parkes	c †Pomare b Wagner	50	99	131	9	0	50.50
Jamal Todd	c †Pomare b Brown	28	28	41	5	1	100.00
Bradley Kneebone †	c †Pomare b Brown	10	15	19	2	0	66.66
Matthew Bacon	not out	47	43	79	6	2	109.30
Andrew Hazeldine	retired hurt	0	2	1	0	0	0.00
Jarrod McKay	b Wagner	6	19	21	1	0	31.57
Ben Lockrose	b Wagner	0	9	7	0	0	0.00
Toby Hart	lbw b Cooper	8	26	33	1	0	30.76
Extras	(b 1, lb 7, nb 2, w 4)	14
Total	88.3 Ov (RR: 3.07, 365 Mins)	272
Fall of wickets: 1-32 (Dale Phillips, 12.3 ov), 2-98 (Luke Georgeson, 39.3 ov), 3-103 (Jacob Cumming, 41.4 ov), 4-133 (Dean Foxcroft, 56.4 ov), 5-188 (Jamal Todd, 66.2 ov), 6-199 (Bradley Kneebone, 70.4 ov), 7-214 (Thorn Parkes, 74.1 ov), 7-214* (Andrew Hazeldine, retired not out), 8-220 (Jarrod McKay, 78.5 ov), 9-222 (Ben Lockrose, 80.3 ov), 10-272 (Toby Hart, 88.3 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Scott Kuggeleijn	5.3	2	19	0	3.45	-	-	-	0	0
Kristian Clarke	18	4	49	0	2.72	-	-	-	0	1
Neil Wagner	21	5	53	5	2.52	-	-	-	1	0
Scott Johnston	8	2	16	0	2.00	-	-	-	0	0
Joshua Brown	10	2	50	2	5.00	-	-	-	3	1
Jeet Raval	18	2	69	2	3.83	-	-	-	0	0
Robert O'Donnell	0.3	0	1	0	2.00	-	-	-	0	0
Henry Cooper	7.3	3	7	1	0.93	-	-	-	0	0

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Close of Play

Sat, 29 Mar - day 1 - Northern Dis 1st innings 295/4 (Joe Carter 129*, Ben Pomare 46*, 94 ov)

Sun, 30 Mar - day 2 - Otago 1st innings 81/4 (Dean Foxcroft 12*, Bradley Kneebone 2*, 31 ov)

Mon, 31 Mar - day 3 - Otago 2nd innings 120/3 (Dean Foxcroft 13*, Thorn Parkes 5*, 51 ov)

Tue, 01 Apr - day 4 - Otago 2nd innings 272 (88.3 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

Day 1

Northern Districts 1st innings:
Ground Delay (09:54 to 11:13): Pre Start
Revised Hours of Play Day 1. 11-15am to 1-20pm. 2pm to 4-10pm. 4-30pm to 6-30pm. 93 overs minimum
Northern Districts: 50 runs in 16.1 overs, 70 minutes, 0 extras
Lunch (13:23 to 14:02): Northern Districts - 82/2 in 31.0 overs, JA Raval 28 (85), JF Carter 14 (27)
Northern Districts: 100 runs in 38.5 overs, 159 minutes, 1 extra
3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 122 balls, 79 minutes, JA Raval 19 (60), JF Carter 31 (62), 1 extra
JA Raval: 50 runs in 153 balls, 211 minutes (7x4)
Injury (15:38 to 15:41): Northern Districts - 144/3 in 54.4 overs, JF Carter 45 (89), RR O'Donnell 3 (8)
JF Carter: 50 runs in 92 balls, 133 minutes (7x4, 1x6)
Northern Districts: 150 runs in 55.2 overs, 232 minutes, 2 extras
Injury (15:55 to 16:00): Northern Districts - 161/3 in 58.1 overs, JF Carter 62 (104), RR O'Donnell 3 (14)
Tea (16:13 to 16:32): Northern Districts - 174/3 in 62.0 overs, JF Carter 68 (114), RR O'Donnell 10 (27)
4th Wicket: 50 runs in 81 balls, 59 minutes, JF Carter 33 (40), RR O'Donnell 16 (41), 1 extra
Injury (16:51 to 16:55): Northern Districts - 188/3 in 67.3 overs, JF Carter 75 (127), RR O'Donnell 16 (47)
Northern Districts: 200 runs in 70.2 overs, 295 minutes, 3 extras
JF Carter: 100 runs in 164 balls, 227 minutes (13x4, 2x6)
New Ball Taken: Northern Districts - 243/4 after 80.0 overs, JF Carter 111 (167), BJ Pomare 13 (31), 3 extras
5th Wicket: 50 runs in 74 balls, 43 minutes, JF Carter 33 (38), BJ Pomare 17 (36), 0 extras
Northern Districts: 250 runs in 81.4 overs, 335 minutes, 3 extras
End of Day (18:30): Northern Districts - 295/4 in 94.0 overs, JF Carter 129 (207), BJ Pomare 46 (75

Day 2

Ground Delay (10:07 to 10:22): Northern Districts - 295/4 in 94.0 overs, JF Carter 129 (207), BJ Pomare 46 (75)
Rain (10:22 to 12:11): Northern Districts - 295/4 in 94.0 overs, JF Carter 129 (207), BJ Pomare 46 (75)
Ground Delay (12:11 to 12:30): Northern Districts - 295/4 in 94.0 overs, JF Carter 129 (207), BJ Pomare 46 (75)
Lunch (12:30 to 13:04): Northern Districts - 295/4 in 94.0 overs, JF Carter 129 (207), BJ Pomare 46 (75)
Ground Delay (13:04 to 14:14): Northern Districts - 295/4 in 94.0 overs, JF Carter 129 (207), BJ Pomare 46 (75)
Revised Hours of Play, Day 2. 2:15pm to 4:30pm. 4:50pm to 6:30pm. 58 overs minimum
5th Wicket: 100 runs in 160 balls, 95 minutes, JF Carter 56 (80), BJ Pomare 46 (80), 1 extra
Northern Districts: 300 runs in 95.1 overs, 383 minutes, 4 extras
Northern Districts: 350 runs in 104.3 overs, 423 minutes, 10 extras
SC Kuggeleijn: 50 runs in 32 balls, 49 minutes (6x4, 3x6)
Northern Districts: 400 runs in 107.2 overs, 439 minutes, 11 extras
8th Wicket: 50 runs in 19 balls, 16 minutes, SC Kuggeleijn 26 (8), N Wagner 25 (11), 2 extras
End of 110 over bonus points: Northern Districts 411/7 (108) (Northern Districts 4 batting points, Otago Volts 3 bowling points)
Otago 1st innings:
Tea (16:34 to 16:53): Otago - 48/1 in 16.0 overs, DN Phillips 17 (45), LI Georgeson 19 (43)
Otago: 50 runs in 17.4 overs, 72 minutes, 6 extras
2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 102 balls, 68 minutes, DN Phillips 14 (48), LI Georgeson 30 (54), 6 extras
Bad Light (17:52): Otago - 81/4 in 31.0 overs, D Foxcroft 12 (18), BV Kneebone 2 (18)
Otago 1st innings:
Tea (16:34 to 16:53): Otago - 48/1 in 16.0 overs, DN Phillips 17 (45), LI Georgeson 19 (43)
Otago: 50 runs in 17.4 overs, 72 minutes, 6 extras
2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 102 balls, 68 minutes, DN Phillips 14 (48), LI Georgeson 30 (54), 6 extras
Bad Light (17:52): Otago - 81/4 in 31.0 overs, D Foxcroft 12 (18), BV Kneebone 2 (18)
End of Day Otago - 81/4 in 31.0 overs, D Foxcroft 12 (18), BV Kneebone 2 (18)

Day 3

Ground Delay (10:26 to 11:14): Otago - 81/4 in 31.0 overs, D Foxcroft 12 (18), BV Kneebone 2 (18)
Otago: 100 runs in 40.5 overs, 170 minutes, 10 extras
D Foxcroft: 50 runs in 86 balls, 136 minutes (7x4)
Northern Districts 2nd innings:
Lunch: Northern Districts - 38/0 in 3.0 overs, SC Kuggeleijn 26 (9), JA Raval 11 (9)
1st Wicket: 50 runs in 25 balls, 20 minutes, SC Kuggeleijn 36 (12), JA Raval 13 (13), 1 extra
Northern Districts: 50 runs in 4.1 overs, 20 minutes, 1 extra
SC Kuggeleijn: 50 runs in 19 balls, 28 minutes (3x4, 5x6)
Northern Districts: 100 runs in 8.3 overs, 43 minutes, 6 extras
3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 24 balls, 17 minutes, N Wagner 27 (11), B Popli 21 (13), 2 extras
Otago 2nd innings:
Tea: Otago - 38/1 in 18.0 overs, JM Cumming 15 (53), LI Georgeson 2 (19)
Otago: 50 runs in 20.2 overs, 81 minutes, 6 extras
2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 133 balls, 93 minutes, JM Cumming 24 (67), LI Georgeson 23 (66), 3 extras
Otago: 100 runs in 41.0 overs, 167 minutes, 9 extras
Bad Light: Otago - 120/3 in 51.0 overs, D Foxcroft 13 (30), TK Parkes 5 (35)
End of Day (18:39): Otago - 120/3 in 51.0 overs, D Foxcroft 13 (30), TK Parkes 5 (35)

Day 4

Ground Delay: Otago - 120/3 in 51.0 overs, D Foxcroft 13 (30), TK Parkes 5 (35)
Otago: 150 runs in 60.2 overs, 241 minutes, 11 extras
5th Wicket: 50 runs in 49 balls, 35 minutes, TK Parkes 25 (24), JT Todd 24 (25), 2 extras
Otago: 200 runs in 71.1 overs, 289 minutes, 13 extras
TK Parkes: 50 runs in 98 balls, 126 minutes (9x4)
ATE Hazeldine retired hurt at 214/7 (0*, 74.3 overs)
Otago substituted BNJ Lockrose for ATE Hazeldine (Concussion)
N Wagner: 5 wickets (17.3-4-44-5)
Otago: 250 runs in 83.4 overs, 345 minutes, 14 extras
New Ball Taken: Otago - 256/9 after 84.0 overs, MB Bacon 33 (32), TJ Hart 6 (10), 14 extras
10th Wicket: 50 runs in 46 balls, 31 minutes, MB Bacon 42 (22), TJ Hart 8 (24), 0 extras

Match Details

University Oval, Dunedin
Toss	Otago, elected to field first
Series	Plunket Shield
Season	2024/25
Series result	Northern Districts won the 2024/25 Plunket Shield
Match days	29,30,31 March, 1 April 2025 - day (4-day match)
OTAGO Player Replacement	Substitute: Ben Lockrose in, Andrew Hazeldine out (4th innings, 78.6 ov)
FC debut	Toby Hart
Umpires	Craig Pryor Kannan Jagannathan
Match Referee	Shayne O'Connor
Points	Northern Districts 20, Otago 3

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Otago Innings

Player Name		R	B
JM Cumming	bowled	47	120
DN Phillips	caught	15	37
LI Georgeson	bowled	30	86
D Foxcroft	caught	17	49
TK Parkes	caught	50	99
JT Todd	caught	28	28
BV Kneebone	caught	10	15
MB Bacon	not out	47	43
ATE Hazeldine	retired hurt	0	2
JD McKay	bowled	6	19
BNJ Lockrose	bowled	0	9
TJ Hart	lbw	8	26
Extras	(b 1, lb 7, nb 2, w 4)
Total	272(10 wkts; 88.3 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
SC Kuggeleijn	5.3	2	19	0	3.45
KDC Clarke	18	4	49	0	2.72 (1 nb)
N Wagner	21	5	53	5	2.52
SS Johnston	8	2	16	0	2
JH Brown	10	2	50	2	5 (1 nb)
JA Raval	18	2	69	2	3.83
RR O'Donnell	0.3	0	1	0	2
HR Cooper	7.3	3	7	1	0.93

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	32	Dale Phillips	Jacob Cumming
2nd	66	Luke Georgeson	Jacob Cumming
3rd	5	Dean Foxcroft	Jacob Cumming
4th	30	Dean Foxcroft	Thorn Parkes
5th	55	Thorn Parkes	Jamal Todd
6th	11	Thorn Parkes	Bradley Kneebone
7th	15	Matthew Bacon	Thorn Parkes
8th	0	Matthew Bacon	Andrew Hazeldine
9th	6	Matthew Bacon	Jarrod McKay
10th	2	Matthew Bacon	Ben Lockrose
11th	50	Matthew Bacon	Toby Hart

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Plunket Shield

Team	M	W	L	D	PT
ND	8	5	0	3	109
WELL	8	4	3	1	100
CANT	8	3	4	1	86
CD	8	3	3	2	79
OTAGO	8	1	4	3	54
AUCK	8	1	3	4	51

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