misc830980	Counties v Taranaki
	Other matches in New Zealand 1985/86
Venue	Bledisloe Park, Pukekohe on 15th, 16th February 1986 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Counties won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Close of play day 1	Taranaki (1) 156/4 (Richards 62*, [unknown] ?*)

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Counties first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MJ Stabler	b Plumtree	35	115	120	1	-
GM Saunders	c Richards b Stachurski	16	62	71	2	-
RH Halliwell	b Plumtree	24	38	40	2	-
+CL Edkins	c Lahood b Stachurski	31			3	-
GC Doull	b Richards	83			11	2
NB Watson	c Lahood b O'Neill	8			1	-
*LJ Doull	c Lahood b Richards	48			4	4
ND Pollock	lbw b Richards	0	1	1	-	-
CDB Fletcher	lbw b Richards	3			-	-
AJ Wallace	not out	0			-	-
DM Guise	not out	2			-	-
Extras	(11 b, 6 lb, 1 nb)	18
Total	(9 wickets, declared)	268
Fall of wickets:
1-47 (Saunders), 2-84 (Halliwell), 3-89 (Stabler), 4-157 (Edkins), 5-171 (Watson), 6-257 (GC Doull), 7-257 (Pollock), 8-266 (LJ Doull), 9-266 (Fletcher)

Taranaki bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Muggeridge	8	2	23	0	-	1
Plumtree	16	3	37	2	-	-
Stachurski	23	7	77	2	-	-
Lahood	7	0	23	0	-	-
Snook	3	1	22	0	-	-
Richards	11	?	41	4	-	-
O'Neill	?	?	28	1	-	-

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Taranaki first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
IR Snook	[dismissal not known]	46
BM Lahood
*BC Richards	not out	102
MG O'Neill
CJ Muggeridge
JC Plumtree
RG Stachurski
[unknown]	did not bat
[unknown]	did not bat
[unknown]	did not bat
[unknown]	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(5 wickets)	201
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?

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Notes
--> Day 1 Lunch: Counties (1) 117/3 (Edkins ?*, GC Doull ?*)
--> Taranaki first innings batting adds 53 runs under
--> Counties first innings: 50 in 75 minutes
--> Counties first innings: 100 in 140 minutes

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Heavy rain after little more than 30 minutes play on the second day meant the game had to be abandoned
The full scores for this game are not available