f60358 ps1647	Wellington v Northern Districts
	Plunket Shield 2020/21
Venue	Basin Reserve, Wellington on 27th, 28th, 29th, 30th March 2021 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Northern Districts won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Points	Wellington 4 (Batting 3, Bowling 1); Northern Districts 1 (Bowling 1)
Umpires	JAK Bromley, TJ Parlane
Referee	KR Pulley
Scorers	GJ Butler, JM Silvester
Close of play day 1	Wellington (1) 237/3 (Bhula 3*, Blundell 0*; 82.3 overs)
Close of play day 2	Northern Districts (1) 97/4 (Watling 8*, Kuggeleijn 0*; 45 overs)
Close of play day 3	No play

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Wellington first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LI Georgeson	c Bocock b Walker	70	261	337	7	-
R Ravindra	c Wagner b Walker	138	212	320	14	6
JJNP Bhula	b Baker	13	46	68	2	-
*MG Bracewell	c Popli b Wagner	1	6	6	-	-
+TA Blundell	not out	103	142	203	14	1
TM Johnson	not out	58	105	158	7	1
JD Gibson	did not bat
PF Younghusband	did not bat
LV van Beek	did not bat
IG McPeake	did not bat
MW Snedden	did not bat
Extras	(9 b, 6 lb, 10 nb, 6 w)	31
Total	(4 wickets, declared, 546 minutes, 127 overs)	414
Fall of wickets:
1-226 (Ravindra, 75.3 ov), 2-236 (Georgeson, 79.5 ov), 3-237 (Bracewell, 80.5 ov), 4-256 (Bhula, 91.5 ov)

Northern Districts bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wagner	24	7	34	1	1	5
Kuggeleijn	25	2	111	0	-	-
Baker	32	9	88	1	-	3
Fisher	20	3	88	0	1	2
Walker	25	7	68	2	-	-
Raval	1	0	10	0	-	-

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Northern Districts first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HR Cooper	c Ravindra b Snedden	10	51	65	-	-
JA Raval	b van Beek	4	12	20	1	-
B Popli	c Blundell b McPeake	50	117	147	8	-
*JF Carter	c Johnson b McPeake	13	55	91	1	-
BJ Watling	not out	8	28	29	1	-
SC Kuggeleijn	not out	0	9	18	-	-
+PD Bocock	did not bat
N Wagner	did not bat
JG Walker	did not bat
JD Baker	did not bat
MJ Fisher	did not bat
Extras	(9 lb, 3 nb)	12
Total	(4 wickets, declared, 187 minutes, 45 overs)	97
Fall of wickets:
1-10 (Raval, 5.2 ov), 2-33 (Cooper, 15.6 ov), 3-88 (Carter, 37.3 ov), 4-89 (Popli, 39.6 ov)

Wellington bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McPeake	13	7	14	2	-	-
van Beek	11	3	19	1	-	-
Gibson	5	1	21	0	-	-
Snedden	8	0	17	1	-	2
Bracewell	4	2	2	0	-	-
Georgeson	3	0	10	0	-	1
Younghusband	1	0	5	0	-	-

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Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> Day 1 Lunch: Wellington (1) 88/0 (Georgeson 24*, Ravindra 60*; 33 overs)
--> Day 1 Tea: Wellington (1) 172/0 (Georgeson 54*, Ravindra 103*; 64 overs)
--> Day 2 Lunch: Wellington (1) 356/4 (Blundell 66*, Johnson 41*; 117 overs)
--> Day 2 Tea: Northern Districts (1) 33/2 (Popli 15*; 16 overs)
--> Wellington first innings: 50 in 16.5 overs, 75 minutes
--> Wellington first innings: 100 in 34.4 overs, 150 minutes
--> Wellington first innings: 150 in 57.2 overs, 244 minutes
--> Wellington first innings: 200 in 69.5 overs, 297 minutes
--> Wellington first innings: 250 in 89.4 overs, 378 minutes
--> Wellington first innings: 300 in 105 overs, 447 minutes
--> Wellington score at 110 overs in the first innings was 326-4
--> Wellington first innings: 350 in 115.2 overs, 489 minutes
--> Wellington first innings: 400 in 125.3 overs, 539 minutes
--> Northern Districts first innings: 50 in 20.5 overs, 88 minutes
--> MJ Fisher made his debut in Plunket Shield matches
--> MJ Fisher made his debut in First-Class matches
--> LI Georgeson (1) passed his previous highest score of 36 in First-Class matches
--> LI Georgeson (1) passed his previous highest score of 36 in Plunket Shield matches
--> LI Georgeson (1) 50 in 208 balls, 260 minutes with 4 fours
--> R Ravindra (1) 50 in 64 balls, 92 minutes with 3 fours and 4 sixes
--> R Ravindra (1) 100 in 168 balls, 256 minutes with 9 fours and 4 sixes
--> R Ravindra (1) passed his previous highest score of 101 in Plunket Shield matches
--> TA Blundell (1) 50 in 101 balls, 132 minutes with 7 fours
--> TA Blundell (1) 100 in 142 balls, 201 minutes with 14 fours and 1 six
--> TA Blundell (1) passed 3000 runs in Plunket Shield matches when he reached 78
--> TM Johnson (1) 50 in 88 balls, 129 minutes with 7 fours and 1 six
--> B Popli (1) 50 in 111 balls, 140 minutes with 8 fours
--> N Wagner reached 750 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed MG Bracewell, his 1st wicket in the Wellington first innings

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Wellington (1) 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 105 balls, 75 minutes (LI Georgeson 8, R Ravindra 39)
Wellington (1) 1st Wicket: 100 runs in 214 balls, 150 minutes (LI Georgeson 24, R Ravindra 68)
Wellington (1) 1st Wicket: 150 runs in 352 balls, 244 minutes (LI Georgeson 42, R Ravindra 94)
Wellington (1) 1st Wicket: 200 runs in 427 balls, 297 minutes (LI Georgeson 64, R Ravindra 117)
Wellington (1) 5th Wicket: 50 runs in 80 balls, 59 minutes (TA Blundell 27, TM Johnson 23)
Wellington (1) 5th Wicket: 100 runs in 151 balls, 106 minutes (TA Blundell 58, TM Johnson 41)
Wellington (1) 5th Wicket: 150 runs in 206 balls, 154 minutes (TA Blundell 90, TM Johnson 57)
Northern Districts (1) 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 111 balls, 79 minutes (B Popli 30, JF Carter 13)