f62187 ps1717	Central Districts v Auckland
	Plunket Shield 2023/24
Venue	McLean Park, Napier on 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th March 2024 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Central Districts won the toss and decided to field
Result	Auckland won by 41 runs
Points	Central Districts 7 (Batting 3, Bowling 4); Auckland 17 (Batting 1, Bowling 4)
Umpires	JM Dempsey, GM Walklin
Referee	GB Troup
Scorers	DM Plummer, BD Taylor
Close of play day 1	Auckland (1) 240 all out
Close of play day 2	Central Districts (1) 286/6 (Clarkson 1*, Patel 6*; 95 overs)
Close of play day 3	Auckland (2) 225/6 (McKenzie 23*, Ferns 0*; 69 overs)

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Auckland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
WT O'Donnell	c Cleaver b Tickner	30	68	83	5	-	56
SM Solia	c Cleaver b Dudding	27	100	170	3	-	87
MS Chapman	c Bruce b Clarkson	21	39	45	4	-	31
*RR O'Donnell	c Cleaver b Dudding	19	43	43	3	-	35
GH Worker	c Cleaver b Tickner	31	71	86	4	-	54
+CD Fletcher	c Cleaver b Tickner	1	4	4	-	-	3
JJ McKenzie	lbw b Dudding	48	103	150	5	-	76
DK Ferns	b Bracewell	28	78	96	4	-	66
LJ Delport	c Tickner b Clarkson	20	25	34	2	1	17
JD Sussex	not out	3	21	29	-	-	19
BG Lister	b Tickner	0	12	19	-	-	12
Extras	(4 b, 5 lb, 3 nb)	12
Total	(all out, 405 minutes, 93.3 overs)	240
Fall of wickets:
1-48 (WT O'Donnell, 18.6 ov), 2-77 (Chapman, 29.5 ov), 3-100 (Solia, 39.6 ov), 4-101 (RR O'Donnell, 41.3 ov), 5-102 (Fletcher, 42.3 ov), 6-167 (Worker, 63.1 ov), 7-216 (McKenzie, 81.3 ov), 8-234 (Ferns, 86.5 ov), 9-237 (Delport, 88.3 ov), 10-240 (Lister, 93.3 ov)

Central Districts bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Bracewell	15	4	28	1	-	-	73	2	1
Tickner	22.3	5	62	4	-	-	108	9	-
Dudding	23	4	65	3	-	-	111	10	-
Clarkson	13	3	39	2	-	3	65	6	-
Patel	16	6	18	0	-	-	81	-	-
Schmulian	4	0	19	0	-	-	15	3	-

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Central Districts first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
WA Young	b Ferns	14	30	47	2	-	23
CG Heaphy	st Fletcher b Delport	25	80	112	4	-	69
*GR Hay	lbw b Sussex	79	144	183	13	-	107
BD Schmulian	c WT O'Donnell b Delport	8	21	24	1	-	17
TC Bruce	b Sussex	95	154	220	9	2	105
+D Cleaver	c Fletcher b Lister	51	103	107	6	1	79
JA Clarkson	c Sussex b Delport	31	71	108	2	2	56
AY Patel	c WT O'Donnell b Ferns	13	33	40	2	-	26
DAJ Bracewell	c RR O'Donnell b Lister	1	6	15	-	-	5
BM Tickner	c Fletcher b Lister	11	21	22	2	-	16
LR Dudding	not out	0	7	10	-	-	7
Extras	(4 b, 5 lb, 1 nb, 2 w)	12
Total	(all out, 489 minutes, 111.3 overs)	340
Fall of wickets:
1-21 (Young, 11.1 ov), 2-74 (Heaphy, 25.1 ov), 3-88 (Schmulian, 31.2 ov), 4-180 (Hay, 57.3 ov), 5-271 (Cleaver, 86.3 ov), 6-279 (Bruce, 89.6 ov), 7-305 (Patel, 99.3 ov), 8-314 (Bracewell, 102.5 ov), 9-330 (Tickner, 108.5 ov), 10-340 (Clarkson, 111.3 ov)

Auckland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Lister	23	6	37	3	-	-	110	2	-
Ferns	19	5	76	2	1	-	87	13	1
Sussex	18	2	61	2	-	1	84	11	-
Delport	32.3	4	113	3	-	-	139	10	4
McKenzie	10	3	24	0	1	-	47	3	-
Solia	9	1	20	0	-	-	42	2	-

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Auckland second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
WT O'Donnell	b Bracewell	14	33	35	2	-	25
SM Solia	c Cleaver b Dudding	17	26	52	3	-	19
MS Chapman	c Bruce b Patel	83	68	95	14	1	39
*RR O'Donnell	b Dudding	42	106	153	5	-	83
GH Worker	c Cleaver b Clarkson	4	11	11	1	-	10
+CD Fletcher	lbw b Schmulian	38	96	130	3	3	82
JJ McKenzie	c Cleaver b Clarkson	39	99	124	5	-	76
DK Ferns	lbw b Patel	0	13	15	-	-	13
LJ Delport	c Clarkson b Schmulian	33	28	41	2	4	21
JD Sussex	not out	0	6	12	-	-	6
BG Lister	b Dudding	0	7	10	-	-	7
Extras	(5 lb, 4 nb, 2 w)	11
Total	(all out, 347 minutes, 81.3 overs)	281
Fall of wickets:
1-22 (WT O'Donnell, 8.2 ov), 2-42 (Solia, 11.4 ov), 3-138 (Chapman, 29.1 ov), 4-143 (Worker, 32.2 ov), 5-184 (RR O'Donnell, 48.3 ov), 6-220 (Fletcher, 65.6 ov), 7-226 (Ferns, 69.6 ov), 8-278 (McKenzie, 78.6 ov), 9-278 (Delport, 79.2 ov), 10-281 (Lister, 81.3 ov)

Central Districts bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Bracewell	5	2	4	1	-	-	26	-	-
Tickner	21	4	89	0	1	2	93	14	1
Dudding	11.3	0	44	3	1	-	50	7	-
Patel	25	6	88	2	-	-	118	10	5
Clarkson	13	3	38	2	-	2	62	4	1
Schmulian	6	2	13	2	-	-	29	-	1

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Central Districts second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
CG Heaphy	lbw b Sussex	0	14	16	-	-	14
WA Young	c RR O'Donnell b Sussex	9	20	32	1	-	16
*GR Hay	c Worker b Lister	12	14	23	3	-	11
BD Schmulian	c RR O'Donnell b Sussex	24	49	66	3	-	37
TC Bruce	c Sussex b Ferns	37	55	88	4	1	35
+D Cleaver	c Fletcher b Sussex	21	58	94	-	1	45
JA Clarkson	c RR O'Donnell b Sussex	15	29	50	-	-	18
DAJ Bracewell	b Lister	5	9	7	1	-	7
AY Patel	c and b Lister	4	5	8	1	-	4
BM Tickner	not out	3	8	18	-	-	5
LR Dudding	c Ferns b Sussex	8	12	12	1	-	9
Extras	(1 lb, 1 w)	2
Total	(all out, 213 minutes, 45.3 overs)	140
Fall of wickets:
1-3 (Heaphy, 3.6 ov), 2-18 (Young, 7.1 ov), 3-24 (Hay, 8.4 ov), 4-68 (Schmulian, 21.4 ov), 5-86 (Bruce, 28.1 ov), 6-120 (Clarkson, 39.2 ov), 7-125 (Bracewell, 40.5 ov), 8-125 (Cleaver, 41.3 ov), 9-129 (Patel, 42.4 ov), 10-140 (Dudding, 45.3 ov)

Auckland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Lister	15	2	48	3	-	-	67	6	-
Sussex	15.3	3	46	6	-	-	70	7	-
Delport	3	1	8	0	-	-	15	-	1
Ferns	8	1	25	1	1	-	34	1	1
Solia	4	0	12	0	-	-	15	-	-

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Notes
--> Day 1 Lunch: Auckland (1) 83/2 (Solia 23*, RR O'Donnell 5*; 32 overs)
--> Day 1 Tea: Auckland (1) 167/5 (Worker 31*, McKenzie 30*; 62 overs)
--> Day 2 Lunch: Central Districts (1) 92/3 (Hay 40*, Bruce 3*; 33 overs)
--> Day 2 Tea: Central Districts (1) 184/4 (Bruce 53*, Cleaver 0*; 61 overs)
--> Day 3 Lunch: Auckland (2) 53/2 (Chapman 20*, RR O'Donnell 1*; 13 overs)
--> Day 3 Tea: Auckland (2) 176/4 (RR O'Donnell 42*, Fletcher 13*; 43 overs)
--> Day 4 Lunch: Central Districts (2) 46/3 (Schmulian 9*, Bruce 15*; 16 overs)
--> Day 4 Tea: Central Districts (2) 95/5 (Cleaver 6*, Clarkson 5*; 31.5 overs)
--> Auckland first innings: 50 in 20.2 overs, 90 minutes
--> Auckland first innings: 100 in 37.3 overs, 163 minutes
--> Auckland first innings: 150 in 57.1 overs, 252 minutes
--> Auckland first innings: 200 in 77.1 overs, 330 minutes
--> Central Districts first innings: 50 in 16.5 overs, 74 minutes
--> Central Districts first innings: 100 in 33.4 overs, 145 minutes
--> Central Districts first innings: 150 in 47.3 overs, 209 minutes
--> Central Districts first innings: 200 in 66.1 overs, 289 minutes
--> Central Districts first innings: 250 in 79.6 overs, 347 minutes
--> Central Districts first innings: 300 in 97.3 overs, 428 minutes
--> Central Districts score at 110 overs in the first innings was 340-9
--> Auckland second innings: 50 in 12.6 overs, 59 minutes
--> Auckland second innings: 100 in 23.6 overs, 106 minutes
--> Auckland second innings: 150 in 34.3 overs, 155 minutes
--> Auckland second innings: 200 in 55.6 overs, 237 minutes
--> Auckland second innings: 250 in 75.4 overs, 319 minutes
--> Central Districts second innings: 50 in 17.2 overs, 78 minutes
--> Central Districts second innings: 100 in 34.1 overs, 157 minutes
--> MS Chapman made his last appearance in Plunket Shield matches
--> MS Chapman made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> CD Fletcher made his last appearance in Plunket Shield matches
--> CD Fletcher made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> BG Lister made his last appearance in Plunket Shield matches
--> BG Lister made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> DAJ Bracewell made his last appearance in Plunket Shield matches
--> DAJ Bracewell made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> SM Solia (1) passed 3000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 19
--> GR Hay (1) 50 in 78 balls, 118 minutes with 10 fours
--> GR Hay (1) passed 7000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 30
--> TC Bruce (1) 50 in 68 balls, 111 minutes with 6 fours and 1 six
--> D Cleaver (1) 50 in 93 balls, 107 minutes with 6 fours and 1 six
--> MS Chapman (2) 50 in 47 balls, 67 minutes with 9 fours
--> JD Sussex achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches when he dismissed JA Clarkson in the Central Districts second innings (previous best was 3-36)
--> JD Sussex achieved his first five wickets in an innings in First-Class matches in the Central Districts second innings
--> JD Sussex achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Plunket Shield matches when he dismissed JA Clarkson in the Central Districts second innings (previous best was 3-36)
--> JD Sussex achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Plunket Shield matches in the Central Districts second innings
--> GH Worker (18) and JJ McKenzie (28) added 50 in 91 balls for the Auckland 6th wicket in the first innings
--> CG Heaphy (19) and GR Hay (33) added 50 in 78 balls for the Central Districts 2nd wicket in the first innings
--> GR Hay (22) and TC Bruce (28) added 50 in 72 balls for the Central Districts 4th wicket in the first innings
--> TC Bruce (17) and D Cleaver (31) added 50 in 99 balls for the Central Districts 5th wicket in the first innings
--> MS Chapman (32) and RR O'Donnell (16) added 50 in 65 balls for the Auckland 3rd wicket in the second innings
--> JJ McKenzie (15) and LJ Delport (33) added 50 in 51 balls for the Auckland 8th wicket in the second innings

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