f63307 ps1749	Northern Districts v Auckland
	Plunket Shield 2025/26
Venue	Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui on 26th, 27th, 28th, 29th November 2025 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Northern Districts won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match still in progress
Umpires	SJ Kannan, CR Pryor
Referee	GB Troup
Scorers	CP High, CL James
Close of play day 1	Auckland (1) 302/8 (Harrison 53*, Ashok 38*; 96 overs)
Close of play day 2	Auckland (2) 120/1 (Phillips 70*, Kannan 19*; 31 overs)
Close of play day 3	Northern Districts (2) 99/0 (Raval 38*, Cooper 57*; 36 overs)

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Auckland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
DN Phillips	c Raval b Clarke	40	77	117	6	-	58
*SM Solia	c Brown b Clarke	1	6	10	-	-	5
HA Kannan	c Mann b Clarke	24	65	72	5	-	56
B Jacobs	lbw b Naylor	26	66	82	4	-	55
+CD Fletcher	b Pringle	26	58	99	3	-	48
LN Stackpole	b Hampton	36	35	39	3	3	25
SB Keene	b Pringle	9	12	29	1	-	6
JJ McKenzie	c Mann b Brown	16	38	40	3	-	32
RD Harrison	not out	54	112	178	6	-	80
A Ashok	c Naylor b Brown	38	123	144	6	-	106
RK Gulati	c Carter b Clarke	4	17	11	-	-	13
Extras	(17 b, 2 lb, 14 nb)	33
Total	(all out, 417 minutes, 99.1 overs)	307
Fall of wickets:
1-6 (Solia, 2.1 ov), 2-66 (Kannan, 19.3 ov), 3-85 (Phillips, 27.4 ov), 4-116 (Jacobs, 39.4 ov), 5-173 (Stackpole, 48.3 ov), 6-178 (Fletcher, 50.3 ov), 7-191 (Keene, 55.1 ov), 8-205 (McKenzie, 60.2 ov), 9-302 (Ashok, 96.1 ov), 10-307 (Gulati, 99.1 ov)

Northern Districts bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Clarke	22.1	6	53	4	-	8	111	6	-
Naylor	21	4	56	1	-	-	99	7	-
Hampton	19	2	85	1	-	5	89	12	3
Brown	20	3	55	2	-	1	91	6	-
Pringle	17	6	39	2	-	-	83	6	-

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Northern Districts first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
HR Cooper	b Gulati	43	100	143	4	-	71
*JA Raval	c Phillips b Keene	12	36	54	2	-	30
KS Williamson	c McKenzie b Gulati	17	22	22	2	-	15
B Popli	c Phillips b Gulati	8	22	21	1	-	19
JF Carter	c Stackpole b Ashok	38	113	137	2	-	86
BR Hampton	c Fletcher b Ashok	8	14	16	-	-	7
KDC Clarke	c Keene b Gulati	12	28	39	1	-	20
+A Mann	st Fletcher b Gulati	0	4	2	-	-	4
TJG Pringle	c Solia b Gulati	0	7	11	-	-	7
JH Brown	lbw b Ashok	3	16	12	-	-	14
JJ Naylor	not out	0	4	7	-	-	4
RR O'Donnell	did not bat
Extras	(4 nb, 7 w)	11
Total	(all out, 240 minutes, 60.2 overs)	152
Fall of wickets:
1-37 (Raval, 12.5 ov), 2-61 (Williamson, 17.6 ov), 3-76 (Popli, 23.4 ov), 4-101 (Cooper, 35.3 ov), 5-118 (Hampton, 40.1 ov), 6-141 (Clarke, 51.2 ov), 7-141 (Mann, 51.6 ov), 8-142 (Pringle, 55.1 ov), 9-147 (Brown, 58.4 ov), 10-152 (Carter, 60.2 ov)

Auckland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
McKenzie	7	1	32	0	1	2	31	3	-
Keene	11	4	17	1	1	-	57	2	-
Harrison	4	0	21	0	1	2	16	2	-
Gulati	22	4	51	6	-	-	99	3	-
Ashok	16.2	4	31	3	-	-	73	2	-

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Auckland second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
DN Phillips	c and b Cooper	107	177	226	8	2	115
*SM Solia	c Popli b Pringle	20	45	53	4	-	38
HA Kannan	c O'Donnell b Pringle	78	178	245	6	1	129
B Jacobs	c Carter b Pringle	66	70	94	3	4	36
+CD Fletcher	not out	24	49	67	-	1	33
LN Stackpole	b Pringle	26	22	25	-	3	11
SB Keene	not out	13	16	17	-	1	9
JJ McKenzie	did not bat
RD Harrison	did not bat
A Ashok	did not bat
RK Gulati	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 7 lb, 7 nb, 3 w)	20
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 368 minutes, 91.4 overs)	354
Fall of wickets:
1-55 (Solia, 13.5 ov), 2-203 (Phillips, 57.2 ov), 3-275 (Kannan, 74.4 ov), 4-302 (Jacobs, 80.2 ov), 5-332 (Stackpole, 86.6 ov)

Northern Districts bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Clarke	12	2	42	0	1	4	52	4	-
Naylor	12	0	48	0	1	-	47	5	-
Pringle	30	2	136	4	-	-	115	6	9
Brown	11	4	27	0	1	-	47	2	-
Hampton	5	0	34	0	-	3	15	3	1
Raval	5.4	2	19	0	-	-	21	1	-
Cooper	16	1	38	1	-	-	70	-	2

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Northern Districts second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
*JA Raval	not out	38	114	141	2	-	88
HR Cooper	not out	57	104	141	7	-	73
KS Williamson	still to bat
B Popli	still to bat
JF Carter	still to bat
BR Hampton	still to bat
KDC Clarke	still to bat
+A Mann	still to bat
TJG Pringle	still to bat
JH Brown	still to bat
JJ Naylor	still to bat
Extras	(1 b, 2 nb, 1 w)	4
Total	(no wicket, 141 minutes, 36 overs)	99

Auckland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
McKenzie	4	0	13	0	1	2	18	1	-
Keene	7	3	14	0	-	-	35	2	-
Gulati	14	4	33	0	-	-	63	3	-
Ashok	10	3	33	0	-	-	39	2	-
Phillips	1	0	5	0	-	-	4	1	-

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Notes
--> Day 1 Lunch: Auckland (1) 96/3 (Jacobs 13*, Fletcher 2*; 34 overs)
--> Day 1 Tea: Auckland (1) 207/8 (Harrison 7*, Ashok 0*; 64 overs)
--> Day 2 Lunch: Northern Districts (1) 84/3 (Cooper 32*, Carter 5*; 28 overs)
--> Day 2 Tea: Northern Districts (1) 152/10 (Naylor 0*; 60.2 overs)
--> Day 3 Lunch: Auckland (2) 225/2 (Kannan 65*, Jacobs 15*; 66 overs)
--> Day 3 Tea: Auckland (2) 354/5 (Fletcher 24*, Keene 13*; 91.4 overs)
--> Auckland first innings: 50 in 14.5 overs
--> Auckland first innings: 100 in 34.3 overs
--> Auckland first innings: 150 in 44.4 overs
--> Auckland first innings: 200 in 59.2 overs
--> Auckland first innings: 250 in 77.2 overs
--> Auckland first innings: 300 in 94.2 overs
--> Northern Districts first innings: 50 in 13.5 overs
--> Northern Districts first innings: 100 in 35.1 overs
--> Northern Districts first innings: 150 in 59.2 overs
--> Auckland second innings: 50 in 13.2 overs
--> Auckland second innings: 100 in 23.5 overs
--> Auckland second innings: 150 in 41.1 overs
--> Auckland second innings: 200 in 55.4 overs
--> Auckland second innings: 250 in 70.5 overs
--> Auckland second innings: 300 in 78.5 overs
--> Auckland second innings: 350 in 91.1 overs
--> Northern Districts second innings: 50 in 19.4 overs
--> JJ Naylor made his debut in First-Class matches
--> JJ Naylor made his debut in Plunket Shield matches
--> SM Solia (1) passed 3500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 1
--> CD Fletcher (1) passed 4000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 17
--> RD Harrison (1) passed his previous highest score of 46 in Plunket Shield matches
--> RD Harrison (1) passed his previous highest score of 46 in First-Class matches
--> RD Harrison (1) 50 in 101 balls with 6 fours
--> HR Cooper (1) passed 4000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 40
--> DN Phillips (2) 50 in 61 balls with 4 fours and 2 sixes
--> DN Phillips (2) 100 in 152 balls with 8 fours and 2 sixes
--> HA Kannan (2) passed his previous highest score of 38 in First-Class matches
--> HA Kannan (2) passed his previous highest score of 38 in Plunket Shield matches
--> HA Kannan (2) 50 in 117 balls with 5 fours
--> B Jacobs (2) 50 in 55 balls with 3 fours and 2 sixes
--> HR Cooper (2) 50 in 80 balls with 7 fours
--> JA Raval (2) passed 10000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 2
--> RK Gulati achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches when he dismissed TJG Pringle in the Northern Districts first innings (previous best was 5-46)
--> RK Gulati achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Plunket Shield matches when he dismissed TJG Pringle in the Northern Districts first innings (previous best was 5-46)
--> TJG Pringle achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches when he dismissed LN Stackpole in the Auckland second innings (previous best was 3-83)
--> TJG Pringle achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Plunket Shield matches when he dismissed LN Stackpole in the Auckland second innings (previous best was 3-83)
--> DN Phillips (26) and HA Kannan (15) added 50 in 90 balls for the Auckland 2nd wicket in the first innings
--> CD Fletcher (13) and LN Stackpole (34) added 50 in 40 balls for the Auckland 5th wicket in the first innings
--> RD Harrison (26) and A Ashok (20) added 50 in 120 balls for the Auckland 9th wicket in the first innings
--> DN Phillips (27) and SM Solia (20) added 50 in 81 balls for the Auckland 1st wicket in the second innings
--> DN Phillips (35) and HA Kannan (11) added 50 in 64 balls for the Auckland 2nd wicket in the second innings
--> DN Phillips (59) and HA Kannan (34) added 100 in 176 balls for the Auckland 2nd wicket in the second innings
--> HA Kannan (15) and B Jacobs (37) added 50 in 86 balls for the Auckland 3rd wicket in the second innings
--> JA Raval (14) and HR Cooper (32) added 50 in 120 balls for the Northern Districts 1st wicket in the second innings

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