f63519 ps1765	Otago v Northern Districts
	Plunket Shield 2025/26
Venue	University Oval, Dunedin on 18th, 19th, 20th, 21st March 2026 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Otago won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match still in progress
Umpires	JM Dempsey, N Louw
Referee	GB Troup
Scorers	MF Jones, LR Neilson
Close of play day 1	Northern Districts (1) 285/8 (Clarke 15*; 74.4 overs)
Close of play day 2	Northern Districts (2) 8/1 (Cooper 4*, Gibson 2*; 4 overs)
Close of play day 3

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Northern Districts first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
*JA Raval	b O'Connor	51	98	139	6	-	77
HR Cooper	c Boyle b Ferns	28	62	83	4	-	51
B Popli	c Chu b Georgeson	72	108	148	7	2	75
JF Carter	c Chu b McKay	84	98	139	11	-	53
RR O'Donnell	c and b McKay	20	33	31	4	-	25
KDC Clarke	c Parkes b Ferns	38	54	96	1	2	35
+BJ Pomare	b O'Connor	2	17	22	-	-	16
SC Kuggeleijn	b O'Connor	0	1	1	-	-	1
TJG Pringle	b O'Connor	5	5	8	1	-	3
JH Brown	c Chu b Ferns	22	33	38	3	-	22
ZN Gibson	not out	5	6	10	1	-	4
Extras	(3 lb, 2 nb, 7 w)	12
Total	(all out, 363 minutes, 85.3 overs)	339
Fall of wickets:
1-55 (Cooper, 19.1 ov), 2-105 (Raval, 31.5 ov), 3-220 (Popli, 55.6 ov), 4-255 (O'Donnell, 63.6 ov), 5-266 (Carter, 67.3 ov), 6-275 (Pomare, 72.5 ov), 7-275 (Kuggeleijn, 72.6 ov), 8-285 (Pringle, 74.4 ov), 9-322 (Brown, 83.1 ov), 10-339 (Clarke, 85.3 ov)

Otago bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Georgeson	16	4	66	1	-	1	68	10	-
O'Connor	20	2	86	4	3	1	84	8	1
McKay	15	0	52	2	2	-	64	7	-
Ferns	17.3	1	64	3	2	-	79	7	1
Lockrose	8	0	48	0	-	-	27	5	2
Johnson	9	2	20	0	-	-	39	1	-

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Otago first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
JCT Boyle	c Pomare b Kuggeleijn	85	162	267	8	-	106
JM Cumming	lbw b Kuggeleijn	7	15	20	-	-	9
TC Jones	c Kuggeleijn b Clarke	28	44	46	4	-	32
TK Parkes	b Pringle	11	20	22	2	-	15
TM Johnson	c Popli b Gibson	23	55	56	3	-	41
*LI Georgeson	c Raval b Gibson	0	3	2	-	-	3
+MW Chu	b Brown	40	78	89	4	-	53
BNJ Lockrose	c Popli b Pringle	20	47	71	2	-	35
TC O'Connor	c Gibson b Pringle	21	33	38	2	2	28
DK Ferns	c Pomare b Gibson	4	8	11	1	-	7
JD McKay	not out	0	4	4	-	-	4
Extras	(4 b, 2 lb, 5 nb, 8 w)	19
Total	(all out, 318 minutes, 77.2 overs)	258
Fall of wickets:
1-16 (Cumming, 5.1 ov), 2-61 (Jones, 16.2 ov), 3-77 (Parkes, 21.2 ov), 4-128 (Johnson, 36.2 ov), 5-128 (Georgeson, 36.5 ov), 6-206 (Chu, 60.2 ov), 7-219 (Boyle, 65.1 ov), 8-253 (O'Connor, 74.4 ov), 9-254 (Lockrose, 76.2 ov), 10-258 (Ferns, 77.2 ov)

Northern Districts bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Gibson	15.2	2	67	3	3	-	63	7	1
Kuggeleijn	15	1	45	2	1	-	64	5	-
Clarke	9	0	29	1	-	3	40	3	-
Pringle	19	3	48	3	-	-	89	5	1
Cooper	1	0	2	0	-	-	4	-	-
Brown	12	0	46	1	-	2	45	5	-
Raval	6	0	15	0	-	-	24	1	-

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Northern Districts second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
HR Cooper	not out	4	16	18	1	-	15
*JA Raval	b O'Connor	1	4	9	-	-	3
ZN Gibson	not out	2	5	8	-	-	4
B Popli	still to bat
JF Carter	still to bat
RR O'Donnell	still to bat
KDC Clarke	still to bat
+BJ Pomare	still to bat
SC Kuggeleijn	still to bat
TJG Pringle	still to bat
JH Brown	still to bat
Extras	(1 nb)	1
Total	(1 wicket, 17 minutes, 4 overs)	8
Fall of wickets:
1-5 (Raval, 2.1 ov)

Otago bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
O'Connor	2	0	6	1	-	-	10	1	-
Georgeson	2	0	2	0	-	1	11	-	-

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Notes
--> Day 1 Tea: Northern Districts (1) 132/2 (Popli 38*, Carter 10*; 38 overs)
--> Day 2 Lunch: Otago (1) 77/2 (Boyle 23*, Parkes 11*; 21 overs)
--> Day 2 Tea: Otago (1) 186/5 (Boyle 77*, Chu 26*; 54 overs)
--> Northern Districts first innings: 50 in 16.4 overs
--> Northern Districts first innings: 100 in 30.5 overs
--> Northern Districts first innings: 150 in 40.6 overs
--> Northern Districts first innings: 200 in 52.6 overs
--> Northern Districts first innings: 250 in 63 overs
--> Northern Districts first innings: 300 in 77.1 overs
--> Otago first innings: 50 in 15.1 overs
--> Otago first innings: 100 in 28.3 overs
--> Otago first innings: 150 in 42.4 overs
--> Otago first innings: 200 in 57.3 overs
--> Otago first innings: 250 in 73.6 overs
--> JA Raval (1) 50 in 95 balls with 6 fours
--> HR Cooper (1) passed 4500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 11
--> B Popli (1) 50 in 77 balls with 4 fours and 2 sixes
--> JF Carter (1) 50 in 58 balls with 6 fours
--> JCT Boyle (1) 50 in 88 balls with 5 fours
--> ZN Gibson reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed LI Georgeson, his 2nd wicket in the first innings
--> ZN Gibson reached 50 wickets in Plunket Shield matches when he dismissed LI Georgeson, his 2nd wicket in the first innings
--> JA Raval (23) and HR Cooper (24) added 50 in 101 balls for the Northern Districts 1st wicket in the first innings
--> JA Raval (28) and B Popli (21) added 50 in 74 balls for the Northern Districts 2nd wicket in the first innings
--> B Popli (26) and JF Carter (24) added 50 in 66 balls for the Northern Districts 3rd wicket in the first innings
--> B Popli (47) and JF Carter (51) added 100 in 131 balls for the Northern Districts 3rd wicket in the first innings
--> JCT Boyle (26) and TM Johnson (22) added 50 in 85 balls for the Otago 4th wicket in the first innings
--> JCT Boyle (24) and MW Chu (24) added 50 in 94 balls for the Otago 6th wicket in the first innings

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