f63520 ps1766	Wellington v Auckland
	Plunket Shield 2025/26
Venue	Cello Basin Reserve, Wellington on 18th, 19th, 20th, 21st March 2026 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Auckland won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match still in progress
Umpires	SJ Kannan, BS Wilson
Referee	KR Pulley
Scorers	MV Frost, KA Horsley
Close of play day 1	Auckland (1) 49/2 (Watson 31*; 18.2 overs)
Close of play day 2	Wellington (2) 65/4 (McLachlan 2*, Snedden 1*; 16 overs)
Close of play day 3

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Wellington first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
JM Tashkoff	b Harrison	37	33	44	7	-	21
NA Greenwood	c Alpe b Keene	21	32	57	3	-	23
GR Severin	c Keene b Harrison	20	29	38	3	-	21
Mohammad Abbas	c Watson b Harrison	42	62	95	5	-	43
CR McLachlan	c Alpe b Singh	33	49	64	5	-	35
*+TA Blundell	b Ashok	96	128	174	6	6	82
OT Jackson	c Harrison b Singh	10	12	15	1	-	8
PF Younghusband	c Alpe b Singh	14	47	56	2	-	40
MW Snedden	lbw b Keene	5	37	37	-	-	33
JW Hartshorn	run out (Stackpole)	0	0	1	-	-	0
LR Dudding	not out	7	19	57	1	-	16
Extras	(11 b, 8 lb, 5 w)	24
Total	(all out, 324 minutes, 74.4 overs)	309
Fall of wickets:
1-55 (Tashkoff, 9.6 ov), 2-63 (Greenwood, 12.3 ov), 3-94 (Severin, 18.1 ov), 4-157 (McLachlan, 33.5 ov), 5-157 (Mohammad Abbas, 34.2 ov), 6-180 (Jackson, 37.3 ov), 7-227 (Younghusband, 51.6 ov), 8-248 (Snedden, 61.6 ov), 9-249 (Hartshorn, 62.1 ov), 10-309 (Blundell, 74.4 ov)

Auckland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Singh	19	1	94	3	1	-	79	14	2
Keene	17	2	62	2	1	-	74	7	-
Harrison	15	4	57	3	2	-	69	7	1
Gulati	11	1	49	0	-	-	44	3	3
Ashok	12.4	1	28	1	-	-	56	2	-

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Auckland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
DN Phillips	c McLachlan b Hartshorn	0	7	7	-	-	7
*SM Solia	c Severin b Younghusband	17	47	84	2	-	37
LD Watson	c Hartshorn b Greenwood	86	133	187	14	1	98
SH Dixit	c Severin b Snedden	18	45	68	2	-	35
LN Stackpole	not out	172	179	270	20	6	104
SB Keene	b Mohammad Abbas	62	69	100	7	1	38
RD Harrison	c McLachlan b Jackson	8	22	34	1	-	18
+MW Alpe	c Tashkoff b Snedden	35	58	65	6	-	42
A Ashok	c Severin b Snedden	0	1	1	-	-	1
S Singh	c McLachlan b Snedden	0	2	2	-	-	2
RK Gulati	b Snedden	0	7	19	-	-	7
Extras	(8 b, 1 lb, 7 nb)	16
Total	(all out, 425 minutes, 93.5 overs)	414
Fall of wickets:
1-1 (Phillips, 1.3 ov), 2-49 (Solia, 18.2 ov), 3-107 (Dixit, 33.2 ov), 4-145 (Watson, 42.3 ov), 5-297 (Keene, 66.2 ov), 6-324 (Harrison, 73.6 ov), 7-403 (Alpe, 89.3 ov), 8-403 (Ashok, 89.4 ov), 9-403 (Singh, 89.6 ov), 10-414 (Gulati, 93.5 ov)

Wellington bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Dudding	17	5	58	0	-	-	74	9	-
Hartshorn	17	2	76	1	-	1	68	11	1
Snedden	16.5	4	56	5	-	2	75	8	-
Mohammad Abbas	11	1	58	1	-	-	42	10	-
Greenwood	13	0	67	1	-	3	48	3	4
Younghusband	10	0	54	1	-	1	38	6	2
Jackson	9	0	36	1	-	-	38	5	1

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Wellington second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
JM Tashkoff	c Harrison b Keene	23	25	41	4	-	15
NA Greenwood	b Singh	8	9	12	2	-	7
GR Severin	b Keene	14	20	20	2	-	14
Mohammad Abbas	c Watson b Harrison	11	18	28	1	-	13
CR McLachlan	not out	2	21	30	-	-	19
MW Snedden	not out	1	4	8	-	-	3
*+TA Blundell	still to bat
OT Jackson	still to bat
PF Younghusband	still to bat
JW Hartshorn	still to bat
LR Dudding	still to bat
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb, 1 nb)	6
Total	(4 wickets, 71 minutes, 16 overs)	65
Fall of wickets:
1-18 (Greenwood, 2.4 ov), 2-45 (Severin, 7.6 ov), 3-52 (Tashkoff, 9.3 ov), 4-58 (Mohammad Abbas, 14.2 ov)

Auckland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Singh	6	0	30	1	-	1	24	5	-
Keene	6	1	20	2	-	-	28	3	-
Harrison	4	1	10	1	-	-	18	1	-

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Notes
--> Day 1 Lunch: Wellington (1) 149/3 (Mohammad Abbas 36*, McLachlan 31*; 32 overs)
--> Day 1 Tea: Wellington (1) 287/9 (Blundell 83*, Dudding 1*; 70 overs)
--> Day 2 Lunch: Auckland (1) 189/4 (Stackpole 39*, Keene 22*; 51 overs)
--> Day 2 Tea: Auckland (1) 350/6 (Stackpole 128*, Alpe 20*; 81 overs)
--> Wellington first innings: 50 in 8.6 overs
--> Wellington first innings: 100 in 20.1 overs
--> Wellington first innings: 150 in 32.4 overs
--> Wellington first innings: 200 in 42.5 overs
--> Wellington first innings: 250 in 62.5 overs
--> Wellington first innings: 300 in 73.3 overs
--> Auckland first innings: 50 in 18.6 overs
--> Auckland first innings: 100 in 32.1 overs
--> Auckland first innings: 150 in 43.6 overs
--> Auckland first innings: 200 in 53.6 overs
--> Auckland first innings: 250 in 59.4 overs
--> Auckland first innings: 300 in 67.2 overs
--> Auckland first innings: 350 in 80.6 overs
--> Auckland first innings: 400 in 88.5 overs
--> Wellington second innings: 50 in 8.3 overs
--> OT Jackson made his debut in First-Class matches
--> OT Jackson made his debut in Plunket Shield matches
--> LD Watson made his debut in First-Class matches
--> LD Watson made his debut in Plunket Shield matches
--> MW Alpe made his debut in First-Class matches
--> MW Alpe made his debut in Plunket Shield matches
--> OT Jackson made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> OT Jackson made his last appearance in Plunket Shield matches
--> LD Watson made his last appearance in Plunket Shield matches
--> LD Watson made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> MW Alpe made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> MW Alpe made his last appearance in Plunket Shield matches
--> TA Blundell (1) 50 in 72 balls with 1 four and 3 sixes
--> LD Watson (1) 50 in 90 balls with 8 fours
--> LN Stackpole (1) 50 in 65 balls with 7 fours and 1 six
--> LN Stackpole (1) 100 in 99 balls with 13 fours and 4 sixes
--> LN Stackpole (1) passed his previous highest score of 148 in First-Class matches
--> LN Stackpole (1) passed his previous highest score of 148 in Plunket Shield matches
--> LN Stackpole (1) 150 in 151 balls with 18 fours and 5 sixes
--> SB Keene (1) 50 in 54 balls with 6 fours and 1 six
--> RD Harrison (1) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 4
--> RD Harrison (1) passed 500 runs in Plunket Shield matches when he reached 4
--> Mohammad Abbas (2) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 8
--> S Singh achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches when he dismissed OT Jackson in the Wellington first innings (previous best was 1-60)
--> S Singh achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Plunket Shield matches when he dismissed OT Jackson in the Wellington first innings (previous best was 1-60)
--> MW Snedden achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches when he dismissed RK Gulati in the Auckland first innings (previous best was 4-24)
--> MW Snedden achieved his first five wickets in an innings in First-Class matches in the Auckland first innings
--> MW Snedden achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Plunket Shield matches when he dismissed RK Gulati in the Auckland first innings (previous best was 4-24)
--> MW Snedden achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Plunket Shield matches in the Auckland first innings
--> JM Tashkoff (37) and NA Greenwood (13) added 50 in 54 balls for the Wellington 1st wicket in the first innings
--> Mohammad Abbas (23) and CR McLachlan (27) added 50 in 75 balls for the Wellington 4th wicket in the first innings
--> TA Blundell (42) and LR Dudding (7) added 50 in 68 balls for the Wellington 10th wicket in the first innings
--> LD Watson (27) and SH Dixit (18) added 50 in 81 balls for the Auckland 3rd wicket in the first innings
--> LN Stackpole (25) and SB Keene (22) added 50 in 70 balls for the Auckland 5th wicket in the first innings
--> LN Stackpole (60) and SB Keene (37) added 100 in 105 balls for the Auckland 5th wicket in the first innings
--> LN Stackpole (85) and SB Keene (61) added 150 in 140 balls for the Auckland 5th wicket in the first innings
--> LN Stackpole (21) and MW Alpe (25) added 50 in 59 balls for the Auckland 7th wicket in the first innings

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