nza578	Northern Districts A v Auckland A
	National Provincial A matches 2025/26
Venue	Cobham Oval (New), Whangarei on 28th, 29th, 30th October 2025 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Players	12 per side (11 to bat and field)
Toss	Northern Districts A won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	BM Davis, SW Reynolds
Scorers	CP High, CL James
Close of play day 1	No play
Close of play day 2	Northern Districts A (1) 80/6 (White 5*, Somani 7*; 26 overs)

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Auckland A first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
WT O'Donnell	c Patel b Somani	20	42	68	2	-	33
MA Clarke	c Mann b Naylor	1	3	6	-	-	2
LD Watson	c Metcalfe b Devireddy	57	79	108	8	1	59
PS Rehal	c Devireddy b Somani	14	24	32	3	-	19
NAJ Robinson	c Clarke b Devireddy	17	42	57	1	-	28
KM Challu	c Patel b Devireddy	6	8	9	1	-	5
+N Patel	not out	60	132	146	3	-	92
J Sandhu	c Clarke b Somani	34	65	58	3	-	47
H Johal	not out	16	43	54	1	-	34
RK Gulati	did not bat
Rahman Hekmat	did not bat
*JD Sussex	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 3 lb)	8
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 73 overs)	233
Fall of wickets:
1-4 (Clarke, 1.2 ov), 2-59 (O'Donnell, 15.3 ov), 3-79 (Rehal, 23.3 ov), 4-99 (Watson, 26.2 ov), 5-109 (Challu, 28.6 ov), 6-134 (Robinson, 40.4 ov), 7-193 (Sandhu, 57.5 ov)

Northern Districts A bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Rowell	11	1	59	0	-	-	43	9	-
Naylor	12	1	32	1	-	-	55	1	1
McKegg	2.5	0	9	0	-	-	12	1	-
Somani	10	0	36	3	-	-	43	5	-
Devireddy	15.1	1	41	3	-	-	67	3	-
Metcalfe	7	2	11	0	-	-	36	1	-
White	11	1	33	0	-	-	42	2	-
Patel	4	2	4	0	-	-	21	-	-

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Northern Districts A first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
+A Mann	c Watson b Johal	2	8	12	-	-	7
SK Patel	c Patel b Sussex	15	17	26	2	-	10
B Popli	c Patel b Gulati	19	34	55	1	-	23
SR Devireddy	lbw b Gulati	19	61	76	2	-	51
KD Clarke	c Watson b Sandhu	5	7	5	1	-	5
SK Heath	b Sandhu	4	8	8	1	-	7
*OJ White	run out (Rahman Hekmat)	41	59	107	4	-	37
RZG Somani	c Patel b Sussex	7	20	19	1	-	16
CB Rowell	lbw b Johal	1	4	5	-	-	3
JJ Naylor	c Patel b Sandhu	19	30	54	2	-	21
RGT Metcalfe	not out	0	8	8	-	-	8
CI McKegg	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 2 lb, 2 nb)	7
Total	(all out, 42.2 overs)	139
Fall of wickets:
1-12 (Mann, 2.4 ov), 2-30 (Patel, 5.4 ov), 3-55 (Popli, 15.2 ov), 4-60 (Clarke, 16.4 ov), 5-64 (Heath, 18.6 ov), 6-71 (Devireddy, 23.2 ov), 7-82 (Somani, 27.3 ov), 8-85 (Rowell, 28.4 ov), 9-131 (Naylor, 40.2 ov), 10-139 (White, 42.2 ov)

Auckland A bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Johal	12	0	39	2	-	1	50	3	-
Sussex	8	0	31	2	-	-	35	5	-
Sandhu	11.2	0	50	3	-	1	46	5	-
Gulati	11	5	14	2	-	-	56	1	-

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Auckland A second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
WT O'Donnell	b Rowell	34	20	26	3	1	7
MA Clarke	b Devireddy	14	26	36	2	-	19
LD Watson	lbw b Devireddy	29	50	63	1	1	31
PS Rehal	b Metcalfe	21	48	50	3	-	39
NAJ Robinson	c Popli b Metcalfe	18	14	15	2	-	6
KM Challu	st Mann b White	9	11	17	-	1	7
+N Patel	not out	9	6	11	1	-	2
J Sandhu	c Heath b White	10	7	7	1	-	2
H Johal	did not bat
RK Gulati	did not bat
Rahman Hekmat	did not bat
*JD Sussex	did not bat
Extras	(6 b)	6
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 30.2 overs)	150
Fall of wickets:
1-44 (O'Donnell, 6.2 ov), 2-55 (Clarke, 8.3 ov), 3-104 (Rehal, 23.5 ov), 4-104 (Watson, 24.1 ov), 5-130 (Robinson, 27.4 ov), 6-134 (Challu, 28.4 ov), 7-150 (Sandhu, 30.2 ov)

Northern Districts A bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Rowell	4	0	26	1	-	-	14	2	1
Naylor	6	1	24	0	-	-	24	3	-
Devireddy	10	1	43	2	-	-	42	5	1
White	6.2	0	26	2	-	-	22	-	1
Metcalfe	4	0	25	2	-	-	11	3	-

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Northern Districts A second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
+A Mann	c Patel b Sussex	0	1	1	-	-	1
SK Patel	c Challu b Sussex	76	102	147	6	-	56
B Popli	c Patel b Johal	28	28	40	3	-	15
SR Devireddy	lbw b Johal	6	10	14	1	-	8
KD Clarke	c Robinson b Gulati	3	4	4	-	-	3
SK Heath	st Patel b Gulati	6	23	25	1	-	20
*OJ White	lbw b Gulati	21	23	25	2	-	12
RZG Somani	c Robinson b Sussex	0	2	5	-	-	2
CB Rowell	lbw b Sussex	0	12	14	-	-	12
JJ Naylor	not out	6	16	26	1	-	13
RGT Metcalfe	not out	1	19	17	-	-	18
CI McKegg	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 1 lb, 2 w)	5
Total	(9 wickets, 40 overs)	152
Fall of wickets:
1-0 (Mann, 0.1 ov), 2-50 (Popli, 10.5 ov), 3-67 (Devireddy, 14.2 ov), 4-70 (Clarke, 15.1 ov), 5-89 (Heath, 21.3 ov), 6-133 (White, 27.6 ov), 7-138 (Somani, 28.6 ov), 8-144 (Rowell, 32.3 ov), 9-147 (Patel, 34.3 ov)

Auckland A bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Sussex	8	0	25	4	-	-	31	1	-
Gulati	20	5	73	3	-	-	81	6	-
Johal	8	2	26	2	2	-	38	4	-
Sandhu	4	0	25	0	-	-	10	3	-

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Notes
--> Day 2 Lunch: Auckland A (1) 123/5 (Robinson 14*, Patel 10*; 34 overs)
--> Day 2 Tea: Auckland A (1) 233/7 (Patel 60*, Johal 16*; 73 overs)
--> Day 3 Lunch: Auckland A (2) 61/2 (Watson 3*, Rehal 4*; 13 overs)
--> Day 3 Tea: Northern Districts A (2) 50/2 (Patel 19*; 10.5 overs)
--> Auckland A first innings: 50 in 14.2 overs, 60 minutes
--> Auckland A first innings: 100 in 26.3 overs, 116 minutes
--> Auckland A first innings: 150 in 46 overs, 179 minutes
--> Auckland A first innings: 200 in 60.3 overs, 228 minutes
--> Northern Districts A first innings: 50 in 12.4 overs, 56 minutes
--> Northern Districts A first innings: 100 in 31.3 overs, 142 minutes
--> Auckland A second innings: 50 in 6.5 overs, 29 minutes
--> Auckland A second innings: 100 in 21.5 overs, 78 minutes
--> Auckland A second innings: 150 in 30.1 overs, 113 minutes
--> Northern Districts A second innings: 50 in 10.4 overs, 41 minutes
--> Northern Districts A second innings: 100 in 24.1 overs, 98 minutes
--> Northern Districts A second innings: 150 in 38.4 overs, 159 minutes
--> LD Watson (1) 50 in 75 balls, 103 minutes with 7 fours and 1 six
--> N Patel (1) 50 in 108 balls, 115 minutes with 3 fours
--> SK Patel (2) 50 in 71 balls, 98 minutes with 3 fours
--> WT O'Donnell (15) and LD Watson (37) added 50 in 82 balls, 58 minutes for the Auckland A 2nd wicket in the first innings
--> N Patel (14) and J Sandhu (31) added 50 in 95 balls, 54 minutes for the Auckland A 7th wicket in the first innings
--> SK Patel (19) and B Popli (28) added 50 in 63 balls, 40 minutes for the Northern Districts A 2nd wicket in the second innings

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