hawke1697	Northland v Counties Manukau
	Hawke Cup 2025/26 (Elimination Match)
Venue	Cobham Oval (New), Whangarei on 21st, 22nd February 2026 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Players	12 per side (11 to bat and field)
Toss	Counties Manukau won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Counties Manukau won by an innings and 30 runs
Umpires	DR Morrow, GJ Peters
Scorers	KL Cunis, LV du Burgess
Close of play day 1	Northland (1) 26/5 (Chopra 5*, James 0*; 19 overs)

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Counties Manukau first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
+A Mann	b James	112	133	159	14	-	76
A Kaushal	b James	33	76	96	3	-	57
SK Patel	c James b Soanes	2	4	3	-	-	2
HG Farrell	c Plank b Soanes	53	80	70	3	1	55
R Patel	lbw b Soanes	1	14	9	-	-	13
*SS Varcoe	lbw b Nelson	18	83	101	2	-	73
T Smit	not out	100	128	141	15	1	87
RZG Somani	not out	24	27	40	1	-	17
C Singh	did not bat
OJW Anderson	did not bat
BA Lovett	did not bat
TK McVeigh	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 5 lb, 2 nb)	10
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 314 minutes, 90.3 overs)	353
Fall of wickets:
1-103 (Kaushal, 26.2 ov), 2-106 (SK Patel, 27.1 ov), 3-201 (Mann, 47.1 ov), 4-208 (R Patel, 50.2 ov), 5-209 (Farrell, 50.6 ov), 6-300 (Varcoe, 80.6 ov)

Northland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Nelson	10	0	46	1	-	-	41	6	-
Plank	7.3	0	31	0	-	2	29	3	-
Gordon	4	1	8	0	-	-	20	1	-
Condon	6	1	27	0	-	-	25	5	-
Soanes	25	3	109	3	-	-	95	12	-
James	33	9	98	2	-	-	148	8	1
Page	5	0	26	0	-	-	20	3	1

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Northland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
T van Ingen-Kal	b R Patel	5	8	6	1	-	6
ML Rolston	b R Patel	3	9	20	-	-	7
NA Condon	c Kaushal b Singh	12	45	39	2	-	39
SA Sweeney	lbw b R Patel	0	13	20	-	-	13
*CJ Page	run out (McVeigh)	0	14	14	-	-	14
S Chopra	c Somani b Lovett	18	68	74	-	-	52
LD James	c Anderson b Somani	12	21	34	1	-	14
+RM Christopherson	c Somani b R Patel	14	26	42	2	-	20
CCM Gordon	c Lovett b McVeigh	36	42	56	2	-	24
CZ Soanes	c Somani b Singh	11	25	29	-	-	18
CJL Plank	not out	6	15	13	1	-	12
KF Nelson	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 2 lb, 4 nb)	11
Total	(all out, 177 minutes, 47 overs)	128
Fall of wickets:
1-5 (van Ingen-Kal, 1.2 ov), 2-10 (Rolston, 5.5 ov), 3-20 (Sweeney, 11.4 ov), 4-20 (Condon, 12.5 ov), 5-22 (Page, 15.5 ov), 6-44 (James, 23.6 ov), 7-60 (Chopra, 31.6 ov), 8-79 (Christopherson, 35.1 ov), 9-114 (Soanes, 43.3 ov), 10-128 (Gordon, 46.6 ov)

Counties Manukau bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Somani	7	0	24	1	-	1	27	2	-
R Patel	20	7	45	4	-	-	97	5	-
Anderson	2	1	1	0	-	-	11	-	-
Singh	12	2	34	2	-	1	55	2	-
Lovett	3	1	4	1	-	1	16	-	-
McVeigh	3	0	13	1	-	1	11	-	-

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Northland second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
T van Ingen-Kal	c Farrell b Lovett	11	17	14	1	-	12
ML Rolston	b R Patel	2	13	31	-	-	11
NA Condon	b Singh	107	149	186	8	1	93
SA Sweeney	c Mann b Lovett	0	3	5	-	-	3
S Chopra	b Singh	2	7	12	-	-	5
*CJ Page	lbw b R Patel	7	27	26	-	-	22
+RM Christopherson	b R Patel	12	16	30	1	-	9
CCM Gordon	c Smit b Varcoe	17	39	31	1	-	29
LD James	c Varcoe b R Patel	18	39	51	2	-	30
CZ Soanes	not out	2	14	19	-	-	12
CJL Plank	b Singh	5	12	12	1	-	10
KF Nelson	did not bat
Extras	(7 b, 3 lb, 2 nb)	12
Total	(all out, 212 minutes, 55.4 overs)	195
Fall of wickets:
1-11 (van Ingen-Kal, 3.1 ov), 2-25 (Rolston, 6.5 ov), 3-28 (Sweeney, 7.6 ov), 4-38 (Chopra, 11.2 ov), 5-59 (Page, 18.6 ov), 6-96 (Christopherson, 26.6 ov), 7-126 (Gordon, 36.4 ov), 8-182 (James, 50.1 ov), 9-189 (Condon, 51.5 ov), 10-195 (Plank, 55.4 ov)

Counties Manukau bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Somani	2	0	6	0	-	-	9	1	-
Lovett	8	0	28	2	-	-	32	1	-
Singh	11.4	2	39	3	-	1	52	4	-
R Patel	21	1	60	4	-	1	90	3	-
Varcoe	10	0	47	1	-	-	37	5	1
Anderson	3	1	5	0	-	-	14	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> Day 1 Lunch: Counties Manukau (1) 172/2 (Mann 101*, Farrell 31*; 41 overs)
--> Day 1 Tea: Counties Manukau (1) 300/6 (Smit 71*; 81 overs)
--> Day 2 Lunch: Northland (2) 17/1 (Rolston 0*, Condon 6*; 5 overs)
--> Day 2 Tea: Northland (2) 132/7 (Condon 68*, James 6*; 40 overs)
--> Counties Manukau first innings: 50 in 13.5 overs
--> Counties Manukau first innings: 100 in 25.2 overs
--> Counties Manukau first innings: 150 in 35.1 overs
--> Counties Manukau first innings: 200 in 46.4 overs
--> Counties Manukau first innings: 250 in 68.5 overs
--> Counties Manukau first innings: 300 in 80.5 overs
--> Counties Manukau first innings: 350 in 90.3 overs
--> Northland first innings: 50 in 26.5 overs
--> Northland first innings: 100 in 41.2 overs
--> Northland second innings: 50 in 15.2 overs
--> Northland second innings: 100 in 29.3 overs
--> Northland second innings: 150 in 44.3 overs
--> A Mann (1) 50 in 64 balls with 6 fours
--> A Mann (1) 100 in 119 balls with 12 fours
--> HG Farrell (1) 50 in 75 balls with 3 fours and 1 six
--> T Smit (1) 50 in 75 balls with 7 fours and 1 six
--> T Smit (1) 100 in 128 balls with 15 fours and 1 six
--> NA Condon (2) 50 in 75 balls with 5 fours
--> NA Condon (2) 100 in 141 balls with 8 fours and 1 six
--> A Mann (38) and A Kaushal (10) added 50 in 85 balls for the Counties Manukau 1st wicket in the first innings
--> A Mann (63) and A Kaushal (32) added 100 in 154 balls for the Counties Manukau 1st wicket in the first innings
--> A Mann (26) and HG Farrell (24) added 50 in 56 balls for the Counties Manukau 3rd wicket in the first innings
--> SS Varcoe (14) and T Smit (34) added 50 in 128 balls for the Counties Manukau 6th wicket in the first innings
--> T Smit (29) and RZG Somani (24) added 50 in 57 balls for the Counties Manukau 7th wicket in the first innings
--> NA Condon (28) and LD James (18) added 50 in 76 balls for the Northland 8th wicket in the second innings

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