f57055 ps1525	Wellington v Auckland
	Plunket Shield 2015/16
Venue	Basin Reserve, Wellington on 23rd, 24th, 25th, 26th March 2016 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Wellington won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Points	Wellington 5 (Batting 1, Bowling 4); Auckland 4 (Bowling 4)
Umpires	CM Brown, TJ Parlane
Scorers	I Smith, JB Stuart
Close of play day 1	Wellington (1) 130/4 (Pollard 42*, Blundell 23*; 41 overs)
Close of play day 2	Auckland (2) 149/0 (Guptill-Bunce 79*, Raval 63*; 39 overs)
Close of play day 3	Auckland (2) 543/7 (Grobbelaar 89*, Bates 12*; 125.5 overs)

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Auckland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
ML Guptill-Bunce	c Blundell b McPeake	15	26	41	3	-
JA Raval	c Borthwick b McPeake	11	18	22	2	-
RR O'Donnell	b Verma	14	24	40	1	-
+B Cachopa	c Papps b Arnel	9	24	37	1	-
MS Chapman	lbw b Verma	8	9	11	1	-
C de Grandhomme	c Papps b Arnel	14	12	16	2	1
DJ Grobbelaar	b McPeake	25	30	43	5	-
TS Nethula	c Pollard b Arnel	4	14	23	1	-
*MD Bates	c Verma b Arnel	15	29	27	3	-
LH Ferguson	not out	6	9	29	-	-
MR Quinn	c Blundell b Arnel	12	9	8	3	-
Extras	(8 b, 6 lb, 5 w)	19
Total	(all out, 34 overs)	152
Fall of wickets:
1-16 (Raval, 5.3 ov), 2-39 (Guptill-Bunce, 9.4 ov), 3-53 (O'Donnell, 14.1 ov), 4-61 (Chapman, 16.4 ov), 5-61 (Cachopa, 17.1 ov), 6-85 (de Grandhomme, 19.5 ov), 7-109 (Nethula, 25.1 ov), 8-113 (Grobbelaar, 26.6 ov), 9-137 (Bates, 31.6 ov), 10-152 (Quinn, 34 ov)

Wellington bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Arnel	14	4	51	5	1	-
McPeake	13	3	40	3	-	-
Verma	7	0	47	2	-	-

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Wellington first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*MHW Papps	c Cachopa b Ferguson	3	28	41	-	-
LJ Woodcock	c Cachopa b Ferguson	12	26	31	1	-
SJ Murdoch	c Chapman b de Grandhomme	1	14	23	-	-
SG Borthwick	c Quinn b Grobbelaar	42	58	86	8	-
MA Pollard	c Raval b Bates	68	157	230	10	-
+TA Blundell	c Cachopa b Ferguson	27	50	65	5	-
FJ Colson	c Raval b Nethula	15	53	69	3	-
JS Patel	c Cachopa b de Grandhomme	15	15	28	2	1
A Verma	c Cachopa b Ferguson	12	22	32	2	-
IG McPeake	not out	16	34	46	1	1
BJ Arnel	c Cachopa b Ferguson	9	12	20	1	-
Extras	(3 b, 5 lb, 3 nb, 5 w)	16
Total	(all out, 77.4 overs)	236
Fall of wickets:
1-14 (Woodcock, 7.3 ov), 2-17 (Papps, 9.5 ov), 3-27 (Murdoch, 12.3 ov), 4-100 (Borthwick, 29.6 ov), 5-134 (Blundell, 45.2 ov), 6-170 (Colson, 60.6 ov), 7-191 (Pollard, 66.1 ov), 8-195 (Patel, 67.2 ov), 9-212 (Verma, 73.1 ov), 10-236 (Arnel, 77.4 ov)

Auckland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Quinn	15	2	51	0	-	-
Ferguson	17.4	8	37	5	1	1
de Grandhomme	14	2	42	2	-	-
Bates	21	7	59	1	-	2
Grobbelaar	5	0	17	1	-	-
Nethula	5	0	22	1	-	-

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Auckland second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
ML Guptill-Bunce	c Murdoch b Arnel	189	218	334	27	2
JA Raval	b McPeake	90	169	227	15	-
RR O'Donnell	c Papps b Arnel	16	33	50	3	-
+B Cachopa	c Papps b McPeake	19	62	61	2	-
MS Chapman	c Papps b Arnel	73	74	108	11	2
C de Grandhomme	lbw b Verma	33	33	51	6	-
DJ Grobbelaar	lbw b Borthwick	101	114	160	13	-
TS Nethula	c Patel b Borthwick	1	11	14	-	-
*MD Bates	not out	47	80	110	2	4
LH Ferguson	lbw b Borthwick	4	5	2	1	-
MR Quinn	c Papps b McPeake	4	10	12	1	-
Extras	(5 b, 8 lb, 8 w)	21
Total	(all out, 134.5 overs)	598
Fall of wickets:
1-215 (Raval, 52.3 ov), 2-269 (O'Donnell, 64.6 ov), 3-322 (Guptill-Bunce, 80.1 ov), 4-322 (Cachopa, 81.1 ov), 5-401 (de Grandhomme, 91.2 ov), 6-465 (Chapman, 104.1 ov), 7-477 (Nethula, 107.2 ov), 8-565 (Grobbelaar, 131.1 ov), 9-569 (Ferguson, 131.6 ov), 10-598 (Quinn, 134.5 ov)

Wellington bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Arnel	34.4	5	147	3	3	-
McPeake	25.5	3	134	3	1	-
Verma	23	2	99	1	-	-
Patel	28	6	100	0	-	-
Borthwick	21	1	101	3	-	-
Woodcock	2	0	3	0	-	-
Papps	0.2	0	1	0	-	-

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Wellington second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LJ Woodcock	lbw b Nethula	67	143	202	8	-
*MHW Papps	c O'Donnell b Quinn	22	38	64	4	-
SJ Murdoch	c Cachopa b Nethula	78	95	131	10	2
SG Borthwick	c Cachopa b Ferguson	2	10	15	-	-
MA Pollard	lbw b Nethula	5	15	22	1	-
+TA Blundell	c Chapman b Nethula	57	91	135	9	-
FJ Colson	lbw b Quinn	0	8	14	-	-
JS Patel	c Guptill-Bunce b Quinn	9	25	30	-	-
A Verma	not out	23	68	98	4	-
IG McPeake	not out	2	8	22	-	-
BJ Arnel	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 15 lb, 21 nb, 2 w)	43
Total	(8 wickets, 80 overs)	308
Fall of wickets:
1-49 (Papps, 14.1 ov), 2-193 (Murdoch, 43.5 ov), 3-197 (Woodcock, 45.1 ov), 4-199 (Borthwick, 46.2 ov), 5-219 (Pollard, 49.5 ov), 6-220 (Colson, 52.4 ov), 7-237 (Patel, 58.5 ov), 8-297 (Blundell, 75.4 ov)

Auckland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ferguson	15	3	64	1	-	1
Grobbelaar	3	1	17	0	-	-
Bates	5	2	19	0	-	4
Quinn	19	3	44	3	1	-
Nethula	26.4	3	121	4	-	16
de Grandhomme	5	1	16	0	-	-
Raval	4.2	0	7	0	1	-
O'Donnell	1	1	0	0	-	-
Chapman	1	1	0	0	-	-

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Notes
--> Auckland first innings: 50 in 12.1 overs
--> Auckland first innings: 100 in 22.2 overs
--> Auckland first innings: 150 in 33.5 overs
--> Wellington first innings: 50 in 18.4 overs
--> Wellington first innings: 100 in 29.1 overs
--> Wellington first innings: 150 in 52.4 overs
--> Wellington first innings: 200 in 68.2 overs
--> Auckland second innings: 50 in 13.4 overs
--> Auckland second innings: 100 in 24.3 overs
--> Auckland second innings: 150 in 39.4 overs
--> Auckland second innings: 200 in 50.2 overs
--> Auckland second innings: 250 in 61.5 overs
--> Auckland second innings: 300 in 76.4 overs
--> Auckland second innings: 350 in 85.1 overs
--> Auckland second innings: 400 in 90.6 overs
--> Auckland second innings: 450 in 100.4 overs
--> Auckland second innings: 500 in 115.2 overs
--> Auckland second innings: 550 in 129.1 overs
--> Wellington second innings: 50 in 14.4 overs
--> Wellington second innings: 100 in 24.5 overs
--> Wellington second innings: 150 in 35.5 overs
--> Wellington second innings: 200 in 46.4 overs
--> Wellington second innings: 250 in 62.5 overs
--> Wellington second innings: 300 in 76.6 overs
--> MA Pollard (1) 50 in 114 balls with 9 fours
--> ML Guptill-Bunce (2) 50 in 52 balls with 7 fours and 1 six
--> ML Guptill-Bunce (2) 100 in 128 balls with 16 fours and 1 six
--> ML Guptill-Bunce (2) passed his previous highest score of 112 in first-class matches
--> ML Guptill-Bunce (2) passed his previous highest score of 112 in Plunket Shield matches
--> ML Guptill-Bunce (2) 150 in 182 balls with 22 fours and 1 six
--> ML Guptill-Bunce (2) passed 1000 runs in Plunket Shield matches when he reached 17
--> ML Guptill-Bunce (2) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 17
--> JA Raval (2) 50 in 99 balls with 9 fours
--> MS Chapman (2) passed his previous highest score of 12 in first-class matches
--> MS Chapman (2) passed his previous highest score of 12 in Plunket Shield matches
--> MS Chapman (2) 50 in 55 balls with 6 fours and 2 sixes
--> C de Grandhomme (2) passed 4000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 7
--> DJ Grobbelaar (2) 50 in 57 balls with 7 fours
--> DJ Grobbelaar (2) passed his previous highest score of 99 in first-class matches
--> DJ Grobbelaar (2) made his first century in first-class matches
--> DJ Grobbelaar (2) passed his previous highest score of 99 in Plunket Shield matches
--> DJ Grobbelaar (2) made his first century in Plunket Shield matches
--> DJ Grobbelaar (2) 100 in 112 balls with 13 fours
--> LJ Woodcock (2) 50 in 121 balls with 8 fours
--> SJ Murdoch (2) 50 in 57 balls with 9 fours
--> TA Blundell (2) 50 in 79 balls with 8 fours
--> IG McPeake achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Plunket Shield matches in the Auckland first innings (previous best was 3-43)
--> IG McPeake achieved his best innings bowling analysis in first-class matches in the Auckland first innings (previous best was 3-43)
--> LH Ferguson achieved his best innings bowling analysis in first-class matches in the Wellington first innings (previous best was 5-58)
--> LH Ferguson achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Plunket Shield matches in the Wellington first innings (previous best was 5-58)
--> SG Borthwick achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Plunket Shield matches when he dismissed LH Ferguson in the Auckland second innings (previous best was 2-52)

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Wellington (1) 4th Wicket partnership: 50 runs in 66 balls (SG Borthwick 25, MA Pollard 26, Ex 2)
Auckland (2) 1st Wicket partnership: 50 runs in 82 balls (ML Guptill-Bunce 39, JA Raval 8, Ex 3)
Auckland (2) 1st Wicket partnership: 100 runs in 147 balls (ML Guptill-Bunce 57, JA Raval 43, Ex 3)
Auckland (2) 1st Wicket partnership: 150 runs in 238 balls (ML Guptill-Bunce 80, JA Raval 63, Ex 7)
Auckland (2) 1st Wicket partnership: 200 runs in 302 balls (ML Guptill-Bunce 113, JA Raval 81, Ex 7)
Auckland (2) 2nd Wicket partnership: 50 runs in 65 balls (ML Guptill-Bunce 37, RR O'Donnell 16, Ex 0)
Auckland (2) 3rd Wicket partnership: 50 runs in 85 balls (ML Guptill-Bunce 32, B Cachopa 19, Ex 1)
Auckland (2) 5th Wicket partnership: 50 runs in 38 balls (MS Chapman 20, C de Grandhomme 27, Ex 3)
Auckland (2) 6th Wicket partnership: 50 runs in 56 balls (MS Chapman 23, DJ Grobbelaar 23, Ex 4)
Auckland (2) 8th Wicket partnership: 50 runs in 82 balls (DJ Grobbelaar 43, MD Bates 8, Ex 0)
Wellington (2) 2nd Wicket partnership: 50 runs in 66 balls (LJ Woodcock 12, SJ Murdoch 27, Ex 11)
Wellington (2) 2nd Wicket partnership: 100 runs in 134 balls (LJ Woodcock 24, SJ Murdoch 62, Ex 14)
Wellington (2) 2nd Wicket partnership: 50 runs in 86 balls (TA Blundell 30, A Verma 16, Ex 5)