f63307 ps1749	Northern Districts v Auckland
	Plunket Shield 2025/26
Venue	Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui on 26th, 27th, 28th, 29th November 2025 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Northern Districts won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match still in progress
Umpires	SJ Kannan, CR Pryor
Referee	GB Troup
Scorers	CP High, CL James
Close of play day 1	Auckland (1) 302/8 (Harrison 53*, Ashok 38*; 96 overs)
Close of play day 2
Close of play day 3

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Auckland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
DN Phillips	c Raval b Clarke	40	77	117	6	-	58
*SM Solia	c Brown b Clarke	1	6	10	-	-	5
HA Kannan	c Mann b Clarke	24	65	72	5	-	56
B Jacobs	lbw b Naylor	26	66	82	4	-	55
+CD Fletcher	b Pringle	26	58	99	3	-	48
LN Stackpole	b Hampton	36	35	39	3	3	25
SB Keene	b Pringle	9	12	29	1	-	6
JJ McKenzie	c Mann b Brown	16	38	40	3	-	32
RD Harrison	not out	54	112	178	6	-	80
A Ashok	c Naylor b Brown	38	123	144	6	-	106
RK Gulati	c Carter b Clarke	4	17	11	-	-	13
Extras	(17 b, 2 lb, 14 nb)	33
Total	(all out, 417 minutes, 99.1 overs)	307
Fall of wickets:
1-6 (Solia, 2.1 ov), 2-66 (Kannan, 19.3 ov), 3-85 (Phillips, 27.4 ov), 4-116 (Jacobs, 39.4 ov), 5-173 (Stackpole, 48.3 ov), 6-178 (Fletcher, 50.3 ov), 7-191 (Keene, 55.1 ov), 8-205 (McKenzie, 60.2 ov), 9-302 (Ashok, 96.1 ov), 10-307 (Gulati, 99.1 ov)

Northern Districts bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Clarke	22.1	6	53	4	-	8	111	6	-
Naylor	21	4	56	1	-	-	99	7	-
Hampton	19	2	85	1	-	5	89	12	3
Brown	20	3	55	2	-	1	91	6	-
Pringle	17	6	39	2	-	-	83	6	-

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Northern Districts first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
HR Cooper	not out	32	78	119	3	-	57
*JA Raval	c Phillips b Keene	12	36	54	2	-	30
KS Williamson	c McKenzie b Gulati	17	22	22	2	-	15
B Popli	c Phillips b Gulati	8	22	21	1	-	19
JF Carter	not out	5	14	15	-	-	10
BR Hampton	still to bat
KDC Clarke	still to bat
+A Mann	still to bat
TJG Pringle	still to bat
JH Brown	still to bat
JJ Naylor	still to bat
RR O'Donnell	still to bat
Extras	(4 nb, 6 w)	10
Total	(3 wickets, 118 minutes, 28 overs)	84
Fall of wickets:
1-37 (Raval, 12.5 ov), 2-61 (Williamson, 17.6 ov), 3-76 (Popli, 23.4 ov)

Auckland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
McKenzie	7	1	32	0	1	2	31	3	-
Keene	8	3	15	1	-	-	40	2	-
Harrison	4	0	21	0	1	2	16	2	-
Gulati	6	0	14	2	-	-	27	1	-
Ashok	3	1	2	0	-	-	16	-	-

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Notes
--> Day 1 Lunch: Auckland (1) 96/3 (Jacobs 13*, Fletcher 2*; 34 overs)
--> Day 1 Tea: Auckland (1) 207/8 (Harrison 7*, Ashok 0*; 64 overs)
--> Day 2 Lunch: Northern Districts (1) 84/3 (Cooper 32*, Carter 5*; 28 overs)
--> Auckland first innings: 50 in 14.5 overs
--> Auckland first innings: 100 in 34.3 overs
--> Auckland first innings: 150 in 44.4 overs
--> Auckland first innings: 200 in 59.2 overs
--> Auckland first innings: 250 in 77.2 overs
--> Auckland first innings: 300 in 94.2 overs
--> JJ Naylor made his debut in Plunket Shield matches
--> JJ Naylor made his debut in First-Class matches
--> SM Solia (1) passed 3500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 1
--> CD Fletcher (1) passed 4000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 17
--> RD Harrison (1) passed his previous highest score of 46 in First-Class matches
--> RD Harrison (1) passed his previous highest score of 46 in Plunket Shield matches
--> RD Harrison (1) 50 in 101 balls with 6 fours
--> DN Phillips (26) and HA Kannan (15) added 50 in 90 balls for the Auckland 2nd wicket in the first innings
--> CD Fletcher (13) and LN Stackpole (34) added 50 in 40 balls for the Auckland 5th wicket in the first innings
--> RD Harrison (26) and A Ashok (20) added 50 in 120 balls for the Auckland 9th wicket in the first innings

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