f63520 ps1766	Wellington v Auckland
	Plunket Shield 2025/26
Venue	Cello Basin Reserve, Wellington on 18th, 19th, 20th March 2026 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Auckland won the toss and decided to field
Result	Auckland won by 8 wickets
Points	Wellington 7 (Batting 3, Bowling 4); Auckland 20 (Batting 4, Bowling 4)
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)

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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	b Keene	6	38	66	-	-	33
MW Snedden	not out	44	124	172	3	-	95
*+TA Blundell	c Alpe b Harrison	35	47	66	3	-	30
OT Jackson	lbw b Ashok	7	14	21	1	-	11
PF Younghusband	c Alpe b Singh	12	24	29	1	-	18
JW Hartshorn	c Gulati b Ashok	2	7	6	-	-	6
LR Dudding	c Solia b Ashok	0	2	1	-	-	2
Extras	(8 b, 5 lb, 5 nb, 1 w)	19
Total	(all out, 235 minutes, 53.5 overs)	181
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), 5-87 (McLachlan, 23.5 ov), 6-145 (Blundell, 38.5 ov), 7-160 (Jackson, 43.6 ov), 8-178 (Younghusband, 52.1 ov), 9-181 (Hartshorn, 53.3 ov), 10-181 (Dudding, 53.5 ov)

Auckland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Singh	15	0	69	2	-	5	58	8	-
Keene	14	2	42	3	-	-	63	5	-
Harrison	11	2	33	2	1	-	48	2	-
Solia	1	1	0	0	-	-	6	-	-
Ashok	9.5	1	18	3	-	-	48	1	-
Gulati	3	1	6	0	-	-	16	1	-

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Auckland second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
DN Phillips	c Younghusband b Hartshorn	0	1	1	-	-	1
*SM Solia	not out	30	44	69	5	1	34
LD Watson	c McLachlan b Dudding	31	34	46	7	-	24
SH Dixit	not out	13	11	19	1	1	6
LN Stackpole	did not bat
SB Keene	did not bat
RD Harrison	did not bat
+MW Alpe	did not bat
A Ashok	did not bat
S Singh	did not bat
RK Gulati	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	3
Total	(2 wickets, 68 minutes, 14.5 overs)	77
Fall of wickets:
1-0 (Phillips, 0.1 ov), 2-49 (Watson, 10.5 ov)

Wellington bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Hartshorn	4	0	19	1	1	-	18	4	-
Dudding	6	2	19	1	-	-	29	4	-
Greenwood	1	0	10	0	-	-	4	1	1
Snedden	3	0	16	0	-	1	12	3	-
Jackson	0.5	0	12	0	-	-	1	1	1

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for four days but completed in three.
--> 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)
--> Day 3 Lunch: Wellington (2) 173/7 (Snedden 41*, Younghusband 10*; 50 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
--> Wellington second innings: 100 in 27.1 overs
--> Wellington second innings: 150 in 41.6 overs
--> Auckland second innings: 50 in 11.1 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 Plunket Shield matches
--> LD Watson made his debut in First-Class matches
--> MW Alpe made his debut in Plunket Shield matches
--> MW Alpe made his debut in First-Class matches
--> GR Severin made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> GR Severin made his last appearance in Plunket Shield matches
--> CR McLachlan made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> CR McLachlan made his last appearance in Plunket Shield matches
--> OT Jackson made his last appearance in Plunket Shield matches
--> OT Jackson made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> LR Dudding made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> LR Dudding made his last appearance in Plunket Shield matches
--> RK Gulati made his last appearance in Plunket Shield matches
--> RK Gulati made his last appearance in First-Class 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 Plunket Shield matches
--> LN Stackpole (1) passed his previous highest score of 148 in First-Class 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
--> Mohammad Abbas (2) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 8
--> MW Snedden (2) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 23
--> 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
--> MW Snedden (15) and TA Blundell (31) added 50 in 77 balls for the Wellington 6th wicket in the second innings

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