f63530 ps1769	Otago v Wellington
	Plunket Shield 2025/26
Venue	University Oval, Dunedin on 27th, 28th, 29th, 30th March 2026 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Otago won the toss and decided to field
Result	Otago won by 4 wickets
Points	Otago 16 (Bowling 4); Wellington 4 (Bowling 4)
Umpires	PJ Pasco, GG Pennell
Referee	AL Gillies
Scorers	MF Jones, LR Neilson
Close of play day 1	Otago (1) 41/4 (Todd 6*, Georgeson 0*; 15 overs)
Close of play day 2	Wellington (2) 225/6 (Blundell 16*, Younghusband 0*; 55 overs)
Close of play day 3	Otago (2) 106/3 (Jones 24*, Todd 39*; 30 overs)

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Wellington first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
JM Tashkoff	c Chu b O'Connor	0	11	13	-	-	11
NA Greenwood	c Todd b Georgeson	15	22	48	3	-	16
TB Robinson	c Jones b O'Connor	0	2	1	-	-	2
NF Kelly	lbw b O'Connor	0	1	7	-	-	1
Mohammad Abbas	c Georgeson b O'Connor	1	11	10	-	-	10
*+TA Blundell	c Chu b Bacon	25	32	41	3	-	22
NG Smith	c Chu b Bacon	71	64	122	8	3	34
PF Younghusband	b McKay	9	36	45	2	-	33
MW Snedden	c Jones b McKay	11	24	25	1	-	16
JW Hartshorn	c Jones b Bacon	12	19	31	2	-	14
A Paranjpe	not out	1	2	8	-	-	1
Extras	(8 lb, 3 w)	11
Total	(all out, 180 minutes, 37.2 overs)	156
Fall of wickets:
1-2 (Tashkoff, 2.4 ov), 2-2 (Robinson, 2.6 ov), 3-10 (Kelly, 4.1 ov), 4-12 (Mohammad Abbas, 6.3 ov), 5-28 (Greenwood, 9.3 ov), 6-63 (Blundell, 15.4 ov), 7-111 (Younghusband, 25.6 ov), 8-129 (Snedden, 31.2 ov), 9-144 (Smith, 35.4 ov), 10-156 (Hartshorn, 37.2 ov)

Otago bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
O'Connor	12	3	45	4	-	-	51	4	1
Georgeson	6	1	23	1	-	-	28	5	-
Bacon	7.2	2	23	3	2	-	36	4	-
Ferns	7	0	37	0	-	-	27	4	2
McKay	5	0	20	2	1	-	18	2	-

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Otago first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
TK Parkes	c Blundell b Hartshorn	20	42	52	3	-	34
JM Cumming	c Blundell b Hartshorn	6	12	25	1	-	10
TC Jones	b Smith	3	5	12	-	-	3
TM Johnson	lbw b Smith	2	16	21	-	-	14
JT Todd	c Robinson b Smith	9	19	25	1	-	14
*LI Georgeson	c Kelly b Smith	0	6	22	-	-	6
+MW Chu	c Greenwood b Smith	7	10	23	1	-	6
TC O'Connor	c Greenwood b Hartshorn	7	12	16	1	-	10
DK Ferns	lbw b Snedden	8	20	40	1	-	16
MB Bacon	c Kelly b Smith	32	39	69	3	1	25
JD McKay	not out	9	30	31	1	-	25
Extras	(4 lb, 5 w)	9
Total	(all out, 172 minutes, 35.1 overs)	112
Fall of wickets:
1-18 (Cumming, 5.5 ov), 2-27 (Jones, 8.3 ov), 3-35 (Parkes, 11.3 ov), 4-39 (Johnson, 12.6 ov), 5-44 (Todd, 16.2 ov), 6-45 (Georgeson, 16.5 ov), 7-63 (O'Connor, 19.6 ov), 8-63 (Chu, 20.2 ov), 9-84 (Ferns, 28.3 ov), 10-112 (Bacon, 35.1 ov)

Wellington bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Smith	15.1	5	25	6	-	-	76	2	-
Hartshorn	12	0	50	3	1	-	53	7	-
Paranjpe	3	0	23	0	-	-	9	2	1
Snedden	5	0	10	1	-	-	25	1	-

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Wellington second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
JM Tashkoff	b Bacon	101	136	203	15	-	91
NA Greenwood	c Chu b Georgeson	16	25	30	3	-	18
TB Robinson	c Cumming b McKay	42	60	84	6	-	41
NF Kelly	c Bacon b McKay	13	24	36	2	-	19
Mohammad Abbas	b Parkes	14	47	67	2	-	40
*+TA Blundell	c Bacon b Ferns	62	96	139	5	4	72
NG Smith	c Jones b Johnson	13	14	17	-	1	7
PF Younghusband	c Johnson b Ferns	15	42	64	2	-	33
MW Snedden	c Cumming b Ferns	1	9	9	-	-	8
JW Hartshorn	c Bacon b Ferns	0	2	2	-	-	2
A Paranjpe	not out	7	9	25	1	-	6
Extras	(4 b, 2 lb, 7 nb, 3 w)	16
Total	(all out, 343 minutes, 76.1 overs)	300
Fall of wickets:
1-34 (Greenwood, 6.5 ov), 2-122 (Robinson, 26.4 ov), 3-159 (Kelly, 34.3 ov), 4-193 (Tashkoff, 46.2 ov), 5-205 (Mohammad Abbas, 49.2 ov), 6-225 (Smith, 54.3 ov), 7-256 (Younghusband, 68.4 ov), 8-258 (Snedden, 70.4 ov), 9-258 (Hartshorn, 70.6 ov), 10-300 (Blundell, 76.1 ov)

Otago bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Georgeson	12	1	52	1	-	4	56	9	-
O'Connor	19	3	70	0	1	1	80	9	-
Bacon	9	1	34	1	-	-	41	6	-
Ferns	10.1	2	58	4	-	-	40	7	2
McKay	18	1	53	2	1	2	79	5	1
Johnson	5	2	18	1	-	-	23	-	2
Parkes	3	0	9	1	1	-	12	-	-

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Otago second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
JM Cumming	b Hartshorn	12	25	44	2	-	19
TK Parkes	c Blundell b Hartshorn	26	45	62	3	1	34
TC Jones	b Smith	35	78	140	4	1	64
TM Johnson	b Hartshorn	0	4	3	-	-	4
JT Todd	c Kelly b Younghusband	98	146	217	13	2	105
*LI Georgeson	not out	103	133	251	15	-	85
+MW Chu	c Smith b Hartshorn	54	114	145	6	1	87
TC O'Connor	not out	3	8	7	-	-	5
DK Ferns	did not bat
MB Bacon	did not bat
JD McKay	did not bat
Extras	(7 lb, 7 nb)	14
Total	(6 wickets, 438 minutes, 91 overs)	345
Fall of wickets:
1-39 (Cumming, 9.3 ov), 2-50 (Parkes, 13.1 ov), 3-50 (Johnson, 13.5 ov), 4-123 (Jones, 37.4 ov), 5-234 (Todd, 58.2 ov), 6-341 (Chu, 89.2 ov)

Wellington bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Smith	24	6	71	1	-	2	111	11	-
Hartshorn	21	5	79	4	-	1	95	8	3
Snedden	20	5	61	0	-	3	92	7	-
Paranjpe	9	1	41	0	-	-	38	7	-
Mohammad Abbas	5	0	37	0	-	1	13	4	1
Younghusband	9	1	43	1	-	-	38	6	1
Greenwood	3	1	6	0	-	-	12	-	-

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Notes
--> Day 1 Tea: Wellington (1) 142/8 (Smith 69*, Hartshorn 3*; 35 overs)
--> Day 2 Lunch: Wellington (2) 34/1 (Tashkoff 15*; 6.5 overs)
--> Day 2 Tea: Wellington (2) 163/3 (Tashkoff 83*, Mohammad Abbas 2*; 37 overs)
--> Day 3 Lunch: Wellington (2) 237/6 (Blundell 18*, Younghusband 5*; 60.4 overs)
--> Day 3 Tea: Otago (2) 39/1 (Parkes 24*, Jones 0*; 10 overs)
--> Day 4 Lunch: Otago (2) 234/5 (Georgeson 53*; 58.2 overs)
--> Wellington first innings: 50 in 12.4 overs
--> Wellington first innings: 100 in 24.2 overs
--> Wellington first innings: 150 in 36.2 overs
--> Otago first innings: 50 in 17.3 overs
--> Otago first innings: 100 in 29.6 overs
--> Wellington second innings: 50 in 12.1 overs
--> Wellington second innings: 100 in 22.5 overs
--> Wellington second innings: 150 in 33.1 overs
--> Wellington second innings: 200 in 48.4 overs
--> Wellington second innings: 250 in 66.5 overs
--> Wellington second innings: 300 in 75.4 overs
--> Otago second innings: 50 in 12.5 overs
--> Otago second innings: 100 in 27.6 overs
--> Otago second innings: 150 in 43.5 overs
--> Otago second innings: 200 in 53.1 overs
--> Otago second innings: 250 in 66.6 overs
--> Otago second innings: 300 in 83.6 overs
--> A Paranjpe made his debut in First-Class matches
--> A Paranjpe made his debut in Plunket Shield matches
--> NG Smith (1) 50 in 40 balls with 8 fours and 2 sixes
--> JM Tashkoff (2) 50 in 73 balls with 8 fours
--> JM Tashkoff (2) 100 in 134 balls with 15 fours
--> TA Blundell (2) 50 in 92 balls with 5 fours and 3 sixes
--> JT Todd (2) 50 in 92 balls with 9 fours
--> JT Todd (2) passed his previous highest score of 64 in First-Class matches
--> JT Todd (2) passed his previous highest score of 64 in Plunket Shield matches
--> JT Todd (2) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 78
--> LI Georgeson (2) 50 in 54 balls with 9 fours
--> LI Georgeson (2) 100 in 120 balls with 15 fours
--> MW Chu (2) 50 in 111 balls with 5 fours and 1 six
--> NG Smith achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Otago first innings (previous best was 6-36)
--> NG Smith achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Plunket Shield matches in the Otago first innings (previous best was 6-36)
--> JM Tashkoff (25) and TB Robinson (25) added 50 in 87 balls for the Wellington 2nd wicket in the second innings
--> TC Jones (15) and JT Todd (35) added 50 in 85 balls for the Otago 4th wicket in the second innings
--> JT Todd (22) and LI Georgeson (26) added 50 in 60 balls for the Otago 5th wicket in the second innings
--> JT Todd (52) and LI Georgeson (44) added 100 in 118 balls for the Otago 5th wicket in the second innings
--> LI Georgeson (25) and MW Chu (24) added 50 in 110 balls for the Otago 6th wicket in the second innings
--> LI Georgeson (52) and MW Chu (44) added 100 in 187 balls for the Otago 6th wicket in the second innings

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