nza595	Auckland A v Northern Districts A
	National Provincial A matches 2025/26
Venue	Colin Maiden Park, Auckland on 3rd, 4th March 2026 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Players	Auckland A: 13 (11 to bat and field); Northern Districts A: 12 (11 to bat and field)
Toss	Northern Districts A won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Auckland A won by 5 wickets
Umpires	JD Birchall, S Ippa
Scorers	EA Campbell, IE Pool
Close of play day 1	Auckland A (1) 125/4 (AA Jones 38*, Dixit 22*; 39 overs)

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Northern Districts A first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
SK Patel	b Gibson	0	4	3	-	-	4
XE Bell	c Watson b Dickson	30	50	81	5	-	39
MH Sclanders	c Patel b Dickson	15	37	62	2	-	31
+A Mann	c Rehal b Sussex	15	30	39	2	-	22
FF Lellman	c Clarke b Sussex	27	60	99	3	-	48
*KD Clarke	c Patel b Gibson	11	12	15	1	-	7
OJ White	c Patel b Singh	12	28	37	1	-	23
CI McKegg	b Dickson	27	52	75	1	-	38
RZG Somani	c Watson b Dickson	27	53	78	4	-	40
FH Morey	lbw b Dixit	8	12	15	2	-	10
LD James	not out	0	0	3	-	-	0
S Khawrin	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 2 lb, 5 nb, 1 w)	10
Total	(all out, 260 minutes, 55.3 overs)	182
Fall of wickets:
1-0 (Patel, 0.4 ov), 2-42 (Sclanders, 14.1 ov), 3-54 (Bell, 16.5 ov), 4-66 (Mann, 22.2 ov), 5-77 (Clarke, 25.5 ov), 6-97 (White, 33.4 ov), 7-118 (Lellman, 37.6 ov), 8-165 (McKegg, 51.1 ov), 9-177 (Morey, 54.6 ov), 10-182 (Somani, 55.3 ov)

Auckland A bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Gibson	7	2	17	2	-	1	35	1	-
Sussex	12	1	53	2	-	1	47	5	-
Dickson	12.3	1	56	4	1	2	55	9	-
Singh	11	3	21	1	-	1	57	3	-
MR Jones	7	3	20	0	-	-	35	3	-
Dixit	6	2	11	1	-	-	29	-	-

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Auckland A first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
MA Clarke	c Mann b Somani	15	20	37	2	-	14
LD Watson	c Somani b McKegg	21	39	53	3	1	33
AA Jones	c Mann b White	38	80	132	4	-	60
PS Rehal	run out (Morey)	5	16	16	-	-	11
NAJ Robinson	lbw b White	19	43	45	1	-	31
SH Dixit	b White	23	58	62	2	1	47
+N Patel	b White	9	27	30	-	-	21
HB Dickson	c Sclanders b White	7	21	31	1	-	17
JD Sussex	b Morey	3	13	16	-	-	10
*MR Jones	not out	5	17	25	-	-	12
S Singh	c Mann b McKegg	4	19	19	-	-	15
MJ Gibson	did not bat
Rahman Hekmat	did not bat
Extras	(3 lb, 2 nb, 2 w)	7
Total	(all out, 238 minutes, 58.3 overs)	156
Fall of wickets:
1-34 (Clarke, 8.1 ov), 2-46 (Watson, 11.3 ov), 3-55 (Rehal, 15.3 ov), 4-96 (Robinson, 26.4 ov), 5-126 (AA Jones, 41.1 ov), 6-127 (Dixit, 43.3 ov), 7-142 (Patel, 49.1 ov), 8-145 (Dickson, 51.6 ov), 9-148 (Sussex, 52.6 ov), 10-156 (Singh, 58.3 ov)

Northern Districts A bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Somani	10	5	32	1	-	-	47	3	1
Morey	12	1	38	1	2	-	53	4	-
McKegg	5.3	0	12	2	-	1	26	1	-
James	10	2	30	0	-	-	45	3	1
Khawrin	3	0	11	0	-	1	13	1	-
White	16	4	27	5	-	-	76	1	-
Lellman	2	0	3	0	-	-	9	-	-

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Northern Districts A second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
SK Patel	c Clarke b Sussex	0	2	2	-	-	2
XE Bell	c AA Jones b Sussex	1	11	22	-	-	10
MH Sclanders	c Watson b Singh	14	41	61	2	-	33
+A Mann	c Patel b Singh	35	55	81	5	-	42
FF Lellman	lbw b Singh	3	19	27	-	-	17
*KD Clarke	c Sussex b MR Jones	6	3	4	-	1	2
OJ White	c Watson b MR Jones	0	3	2	-	-	3
CI McKegg	lbw b MR Jones	3	9	16	-	-	6
RZG Somani	b Dickson	5	16	20	1	-	14
FH Morey	c Rahman Hekmat b Dixit	14	24	33	2	-	18
LD James	not out	14	18	26	2	1	15
S Khawrin	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(all out, 152 minutes, 33.3 overs)	95
Fall of wickets:
1-0 (Patel, 0.2 ov), 2-3 (Bell, 4.3 ov), 3-36 (Sclanders, 14.4 ov), 4-50 (Lellman, 20.5 ov), 5-59 (Clarke, 21.3 ov), 6-59 (White, 21.6 ov), 7-59 (Mann, 22.2 ov), 8-67 (McKegg, 25.4 ov), 9-67 (Somani, 26.5 ov), 10-95 (Morey, 33.3 ov)

Auckland A bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Sussex	4	1	8	2	-	-	20	1	-
Singh	12	3	35	3	-	-	56	5	-
Dickson	10	4	29	1	-	-	49	4	1
MR Jones	6	1	18	3	-	-	30	1	1
Rahman Hekmat	1	0	1	0	-	-	5	-	-
Dixit	0.3	0	4	1	-	-	2	1	-

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Auckland A second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
MA Clarke	c Bell b White	29	51	60	3	-	37
LD Watson	c Bell b James	36	61	81	4	1	47
AA Jones	c Sclanders b White	21	30	51	3	-	20
PS Rehal	c Mann b James	15	32	35	2	-	25
NAJ Robinson	c Mann b James	4	27	34	-	-	24
SH Dixit	not out	11	36	45	-	1	30
+N Patel	not out	3	18	16	-	-	16
HB Dickson	did not bat
JD Sussex	did not bat
*MR Jones	did not bat
S Singh	did not bat
MJ Gibson	did not bat
Rahman Hekmat	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 1 nb, 1 w)	6
Total	(5 wickets, 165 minutes, 42.2 overs)	125
Fall of wickets:
1-51 (Clarke, 15.2 ov), 2-71 (Watson, 20.1 ov), 3-104 (AA Jones, 28.1 ov), 4-104 (Rehal, 29.4 ov), 5-111 (Robinson, 37.2 ov)

Northern Districts A bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
McKegg	5	2	17	0	1	1	24	1	-
Somani	5	1	16	0	-	-	23	3	-
James	17	5	43	3	-	-	82	4	1
White	14	1	31	2	-	-	66	3	-
Khawrin	1	0	8	0	-	-	2	1	-
Sclanders	0.2	0	6	0	-	-	1	-	1

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> Day 1 Lunch: Northern Districts A (1) 78/5 (Lellman 3*, White 0*; 27 overs)
--> Day 1 Tea: Northern Districts A (1) 182 all out
--> Day 2 Lunch: Northern Districts A (2) 30/2 (Sclanders 11*, Mann 18*; 11 overs)
--> Day 2 Tea: Northern Districts A (2) 95 all out
--> Northern Districts A first innings: 50 in 16.2 overs
--> Northern Districts A first innings: 100 in 34.4 overs
--> Northern Districts A first innings: 150 in 47.5 overs
--> Auckland A first innings: 50 in 12.5 overs
--> Auckland A first innings: 100 in 28.2 overs
--> Auckland A first innings: 150 in 53.5 overs
--> Northern Districts A second innings: 50 in 20.4 overs
--> Auckland A second innings: 50 in 15.1 overs
--> Auckland A second innings: 100 in 26.2 overs
--> MA Clarke (29) and LD Watson (20) added 50 in 92 balls for the Auckland A 1st wicket in the second innings

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