hawke1689	Waikato Valley v Counties Manukau
	Hawke Cup 2025/26
Venue	Morrinsville Recreation Ground, Morrinsville on 15th, 16th November 2025 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Waikato Valley won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	BM Davis, TT Thangalathil
Scorers	RS Baggs, SW Reynolds
Close of play day 1	Counties Manukau (1) 212/6 (Farrell 14*, Somani 11*; 75 overs)
Close of play day 2	Waikato Valley (2) 133/3 (BJ Hayman 66*, Clare 29*; 41 overs)

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Counties Manukau first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
A Mann	b LPR Hayman	8	30	39	-	-	24
+A Kaushal	c Rutter b Price	26	90	121	2	-	76
SK Patel	c RT Benefield b Price	117	188	220	12	-	131
R Patel	c JD Benefield b RT Benefield	9	19	29	1	-	15
KD Clarke	c LPR Hayman b RT Benefield	0	4	3	-	-	4
*SS Varcoe	b Sulzberger	17	69	88	1	-	59
HG Farrell	b LPR Hayman	26	61	52	3	-	49
RZG Somani	c Sulzberger b LPR Hayman	91	88	123	6	4	45
JJ Naylor	lbw b Morey	4	16	21	-	-	13
SCA Speedy	c JD Benefield b Clare	16	30	32	2	-	24
DG Kingham	not out	19	18	31	2	-	7
G Singh	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 4 lb, 7 nb, 3 w)	15
Total	(all out, 383 minutes, 100.4 overs)	348
Fall of wickets:
1-17 (Mann, 9.4 ov), 2-84 (Kaushal, 29.6 ov), 3-111 (R Patel, 38.1 ov), 4-111 (Clarke, 38.5 ov), 5-167 (Varcoe, 62.5 ov), 6-191 (SK Patel, 67.6 ov), 7-238 (Farrell, 81.2 ov), 8-255 (Naylor, 86.3 ov), 9-288 (Speedy, 93.3 ov), 10-348 (Somani, 100.4 ov)

Waikato Valley bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
LPR Hayman	23.4	4	84	3	3	4	105	6	-
RT Benefield	17	3	61	2	-	-	74	6	1
Clare	6	1	22	1	-	1	26	3	-
Morey	13	2	44	1	-	1	57	3	-
JD Benefield	3	1	5	0	-	-	15	-	-
Price	22	3	68	2	-	-	97	7	-
Rutter	9	2	19	0	-	1	43	2	-
Sulzberger	7	1	40	1	-	-	26	2	3

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Waikato Valley first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
BJ Hayman	c Kingham b Somani	11	18	23	2	-	14
JD Benefield	c Kaushal b Somani	34	26	34	3	2	16
DPO Coles	c Singh b Somani	5	12	18	-	-	9
LPR Hayman	c and b Somani	5	24	35	-	-	20
JW Clare	c Clarke b Somani	0	4	10	-	-	4
*EN Price	c Clarke b Naylor	3	11	17	-	-	10
FH Morey	c Naylor b Somani	0	1	1	-	-	1
TN Sulzberger	c R Patel b Somani	4	9	13	1	-	8
+Q Daniell	b Naylor	0	1	1	-	-	1
RT Benefield	not out	7	4	12	-	-	1
SJ Rutter	c Somani b Naylor	0	3	3	-	-	3
BD Bell	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 1 lb, 1 nb, 2 w)	5
Total	(all out, 90 minutes, 18.4 overs)	74
Fall of wickets:
1-35 (BJ Hayman, 5.3 ov), 2-50 (JD Benefield, 7.5 ov), 3-53 (Coles, 9.4 ov), 4-57 (Clare, 11.4 ov), 5-63 (LPR Hayman, 15.3 ov), 6-63 (Morey, 15.4 ov), 7-63 (Price, 16.1 ov), 8-63 (Daniell, 16.2 ov), 9-73 (Sulzberger, 17.6 ov), 10-74 (Rutter, 18.4 ov)

Counties Manukau bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Naylor	9.4	1	38	3	2	1	43	3	1
Somani	9	1	34	7	-	-	43	3	1

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Waikato Valley second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
BJ Hayman	not out	66	130	162	6	-	98
JD Benefield	c Kaushal b Singh	21	27	39	2	1	19
DPO Coles	c Varcoe b Singh	0	1	7	-	-	1
LPR Hayman	c Kaushal b Kingham	4	23	28	-	-	20
JW Clare	not out	29	68	86	1	-	50
RT Benefield	did not bat
FH Morey	did not bat
*EN Price	did not bat
SJ Rutter	did not bat
TN Sulzberger	did not bat
+Q Daniell	did not bat
BD Bell	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 1 lb, 3 nb, 3 w, 5 pen)	13
Total	(3 wickets, 161 minutes, 41 overs)	133
Fall of wickets:
1-36 (JD Benefield, 8.6 ov), 2-41 (Coles, 10.1 ov), 3-58 (LPR Hayman, 16.4 ov)

Counties Manukau bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Naylor	5	0	15	0	-	-	24	-	1
Somani	5	0	21	0	-	-	20	3	-
Singh	8	0	30	2	3	-	32	1	-
Speedy	3	1	5	0	-	1	16	-	-
R Patel	10	3	15	0	-	1	49	-	-
Kingham	8	2	32	1	-	1	36	4	-
SK Patel	2	0	8	0	-	-	8	1	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> Day 1 Tea: Counties Manukau (1) 111/4 (SK Patel 63*, Varcoe 0*; 41 overs)
--> Day 2 Lunch: Waikato Valley (1) 57/4 (LPR Hayman 4*; 11.4 overs)
--> Day 2 Tea: Waikato Valley (2) 62/3 (BJ Hayman 32*, Clare 0*; 19 overs)
--> Counties Manukau first innings: 50 in 18.3 overs
--> Counties Manukau first innings: 100 in 35.3 overs
--> Counties Manukau first innings: 150 in 53.6 overs
--> Counties Manukau first innings: 200 in 71.1 overs
--> Counties Manukau first innings: 250 in 84.2 overs
--> Counties Manukau first innings: 300 in 95.1 overs
--> Waikato Valley first innings: 50 in 7.2 overs
--> Waikato Valley second innings: 50 in 12.4 overs
--> Waikato Valley second innings: 100 in 35.3 overs
--> SK Patel (1) 50 in 71 balls with 7 fours
--> SK Patel (1) 100 in 175 balls with 9 fours
--> RZG Somani (1) 50 in 63 balls with 5 fours
--> BJ Hayman (2) 50 in 118 balls with 3 fours
--> A Kaushal (16) and SK Patel (31) added 50 in 81 balls for the Counties Manukau 2nd wicket in the first innings
--> SK Patel (30) and SS Varcoe (16) added 50 in 142 balls for the Counties Manukau 5th wicket in the first innings
--> RZG Somani (33) and DG Kingham (17) added 50 in 31 balls for the Counties Manukau 10th wicket in the first innings
--> BJ Hayman (21) and JW Clare (26) added 50 in 121 balls for the Waikato Valley 4th wicket in the second innings

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