a32697	Northern Districts v Auckland
	The Ford Trophy 2026/27
Venue	Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui on 31st October 2026 (50-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Auckland won the toss and decided to field
Result	Auckland won by 4 wickets
Points	Northern Districts 0; Auckland 5 (Bonus 1)
Umpires	BF Bowden, DR Morrow
Referee	SRM Morris
Scorers	CP High, CL James

---

Northern Districts innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots	S-Rate
NF Kelly	c Fletcher b Olliver	9	26	36	-	-	21	34.62
HR Cooper	c Olliver b Cullen-Hieatt	0	4	9	-	-	4	0.00
JF Carter	c Stackpole b Ashok	45	68	123	4	-	40	66.18
*RR O'Donnell	c Fletcher b Solia	8	19	26	1	-	15	42.11
BR Hampton	c Fletcher b Solia	0	2	2	-	-	2	0.00
XE Bell	c Wright b Ashok	46	57	80	6	-	31	80.70
SR Devireddy	b Cullen-Hieatt	11	16	22	1	-	9	68.75
+A Mann	st Fletcher b Cullen-Hieatt	13	14	16	2	-	7	92.86
JH Brown	b Olliver	13	28	47	1	-	18	46.43
JJ Naylor	c Fletcher b Olliver	5	27	29	-	-	23	18.52
CB Rowell	not out	3	7	7	-	-	4	42.86
Extras	(1 b, 2 lb, 11 w)	14
Total	(all out, 207 minutes, 44.4 overs)	167
Fall of wickets:
1-1 (Cooper, 1.4 ov), 2-17 (Kelly, 6.5 ov), 3-35 (O'Donnell, 12.4 ov), 4-35 (Hampton, 12.6 ov), 5-115 (Carter, 27.3 ov), 6-128 (Bell, 31.2 ov), 7-132 (Devireddy, 32.5 ov), 8-143 (Mann, 34.6 ov), 9-157 (Naylor, 42.4 ov), 10-167 (Brown, 44.4 ov)

Auckland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s	S-Rate	Econ
Olliver	9.4	2	23	3	1	-	45	2	-	19.33	2.38
Cullen-Hieatt	10	1	30	3	-	-	41	2	-	20.00	3.00
Solia	7	0	31	2	-	-	26	4	-	21.00	4.43
Wright	3	0	18	0	-	-	10	3	-	-	6.00
Sandhu	4	0	24	0	2	-	12	2	-	-	6.00
Ashok	10	1	33	2	2	-	38	2	-	30.00	3.30
Phillips	1	0	5	0	1	-	2	-	-	-	5.00

---

Auckland innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots	S-Rate
*SM Solia	lbw b Devireddy	54	77	151	5	1	45	70.13
DN Phillips	b Naylor	5	5	7	-	-	3	100.00
LD Watson	c Carter b Rowell	20	19	26	3	-	10	105.26
+CD Fletcher	c Mann b Brown	1	6	6	-	-	5	16.67
LN Stackpole	c Devireddy b Rowell	15	14	16	3	-	8	107.14
RD Harrison	c Kelly b Hampton	21	24	30	2	-	13	87.50
J Sandhu	not out	35	48	74	4	1	32	72.92
A Ashok	not out	10	7	11	2	-	3	142.86
AL Olliver	did not bat
J Wright	did not bat
HT Cullen-Hieatt	did not bat
Extras	(2 lb, 7 w)	9
Total	(6 wickets, 164 minutes, 33.2 overs)	170
Fall of wickets:
1-7 (Phillips, 1.3 ov), 2-50 (Watson, 7.3 ov), 3-53 (Fletcher, 8.3 ov), 4-72 (Stackpole, 11.6 ov), 5-101 (Harrison, 18.1 ov), 6-149 (Solia, 30.4 ov)

Northern Districts bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s	S-Rate	Econ
Hampton	10	1	44	1	1	-	38	5	-	60.00	4.40
Naylor	5	0	37	1	2	-	16	6	-	30.00	7.40
Rowell	4	0	27	2	1	-	11	4	-	12.00	6.75
Brown	8.2	1	30	1	3	-	34	2	1	50.00	3.60
Devireddy	6	0	30	1	-	-	20	2	1	36.00	5.00

---

Notes
--> Northern Districts powerplay 1: overs 1 to 10 (26/2)
--> Auckland powerplay 1: overs 1 to 10 (61/3)
--> Northern Districts innings: 50 in 15.6 overs
--> Northern Districts innings: 100 in 24.2 overs
--> Northern Districts innings: 150 in 37.2 overs
--> Auckland innings: 50 in 7.2 overs
--> Auckland innings: 100 in 17.2 overs
--> Auckland innings: 150 in 30.6 overs
--> SM Solia 50 in 66 balls with 5 fours and 1 six
--> J Sandhu passed his previous highest score of 12 in List A matches
--> HT Cullen-Hieatt achieved his best innings bowling analysis in List A matches when he dismissed SR Devireddy in the Northern Districts innings (previous best was 1-47)
--> AL Olliver achieved his best innings bowling analysis in List A matches in the Northern Districts innings (previous best was 3-42)
--> JF Carter (21) and XE Bell (28) added 50 in 53 balls for the Northern Districts 5th wicket

---