misc1048072	Counties Manukau v Waikato Valley
	Fergus Hickey Rosebowl 2026/27 (Second Round)
Venue	Bledisloe Park, Pukekohe on 14th, 15th November 2026 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Players	12 per side (11 to bat and field)
Toss	Counties Manukau won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	CJ MacDonell (Scotland), BA O'Brien
Scorers	RS Baggs, LV du Burgess
Close of play day 1	Counties Manukau (1) 140/1 (SK Patel 65*, Kaushal 14*; 32 overs)

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Waikato Valley first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
JA Cate	c R Patel b McVeigh	10	43	56	-	-	35
A Awasthi	c Mann b R Patel	35	72	111	2	-	51
JW Clare	c McVeigh b Jerram	38	90	94	3	-	70
*CI McKegg	c Mann b G Singh	58	83	113	5	2	54
LPR Hayman	c FA Farrell b Speedy	7	14	13	1	-	10
JD Benefield	c SK Patel b Speedy	0	5	7	-	-	5
DPO Coles	c R Patel b Speedy	0	7	11	-	-	7
+MHP Murray	st Mann b R Patel	18	43	64	2	-	33
EN Price	not out	36	33	41	1	3	20
RT Benefield	b McVeigh	0	6	5	-	-	6
AM Rogers	b McVeigh	1	5	9	-	-	4
JA Brown	did not bat
Extras	(7 b, 1 lb, 8 nb, 2 w)	18
Total	(all out, 266 minutes, 65.3 overs)	221
Fall of wickets:
1-24 (Cate, 13.3 ov), 2-72 (Awasthi, 28.2 ov), 3-105 (Clare, 39.4 ov), 4-118 (Hayman, 42.5 ov), 5-123 (JD Benefield, 44.3 ov), 6-131 (Coles, 46.5 ov), 7-174 (McKegg, 56.1 ov), 8-204 (Murray, 62.2 ov), 9-205 (RT Benefield, 63.3 ov), 10-221 (Rogers, 65.3 ov)

Counties Manukau bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
G Singh	9	2	26	1	1	-	42	-	1
Speedy	11	2	26	3	-	3	52	2	-
McVeigh	11.3	3	29	3	-	1	54	3	-
R Patel	18	1	79	2	1	-	68	5	3
Jerram	10	2	34	1	-	4	45	3	-
C Singh	6	2	19	0	-	-	28	1	1

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Counties Manukau first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
+A Mann	b Price	56	77	93	6	2	53
*SK Patel	c Brown b Rogers	79	120	166	5	3	82
A Kaushal	st Murray b Brown	64	69	127	5	1	38
HG Farrell	c Murray b Rogers	12	18	18	1	1	14
KD Clarke	c Brown b Hayman	0	4	4	-	-	4
R Patel	c JD Benefield b Clare	48	48	55	2	2	24
SCA Speedy	c Awasthi b Brown	9	21	19	-	-	13
FA Farrell	c Brown b Clare	7	9	10	-	-	4
TK McVeigh	c Cate b Brown	5	7	7	1	-	5
C Singh	c Price b Hayman	15	15	17	2	-	8
CM Jerram	not out	5	19	15	-	-	15
G Singh	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 2 lb, 8 nb, 1 w)	15
Total	(all out, 269 minutes, 66.3 overs)	315
Fall of wickets:
1-104 (Mann, 22.6 ov), 2-180 (SK Patel, 39.5 ov), 3-202 (HG Farrell, 43.3 ov), 4-203 (Clarke, 44.3 ov), 5-250 (Kaushal, 51.1 ov), 6-272 (Speedy, 57.3 ov), 7-286 (R Patel, 58.6 ov), 8-295 (FA Farrell, 60.4 ov), 9-295 (McVeigh, 61.1 ov), 10-315 (C Singh, 66.3 ov)

Waikato Valley bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
McKegg	11	1	55	0	1	-	42	5	1
RT Benefield	5	1	23	0	-	2	21	-	2
JD Benefield	11	0	48	0	-	-	40	5	-
Hayman	10.3	1	50	2	-	4	44	5	1
Price	6	0	27	1	-	-	23	1	2
Rogers	6	1	34	2	-	2	25	3	1
Clare	9	0	50	2	-	-	27	2	2
Brown	8	1	22	3	-	-	32	1	-

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Waikato Valley second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
JA Cate	lbw b G Singh	0	5	4	-	-	5
A Awasthi	c Speedy b McVeigh	46	116	160	-	2	88
JW Clare	lbw b R Patel	28	55	76	4	-	43
*CI McKegg	c G Singh b C Singh	17	72	83	1	-	59
LPR Hayman	not out	12	38	54	2	-	32
JD Benefield	not out	9	36	48	1	-	30
DPO Coles	did not bat
+MHP Murray	did not bat
EN Price	did not bat
RT Benefield	did not bat
AM Rogers	did not bat
JA Brown	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 5 lb, 4 nb, 7 w)	19
Total	(4 wickets, 214 minutes, 53 overs)	131
Fall of wickets:
1-0 (Cate, 0.5 ov), 2-52 (Clare, 19.3 ov), 3-105 (Awasthi, 40.3 ov), 4-106 (McKegg, 41.1 ov)

Counties Manukau bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
G Singh	11	3	23	1	3	-	54	2	-
McVeigh	13	4	35	1	4	3	63	-	2
Speedy	3	0	17	0	-	-	12	2	-
Jerram	2	0	2	0	-	1	11	-	-
R Patel	13	0	27	1	-	-	57	1	-
C Singh	11	4	19	1	-	-	56	3	-

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Notes
--> Day 1 Lunch: Waikato Valley (1) 101/2 (Clare 36*, McKegg 16*; 37 overs)
--> Day 1 Tea: Waikato Valley (1) 221/10 (Price 36*; 65.3 overs)
--> Day 2 Lunch: Counties Manukau (1) 315/10 (Jerram 5*; 66.3 overs)
--> Day 2 Tea: Waikato Valley (2) 76/2 (Awasthi 29*, McKegg 6*; 34 overs)
--> Waikato Valley first innings: 50 in 22.4 overs
--> Waikato Valley first innings: 100 in 36.6 overs
--> Waikato Valley first innings: 150 in 51.3 overs
--> Waikato Valley first innings: 200 in 59.4 overs
--> Counties Manukau first innings: 50 in 10.5 overs
--> Counties Manukau first innings: 100 in 22.4 overs
--> Counties Manukau first innings: 150 in 33.6 overs
--> Counties Manukau first innings: 200 in 43.2 overs
--> Counties Manukau first innings: 250 in 50.6 overs
--> Counties Manukau first innings: 300 in 63.6 overs
--> Waikato Valley second innings: 50 in 18.6 overs
--> Waikato Valley second innings: 100 in 38.5 overs
--> CI McKegg (1) 50 in 75 balls with 4 fours and 2 sixes
--> A Mann (1) 50 in 68 balls with 5 fours and 2 sixes
--> SK Patel (1) 50 in 68 balls with 2 fours and 2 sixes
--> A Kaushal (1) 50 in 64 balls with 4 fours
--> A Mann (36) and SK Patel (12) added 50 in 67 balls for the Counties Manukau 1st wicket in the first innings
--> A Mann (56) and SK Patel (43) added 100 in 139 balls for the Counties Manukau 1st wicket in the first innings
--> SK Patel (29) and A Kaushal (20) added 50 in 71 balls for the Counties Manukau 2nd wicket in the first innings
--> A Awasthi (17) and JW Clare (26) added 50 in 110 balls for the Waikato Valley 2nd wicket in the second innings
--> A Awasthi (29) and CI McKegg (15) added 50 in 120 balls for the Waikato Valley 3rd wicket in the second innings

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