f56254 ps1486	Auckland v Canterbury
	Plunket Shield 2014/15
Venue	Colin Maiden Park, Auckland on 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th March 2015 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Auckland won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Canterbury won by 4 wickets
Points	Auckland 5 (Batting 1, Bowling 4); Canterbury 18 (Batting 2, Bowling 4)
Umpires	PD Jones, WR Knights
Referee	GC Morris
Scorers	CEJ Hayne, TM Hill
Close of play day 1	Canterbury (1) 4/0 (Hira 1*, Dawson 3*; 2 overs)
Close of play day 2	Auckland (2) 29/0 (Raval 13*, Kitchen 13*; 6 overs)
Close of play day 3	Auckland (2) 361/5 (Grobbelaar 50*, Cachopa 16*; 103 overs)

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Auckland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JA Raval	lbw b Henry	41	99	171	6	-
AK Kitchen	b McCone	0	3	7	-	-
*RJ Nicol	c Astle b Henry	1	20	28	-	-
C Munro	c Fletcher b Nuttall	62	59	82	8	1
RR O'Donnell	c Fletcher b Ellis	1	16	14	-	-
DJ Grobbelaar	c Fletcher b Nuttall	26	55	80	3	-
+B Cachopa	not out	131	178	229	16	4
TS Nethula	b Nuttall	1	19	28	-	-
MD Bates	c Nicholls b Astle	4	19	30	-	-
LH Ferguson	c Henry b Astle	6	39	45	-	-
DJ Bartlett	run out (McCone->Astle)	14	54	79	3	-
Extras	(3 lb, 3 nb, 1 w)	7
Total	(all out, 93 overs)	294
Fall of wickets:
1-4 (Kitchen, 1.3 ov), 2-17 (Nicol, 8.3 ov), 3-95 (Munro, 25.2 ov), 4-99 (O'Donnell, 28.1 ov), 5-124 (Raval, 36.6 ov), 6-154 (Grobbelaar, 47.3 ov), 7-168 (Nethula, 53.6 ov), 8-186 (Bates, 61.2 ov), 9-223 (Ferguson, 73.4 ov), 10-294 (Bartlett, 93 ov)

Canterbury bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Henry	19	3	85	2	-	-
McCone	18	5	51	1	-	1
Ellis	18	4	56	1	1	2
Nuttall	21	7	42	3	-	-
Astle	17	2	57	2	-	-

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Canterbury first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RM Hira	c O'Donnell b Bartlett	22	30	39	4	-
GJ Dawson	c Grobbelaar b Bates	4	13	23	-	-
*PG Fulton	c Nicol b Bates	0	1	1	-	-
NT Broom	b Bartlett	46	91	134	6	-
HM Nicholls	c Cachopa b Grobbelaar	102	190	239	10	1
AM Ellis	c Munro b Bates	72	124	176	8	1
TD Astle	c Raval b Grobbelaar	0	3	2	-	-
+CD Fletcher	c and b Nethula	17	35	37	1	1
MJ Henry	c Bartlett b Ferguson	39	46	70	3	1
RJ McCone	c Kitchen b Ferguson	4	25	34	-	-
EJ Nuttall	not out	9	9	16	2	-
Extras	(8 b, 12 nb, 5 w)	25
Total	(all out, 92.3 overs)	340
Fall of wickets:
1-13 (Dawson, 5.2 ov), 2-13 (Fulton, 5.3 ov), 3-28 (Hira, 8.3 ov), 4-138 (Broom, 36.5 ov), 5-254 (Nicholls, 66.3 ov), 6-254 (Astle, 66.6 ov), 7-284 (Fletcher, 76.2 ov), 8-298 (Ellis, 81.4 ov), 9-319 (McCone, 88.6 ov), 10-340 (Henry, 92.3 ov)

Auckland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bartlett	14	0	63	2	-	5
Bates	20	6	57	3	-	-
Ferguson	14.3	2	56	2	1	-
Grobbelaar	16	1	55	2	-	2
Nethula	21	2	77	1	-	5
Nicol	7	1	24	0	-	-

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Auckland second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JA Raval	c Fletcher b Nuttall	67	116	156	14	-
AK Kitchen	c Astle b Nuttall	24	37	47	4	-
*RJ Nicol	c Fulton b Astle	24	85	127	1	-
C Munro	st Fletcher b Astle	137	138	183	10	7
RR O'Donnell	c Ellis b Astle	25	64	95	1	-
DJ Grobbelaar	st Fletcher b Astle	63	145	151	6	1
+B Cachopa	not out	35	74	103	3	-
TS Nethula	not out	14	27	20	1	-
MD Bates	did not bat
LH Ferguson	did not bat
DJ Bartlett	did not bat
Extras	(11 b, 4 lb, 1 nb, 2 w)	18
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 114.1 overs)	407
Fall of wickets:
1-53 (Kitchen, 12.3 ov), 2-120 (Raval, 36.5 ov), 3-136 (Nicol, 41.3 ov), 4-239 (O'Donnell, 63.4 ov), 5-318 (Munro, 85.5 ov), 6-381 (Grobbelaar, 107.2 ov)

Canterbury bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Henry	17	2	56	0	1	-
McCone	9	3	14	0	1	-
Nuttall	20	3	89	2	-	-
Ellis	15	1	50	0	-	1
Astle	36	6	138	4	-	-
Hira	16.1	3	37	0	-	-
Nicholls	1	0	8	0	-	-

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Canterbury second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RM Hira	c Kitchen b Bartlett	14	27	34	2	-
GJ Dawson	c Cachopa b Bates	6	30	59	-	-
*PG Fulton	c and b Nicol	101	177	215	11	1
NT Broom	b Nicol	78	144	181	7	1
HM Nicholls	run out (Nethula)	54	54	105	2	1
AM Ellis	not out	81	82	110	11	-
TD Astle	lbw b Ferguson	2	3	6	-	-
+CD Fletcher	not out	0	1	6	-	-
MJ Henry	did not bat
RJ McCone	did not bat
EJ Nuttall	did not bat
Extras	(10 b, 6 lb, 10 nb)	26
Total	(6 wickets, 84.4 overs)	362
Fall of wickets:
1-18 (Hira, 7.5 ov), 2-42 (Dawson, 12.3 ov), 3-216 (Broom, 60.3 ov), 4-225 (Fulton, 62.1 ov), 5-354 (Nicholls, 82.4 ov), 6-358 (Astle, 83.5 ov)

Auckland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bates	16.4	1	68	1	-	-
Bartlett	10	1	30	1	-	1
Grobbelaar	10	0	54	0	-	3
Nethula	26	1	88	0	-	6
Ferguson	10	0	45	1	-	-
Nicol	12	0	61	2	-	-

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Notes
--> Day 1 Lunch: Auckland (1) 102/4 (Raval 32*, Grobbelaar 3*; 30 overs)
--> Day 1 Tea: Auckland (1) 186/7 (Cachopa 47*, Bates 4*; 61 overs)
--> Day 2 Lunch: Canterbury (1) 122/3 (Broom 37*, Nicholls 48*; 34 overs)
--> Day 2 Tea: Canterbury (1) 254/5 (Ellis 58*; 66.3 overs)
--> Day 3 Lunch: Auckland (2) 120/2 (Nicol 20*, Munro 0*; 38 overs)
--> Day 3 Tea: Auckland (2) 263/4 (Munro 105*, Grobbelaar 6*; 69 overs)
--> Day 4 Lunch: Canterbury (2) 81/2 (Fulton 42*, Broom 12*; 21 overs)
--> Day 4 Tea: Canterbury (2) 191/2 (Fulton 90*, Broom 66*; 56 overs)
--> Auckland first innings: 50 in 11.3 overs
--> Auckland first innings: 100 in 28.2 overs
--> Auckland first innings: 150 in 46.5 overs
--> Auckland first innings: 200 in 64.6 overs
--> Auckland first innings: 250 in 82.5 overs
--> Canterbury first innings: 50 in 14.2 overs
--> Canterbury first innings: 100 in 27.5 overs
--> Canterbury first innings: 150 in 41.3 overs
--> Canterbury first innings: 200 in 56.4 overs
--> Canterbury first innings: 250 in 65.3 overs
--> Canterbury first innings: 300 in 82.4 overs
--> Auckland second innings: 50 in 12.2 overs
--> Auckland second innings: 100 in 30.6 overs
--> Auckland second innings: 150 in 42.5 overs
--> Auckland second innings: 200 in 56.2 overs
--> Auckland second innings: 250 in 67.4 overs
--> Auckland second innings: 300 in 83.1 overs
--> Auckland second innings: 350 in 99.3 overs
--> Auckland second innings: 400 in 112.2 overs
--> Canterbury second innings: 50 in 14.5 overs
--> Canterbury second innings: 100 in 32.4 overs
--> Canterbury second innings: 150 in 47.1 overs
--> Canterbury second innings: 200 in 57.3 overs
--> Canterbury second innings: 250 in 67.5 overs
--> Canterbury second innings: 300 in 74.2 overs
--> Canterbury second innings: 350 in 81.6 overs
--> C Munro (1) 50 in 47 balls with 6 fours and 1 six
--> C Munro (1) passed 2000 runs in Plunket Shield matches when he reached 7
--> B Cachopa (1) 50 in 85 balls with 7 fours and 1 six
--> B Cachopa (1) 100 in 142 balls with 11 fours and 3 sixes
--> B Cachopa (1) passed his previous highest score of 104 in first-class matches
--> B Cachopa (1) passed his previous highest score of 104 in Plunket Shield matches
--> DJ Bartlett (1) equalled his previous highest score of 14 in first-class matches
--> DJ Bartlett (1) equalled his previous highest score of 14 in Plunket Shield matches
--> RM Hira (1) passed 500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 3
--> GJ Dawson made his last appearance in Plunket Shield matches
--> GJ Dawson made his last appearance in first-class matches
--> HM Nicholls (1) 50 in 89 balls with 5 fours and 1 six
--> HM Nicholls (1) 100 in 187 balls with 10 fours and 1 six
--> AM Ellis (1) 50 in 69 balls with 7 fours and 1 six
--> JA Raval (2) 50 in 100 balls with 11 fours
--> JA Raval (2) passed 3500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 26
--> C Munro (2) 50 in 55 balls with 7 fours and 1 six
--> C Munro (2) 100 in 98 balls with 10 fours and 5 sixes
--> DJ Grobbelaar (2) 50 in 128 balls with 5 fours
--> PG Fulton (2) 50 in 91 balls with 7 fours
--> PG Fulton (2) 100 in 174 balls with 11 fours and 1 six
--> NT Broom (2) 50 in 102 balls with 5 fours and 1 six
--> NT Broom (2) passed 6000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 65
--> HM Nicholls (2) 50 in 50 balls with 1 four and 1 six
--> HM Nicholls (2) passed 1500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 47
--> AM Ellis (2) 50 in 48 balls with 9 fours
--> AM Ellis (2) passed 3500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 30
--> EJ Nuttall achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Plunket Shield matches when he dismissed TS Nethula in the Auckland first innings (previous best was 2-28)
--> EJ Nuttall achieved his best innings bowling analysis in first-class matches when he dismissed TS Nethula in the Auckland first innings (previous best was 2-28)
--> TD Astle reached 200 wickets in Plunket Shield matches when he dismissed MD Bates, his 1st wicket in the Auckland first innings

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12th Men: TG Johnston (Canterbury) and GD Phillips (Auckland)
Auckland 1st innings:
3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 55 balls (JA Raval 12, C Munro 39, Ex 1)
New Ball Taken: Auckland 242/9 at 80.1 overs (B Cachopa 93, DJ Bartlett 1)
10th Wicket: 50 runs in 91 balls (B Cachopa 41, DJ Bartlett 9, Ex 1)
Canterbury 1st innings:
4th Wicket: 50 runs in 83 balls (NT Broom 28, HM Nicholls 21, Ex 2)
4th Wicket: 100 runs in 165 balls (NT Broom 42, HM Nicholls 52, Ex 9)
5th Wicket: 50 runs in 92 balls (HM Nicholls 20, AM Ellis 25, Ex 6)
5th Wicket: 100 runs in 163 balls (HM Nicholls 39, AM Ellis 51, Ex 11)
New Ball Taken: Canterbury 298/7 at 81.1 overs (AM Ellis 72, MJ Henry 11)
Auckland 2nd innings:
1st Wicket: 50 runs in 74 balls (JA Raval 26, AK Kitchen 24, Ex 3)
2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 117 balls (JA Raval 31, RJ Nicol 18, Ex 2)
4th Wicket: 50 runs in 79 balls (C Munro 43, RR O'Donnell 9, Ex 1)
4th Wicket: 100 runs in 127 balls (C Munro 75, RR O'Donnell 24, Ex 1)
5th Wicket: 50 runs in 94 balls (C Munro 31, DJ Grobbelaar 19, Ex 0)
6th Wicket: 50 runs in 107 balls (DJ Grobbelaar 32, B Cachopa 16, Ex 2)
Canterbury second innings
3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 82 balls (PG Fulton 24, NT Broom 19, Ex 7)
3rd Wicket: 100 runs in 192 balls (PG Fulton 50, NT Broom 39, Ex 11)
3rd Wicket: 150 runs in 270 balls (PG Fulton 70, NT Broom 66, Ex 17)
5th Wicket: 50 runs in 63 balls (HM Nicholls 23, AM Ellis 28, Ex 0)
5th Wicket: 100 runs in 94 balls (HM Nicholls 35, AM Ellis 60, Ex 5)
New Ball Taken: Canterbury 350/4 at 82.1 overs (HM Nicholls 50, AM Ellis 75)