Plunket ShieldMatch 22 · First-class

Auckland Aces and Canterbury draw

Eden Park Outer Oval, Auckland, 27 Mar 2026. Canterbury won the toss and chose to bowl.

Match drawn

Match report

From the scorecard

Canterbury won the toss and chose to bowl. Auckland Aces were bowled out for 280, Sean Solia 74 from 187 balls and Lachlan Stackpole 62 from 66 balls. Michael Rae took 3 for 66.

Canterbury were bowled out for 591, Leo Carter 169 not out from 250 balls and Rhys Mariu 142 from 213 balls. Adithya Ashok took 3 for 133.

Auckland Aces made 337 for 6, Dale Phillips 131 from 174 balls and S Dixit 61 from 82 balls. Matt Boyle took 4 for 87.

Match drawn.

Key performers

DP131Dale PhillipsAuckland Aces. 174 balls, 17 fours, 2 sixes

3/133Adithya AshokAuckland Aces. 37.1 overs, 4 maidens LC169*Leo CarterCanterbury. 250 balls, 14 fours, 4 sixes MB4/87Matt BoyleCanterbury. 23 overs

Auckland Aces 1st innings

280(97 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Dale Phillipsc HM Nicholls b FW Sheat	c HM Nicholls b FW Sheat	0	1	0	0	0.00
Sean Soliac †MJ Hay b MD Rae	c †MJ Hay b MD Rae	74	187	12	0	39.57
LD Watsonc T Muller b SB Davey	c T Muller b SB Davey	16	30	1	1	53.33
S Dixitc sub (CT Cameron) b T Muller	c sub (CT Cameron) b T Muller	20	23	4	0	86.96
Lachlan Stackpolec †MJ Hay b MD Rae	c †MJ Hay b MD Rae	62	66	9	2	93.94
SB Keenec HM Nicholls b FW Sheat	c HM Nicholls b FW Sheat	19	29	3	0	65.52
Ryan Harrisonc FW Sheat b MD Rae	c FW Sheat b MD Rae	59	141	8	0	41.84
MW Alpec †MJ Hay b RA Mariu	c †MJ Hay b RA Mariu	4	7	1	0	57.14
Adithya Ashokc HM Nicholls b FW Sheat	c HM Nicholls b FW Sheat	7	50	1	0	14.00
Benjamin Listerc †MJ Hay b T Muller	c †MJ Hay b T Muller	6	33	0	0	18.18
Samrath Singhnot out	not out	4*	17	1	0	23.53
Extras(lb 5, w 2, nb 2)	(lb 5, w 2, nb 2)	9
Total97 Ov (RR 2.89)	97 Ov (RR 2.89)	280

Fall of wickets: 0-1 (DN Phillips, 0.1 ov), 29-2 (LD Watson, 9.3 ov), 67-3 (S Dixit, 18 ov), 160-4 (LN Stackpole, 42.1 ov), 184-5 (SB Keene, 50.4 ov), 218-6 (SM Solia, 62.2 ov), 223-7 (MW Alpe, 65.1 ov), 254-8 (A Ashok, 82.2 ov), 271-9 (BG Lister, 91.1 ov), 280-10 (RD Harrison, 97 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Fraser Sheat	21	6	78	3	3.71	97	11	2	0	0
Sean Davey	20	6	40	1	2.00	99	2	1	0	1
Michael Rae	24	9	66	3	2.75	118	12	0	1	0
Travis Muller	17	2	53	2	3.12	80	9	0	1	1
Matt Boyle	8	0	26	0	3.25	37	5	0	0	0
Rhys Mariu	7	2	12	1	1.71	34	1	0	0	0

Partnerships

Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
1st	DN Phillips 0(1) & SM Solia 0(0)	0	1
2nd	LD Watson 16(30) & SM Solia 12(26)	29	56
3rd	S Dixit 20(23) & SM Solia 15(29)	38	51
4th	SM Solia 30(79) & LN Stackpole 62(66)	93	145
5th	SB Keene 19(29) & SM Solia 4(22)	24	51
6th	RD Harrison 20(40) & SM Solia 13(31)	34	70
7th	MW Alpe 4(7) & RD Harrison 1(10)	5	17
8th	A Ashok 7(50) & RD Harrison 23(53)	31	103
9th	BG Lister 6(33) & RD Harrison 11(20)	17	53
10th	Samrath Singh 4(17) & RD Harrison 4(18)	9	35

Canterbury 1st innings

591(153.1 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Rhys Mariuc MW Alpe b Samrath Singh	c MW Alpe b Samrath Singh	142	213	17	1	66.67
SJG Janettlbw b SB Keene	lbw b SB Keene	0	4	0	0	0.00
Henry Nichollslbw b BG Lister	lbw b BG Lister	77	120	8	0	64.17
Matt Boylec LD Watson b Samrath Singh	c LD Watson b Samrath Singh	18	28	2	0	64.29
Mitchell Hay †c RD Harrison b BG Lister	c RD Harrison b BG Lister	48	86	4	1	55.81
Leo Carternot out	not out	169*	250	14	4	67.60
JJA Frewc DN Phillips b S Dixit	c DN Phillips b S Dixit	11	14	1	1	78.57
Travis Mullerc DN Phillips b A Ashok	c DN Phillips b A Ashok	10	29	2	0	34.48
Sean Daveyc A Ashok b S Dixit	c A Ashok b S Dixit	49	92	4	1	53.26
Fraser Sheatc SM Solia b A Ashok	c SM Solia b A Ashok	17	70	2	0	24.29
Michael Raeb A Ashok	b A Ashok	2	21	0	0	9.52
Extras(b 20, lb 4, w 16, nb 8)	(b 20, lb 4, w 16, nb 8)	48
Total153.1 Ov (RR 3.86)	153.1 Ov (RR 3.86)	591

Fall of wickets: 8-1 (SJG Janett, 1.4 ov), 200-2 (HM Nicholls, 45.4 ov), 251-3 (MWT Boyle, 58.2 ov), 264-4 (RA Mariu, 61 ov), 370-5 (MJ Hay, 86.4 ov), 387-6 (JJA Frew, 91.1 ov), 418-7 (T Muller, 100 ov), 528-8 (SB Davey, 126.3 ov), 573-9 (FW Sheat, 145.1 ov), 591-10 (MD Rae, 153.1 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Benjamin Lister	29	1	99	2	3.41	116	10	0	2	0
SB Keene	17	2	60	1	3.53	73	9	0	0	0
Ryan Harrison	12	0	53	0	4.42	43	5	1	1	0
Samrath Singh	19	0	98	2	5.16	69	9	0	7	8
Adithya Ashok	37.1	4	133	3	3.58	157	11	5	0	0
Sean Solia	3	1	8	0	2.67	14	0	0	1	0
S Dixit	36	4	116	2	3.22	152	10	2	0	0

Partnerships

Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
1st	RA Mariu 8(6) & SJG Janett 0(4)	8	10
2nd	HM Nicholls 77(120) & RA Mariu 96(149)	192	264
3rd	MWT Boyle 18(28) & RA Mariu 33(48)	51	76
4th	MJ Hay 2(7) & RA Mariu 5(10)	13	16
5th	MJ Hay 46(79) & LJ Carter 56(76)	106	154
6th	JJA Frew 11(14) & LJ Carter 6(13)	17	27
7th	T Muller 10(29) & LJ Carter 16(24)	31	53
8th	LJ Carter 50(68) & SB Davey 49(92)	110	159
9th	FW Sheat 17(70) & LJ Carter 27(42)	45	112
10th	MD Rae 2(21) & LJ Carter 14(27)	18	48

Auckland Aces 2nd innings

337/6(91 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Dale Phillipsc RA Mariu b MD Rae	c RA Mariu b MD Rae	131	174	17	2	75.29
Sean Soliac LJ Carter b T Muller	c LJ Carter b T Muller	21	67	1	0	31.34
LD Watsonc FW Sheat b MWT Boyle	c FW Sheat b MWT Boyle	47	102	4	2	46.08
S Dixitc SB Davey b MWT Boyle	c SB Davey b MWT Boyle	61	82	11	1	74.39
Lachlan Stackpoleb MWT Boyle	b MWT Boyle	9	42	1	0	21.43
SB Keenenot out	not out	32*	41	6	0	78.05
Ryan Harrisonc HM Nicholls b MWT Boyle	c HM Nicholls b MWT Boyle	1	15	0	0	6.67
MW Alpenot out	not out	15*	25	3	0	60.00
Extras(b 10, lb 5, w 3, nb 2)	(b 10, lb 5, w 3, nb 2)	20
Total91 Ov (RR 3.70)	91 Ov (RR 3.70)	337/6

Did not bat: Adithya Ashok, Benjamin Lister, Samrath Singh

Fall of wickets: 91-1 (SM Solia, 20.3 ov), 197-2 (LD Watson, 53 ov), 227-3 (DN Phillips, 62.5 ov), 276-4 (LN Stackpole, 75.4 ov), 283-5 (S Dixit, 79.2 ov), 302-6 (RD Harrison, 84.1 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Fraser Sheat	11	2	45	0	4.09	47	7	0	0	0
Sean Davey	9	1	38	0	4.22	39	4	1	0	2
Michael Rae	20	5	62	1	3.10	92	7	1	3	0
Travis Muller	10	4	16	1	1.60	52	1	0	0	0
Matt Boyle	23	0	87	4	3.78	94	10	2	0	0
Rhys Mariu	15	3	61	0	4.07	68	11	1	0	0
SJG Janett	3	0	13	0	4.33	14	3	0	0	0

Partnerships

Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
1st	DN Phillips 66(58) & SM Solia 21(67)	91	123
2nd	LD Watson 47(102) & DN Phillips 57(93)	106	195
3rd	DN Phillips 8(23) & S Dixit 21(36)	30	59
4th	LN Stackpole 9(42) & S Dixit 34(35)	49	77
5th	SB Keene 1(11) & S Dixit 6(11)	7	22
6th	RD Harrison 1(15) & SB Keene 16(14)	19	29
7th	MW Alpe 15(25) & SB Keene 15(16)	35*	41

Commentary

End of over 918 runsAA 337/6004004

SB Keene 32(41)MW Alpe 15(25)MWT Boyle 23-0-87-4

90.64

MWT Boyle to SB Keene, FOUR

90.50

MWT Boyle to SB Keene, no run

90.40

MWT Boyle to SB Keene, no run

90.34

MWT Boyle to SB Keene, FOUR

90.20

MWT Boyle to SB Keene, no run

90.10

MWT Boyle to SB Keene, no run

End of over 908 runsAA 329/64b04000

MW Alpe 15(25)SB Keene 24(35)SJG Janett 3-0-13-0

89.60

SJG Janett to MW Alpe, no run

89.50

SJG Janett to MW Alpe, no run

89.40

SJG Janett to MW Alpe, no run

89.34

SJG Janett to MW Alpe, FOUR

89.20

SJG Janett to MW Alpe, no run

89.14b

SJG Janett to MW Alpe, 4 byes

End of over 891 runAA 321/6001000

SB Keene 24(35)MW Alpe 11(19)MWT Boyle 22-0-79-4

88.60

MWT Boyle to SB Keene, no run

88.50

MWT Boyle to SB Keene, no run

88.40

MWT Boyle to SB Keene, no run

88.31

MWT Boyle to MW Alpe, 1 run

88.20

MWT Boyle to MW Alpe, no run

88.10

MWT Boyle to MW Alpe, no run

End of over 886 runsAA 320/6101Lb004

SB Keene 24(32)MW Alpe 10(16)SJG Janett 2-0-9-0

87.64

SJG Janett to SB Keene, FOUR

87.50

SJG Janett to SB Keene, no run

87.40

SJG Janett to SB Keene, no run

87.31Lb

SJG Janett to MW Alpe, 1 leg bye

87.20

SJG Janett to MW Alpe, no run

87.11

SJG Janett to SB Keene, 1 run

End of over 871 runAA 314/6100000

MW Alpe 10(14)SB Keene 19(28)MWT Boyle 21-0-78-4