Plunket ShieldMatch 13 · First-class

Northern Districts beat Auckland Aces by 6 wickets

Eden Park Outer Oval, Auckland, 28 Feb 2026. Auckland Aces won the toss and chose to bat.

Northern Districts won by 6 wickets

Match report

From the scorecard

Auckland Aces won the toss and chose to bat. Auckland Aces were bowled out for 283, Sean Solia 79 from 142 balls and Lachlan Stackpole 74 from 61 balls. Zak Gibson took 3 for 50.

Northern Districts were bowled out for 288, Jeet Raval 67 from 145 balls and Bharat Popli 58 from 94 balls. Benjamin Lister took 3 for 32.

Auckland Aces were bowled out for 188, SB Keene 67 from 120 balls. Kris Clarke took 3 for 16.

Northern Districts made 184 for 4, Henry Cooper 63 from 89 balls and Robert O'Donnell 44 not out from 40 balls. Benjamin Lister took 2 for 41.

Northern Districts won by 6 wickets.

Key performers

JR67Jeet RavalNorthern Districts. 145 balls, 7 fours KC3/16Kris ClarkeNorthern Districts. 14.5 overs, 6 maidens SS79Sean SoliaAuckland Aces. 142 balls, 12 fours BL3/32Benjamin ListerAuckland Aces. 17.2 overs, 5 maidens

Auckland Aces 1st innings

283(59 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Dale Phillipsc †BJ Pomare b SC Kuggeleijn	c †BJ Pomare b SC Kuggeleijn	5	7	1	0	71.43
Sean Soliac †BJ Pomare b KDC Clarke	c †BJ Pomare b KDC Clarke	79	142	12	0	55.63
H Kannanc KDC Clarke b ZN Gibson	c KDC Clarke b ZN Gibson	1	11	0	0	9.09
Bevon Jacobsb ZN Gibson	b ZN Gibson	0	1	0	0	0.00
Cam Fletcher †c †BJ Pomare b SC Kuggeleijn	c †BJ Pomare b SC Kuggeleijn	27	37	6	0	72.97
Lachlan Stackpolec JA Raval b SC Kuggeleijn	c JA Raval b SC Kuggeleijn	74	61	9	3	121.31
SB Keenec HR Cooper b JH Brown	c HR Cooper b JH Brown	41	43	7	0	95.35
Ryan Harrisonc RR O'Donnell b JH Brown	c RR O'Donnell b JH Brown	17	17	2	0	100.00
Adithya Ashoknot out	not out	6*	30	0	0	20.00
Rohit Gulatic JF Carter b JH Brown	c JF Carter b JH Brown	1	7	0	0	14.29
Benjamin Listerc SC Kuggeleijn b ZN Gibson	c SC Kuggeleijn b ZN Gibson	0	4	0	0	0.00
Extras(b 11, lb 2, w 13, nb 6)	(b 11, lb 2, w 13, nb 6)	32
Total59 Ov (RR 4.80)	59 Ov (RR 4.80)	283

Fall of wickets: 5-1 (DN Phillips, 1.3 ov), 12-2 (H Kannan, 4.4 ov), 12-3 (BJ Jacobs, 4.5 ov), 74-4 (CD Fletcher, 20.5 ov), 202-5 (LN Stackpole, 40.3 ov), 232-6 (SM Solia, 46 ov), 268-7 (RD Harrison, 51.2 ov), 280-8 (SB Keene, 55.3 ov), 282-9 (RK Gulati, 58 ov), 283-10 (BG Lister, 59 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Zak Gibson	16	5	50	3	3.13	74	7	1	2	0
Scott Kuggeleijn	11	2	68	3	6.18	41	11	0	1	0
JH Brown	14	1	56	3	4.00	61	6	1	2	1
Kris Clarke	14	0	81	1	5.79	55	11	1	0	5
Tim Pringle	4	0	15	0	3.75	15	2	0	0	0

Partnerships

Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
1st	DN Phillips 5(7) & SM Solia 0(2)	5	9
2nd	H Kannan 1(11) & SM Solia 1(8)	7	19
3rd	BJ Jacobs 0(1) & SM Solia 0(0)	0	1
4th	CD Fletcher 27(37) & SM Solia 33(60)	62	96
5th	LN Stackpole 74(61) & SM Solia 39(60)	128	118
6th	SB Keene 20(23) & SM Solia 6(12)	30	33
7th	SB Keene 19(15) & RD Harrison 17(17)	36	32
8th	A Ashok 4(20) & SB Keene 2(5)	12	25
9th	RK Gulati 1(7) & A Ashok 1(8)	2	15
10th	A Ashok 1(2) & BG Lister 0(4)	1	6

Northern Districts 1st innings

288(93.2 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Jeet Ravalc SB Keene b BG Lister	c SB Keene b BG Lister	67	145	7	0	46.21
Henry Cooperb SB Keene	b SB Keene	16	28	3	0	57.14
Bharat Poplilbw b RD Harrison	lbw b RD Harrison	58	94	8	0	61.70
Joe Carterb RD Harrison	b RD Harrison	2	10	0	0	20.00
Robert O'Donnelllbw b BG Lister	lbw b BG Lister	0	1	0	0	0.00
Kris Clarkec BJ Jacobs b A Ashok	c BJ Jacobs b A Ashok	41	67	3	3	61.19
Ben Pomare †c †CD Fletcher b A Ashok	c †CD Fletcher b A Ashok	41	85	4	1	48.24
Scott Kuggeleijnc RD Harrison b RK Gulati	c RD Harrison b RK Gulati	8	28	0	0	28.57
Tim Pringlec DN Phillips b BG Lister	c DN Phillips b BG Lister	25	77	2	0	32.47
JH Brownc BG Lister b RK Gulati	c BG Lister b RK Gulati	14	14	1	1	100.00
Zak Gibsonnot out	not out	10*	13	2	0	76.92
Extras(lb 1, w 3, nb 2)	(lb 1, w 3, nb 2)	6
Total93.2 Ov (RR 3.09)	93.2 Ov (RR 3.09)	288

Fall of wickets: 37-1 (HR Cooper, 8.5 ov), 145-2 (JA Raval, 43.3 ov), 147-3 (B Popli, 45 ov), 148-4 (RR O'Donnell, 45.4 ov), 148-5 (JF Carter, 46.2 ov), 231-6 (KDC Clarke, 71.1 ov), 234-7 (BJ Pomare, 73.2 ov), 244-8 (SC Kuggeleijn, 80.3 ov), 268-9 (JH Brown, 87 ov), 288-10 (TJG Pringle, 93.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Benjamin Lister	17.2	5	32	3	1.85	90	5	0	2	0
SB Keene	17	3	69	1	4.06	75	11	0	1	2
Ryan Harrison	11	1	45	2	4.09	47	7	1	0	0
Rohit Gulati	31	4	114	2	3.68	124	7	4	0	0
Adithya Ashok	16	3	24	2	1.50	73	0	0	0	0
Lachlan Stackpole	1	0	3	0	3.00	3	0	0	0	0

Partnerships

Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
1st	JA Raval 19(27) & HR Cooper 16(28)	37	53
2nd	B Popli 57(90) & JA Raval 48(118)	108	208
3rd	JF Carter 1(5) & B Popli 1(4)	2	9
4th	JF Carter 1(3) & RR O'Donnell 0(1)	1	4
5th	KDC Clarke 0(2) & JF Carter 0(2)	0	4
6th	BJ Pomare 41(84) & KDC Clarke 41(65)	83	149
7th	SC Kuggeleijn 3(12) & BJ Pomare 0(1)	3	13
8th	TJG Pringle 5(27) & SC Kuggeleijn 5(16)	10	43
9th	JH Brown 14(14) & TJG Pringle 10(25)	24	39
10th	TJG Pringle 10(25) & ZN Gibson 10(13)	20	38

Auckland Aces 2nd innings

188(81.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Dale Phillipslbw b ZN Gibson	lbw b ZN Gibson	6	5	0	1	120.00
Sean Soliac JA Raval b ZN Gibson	c JA Raval b ZN Gibson	4	10	1	0	40.00
H Kannanc JA Raval b SC Kuggeleijn	c JA Raval b SC Kuggeleijn	33	110	3	0	30.00
Bevon Jacobsb SC Kuggeleijn	b SC Kuggeleijn	5	16	1	0	31.25
Cam Fletcher †c †BJ Pomare b ZN Gibson	c †BJ Pomare b ZN Gibson	31	66	1	2	46.97
Adithya Ashokc KDC Clarke b TJG Pringle	c KDC Clarke b TJG Pringle	19	95	2	0	20.00
Lachlan Stackpolec KDC Clarke b SC Kuggeleijn	c KDC Clarke b SC Kuggeleijn	0	2	0	0	0.00
SB Keenec SC Kuggeleijn b KDC Clarke	c SC Kuggeleijn b KDC Clarke	67	120	5	1	55.83
Ryan Harrisonnot out	not out	9*	60	0	0	15.00
Rohit Gulatib KDC Clarke	b KDC Clarke	0	3	0	0	0.00
Benjamin Listerc RR O'Donnell b KDC Clarke	c RR O'Donnell b KDC Clarke	0	7	0	0	0.00
Extras(b 2, lb 3, w 6, nb 3)	(b 2, lb 3, w 6, nb 3)	14
Total81.5 Ov (RR 2.30)	81.5 Ov (RR 2.30)	188

Fall of wickets: 6-1 (DN Phillips, 0.5 ov), 11-2 (SM Solia, 2.4 ov), 22-3 (BJ Jacobs, 9.1 ov), 85-4 (CD Fletcher, 33 ov), 87-5 (H Kannan, 35.2 ov), 87-6 (LN Stackpole, 35.4 ov), 154-7 (A Ashok, 62.3 ov), 184-8 (SB Keene, 79.2 ov), 184-9 (RK Gulati, 79.5 ov), 188-10 (BG Lister, 81.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Zak Gibson	16	6	36	3	2.25	78	2	1	1	0
Scott Kuggeleijn	21	4	53	3	2.52	96	4	1	2	0
Kris Clarke	14.5	6	16	3	1.08	77	0	0	0	3
JH Brown	12	1	37	0	3.08	57	4	0	3	0
Tim Pringle	17	5	41	1	2.41	81	3	2	0	0
Jeet Raval	1	1	0	0	0.00	6	0	0	0	0

Partnerships

Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
1st	DN Phillips 6(5) & SM Solia 0(0)	6	5
2nd	H Kannan 0(1) & SM Solia 4(10)	5	11
3rd	BJ Jacobs 5(16) & H Kannan 6(23)	11	39
4th	CD Fletcher 31(66) & H Kannan 26(79)	63	143
5th	H Kannan 1(7) & A Ashok 1(7)	2	14
6th	LN Stackpole 0(2) & A Ashok 0(0)	0	2
7th	SB Keene 46(73) & A Ashok 18(88)	67	161
8th	RD Harrison 5(55) & SB Keene 21(47)	30	101
9th	RK Gulati 0(3) & RD Harrison 0(0)	0	3
10th	BG Lister 0(7) & RD Harrison 4(5)	4	12

Northern Districts 2nd innings

184/4(35.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Henry Cooperc †CD Fletcher b BG Lister	c †CD Fletcher b BG Lister	63	89	9	0	70.79
Jeet Ravalc BJ Jacobs b BG Lister	c BJ Jacobs b BG Lister	6	20	0	0	30.00
Bharat Poplib RD Harrison	b RD Harrison	13	18	2	0	72.22
Joe Carterc †CD Fletcher b A Ashok	c †CD Fletcher b A Ashok	30	39	4	0	76.92
Robert O'Donnellnot out	not out	44*	40	4	3	110.00
Kris Clarkenot out	not out	21*	8	0	3	262.50
Extras(b 4, lb 2, w 1)	(b 4, lb 2, w 1)	7
Total35.4 Ov (RR 5.16)	35.4 Ov (RR 5.16) · Target 184	184/4

Did not bat: Ben Pomare, Scott Kuggeleijn, Tim Pringle, JH Brown, Zak Gibson

Fall of wickets: 15-1 (JA Raval, 4.4 ov), 38-2 (B Popli, 9.4 ov), 103-3 (JF Carter, 23.3 ov), 153-4 (HR Cooper, 32.1 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	0s	4s	6s	WD
Benjamin Lister	10	1	41	2	4.10	43	5	1	0
SB Keene	7	0	30	0	4.29	25	4	0	1
Ryan Harrison	7	0	42	1	6.00	22	6	0	0
Rohit Gulati	3	0	14	0	4.67	11	2	0	0
Adithya Ashok	8.4	0	51	1	5.88	34	2	5	0

Partnerships

Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
1st	HR Cooper 9(8) & JA Raval 6(20)	15	28
2nd	B Popli 13(18) & HR Cooper 10(12)	23	30
3rd	JF Carter 30(39) & HR Cooper 29(44)	65	83
4th	RR O'Donnell 35(27) & HR Cooper 15(25)	50	52
5th	KDC Clarke 21(8) & RR O'Donnell 9(13)	31*	21

Commentary

35.46

A Ashok to KDC Clarke, SIX

35.30

A Ashok to KDC Clarke, no run

35.26

A Ashok to KDC Clarke, SIX

35.11

A Ashok to RR O'Donnell, 1 run

End of over 3512 runsND 171/4140016

KDC Clarke 9(5)RR O'Donnell 43(39)BG Lister 10-1-41-2

34.66

BG Lister to KDC Clarke, SIX

34.51

BG Lister to RR O'Donnell, 1 run

34.40

BG Lister to RR O'Donnell, no run

34.30

BG Lister to RR O'Donnell, no run

34.24

BG Lister to RR O'Donnell, FOUR

34.11

BG Lister to KDC Clarke, 1 run

End of over 344 runsND 159/4001111

KDC Clarke 2(3)RR O'Donnell 38(35)A Ashok 8-0-38-1

33.61

A Ashok to KDC Clarke, 1 run

33.51

A Ashok to RR O'Donnell, 1 run

33.41

A Ashok to KDC Clarke, 1 run

33.31

A Ashok to RR O'Donnell, 1 run

33.20

A Ashok to RR O'Donnell, no run

33.10

A Ashok to RR O'Donnell, no run

End of over 332 runs, 1 wktND 155/4W1Lb0001

RR O'Donnell 36(31)KDC Clarke 0(1)BG Lister 9-1-29-2

32.61

BG Lister to RR O'Donnell, 1 run

32.50

BG Lister to RR O'Donnell, no run

32.40

BG Lister to RR O'Donnell, no run

32.30

BG Lister to RR O'Donnell, no run

32.21Lb

BG Lister to KDC Clarke, 1 leg bye

32.1W

BG Lister to HR Cooper, OUT

HR Cooper c †CD Fletcher b BG Lister 63(89) [4s-9 6s-0] · FoW 153/4 (32.1 ov)

End of over 321 runND 153/3000010

RR O'Donnell 35(27)HR Cooper 63(88)A Ashok 7-0-34-1

31.60

A Ashok to RR O'Donnell, no run

31.51

A Ashok to HR Cooper, 1 run

31.40

A Ashok to HR Cooper, no run