Plunket ShieldMatch 7 · First-class
Auckland Aces beat Wellington Firebirds by 162 runs - Match Info
Eden Park Outer Oval, Auckland, . Auckland Aces won the toss and chose to bat.
Auckland Aces350/9d & 384/9d103.3 ov
Wellington Firebirds249 & 323100.4 ov
Auckland Aces won by 162 runs
Match details
- Match
- Match 7, First-class · Plunket Shield 2025/26
- Date
- (Fri 5 Dec, 14:00 PKT)
- Venue
- Eden Park Outer Oval, Auckland, New Zealand
- Toss
- Auckland Aces, chose to bat
- Result
- Auckland Aces won by 162 runs
- Umpires
- Brad Wilson (New Zealand), C Black
- Match referee
- Sue Morris (New Zealand)
Head to head (First-class)
Played 24 · AA won 9 · WF won 5 · Drawn 10
Last 5 meetings
- Match 10 · Plunket Shield · AA 329 & 186 v WF 329 & 190/6Wellington Firebirds won by 4 wickets
- Match 2 · Plunket Shield · AA 184 & 317 v WF 270 & 177Auckland Aces won by 54 runs
- Match 10 · Plunket Shield · AA 500/8d v WF 352/9Match drawn
- Match 16 · Plunket Shield · AA 508/6d & 143/1d v WF 267 & 299/8Match drawn
- Match 8 · Plunket Shield · WF 198 & 132 v AA 324 & 7/1Auckland Aces won by 9 wickets
Recent results (First-class)
- L vs CS · WF 354/9d & 124/4d v CS 118/3d & 363/2Central Stags won by 8 wickets
- L vs OV · OV 522/9d & 96/3 v WF 224 & 393Otago Volts won by 7 wickets
- W vs CAN · WF 269 & 396/7d v CAN 274 & 97Wellington Firebirds won by 294 runs
- L vs ND · ND 119 & 335 v WF 189 & 245Northern Districts won by 20 runs
- W vs CAN · WF 350 & 220 v CAN 68 & 483Wellington Firebirds won by 19 runs
Top players in this fixture
AA v WF First-classs, among players who have played for either side in the last 18 months.
| Most runs | M | Runs | HS | Avg | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sean Solia AA | 11 | 1114 | 206 | 69.63 | 48.02 |
| Tom Blundell WF | 16 | 1062 | 118 | 40.85 | 62.47 |
| William O'Donnell AA | 8 | 723 | 137 | 60.25 | 51.02 |
| Mark Chapman AA | 8 | 596 | 145 | 42.57 | 58.60 |
| Michael Bracewell WF | 8 | 529 | 142 | 48.09 | 55.51 |
| Most wickets | M | Wkts | Econ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ian McPeake WF | 13 | 32 | 3.45 |
| Logan van Beek WF | 9 | 27 | 2.96 |
| Danru Ferns AA | 10 | 25 | 3.47 |
| Louis Delport AA | 6 | 23 | 2.68 |
| Michael Snedden WF | 8 | 18 | 2.88 |
First-classs at Eden Park Outer Oval
- Matches
- 16
- Average 1st-innings score
- 340
- Won batting first
- 5
- Won chasing
- 4
- Highest total
- 700/5 by Central Stags ()