Plunket ShieldMatch · First-class
Auckland Aces beat Wellington Firebirds by 120 runs - Match Info
Kennards Hire Community Oval, . Wellington Firebirds won the toss and chose to bowl.
Auckland Aces304 & 16351.5 ov
Wellington Firebirds174 & 17358 ov
Auckland Aces won by 120 runs
Match details
- Match
- Match, First-class · Plunket Shield 2017/18
- Date
- (Mon 2 Apr, 14:00 PKT)
- Venue
- Kennards Hire Community Oval
- Toss
- Wellington Firebirds, chose to bowl
- Result
- Auckland Aces won by 120 runs
- Umpires
- Chris Brown (Cook Islands), Wayne Knights (New Zealand)
- Match referee
- Ross Dykes (New Zealand)
Head to head (First-class)
Played 24 · AA won 9 · WF won 5 · Drawn 10
Last 5 meetings
- Match · Plunket Shield · WF 553/3d v AA 62 & 286Wellington Firebirds won by an innings and 205 runs
- Match · Plunket Shield · AA 374 & 276/6 v WF 475/8d & 240/9dMatch drawn
- Match · Plunket Shield · WF 273 & 275/4 v AA 269 & 278Wellington Firebirds won by 6 wickets
- Match · Plunket Shield · AA 152 & 598 v WF 236 & 308/8Match drawn
- Match · Plunket Shield · WF 174 & 219 v AA 512/9dAuckland Aces won by an innings and 119 runs
Recent results (First-class)
- L vs ND · WF 137 & 130 v ND 323Northern Districts won by an innings and 56 runs
- D vs CS · WF 530 & 264/8d v CS 423 & 108/8Match drawn
- W vs OV · OV 289 & 196 v WF 194 & 309Wellington Firebirds won by 18 runs
- W vs CAN · CAN 156 & 53 v WF 166 & 44/0Wellington Firebirds won by 10 wickets
- L vs CS · CS 172 & 172/3 v WF 171 & 172Central Stags won by 7 wickets
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Papps WF | 10 | 811 | 316 | 45.06 | 61.58 |
| LJ Woodcock WF | 8 | 770 | 203 | 59.23 | 47.38 |
| Tom Blundell WF | 9 | 689 | 118 | 49.21 | 64.88 |
| Jeet Raval AA | 9 | 629 | 148 | 37.00 | 45.12 |
| Stephen Murdoch WF | 10 | 610 | 109 | 32.11 | 50.92 |
| Most wickets | M | Wkts | Econ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colin de Grandhomme AA | 7 | 25 | 2.24 |
| Brent Arnel WF | 6 | 22 | 3.17 |
| Tarun Nethula AA | 7 | 20 | 3.52 |
| Lockie Ferguson AA | 5 | 19 | 3.47 |
| Jeetan Patel WF | 7 | 18 | 2.67 |
First-classs at Kennards Hire Community Oval
- Matches
- 7
- Average 1st-innings score
- 337
- Won batting first
- 4
- Won chasing
- 1
- Highest total
- 524 by Central Stags ()