Plunket ShieldMatch 19 · First-class
Auckland Aces beat Central Stags by 41 runs - Match Info
McLean Park, Napier, . Central Stags won the toss and chose to bowl.
Central Stags340 & 14045.3 ov
Auckland Aces240 & 28181.3 ov
Auckland Aces won by 41 runs
Match details
- Match
- Match 19, First-class · Plunket Shield 2023/24
- Date
- (Sat 16 Mar, 14:00 PKT)
- Venue
- McLean Park, Napier, New Zealand
- Toss
- Central Stags, chose to bowl
- Result
- Auckland Aces won by 41 runs
- Umpires
- Glen Walklin, John Dempsey (New Zealand)
Head to head (First-class)
Played 21 · CS won 9 · AA won 6 · Drawn 6
Last 5 meetings
- Match 1 · Plunket Shield · AA 264/9 & 168/9 v CS 509/8dCentral Stags won by an innings and 77 runs
- Match 14 · Plunket Shield · CS 296/9d & 156/5d v AA 161/1d & 103Central Stags won by 188 runs
- Match 4 · Plunket Shield · AA 75 & 187 v CS 361Central Stags won by an innings and 99 runs
- Match 23 · Plunket Shield · AA 221 & 218/6 v CS 415Match drawn
- Match 5 · Plunket Shield · AA 167 & 269 v CS 150 & 261Auckland Aces won by 25 runs
Recent results (First-class)
- L vs ND · ND 247 & 334/9d v AA 158 & 360Northern Districts won by 63 runs
- D vs OV · OV 319 & 327/9 v AA 410 & 295/4dMatch drawn
- D vs WF · AA 500/8d v WF 352/9Match drawn
- L vs CAN · CAN 413/9d & 63/2 v AA 217 & 256Canterbury won by 8 wickets
- L vs ND · AA 184 & 161 v ND 295 & 51/1Northern Districts won by 9 wickets
Top players in this fixture
CS v AA First-classs, among players who have played for either side in the last 18 months.
| Most runs | M | Runs | HS | Avg | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Bruce CS | 9 | 912 | 204 | 91.20 | 70.10 |
| Will Young CS | 12 | 906 | 162 | 45.30 | 55.28 |
| Dane Cleaver CS | 12 | 740 | 117 | 41.11 | 72.48 |
| Greg Hay CS | 14 | 707 | 115 | 32.14 | 40.99 |
| Ben Smith CS | 12 | 639 | 161 | 33.63 | 45.64 |
| Most wickets | M | Wkts | Econ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ajaz Patel CS | 11 | 44 | 2.87 |
| Doug Bracewell CS | 11 | 43 | 3.04 |
| Blair Tickner CS | 9 | 27 | 3.74 |
| Raymond Toole CS | 4 | 20 | 2.78 |
| Sean Solia AA | 8 | 18 | 3.20 |
First-classs at McLean Park
- Matches
- 18
- Average 1st-innings score
- 318
- Won batting first
- 8
- Won chasing
- 6
- Highest total
- 668/7 by Auckland Aces ()