Plunket ShieldMatch 19 · First-class
Northern Districts beat Wellington Firebirds by 20 runs - Match Info
Basin Reserve, Wellington, . Wellington Firebirds won the toss and chose to bowl.
Northern Districts119 & 33588 ov
Wellington Firebirds189 & 24576.5 ov
Northern Districts won by 20 runs
Match details
- Match
- Match 19, First-class · Plunket Shield 2024/25
- Date
- (Fri 21 Mar, 14:00 PKT)
- Venue
- Basin Reserve, Wellington, New Zealand
- Toss
- Wellington Firebirds, chose to bowl
- Result
- Northern Districts won by 20 runs
- Umpires
- Billy Bowden (New Zealand), Craig Pryor (New Zealand)
- Match referee
- Sue Morris (New Zealand)
Head to head (First-class)
Played 22 · ND won 8 · WF won 5 · Drawn 9
Last 5 meetings
- Match 23 · Plunket Shield · ND 362 v WF 323 & 127/4Match drawn
- Match 7 · Plunket Shield · WF 270 & 224/9d v ND 191 & 248/4Match drawn
- Match 19 · Plunket Shield · ND 405 & 206/8d v WF 221 & 388Northern Districts won by 2 runs
- Match 3 · Plunket Shield · WF 370 & 252/9 v ND 225 & 394Wellington Firebirds won by 1 wicket
- Match 22 · Plunket Shield · ND 188 & 161 v WF 296 & 54/1Wellington Firebirds won by 9 wickets
Recent results (First-class)
- W vs CAN · WF 350 & 220 v CAN 68 & 483Wellington Firebirds won by 19 runs
- W vs OV · WF 355 & 316/8d v OV 283 & 217Wellington Firebirds won by 171 runs
- W vs AA · AA 329 & 186 v WF 329 & 190/6Wellington Firebirds won by 4 wickets
- L vs CS · WF 251/9d & 217 v CS 302 & 167/1Central Stags won by 9 wickets
- D vs OV · WF 357 & 211/7 v OV 303/8dMatch drawn
Top players in this fixture
ND v WF First-classs, among players who have played for either side in the last 18 months.
| Most runs | M | Runs | HS | Avg | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Blundell WF | 14 | 857 | 103 | 42.85 | 61.08 |
| Bharat Popli ND | 13 | 826 | 127 | 41.30 | 42.38 |
| Tim Seifert ND | 12 | 726 | 124 | 38.21 | 58.22 |
| Henry Cooper ND | 12 | 687 | 90 | 34.35 | 53.21 |
| Joe Carter ND | 13 | 666 | 109 | 37.00 | 49.37 |
| Most wickets | M | Wkts | Econ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Walker ND | 12 | 38 | 2.97 |
| Scott Kuggeleijn ND | 15 | 36 | 3.43 |
| Ian McPeake WF | 11 | 33 | 3.47 |
| Logan van Beek WF | 7 | 24 | 3.22 |
| Kris Clarke ND | 5 | 20 | 3.82 |
First-classs at Basin Reserve
- Matches
- 20
- Average 1st-innings score
- 282
- Won batting first
- 7
- Won chasing
- 8
- Highest total
- 598 by Auckland Aces ()