Plunket ShieldMatch 22 · First-class

Wellington Firebirds beat Northern Districts by 9 wickets

Cobham Oval (New), Whangarei, 6 Apr 2022. Northern Districts won the toss and chose to bat.

Wellington Firebirds won by 9 wickets

Match report

From the scorecard

Northern Districts won the toss and chose to bat. Northern Districts were bowled out for 188, CJ Swanson 45 from 120 balls. Ian McPeake took 5 for 36.

Wellington Firebirds were bowled out for 296, Devan Vishvaka 80 from 137 balls and Tom Blundell 55 not out from 151 balls. Ish Sodhi took 5 for 65.

Northern Districts were bowled out for 161, RPO Drysdale 62 from 89 balls. Nathan Smith took 5 for 35.

Wellington Firebirds made 54 for 1.

Wellington Firebirds won by 9 wickets.

Key performers

DV80Devan VishvakaWellington Firebirds. 137 balls, 9 fours NS5/35Nathan SmithWellington Firebirds. 15 overs, 7 maidens RD62RPO DrysdaleNorthern Districts. 89 balls, 5 fours, 1 six

5/65Ish SodhiNorthern Districts. 32 overs, 6 maidens

Northern Districts 1st innings

188(92.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
FF Lellmanc & b R Ravindra	c & b R Ravindra	20	65	3	0	30.77
SS Varcoec LR Johns b JW Hartshorn	c LR Johns b JW Hartshorn	16	83	0	0	19.28
SK Patellbw b NG Smith	lbw b NG Smith	15	40	1	0	37.50
CJ Swansonc †TA Blundell b IG McPeake	c †TA Blundell b IG McPeake	45	120	6	0	37.50
RPO Drysdalelbw b NG Smith	lbw b NG Smith	5	31	0	0	16.13
Ben Pomare †lbw b PF Younghusband	lbw b PF Younghusband	0	10	0	0	0.00
Kris Clarkec NG Smith b IG McPeake	c NG Smith b IG McPeake	9	30	0	0	30.00
Ish Sodhic NG Smith b IG McPeake	c NG Smith b IG McPeake	6	11	1	0	54.55
JH Brownc †TA Blundell b IG McPeake	c †TA Blundell b IG McPeake	8	14	0	0	57.14
SS Johnstonc TM Johnson b IG McPeake	c TM Johnson b IG McPeake	25	72	2	0	34.72
Matthew Fishernot out	not out	28*	84	3	0	33.33
Extras(b 5, lb 1, nb 5)	(b 5, lb 1, nb 5)	11
Total92.3 Ov (RR 2.03)	92.3 Ov (RR 2.03)	188

Fall of wickets: 35-1 (FF Lellman, 21.4 ov), 39-2 (SS Varcoe, 25 ov), 64-3 (SK Patel, 38.2 ov), 83-4 (RPO Drysdale, 48.4 ov), 84-5 (BJ Pomare, 52 ov), 113-6 (CJ Swanson, 59.4 ov), 119-7 (IS Sodhi, 61.4 ov), 127-8 (KDC Clarke, 65 ov), 131-9 (JH Brown, 66.4 ov), 188-10 (SS Johnston, 92.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	0s	4s	NB
Nathan Smith	20	11	25	2	1.25	108	1	1
Ian McPeake	18.3	5	36	5	1.95	94	4	0
James Hartshorn	11	2	35	1	3.18	54	3	4
Rachin Ravindra	10	4	41	1	4.10	40	6	0
KJ McComb	18	7	23	0	1.28	93	1	0
Peter Younghusband	15	5	22	1	1.47	75	1	0

Partnerships

Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
1st	FF Lellman 20(65) & SS Varcoe 13(67)	35	130
2nd	SK Patel 1(4) & SS Varcoe 3(16)	4	20
3rd	SK Patel 14(36) & CJ Swanson 11(44)	25	80
4th	RPO Drysdale 5(31) & CJ Swanson 13(32)	19	62
5th	BJ Pomare 0(10) & CJ Swanson 1(10)	1	20
6th	CJ Swanson 20(34) & KDC Clarke 6(14)	29	46
7th	IS Sodhi 6(11) & KDC Clarke 0(1)	6	12
8th	JH Brown 5(5) & KDC Clarke 3(15)	8	20
9th	SS Johnston 1(1) & JH Brown 3(9)	4	10
10th	MJ Fisher 28(84) & SS Johnston 24(71)	57	155

Wellington Firebirds 1st innings

296(101 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Devan Vishvakast †BJ Pomare b IS Sodhi	st †BJ Pomare b IS Sodhi	80	137	9	0	58.39
Rachin Ravindrac †BJ Pomare b JH Brown	c †BJ Pomare b JH Brown	39	63	4	0	61.90
Troy Johnsonc SK Patel b IS Sodhi	c SK Patel b IS Sodhi	35	72	4	0	48.61
Tim Robinsonlbw b IS Sodhi	lbw b IS Sodhi	0	7	0	0	0.00
Lauchie Johnsc JH Brown b SS Johnston	c JH Brown b SS Johnston	21	27	3	0	77.78
Tom Blundell †not out	not out	55*	151	3	0	36.42
Nathan Smithst †BJ Pomare b IS Sodhi	st †BJ Pomare b IS Sodhi	2	20	0	0	10.00
Peter Younghusbandlbw b MJ Fisher	lbw b MJ Fisher	36	112	4	0	32.14
Ian McPeakelbw b MJ Fisher	lbw b MJ Fisher	0	1	0	0	0.00
James Hartshornc †BJ Pomare b JH Brown	c †BJ Pomare b JH Brown	0	7	0	0	0.00
KJ McCombb IS Sodhi	b IS Sodhi	0	12	0	0	0.00
Extras(b 15, lb 4, w 6, nb 3)	(b 15, lb 4, w 6, nb 3)	28
Total101 Ov (RR 2.93)	101 Ov (RR 2.93)	296

Fall of wickets: 94-1 (R Ravindra, 21.2 ov), 160-2 (KLD Vishvaka, 44.5 ov), 161-3 (TM Johnson, 46.1 ov), 162-4 (TB Robinson, 46.3 ov), 194-5 (LR Johns, 53.4 ov), 199-6 (NG Smith, 60.1 ov), 283-7 (PF Younghusband, 95.3 ov), 283-8 (IG McPeake, 95.4 ov), 285-9 (JW Hartshorn, 97 ov), 296-10 (KJ McComb, 101 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	0s	4s	WD	NB
Kris Clarke	15	1	60	0	4.00	66	8	1	0
Matthew Fisher	19	5	67	2	3.53	83	7	4	0
SS Johnston	11	3	31	1	2.82	54	4	0	0
JH Brown	16	2	31	2	1.94	80	3	1	3
Ish Sodhi	32	6	65	5	2.03	148	4	0	0
RPO Drysdale	8	1	23	0	2.88	34	1	0	0

Partnerships

Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
1st	KLD Vishvaka 51(66) & R Ravindra 39(63)	94	128
2nd	TM Johnson 34(70) & KLD Vishvaka 29(71)	66	141
3rd	TB Robinson 0(6) & TM Johnson 1(2)	1	8
4th	LR Johns 1(1) & TB Robinson 0(1)	1	2
5th	TA Blundell 7(17) & LR Johns 20(26)	32	43
6th	NG Smith 2(20) & TA Blundell 3(19)	5	39
7th	PF Younghusband 36(112) & TA Blundell 34(102)	84	212
8th	IG McPeake 0(1) & TA Blundell 0(0)	0	1
9th	JW Hartshorn 0(7) & TA Blundell 1(1)	2	8
10th	TA Blundell 10(12) & KJ McComb 0(12)	11	24

Northern Districts 2nd innings

161(57.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
FF Lellmanb NG Smith	b NG Smith	6	20	1	0	30.00
SS Varcoeb NG Smith	b NG Smith	0	15	0	0	0.00
SK Patellbw b NG Smith	lbw b NG Smith	0	1	0	0	0.00
CJ Swansonlbw b NG Smith	lbw b NG Smith	11	24	1	0	45.83
RPO Drysdalelbw b PF Younghusband	lbw b PF Younghusband	62	89	5	1	69.66
Ben Pomare †b NG Smith	b NG Smith	23	32	1	0	71.88
Kris Clarkelbw b KJ McComb	lbw b KJ McComb	26	77	1	1	33.77
Ish Sodhic JW Hartshorn b PF Younghusband	c JW Hartshorn b PF Younghusband	3	20	0	0	15.00
JH Brownc TM Johnson b PF Younghusband	c TM Johnson b PF Younghusband	1	5	0	0	20.00
SS Johnstonc R Ravindra b KJ McComb	c R Ravindra b KJ McComb	3	33	0	0	9.09
Matthew Fishernot out	not out	5*	31	1	0	16.13
Extras(b 16, lb 4, w 1)	(b 16, lb 4, w 1)	21
Total57.5 Ov (RR 2.78)	57.5 Ov (RR 2.78)	161

Fall of wickets: 5-1 (SS Varcoe, 4.4 ov), 5-2 (SK Patel, 4.5 ov), 8-3 (FF Lellman, 7 ov), 32-4 (CJ Swanson, 12.4 ov), 82-5 (BJ Pomare, 22.2 ov), 126-6 (RPO Drysdale, 39.3 ov), 144-7 (IS Sodhi, 45.5 ov), 146-8 (KDC Clarke, 46.5 ov), 146-9 (JH Brown, 47.2 ov), 161-10 (SS Johnston, 57.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	0s	4s	6s	WD
Nathan Smith	15	7	35	5	2.33	77	3	1	0
Ian McPeake	6	1	22	0	3.67	27	2	0	1
James Hartshorn	8	1	20	0	2.50	37	1	0	0
Peter Younghusband	20	7	43	3	2.15	99	2	1	0
Rachin Ravindra	1	0	10	0	10.00	2	2	0	0
KJ McComb	7.5	2	11	2	1.40	38	0	0	0

Partnerships

Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
1st	FF Lellman 4(13) & SS Varcoe 0(15)	5	28
2nd	SK Patel 0(1) & FF Lellman 0(0)	0	1
3rd	CJ Swanson 1(6) & FF Lellman 2(7)	3	13
4th	CJ Swanson 10(18) & RPO Drysdale 9(16)	24	34
5th	BJ Pomare 23(32) & RPO Drysdale 23(26)	50	58
6th	KDC Clarke 10(56) & RPO Drysdale 30(47)	44	103
7th	IS Sodhi 3(20) & KDC Clarke 15(18)	18	38
8th	JH Brown 1(3) & KDC Clarke 1(3)	2	6
9th	SS Johnston 0(1) & JH Brown 0(2)	0	3
10th	MJ Fisher 5(31) & SS Johnston 3(32)	15	63

Wellington Firebirds 2nd innings

54/1(12.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Devan Vishvakalbw b RPO Drysdale	lbw b RPO Drysdale	16	24	2	0	66.67
Rachin Ravindranot out	not out	29*	40	3	0	72.50
Troy Johnsonnot out	not out	9*	12	1	0	75.00
Extras		0
Total12.4 Ov (RR 4.26)	12.4 Ov (RR 4.26) · Target 54	54/1

Did not bat: Tim Robinson, Lauchie Johns, Tom Blundell, Nathan Smith, Peter Younghusband, Ian McPeake, James Hartshorn, KJ McComb

Fall of wickets: 37-1 (KLD Vishvaka, 7.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	0s	4s
Matthew Fisher	4	0	21	0	5.25	14	2
Ish Sodhi	3.4	0	22	0	6.00	12	3
RPO Drysdale	5	1	11	1	2.20	24	1

Partnerships

Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
1st	KLD Vishvaka 16(24) & R Ravindra 21(22)	37	46
2nd	TM Johnson 9(12) & R Ravindra 8(18)	17*	30

Commentary

12.44

IS Sodhi to TM Johnson, FOUR

12.31

IS Sodhi to R Ravindra, 1 run

12.20

IS Sodhi to R Ravindra, no run

12.13

IS Sodhi to TM Johnson, 3 runs

End of over 122 runsWF 46/1020000

R Ravindra 28(38)TM Johnson 2(10)RPO Drysdale 5-1-11-1

11.60

RPO Drysdale to R Ravindra, no run

11.50

RPO Drysdale to R Ravindra, no run

11.40

RPO Drysdale to R Ravindra, no run

11.30

RPO Drysdale to R Ravindra, no run

11.22

RPO Drysdale to R Ravindra, 2 runs

11.10

RPO Drysdale to R Ravindra, no run

End of over 111 runWF 44/1010000

TM Johnson 2(10)R Ravindra 26(32)IS Sodhi 3-0-14-0

10.60

IS Sodhi to TM Johnson, no run

10.50

IS Sodhi to TM Johnson, no run

10.40

IS Sodhi to TM Johnson, no run

10.30

IS Sodhi to TM Johnson, no run

10.21

IS Sodhi to R Ravindra, 1 run

10.10

IS Sodhi to R Ravindra, no run

End of over 103 runsWF 43/1200001

R Ravindra 25(30)TM Johnson 2(6)RPO Drysdale 4-1-9-1

9.61

RPO Drysdale to R Ravindra, 1 run

9.50

RPO Drysdale to R Ravindra, no run

9.40

RPO Drysdale to R Ravindra, no run

9.30

RPO Drysdale to R Ravindra, no run

9.20

RPO Drysdale to R Ravindra, no run

9.12

RPO Drysdale to R Ravindra, 2 runs

End of over 93 runsWF 40/1010200

TM Johnson 2(6)R Ravindra 22(24)IS Sodhi 2-0-13-0

8.60

IS Sodhi to TM Johnson, no run

8.50

IS Sodhi to TM Johnson, no run

8.42

IS Sodhi to TM Johnson, 2 runs