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Plunket ShieldMatch · First-class

Wellington Firebirds beat Northern Districts by 82 runs

Seddon Park, Hamilton, . Northern Districts won the toss and chose to bowl.

Northern Districts249 & 20765.3 ov
Wellington Firebirds380 & 15846 ov
Wellington Firebirds won by 82 runs

Match report

From the scorecard

Northern Districts won the toss and chose to bowl. Wellington Firebirds were bowled out for 380, Stephen Murdoch 97 from 204 balls and LJ Woodcock 61 from 97 balls. Brent Arnel took 5 for 73.

Northern Districts were bowled out for 249, Dean Brownlie 82 from 132 balls and Henry Cooper 48 from 83 balls. Logan van Beek took 4 for 60.

Wellington Firebirds were bowled out for 158, Fraser Colson 40 from 63 balls. James Baker took 4 for 34.

Northern Districts were bowled out for 207, Dean Brownlie 72 from 117 balls and Tim Seifert 43 from 92 balls. Logan van Beek took 6 for 57.

Wellington Firebirds won by 82 runs.

Key performers

Wellington Firebirds 1st innings

380(108.2 ov)
BatterRB4s6sSR
Michael Pappsc DG Brownlie b JD Bakerc DG Brownlie b JD Baker24433055.81
LJ Woodcockc JG Walker b BJ Arnelc JG Walker b BJ Arnel61979062.89
Stephen Murdochc †TL Seifert b BJ Arnelc †TL Seifert b BJ Arnel9720414147.55
Michael Bracewellc †TL Seifert b SC Kuggeleijnc †TL Seifert b SC Kuggeleijn481134142.48
Tom Blundell †b BJ Arnelb BJ Arnel33385086.84
Fraser Colsonc †TL Seifert b BJ Arnelc †TL Seifert b BJ Arnel52847161.90
Logan van Beekc †TL Seifert b JD Bakerc †TL Seifert b JD Baker03000.00
Jeetan Patelc B Popli b SC Kuggeleijnc B Popli b SC Kuggeleijn5110045.45
Ollie Newtonc DG Brownlie b BJ Arnelc DG Brownlie b BJ Arnel29494159.18
Ian McPeakec †TL Seifert b JD Bakerc †TL Seifert b JD Baker190011.11
Hamish Bennettnot outnot out0*000-
Extras(b 5, lb 12, w 12, nb 1)(b 5, lb 12, w 12, nb 1)30
Total108.2 Ov (RR 3.51)108.2 Ov (RR 3.51)380
Fall of wickets: 56-1 (MHW Papps, 16.1 ov), 111-2 (LJ Woodcock, 32.1 ov), 223-3 (MG Bracewell, 66.5 ov), 278-4 (TA Blundell, 81.3 ov), 279-5 (SJ Murdoch, 83.4 ov), 284-6 (LV van Beek, 84.4 ov), 296-7 (JS Patel, 90.5 ov), 352-8 (OR Newton, 104.3 ov), 380-9 (IG McPeake, 108 ov), 380-10 (FJ Colson, 108.2 ov)
BowlerOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
Scott Kuggeleijn28310823.8612112221
Brent Arnel34.287352.131699010
James Baker2247833.5510212100
Zak Gibson1526504.336510010
Joe Walker702703.86273000
Anton Devcich201206.0060100
Partnerships
WktBattersRunsBalls
1stMHW Papps 24(43) & LJ Woodcock 28(54)5697
2ndSJ Murdoch 21(53) & LJ Woodcock 33(43)5596
3rdMG Bracewell 48(113) & SJ Murdoch 56(96)112208
4thTA Blundell 33(38) & SJ Murdoch 19(50)5588
5thFJ Colson 0(8) & SJ Murdoch 1(5)113
6thLV van Beek 0(3) & FJ Colson 4(3)56
7thJS Patel 5(11) & FJ Colson 7(26)1237
8thOR Newton 29(49) & FJ Colson 20(33)5682
9thIG McPeake 1(9) & FJ Colson 21(12)2821
10thFJ Colson 0(2) & HK Bennett 0(0)02

Northern Districts 1st innings

249(80.3 ov)
BatterRB4s6sSR
Henry Cooperc SJ Murdoch b LV van Beekc SJ Murdoch b LV van Beek48836057.83
Daniel Flynnc †TA Blundell b OR Newtonc †TA Blundell b OR Newton2200010.00
Bharat Poplilbw b HK Bennettlbw b HK Bennett14282050.00
Dean Brownlieb OR Newtonb OR Newton8213211162.12
Tim Seifert †b HK Bennettb HK Bennett12371032.43
Anton Devcichc †TA Blundell b LV van Beekc †TA Blundell b LV van Beek43515284.31
Scott Kuggeleijnnot outnot out26*663039.39
Joe Walkerc LJ Woodcock b JS Patelc LJ Woodcock b JS Patel8251032.00
Zak Gibsonc †TA Blundell b LV van Beekc †TA Blundell b LV van Beek8350022.86
James Bakerc †TA Blundell b LV van Beekc †TA Blundell b LV van Beek04000.00
Brent Arnellbw b HK Bennettlbw b HK Bennett02000.00
Extras(w 6)(w 6)6
Total80.3 Ov (RR 3.09)80.3 Ov (RR 3.09)249
Fall of wickets: 14-1 (DR Flynn, 6 ov), 45-2 (B Popli, 16.2 ov), 102-3 (HR Cooper, 28.4 ov), 133-4 (TL Seifert, 40.5 ov), 197-5 (AP Devcich, 56.3 ov), 211-6 (DG Brownlie, 61.1 ov), 228-7 (JG Walker, 68.3 ov), 248-8 (ZN Gibson, 79.1 ov), 248-9 (JD Baker, 79.5 ov), 249-10 (BJ Arnel, 80.3 ov)
BowlerOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
Hamish Bennett14.306534.48598200
Ollie Newton1755022.94818000
Ian McPeake913303.67385000
Logan van Beek2146042.86975020
Jeetan Patel1954112.16933100
Partnerships
WktBattersRunsBalls
1stHR Cooper 12(16) & DR Flynn 2(20)1436
2ndHR Cooper 17(34) & B Popli 14(28)3162
3rdDG Brownlie 38(41) & HR Cooper 19(33)5774
4thTL Seifert 12(37) & DG Brownlie 18(36)3173
5thAP Devcich 43(51) & DG Brownlie 21(43)6494
6thSC Kuggeleijn 9(16) & DG Brownlie 5(12)1428
7thJG Walker 8(25) & SC Kuggeleijn 9(19)1744
8thZN Gibson 8(35) & SC Kuggeleijn 7(29)2064
9thJD Baker 0(4) & SC Kuggeleijn 0(0)04
10thBJ Arnel 0(2) & SC Kuggeleijn 1(2)14

Wellington Firebirds 2nd innings

158(46 ov)
BatterRB4s6sSR
LJ Woodcockb ZN Gibsonb ZN Gibson30621048.39
Michael Pappslbw b BJ Arnellbw b BJ Arnel370042.86
Stephen Murdochc DG Brownlie b BJ Arnelc DG Brownlie b BJ Arnel6211028.57
Michael Bracewellc JD Baker b ZN Gibsonc JD Baker b ZN Gibson8272029.63
Fraser Colsonc †TL Seifert b JD Bakerc †TL Seifert b JD Baker40637063.49
Tom Blundell †c †TL Seifert b JG Walkerc †TL Seifert b JG Walker24452053.33
Logan van Beeknot outnot out12*211057.14
Jeetan Patelrun out (†TL Seifert/B Popli)run out (†TL Seifert/B Popli)01000.00
Ollie Newtonlbw b JD Bakerlbw b JD Baker111009.09
Ian McPeakec HR Cooper b JD Bakerc HR Cooper b JD Baker181312138.46
Hamish Bennettb JD Bakerb JD Baker6510120.00
Extras(b 4, lb 3, w 3)(b 4, lb 3, w 3)10
Total46 Ov (RR 3.43)46 Ov (RR 3.43)158
Fall of wickets: 6-1 (MHW Papps, 3.2 ov), 28-2 (SJ Murdoch, 9.5 ov), 44-3 (MG Bracewell, 18 ov), 64-4 (LJ Woodcock, 23.2 ov), 121-5 (FJ Colson, 37.2 ov), 125-6 (TA Blundell, 38.4 ov), 125-7 (JS Patel, 38.5 ov), 126-8 (OR Newton, 41.4 ov), 152-9 (IG McPeake, 45.1 ov), 158-10 (HK Bennett, 46 ov)
BowlerOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
Scott Kuggeleijn1215504.58498020
Brent Arnel1352221.69652000
James Baker1133443.09524110
Zak Gibson501923.80221000
Joe Walker502114.20201100
Partnerships
WktBattersRunsBalls
1stLJ Woodcock 3(13) & MHW Papps 3(7)620
2ndSJ Murdoch 6(21) & LJ Woodcock 11(18)2239
3rdMG Bracewell 8(27) & LJ Woodcock 8(22)1649
4thLJ Woodcock 8(9) & FJ Colson 11(23)2032
5thTA Blundell 24(44) & FJ Colson 29(40)5784
6thLV van Beek 4(7) & TA Blundell 0(1)48
7thJS Patel 0(1) & LV van Beek 0(0)01
8thOR Newton 1(11) & LV van Beek 0(6)117
9thIG McPeake 18(13) & LV van Beek 8(8)2621
10thHK Bennett 6(5) & LV van Beek 0(0)65

Northern Districts 2nd innings

207(65.3 ov)
BatterRB4s6sSR
Daniel Flynnc MHW Papps b JS Patelc MHW Papps b JS Patel36656055.38
Henry Cooperc MHW Papps b LV van Beekc MHW Papps b LV van Beek18271066.67
Bharat Poplic †TA Blundell b LV van Beekc †TA Blundell b LV van Beek03000.00
Dean Brownlielbw b HK Bennettlbw b HK Bennett7211710161.54
Tim Seifert †b JS Patelb JS Patel43924246.74
James Bakerc SJ Murdoch b HK Bennettc SJ Murdoch b HK Bennett7360019.44
Anton Devcichc †TA Blundell b LV van Beekc †TA Blundell b LV van Beek211840116.67
Scott Kuggeleijnlbw b LV van Beeklbw b LV van Beek390033.33
Joe Walkerc JS Patel b LV van Beekc JS Patel b LV van Beek014000.00
Zak Gibsonnot outnot out1*70014.29
Brent Arnellbw b LV van Beeklbw b LV van Beek06000.00
Extras(b 2, w 3, nb 1)(b 2, w 3, nb 1)6
Total65.3 Ov (RR 3.16)65.3 Ov (RR 3.16) · Target 290207
Fall of wickets: 46-1 (HR Cooper, 11.1 ov), 46-2 (B Popli, 11.4 ov), 79-3 (DR Flynn, 20.3 ov), 126-4 (JD Baker, 46 ov), 143-5 (DG Brownlie, 49.5 ov), 176-6 (AP Devcich, 55.3 ov), 182-7 (SC Kuggeleijn, 57.3 ov), 190-8 (JG Walker, 61.5 ov), 206-9 (TL Seifert, 64.1 ov), 207-10 (BJ Arnel, 65.3 ov)
BowlerOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
Hamish Bennett1654722.94735021
Ollie Newton904605.11366100
Logan van Beek14.335763.93634210
Jeetan Patel1884122.28948000
Ian McPeake721402.00362000
LJ Woodcock11000.0060000
Partnerships
WktBattersRunsBalls
1stDR Flynn 26(40) & HR Cooper 18(27)4667
2ndB Popli 0(3) & DR Flynn 0(0)03
3rdDG Brownlie 21(29) & DR Flynn 10(25)3353
4thTL Seifert 5(47) & DG Brownlie 19(49)2496
4thJD Baker 7(36) & DG Brownlie 15(21)2357
5thDG Brownlie 17(18) & TL Seifert 0(5)1723
6thAP Devcich 21(18) & TL Seifert 11(16)3334
7thSC Kuggeleijn 3(9) & TL Seifert 3(3)612
8thJG Walker 0(14) & TL Seifert 8(12)826
9thZN Gibson 0(5) & TL Seifert 16(9)1614
10thBJ Arnel 0(6) & ZN Gibson 1(2)18

Commentary

End of innings: ND 207 (65.3 ov)
65.3W
LV van Beek to BJ Arnel, OUT
BJ Arnel lbw b LV van Beek 0(6) [4s-0 6s-0] · FoW 207/10 (65.3 ov)
65.21
LV van Beek to ZN Gibson, 1 run
65.10
LV van Beek to ZN Gibson, no run
End of over 650 runs, 1 wktND 206/9W00000
BJ Arnel 0(5)ZN Gibson 0(5)JS Patel 18-8-41-2
64.60
JS Patel to BJ Arnel, no run
64.50
JS Patel to BJ Arnel, no run
64.40
JS Patel to BJ Arnel, no run
64.30
JS Patel to BJ Arnel, no run
64.20
JS Patel to BJ Arnel, no run
64.1W
JS Patel to TL Seifert, OUT
TL Seifert b JS Patel 43(92) [4s-4 6s-2] · FoW 206/9 (64.1 ov)
End of over 6415 runsND 206/8066210
ZN Gibson 0(5)TL Seifert 43(91)LV van Beek 14-3-56-5
63.60
LV van Beek to ZN Gibson, no run
63.51
LV van Beek to TL Seifert, 1 run
63.42
LV van Beek to TL Seifert, 2 runs
63.36
LV van Beek to TL Seifert, SIX
63.26
LV van Beek to TL Seifert, SIX
63.10
LV van Beek to TL Seifert, no run
End of over 631 runND 191/8001000
ZN Gibson 0(4)TL Seifert 28(86)JS Patel 17-7-41-1
62.60
JS Patel to ZN Gibson, no run
62.50
JS Patel to ZN Gibson, no run
62.40
JS Patel to ZN Gibson, no run
62.31
JS Patel to TL Seifert, 1 run
62.20
JS Patel to TL Seifert, no run
62.10
JS Patel to TL Seifert, no run
End of over 620 runs, 1 wktND 190/80000W0
ZN Gibson 0(1)TL Seifert 27(83)LV van Beek 13-3-41-5
61.60
LV van Beek to ZN Gibson, no run
61.5W
LV van Beek to JG Walker, OUT
JG Walker c JS Patel b LV van Beek 0(14) [4s-0 6s-0] · FoW 190/8 (61.5 ov)
FIVE-WICKET HAUL for LV van Beek
61.40
LV van Beek to JG Walker, no run
61.30
LV van Beek to JG Walker, no run