Wellington Firebirds beat Auckland Aces by 213 runs

Colin Maiden Park, Auckland, 17 Mar 2015. Auckland Aces won the toss and chose to bowl.

Wellington Firebirds won by 213 runs

Match report

From the scorecard

Auckland Aces won the toss and chose to bowl. Wellington Firebirds were bowled out for 344, Brady Barnett 65 from 82 balls and Deepak Joon 60 from 139 balls. Lockie Ferguson took 4 for 46.

Auckland Aces made 350 for 7 declared, Jeet Raval 148 from 266 balls and Colin Munro 108 from 125 balls. Matt McEwan took 3 for 70.

Wellington Firebirds made 387 for 5 declared, Michael Papps 171 from 265 balls and James Franklin 56 not out from 38 balls. Robert O'Donnell took 3 for 74.

Auckland Aces were bowled out for 168, Donovan Grobbelaar 49 from 89 balls. Andy McKay took 3 for 30.

Wellington Firebirds won by 213 runs.

Key performers

MP171Michael PappsWellington Firebirds. 265 balls, 21 fours, 1 six AM3/30Andy McKayWellington Firebirds. 16 overs, 4 maidens JR148Jeet RavalAuckland Aces. 266 balls, 21 fours

4/46Lockie FergusonAuckland Aces. 18 overs, 6 maidens

Wellington Firebirds 1st innings

344(93.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Michael Pappsb LH Ferguson	b LH Ferguson	14	41	1	0	34.15
Deepak Joonc & b DJ Bartlett	c & b DJ Bartlett	60	139	7	0	43.17
Stephen Murdochc JA Raval b LH Ferguson	c JA Raval b LH Ferguson	36	69	6	0	52.17
Michael Pollardb DJ Grobbelaar	b DJ Grobbelaar	8	34	1	0	23.53
James Franklinc AK Kitchen b LH Ferguson	c AK Kitchen b LH Ferguson	33	77	3	0	42.86
Tom Blundell †lbw b TS Nethula	lbw b TS Nethula	25	53	2	0	47.17
Brady Barnettc AK Kitchen b LH Ferguson	c AK Kitchen b LH Ferguson	65	82	8	0	79.27
Jeetan Patelc JA Raval b TS Nethula	c JA Raval b TS Nethula	7	12	0	0	58.33
Matt McEwanc DJ Bartlett b MD Bates	c DJ Bartlett b MD Bates	52	68	8	1	76.47
Andy McKayc DJ Bartlett b MD Bates	c DJ Bartlett b MD Bates	0	2	0	0	0.00
Brent Arnelnot out	not out	0*	0	0	0	-
Extras(b 8, lb 14, w 7, nb 15)	(b 8, lb 14, w 7, nb 15)	44
Total93.4 Ov (RR 3.67)	93.4 Ov (RR 3.67)	344

Fall of wickets: 46-1 (MHW Papps, 14.3 ov), 115-2 (SJ Murdoch, 36.1 ov), 138-3 (D Joon, 43 ov), 160-4 (MA Pollard, 49.2 ov), 205-5 (TA Blundell, 65.1 ov), 215-6 (JEC Franklin, 68.3 ov), 232-7 (JS Patel, 71.3 ov), 342-8 (BJ Barnett, 92.5 ov), 344-9 (MB McEwan, 93.3 ov), 344-10 (AJ McKay, 93.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Dean Bartlett	20	5	72	1	3.60	93	8	0	1	6
Michael Bates	21.4	4	68	2	3.14	98	7	1	1	0
Lockie Ferguson	18	6	46	4	2.56	89	7	0	0	0
Donovan Grobbelaar	14	1	56	1	4.00	57	5	0	1	6
Carl Cachopa	4	0	14	0	3.50	19	2	0	0	2
Tarun Nethula	15	1	61	2	4.07	56	7	0	0	1
Anaru Kitchen	1	0	5	0	5.00	2	0	0	0	0

Partnerships

Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
1st	MHW Papps 14(41) & D Joon 13(49)	46	87
2nd	SJ Murdoch 36(69) & D Joon 27(66)	69	130
3rd	MA Pollard 3(17) & D Joon 20(24)	23	41
4th	MA Pollard 5(17) & JEC Franklin 11(22)	22	38
5th	TA Blundell 25(53) & JEC Franklin 17(45)	45	95
6th	BJ Barnett 5(10) & JEC Franklin 5(10)	10	20
7th	JS Patel 7(12) & BJ Barnett 10(6)	17	18
8th	MB McEwan 50(65) & BJ Barnett 50(66)	110	128
9th	AJ McKay 0(1) & MB McEwan 2(3)	2	4
10th	AJ McKay 0(1) & BJ Arnel 0(0)	0	1

Auckland Aces 1st innings

350/7d(100.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Anaru Kitchenlbw b AJ McKay	lbw b AJ McKay	16	30	2	0	53.33
Jeet Ravalc †TA Blundell b MB McEwan	c †TA Blundell b MB McEwan	148	266	21	0	55.64
Carl Cachopac JEC Franklin b AJ McKay	c JEC Franklin b AJ McKay	29	84	2	0	34.52
Colin Munroc †TA Blundell b BJ Arnel	c †TA Blundell b BJ Arnel	108	125	17	4	86.40
Robert O'Donnellc BJ Barnett b MB McEwan	c BJ Barnett b MB McEwan	23	47	3	1	48.94
Donovan Grobbelaarlbw b MB McEwan	lbw b MB McEwan	6	17	0	0	35.29
Brad Cachopa †c MA Pollard b AJ McKay	c MA Pollard b AJ McKay	13	28	1	1	46.43
Tarun Nethulanot out	not out	1*	8	0	0	12.50
Extras(b 1, lb 3, w 1, nb 1)	(b 1, lb 3, w 1, nb 1)	6
Total100.4 Ov (RR 3.48)	100.4 Ov (RR 3.48)	350/7d

Did not bat: Michael Bates, Dean Bartlett, Lockie Ferguson

Fall of wickets: 28-1 (AK Kitchen, 10.1 ov), 105-2 (Carl Cachopa, 35 ov), 306-3 (C Munro, 82.2 ov), 306-4 (JA Raval, 85.4 ov), 324-5 (DJ Grobbelaar, 91.5 ov), 341-6 (RR O'Donnell, 97.1 ov), 350-7 (B Cachopa, 100.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Brent Arnel	20	6	64	1	3.20	99	11	1	0	0
Matt McEwan	28	11	70	3	2.50	139	8	1	0	0
Andy McKay	22.4	5	106	3	4.68	96	19	0	1	1
Jeetan Patel	30	5	106	0	3.53	137	8	4	0	0

Partnerships

Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
1st	AK Kitchen 16(30) & JA Raval 11(31)	28	61
2nd	Carl Cachopa 29(84) & JA Raval 47(66)	77	149
3rd	JA Raval 90(159) & C Munro 108(125)	201	284
4th	RR O'Donnell 0(10) & JA Raval 0(10)	0	20
5th	DJ Grobbelaar 6(17) & RR O'Donnell 12(20)	18	37
6th	B Cachopa 5(15) & RR O'Donnell 11(17)	17	32
7th	B Cachopa 8(13) & TS Nethula 1(8)	9	21

Wellington Firebirds 2nd innings

387/5d(93.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Michael Pappsc C Munro b RR O'Donnell	c C Munro b RR O'Donnell	171	265	21	1	64.53
Deepak Joonc C Munro b DJ Grobbelaar	c C Munro b DJ Grobbelaar	12	38	2	0	31.58
Stephen Murdochc JA Raval b MD Bates	c JA Raval b MD Bates	51	98	7	0	52.04
Michael Pollardb RR O'Donnell	b RR O'Donnell	55	89	2	2	61.80
Matt McEwanc †B Cachopa b RR O'Donnell	c †B Cachopa b RR O'Donnell	3	27	0	0	11.11
James Franklinnot out	not out	56*	38	2	3	147.37
Tom Blundell †not out	not out	31*	14	4	1	221.43
Extras(lb 2, nb 6)	(lb 2, nb 6)	8
Total93.5 Ov (RR 4.12)	93.5 Ov (RR 4.12)	387/5d

Did not bat: Brady Barnett, Jeetan Patel, Andy McKay, Brent Arnel

Fall of wickets: 48-1 (D Joon, 15.4 ov), 156-2 (SJ Murdoch, 48.2 ov), 258-3 (MA Pollard, 73.4 ov), 268-4 (MB McEwan, 81.1 ov), 339-5 (MHW Papps, 89.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	0s	4s	6s	NB
Dean Bartlett	8	0	41	0	5.13	31	7	0	0
Michael Bates	12.5	2	29	1	2.26	63	4	0	0
Lockie Ferguson	8	0	32	0	4.00	36	6	0	0
Donovan Grobbelaar	8	0	30	1	3.75	37	5	0	0
Tarun Nethula	22	0	60	0	2.73	100	4	0	6
Anaru Kitchen	7	0	45	0	6.43	23	2	3	0
Jeet Raval	14	0	74	0	5.29	41	5	2	0
Robert O'Donnell	14	0	74	3	5.29	40	5	2	0

Partnerships

Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
1st	MHW Papps 34(56) & D Joon 12(38)	48	94
2nd	SJ Murdoch 51(98) & MHW Papps 52(103)	108	196
3rd	MA Pollard 55(89) & MHW Papps 46(64)	102	152
4th	MB McEwan 3(27) & MHW Papps 7(18)	10	45
5th	JEC Franklin 39(26) & MHW Papps 32(24)	71	50
6th	TA Blundell 31(14) & JEC Franklin 17(12)	48*	26

Auckland Aces 2nd innings

168(67.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Anaru Kitchenlbw b MB McEwan	lbw b MB McEwan	18	12	3	0	150.00
Jeet Ravallbw b AJ McKay	lbw b AJ McKay	16	61	2	0	26.23
Carl Cachopab BJ Arnel	b BJ Arnel	10	28	2	0	35.71
Colin Munroc MA Pollard b JS Patel	c MA Pollard b JS Patel	8	15	0	1	53.33
Robert O'Donnellc †TA Blundell b AJ McKay	c †TA Blundell b AJ McKay	2	18	0	0	11.11
Donovan Grobbelaarc MHW Papps b JS Patel	c MHW Papps b JS Patel	49	89	9	0	55.06
Brad Cachopa †c MHW Papps b AJ McKay	c MHW Papps b AJ McKay	33	79	4	1	41.77
Tarun Nethulac AJ McKay b MB McEwan	c AJ McKay b MB McEwan	10	22	1	0	45.45
Michael Batesc †TA Blundell b JS Patel	c †TA Blundell b JS Patel	5	32	1	0	15.63
Lockie Fergusonlbw b MB McEwan	lbw b MB McEwan	7	39	1	0	17.95
Dean Bartlettnot out	not out	2*	14	0	0	14.29
Extras(b 3, lb 1, w 2, nb 2)	(b 3, lb 1, w 2, nb 2)	8
Total67.5 Ov (RR 2.48)	67.5 Ov (RR 2.48) · Target 382	168

Fall of wickets: 19-1 (AK Kitchen, 4 ov), 42-2 (Carl Cachopa, 14.1 ov), 52-3 (C Munro, 18.2 ov), 53-4 (JA Raval, 19.5 ov), 58-5 (RR O'Donnell, 24 ov), 141-6 (B Cachopa, 49.3 ov), 143-7 (DJ Grobbelaar, 50.4 ov), 151-8 (TS Nethula, 57.1 ov), 160-9 (MD Bates, 62 ov), 168-10 (LH Ferguson, 67.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Brent Arnel	11	3	35	1	3.18	50	4	1	0	0
Matt McEwan	16.5	3	50	3	2.97	81	7	0	2	2
Andy McKay	16	4	30	3	1.88	81	3	0	0	0
Jeetan Patel	24	12	49	3	2.04	129	9	1	0	0

Partnerships

Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
1st	AK Kitchen 18(12) & JA Raval 1(12)	19	24
2nd	JA Raval 13(33) & Carl Cachopa 10(28)	23	61
3rd	C Munro 8(15) & JA Raval 2(10)	10	25
4th	JA Raval 0(6) & RR O'Donnell 1(3)	1	9
5th	DJ Grobbelaar 4(10) & RR O'Donnell 1(15)	5	25
6th	DJ Grobbelaar 45(75) & B Cachopa 33(79)	83	153
7th	TS Nethula 2(3) & DJ Grobbelaar 0(4)	2	7
8th	MD Bates 0(20) & TS Nethula 8(19)	8	39
9th	LH Ferguson 3(17) & MD Bates 5(12)	9	29
10th	DJ Bartlett 2(14) & LH Ferguson 4(22)	8	35

Commentary

67.5W

MB McEwan to LH Ferguson, OUT

LH Ferguson lbw b MB McEwan 7(39) [4s-1 6s-0] · FoW 168/10 (67.5 ov)

67.40

MB McEwan to LH Ferguson, no run

67.30

MB McEwan to LH Ferguson, no run

67.20

MB McEwan to LH Ferguson, no run

67.10

MB McEwan to LH Ferguson, no run

67.1Wd

MB McEwan to LH Ferguson, wide

End of over 670 runsAA 167/9000000

LH Ferguson 7(34)DJ Bartlett 2(14)JS Patel 24-12-49-3MB McEwan 16-3-49-2

66.60

MB McEwan to LH Ferguson, no run

66.50

JS Patel to DJ Bartlett, no run

66.40

JS Patel to DJ Bartlett, no run

66.30

JS Patel to DJ Bartlett, no run

66.20

JS Patel to DJ Bartlett, no run

66.10

JS Patel to DJ Bartlett, no run

End of over 660 runsAA 167/9000000

DJ Bartlett 2(9)LH Ferguson 7(33)MB McEwan 15.5-3-49-2JS Patel 23.1-12-49-3

65.60

JS Patel to DJ Bartlett, no run

65.50

MB McEwan to LH Ferguson, no run

65.40

MB McEwan to LH Ferguson, no run

65.30

MB McEwan to LH Ferguson, no run

65.20

MB McEwan to LH Ferguson, no run

65.10

MB McEwan to LH Ferguson, no run

End of over 652 runsAA 167/9100001

DJ Bartlett 2(8)LH Ferguson 7(28)JS Patel 23-12-49-3MB McEwan 15-3-49-2

64.61

MB McEwan to DJ Bartlett, 1 run

64.50

JS Patel to LH Ferguson, no run

64.40

JS Patel to LH Ferguson, no run

64.30

JS Patel to LH Ferguson, no run

64.20

JS Patel to LH Ferguson, no run

64.11

JS Patel to DJ Bartlett, 1 run

End of over 645 runsAA 165/900Nb0040

DJ Bartlett 0(6)LH Ferguson 7(24)MB McEwan 14.5-3-48-2JS Patel 22.1-12-48-3

63.60

JS Patel to DJ Bartlett, no run