Plunket ShieldMatch · First-class
Wellington Firebirds beat Auckland Aces by 213 runs - Match Info
Colin Maiden Park, Auckland, . Auckland Aces won the toss and chose to bowl.
Wellington Firebirds344 & 387/5d93.5 ov
Auckland Aces350/7d & 16867.5 ov
Wellington Firebirds won by 213 runs
Match details
- Match
- Match, First-class · Plunket Shield 2014/15
- Date
- (Tue 17 Mar, 14:00 PKT)
- Venue
- Colin Maiden Park, Auckland, New Zealand
- Toss
- Auckland Aces, chose to bowl
- Result
- Wellington Firebirds won by 213 runs
- Umpires
- Tim Parlane (New Zealand), Wayne Knights (New Zealand)
- Match referee
- Doug Cowie (New Zealand)
Head to head (First-class)
Played 24 · WF won 5 · AA won 9 · Drawn 10
Last 4 meetings
- Match · Plunket Shield · WF 199 & 133 v AA 205/8d & 128/4Auckland Aces won by 6 wickets
- Match · Plunket Shield · AA 394 & 328/8d v WF 298 & 318Auckland Aces won by 106 runs
- Match · Plunket Shield · WF 399 & 298/9 v AA 399/9d & 11/1Match drawn
- Match · Plunket Shield · WF 380 & 145/2 v AA 658/9dMatch drawn
Recent results (First-class)
- W vs CS · CS 229 & 252 v WF 242 & 240/7Wellington Firebirds won by 3 wickets
- D vs OV · WF 297 & 255/5 v OV 251/8dMatch drawn
- L vs OV · WF 272 & 318 v OV 377 & 214/4Otago Volts won by 6 wickets
- L vs CAN · WF 263 & 264 v CAN 356 & 172/1Canterbury won by 9 wickets
- L vs ND · ND 223 & 347/6d v WF 117 & 58Northern Districts won by 395 runs
- L vs OV · AA 335 & 280/9 v OV 360/8d & 258/6Otago Volts won by 4 wickets
- L vs CAN · AA 294 & 407/6d v CAN 340 & 362/6Canterbury won by 4 wickets
- W vs CAN · CAN 268 & 266 v AA 491 & 44/0Auckland Aces won by 10 wickets
- D vs ND · AA 356 & 209/8d v ND 212 & 316/9Match drawn
- L vs CS · CS 159 & 333 v AA 117/9 & 130/9Central Stags won by 245 runs
Top players in this fixture
WF v AA First-classs, among players who have played for either side in the last 18 months.
| Most runs | M | Runs | HS | Avg | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Craig Cachopa AA | 4 | 588 | 203 | 98.00 | 72.15 |
| Colin Munro AA | 4 | 417 | 269 | 83.40 | 103.47 |
| Tom Blundell WF | 3 | 314 | 118 | 52.33 | 59.02 |
| Luke Ronchi WF | 2 | 271 | 127 | 90.33 | 93.13 |
| LJ Woodcock WF | 3 | 222 | 79 | 44.40 | 45.59 |
| Most wickets | M | Wkts | Econ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Gillespie WF | 4 | 17 | 3.35 |
| Colin de Grandhomme AA | 3 | 14 | 2.04 |
| Matthew Quinn AA | 2 | 12 | 2.51 |
| Michael Bates AA | 3 | 12 | 3.23 |
| Bruce Martin AA | 3 | 9 | 3.79 |
First-classs at Colin Maiden Park
- Matches
- 2
- Average 1st-innings score
- 325
- Won batting first
- 0
- Won chasing
- 1
- Highest total
- 407/6 by Auckland Aces ()