Wellington Firebirds beat Auckland Aces by 6 wickets

Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui, 22 Oct 2016. Wellington Firebirds won the toss and chose to bowl.

Wellington Firebirds won by 6 wickets

Match report

From the scorecard

Wellington Firebirds won the toss and chose to bowl. Auckland Aces were bowled out for 269, Michael Guptill-Bunce 50 from 69 balls and Dane Hutchinson 48 from 51 balls. Brent Arnel took 4 for 57.

Wellington Firebirds were bowled out for 273, Stephen Murdoch 109 from 184 balls and Tom Blundell 42 from 60 balls. Lockie Ferguson took 5 for 44.

Auckland Aces were bowled out for 278, Rob Nicol 49 from 153 balls and Donovan Grobbelaar 40 from 95 balls. Brent Arnel took 4 for 47.

Wellington Firebirds made 275 for 4, LJ Woodcock 98 from 235 balls and Michael Papps 57 from 95 balls. Dane Hutchinson took 2 for 44.

Wellington Firebirds won by 6 wickets.

Key performers

SM109Stephen MurdochWellington Firebirds. 184 balls, 16 fours, 1 six BA4/47Brent ArnelWellington Firebirds. 22.1 overs, 9 maidens MG50Michael Guptill-BunceAuckland Aces. 69 balls, 10 fours

5/44Lockie FergusonAuckland Aces. 19.3 overs, 4 maidens

Auckland Aces 1st innings

269(75.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Michael Guptill-Buncelbw b JS Patel	lbw b JS Patel	50	69	10	0	72.46
Jeet Ravalc †TA Blundell b HK Bennett	c †TA Blundell b HK Bennett	47	63	8	0	74.60
Robert O'Donnellb JS Patel	b JS Patel	14	16	2	0	87.50
Rob Nicolc MA Pollard b BJ Arnel	c MA Pollard b BJ Arnel	20	47	2	1	42.55
Colin de Grandhommec MHW Papps b BJ Arnel	c MHW Papps b BJ Arnel	24	73	4	0	32.88
Brad Cachopa †c †TA Blundell b BJ Arnel	c †TA Blundell b BJ Arnel	12	46	2	0	26.09
Shawn Hicksc †TA Blundell b BJ Arnel	c †TA Blundell b BJ Arnel	0	1	0	0	0.00
Donovan Grobbelaarc †TA Blundell b HK Bennett	c †TA Blundell b HK Bennett	10	29	1	0	34.48
Tarun Nethulalbw b HK Bennett	lbw b HK Bennett	6	22	1	0	27.27
Dane Hutchinsonlbw b JS Patel	lbw b JS Patel	48	51	7	0	94.12
Lockie Fergusonnot out	not out	33*	37	6	0	89.19
Extras(lb 5)	(lb 5)	5
Total75.4 Ov (RR 3.56)	75.4 Ov (RR 3.56)	269

Fall of wickets: 99-1 (ML Guptill-Bunce, 21.1 ov), 99-2 (JA Raval, 22.5 ov), 113-3 (RR O'Donnell, 25.1 ov), 151-4 (RJ Nicol, 38.5 ov), 170-5 (C de Grandhomme, 50.3 ov), 170-6 (S Hicks, 50.4 ov), 173-7 (B Cachopa, 54.5 ov), 182-8 (DJ Grobbelaar, 58.5 ov), 199-9 (TS Nethula, 62.2 ov), 269-10 (DS Hutchinson, 75.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	0s	4s	6s
Hamish Bennett	13	1	64	3	4.92	55	9	0
Brent Arnel	22	7	57	4	2.59	108	9	0
Ian McPeake	10	0	64	0	6.40	37	13	0
Jeetan Patel	30.4	8	79	3	2.58	155	12	1

Partnerships

Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
1st	ML Guptill-Bunce 50(69) & JA Raval 47(58)	99	127
2nd	RR O'Donnell 0(5) & JA Raval 0(5)	0	10
3rd	RJ Nicol 0(3) & RR O'Donnell 14(11)	14	14
4th	C de Grandhomme 17(38) & RJ Nicol 20(44)	38	82
5th	B Cachopa 10(35) & C de Grandhomme 7(35)	19	70
6th	S Hicks 0(1) & B Cachopa 0(0)	0	1
7th	DJ Grobbelaar 1(14) & B Cachopa 2(11)	3	25
8th	TS Nethula 0(9) & DJ Grobbelaar 9(15)	9	24
9th	DS Hutchinson 11(8) & TS Nethula 6(13)	17	21
10th	LH Ferguson 33(37) & DS Hutchinson 37(43)	70	80

Wellington Firebirds 1st innings

273(87.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Michael Pappslbw b C de Grandhomme	lbw b C de Grandhomme	2	12	0	0	16.67
LJ Woodcocklbw b DJ Grobbelaar	lbw b DJ Grobbelaar	6	25	0	0	24.00
Stephen Murdochb LH Ferguson	b LH Ferguson	109	184	16	1	59.24
Hamish Marshalllbw b LH Ferguson	lbw b LH Ferguson	24	72	4	0	33.33
Michael Pollardc ML Guptill-Bunce b TS Nethula	c ML Guptill-Bunce b TS Nethula	23	65	3	0	35.38
Tom Blundell †c †B Cachopa b LH Ferguson	c †B Cachopa b LH Ferguson	42	60	5	0	70.00
Matt Taylorlbw b C de Grandhomme	lbw b C de Grandhomme	15	51	2	0	29.41
Jeetan Patellbw b S Hicks	lbw b S Hicks	18	20	2	0	90.00
Ian McPeakec ML Guptill-Bunce b LH Ferguson	c ML Guptill-Bunce b LH Ferguson	0	20	0	0	0.00
Hamish Bennettnot out	not out	3*	10	0	0	30.00
Brent Arnelc †B Cachopa b LH Ferguson	c †B Cachopa b LH Ferguson	5	17	0	0	29.41
Extras(b 6, lb 9, nb 11)	(b 6, lb 9, nb 11)	26
Total87.3 Ov (RR 3.12)	87.3 Ov (RR 3.12)	273

Fall of wickets: 3-1 (MHW Papps, 4 ov), 15-2 (LJ Woodcock, 8.3 ov), 78-3 (HJH Marshall, 30.4 ov), 143-4 (MA Pollard, 51.5 ov), 219-5 (SJ Murdoch, 67.4 ov), 224-6 (TA Blundell, 69.2 ov), 249-7 (JS Patel, 77.5 ov), 257-8 (MJ Taylor, 81 ov), 264-9 (IG McPeake, 83.3 ov), 273-10 (BJ Arnel, 87.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	0s	4s	6s	NB
Lockie Ferguson	19.3	4	44	5	2.26	96	5	0	3
Colin de Grandhomme	18	6	29	2	1.61	93	3	0	0
Shawn Hicks	10	1	29	1	2.90	50	6	0	0
Donovan Grobbelaar	11	1	39	1	3.55	49	5	0	1
Dane Hutchinson	10	1	52	0	5.20	40	8	0	0
Tarun Nethula	19	2	65	1	3.42	84	5	1	7

Partnerships

Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
1st	MHW Papps 2(12) & LJ Woodcock 1(12)	3	24
2nd	LJ Woodcock 5(13) & SJ Murdoch 5(14)	12	27
3rd	HJH Marshall 24(72) & SJ Murdoch 36(62)	63	133
4th	MA Pollard 23(65) & SJ Murdoch 37(66)	65	127
5th	TA Blundell 40(54) & SJ Murdoch 31(42)	76	95
6th	MJ Taylor 1(6) & TA Blundell 2(6)	5	10
7th	JS Patel 18(20) & MJ Taylor 6(32)	25	51
8th	IG McPeake 0(6) & MJ Taylor 8(13)	8	19
9th	IG McPeake 0(14) & HK Bennett 1(2)	7	15
10th	BJ Arnel 5(17) & HK Bennett 2(8)	9	24

Auckland Aces 2nd innings

278(90.1 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Jeet Ravalb JS Patel	b JS Patel	31	47	5	0	65.96
Michael Guptill-Buncec JS Patel b BJ Arnel	c JS Patel b BJ Arnel	12	17	2	0	70.59
Robert O'Donnellb HK Bennett	b HK Bennett	5	11	1	0	45.45
Rob Nicolst †TA Blundell b JS Patel	st †TA Blundell b JS Patel	49	153	8	1	32.03
Colin de Grandhommec MJ Taylor b HK Bennett	c MJ Taylor b HK Bennett	13	24	2	0	54.17
Brad Cachopa †c LJ Woodcock b JS Patel	c LJ Woodcock b JS Patel	37	55	7	0	67.27
Shawn Hickslbw b JS Patel	lbw b JS Patel	5	15	0	0	33.33
Donovan Grobbelaarlbw b BJ Arnel	lbw b BJ Arnel	40	95	7	0	42.11
Tarun Nethulac LJ Woodcock b BJ Arnel	c LJ Woodcock b BJ Arnel	39	32	8	0	121.88
Dane Hutchinsonc IG McPeake b BJ Arnel	c IG McPeake b BJ Arnel	38	78	3	2	48.72
Lockie Fergusonnot out	not out	2*	14	0	0	14.29
Extras(b 4, w 3)	(b 4, w 3)	7
Total90.1 Ov (RR 3.08)	90.1 Ov (RR 3.08)	278

Fall of wickets: 14-1 (ML Guptill-Bunce, 3.4 ov), 31-2 (RR O'Donnell, 6.4 ov), 59-3 (JA Raval, 17.5 ov), 74-4 (C de Grandhomme, 26.2 ov), 137-5 (B Cachopa, 46 ov), 146-6 (S Hicks, 51.1 ov), 157-7 (RJ Nicol, 55.3 ov), 196-8 (TS Nethula, 64.2 ov), 259-9 (DJ Grobbelaar, 86.2 ov), 278-10 (DS Hutchinson, 90.1 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	0s	4s	6s	WD
Hamish Bennett	19	0	99	2	5.21	78	18	0	2
Brent Arnel	22.1	9	47	4	2.12	112	8	0	1
Ian McPeake	9	0	41	0	4.56	39	8	0	0
Jeetan Patel	33	13	76	4	2.30	166	8	3	0
Matt Taylor	6	3	10	0	1.67	31	1	0	0
LJ Woodcock	1	0	1	0	1.00	5	0	0	0

Partnerships

Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
1st	JA Raval 2(5) & ML Guptill-Bunce 12(17)	14	22
2nd	RR O'Donnell 5(11) & JA Raval 10(7)	17	18
3rd	RJ Nicol 9(32) & JA Raval 19(35)	28	67
4th	C de Grandhomme 13(24) & RJ Nicol 2(27)	15	51
5th	B Cachopa 37(55) & RJ Nicol 26(63)	63	118
6th	RJ Nicol 3(16) & S Hicks 5(15)	9	31
7th	DJ Grobbelaar 2(11) & RJ Nicol 9(15)	11	26
8th	TS Nethula 39(32) & DJ Grobbelaar 0(21)	39	53
9th	DS Hutchinson 25(69) & DJ Grobbelaar 38(63)	63	132
10th	LH Ferguson 2(14) & DS Hutchinson 13(9)	19	23

Wellington Firebirds 2nd innings

275/4(70.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
LJ Woodcockc †B Cachopa b DS Hutchinson	c †B Cachopa b DS Hutchinson	98	235	11	1	41.70
Michael Pappsb DJ Grobbelaar	b DJ Grobbelaar	57	95	8	0	60.00
Stephen Murdochb DS Hutchinson	b DS Hutchinson	31	25	6	0	124.00
Hamish Marshallc C de Grandhomme b TS Nethula	c C de Grandhomme b TS Nethula	39	57	4	0	68.42
Michael Pollardnot out	not out	14*	23	2	0	60.87
Tom Blundell †not out	not out	3*	5	0	0	60.00
Extras(b 4, lb 11, w 2, nb 16)	(b 4, lb 11, w 2, nb 16)	33
Total70.4 Ov (RR 3.89)	70.4 Ov (RR 3.89) · Target 275	275/4

Did not bat: Matt Taylor, Jeetan Patel, Hamish Bennett, Ian McPeake, Brent Arnel

Fall of wickets: 106-1 (MHW Papps, 35.3 ov), 158-2 (SJ Murdoch, 44.2 ov), 233-3 (HJH Marshall, 62.2 ov), 265-4 (LJ Woodcock, 69.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Colin de Grandhomme	14	3	31	0	2.21	68	3	0	0	0
Lockie Ferguson	13	2	57	0	4.38	54	9	0	0	0
Shawn Hicks	2	0	10	0	5.00	9	2	0	0	0
Donovan Grobbelaar	11	1	31	1	2.82	49	3	0	0	0
Dane Hutchinson	12	1	44	2	3.67	55	5	0	2	4
Tarun Nethula	15.4	0	62	1	3.96	66	3	1	0	12
Rob Nicol	3	1	25	0	8.33	11	6	0	0	0

Partnerships

Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
1st	LJ Woodcock 37(124) & MHW Papps 57(95)	106	213
2nd	SJ Murdoch 31(25) & LJ Woodcock 15(33)	52	53
3rd	HJH Marshall 39(57) & LJ Woodcock 26(56)	75	108
4th	MA Pollard 7(20) & LJ Woodcock 20(22)	32	42
5th	TA Blundell 3(5) & MA Pollard 7(3)	10*	8

Commentary

70.41

TS Nethula to TA Blundell, 1 run

70.30

TS Nethula to TA Blundell, no run

70.23

TS Nethula to MA Pollard, 3 runs

70.11

TS Nethula to TA Blundell, 1 run

End of over 705 runs, 1 wktWF 270/40W0104

MA Pollard 11(22)TA Blundell 1(2)DS Hutchinson 12-1-44-2

69.64

DS Hutchinson to MA Pollard, FOUR

69.50

DS Hutchinson to MA Pollard, no run

69.41

DS Hutchinson to TA Blundell, 1 run

69.30

DS Hutchinson to TA Blundell, no run

69.2W

DS Hutchinson to LJ Woodcock, OUT

LJ Woodcock c †B Cachopa b DS Hutchinson 98(235) [4s-11 6s-1] · FoW 265/4 (69.2 ov)

69.10

DS Hutchinson to LJ Woodcock, no run

End of over 6911 runsWF 265/31Lb16201

LJ Woodcock 98(233)MA Pollard 7(20)TS Nethula 15-0-57-1

68.61

TS Nethula to LJ Woodcock, 1 run

68.50

TS Nethula to LJ Woodcock, no run

68.42

TS Nethula to LJ Woodcock, 2 runs

68.36

TS Nethula to LJ Woodcock, SIX

68.21

TS Nethula to MA Pollard, 1 run

68.11Lb

TS Nethula to LJ Woodcock, 1 leg bye

End of over 688 runsWF 254/304004Lb0

MA Pollard 6(19)LJ Woodcock 89(228)DS Hutchinson 11-1-39-1

67.60

DS Hutchinson to MA Pollard, no run

67.54Lb

DS Hutchinson to MA Pollard, 4 leg byes

67.40

DS Hutchinson to MA Pollard, no run

67.30

DS Hutchinson to MA Pollard, no run

67.24

DS Hutchinson to MA Pollard, FOUR

67.10

DS Hutchinson to MA Pollard, no run

End of over 672 runsWF 246/3100100

LJ Woodcock 89(228)MA Pollard 2(13)TS Nethula 14-0-47-1

66.60

TS Nethula to LJ Woodcock, no run

66.50

TS Nethula to LJ Woodcock, no run

66.41

TS Nethula to MA Pollard, 1 run