Plunket ShieldMatch 10 · First-class
Northern Districts beat Wellington Firebirds by an innings and 28 runs - Match Info
Cobham Oval, Whangarei, . Wellington Firebirds won the toss and chose to bat.
Wellington Firebirds319 & 22491.2 ov
Northern Districts571/9d157 ov
Northern Districts won by an innings and 28 runs
Match details
- Match
- Match 10, First-class · Plunket Shield 2025/26
- Date
- (Sat 13 Dec, 14:00 PKT)
- Venue
- Cobham Oval, Whangarei, New Zealand
- Toss
- Wellington Firebirds, chose to bat
- Result
- Northern Districts won by an innings and 28 runs
- Umpires
- Brad Wilson (New Zealand), Chris Brown (Cook Islands)
- Match referee
- Trudy Anderson (New Zealand)
Head to head (First-class)
Played 22 · WF won 5 · ND won 8 · Drawn 9
Last 5 meetings
- Match 19 · Plunket Shield · ND 119 & 335 v WF 189 & 245Northern Districts won by 20 runs
- Match 23 · Plunket Shield · ND 362 v WF 323 & 127/4Match drawn
- Match 7 · Plunket Shield · WF 270 & 224/9d v ND 191 & 248/4Match drawn
- Match 19 · Plunket Shield · ND 405 & 206/8d v WF 221 & 388Northern Districts won by 2 runs
- Match 3 · Plunket Shield · WF 370 & 252/9 v ND 225 & 394Wellington Firebirds won by 1 wicket
Recent results (First-class)
- L vs AA · AA 350/9d & 384/9d v WF 249 & 323Auckland Aces won by 162 runs
- L vs CS · WF 354/9d & 124/4d v CS 118/3d & 363/2Central Stags won by 8 wickets
- L vs OV · OV 522/9d & 96/3 v WF 224 & 393Otago Volts won by 7 wickets
- W vs CAN · WF 269 & 396/7d v CAN 274 & 97Wellington Firebirds won by 294 runs
- L vs ND · ND 119 & 335 v WF 189 & 245Northern Districts won by 20 runs
- W vs OV · ND 346 & 296/9d v OV 289 & 240Northern Districts won by 113 runs
- D vs AA · AA 307 & 354/5d v ND 152 & 429/6Match drawn
- L vs CAN · ND 237 & 380/8d v CAN 248 & 371/5Canterbury won by 5 wickets
- W vs OV · ND 411/7d & 140/2d v OV 145 & 272Northern Districts won by 134 runs
- W vs WF · ND 119 & 335 v WF 189 & 245Northern Districts won by 20 runs
Top players in this fixture
WF v ND First-classs, among players who have played for either side in the last 18 months.
| Most runs | M | Runs | HS | Avg | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Blundell WF | 15 | 931 | 103 | 42.32 | 60.77 |
| Bharat Popli ND | 14 | 827 | 127 | 37.59 | 42.17 |
| Tim Seifert ND | 12 | 726 | 124 | 38.21 | 58.22 |
| Henry Cooper ND | 13 | 691 | 90 | 31.41 | 52.23 |
| Joe Carter ND | 14 | 686 | 109 | 34.30 | 49.35 |
| Most wickets | M | Wkts | Econ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scott Kuggeleijn ND | 16 | 43 | 3.42 |
| Ian McPeake WF | 11 | 33 | 3.47 |
| Logan van Beek WF | 8 | 30 | 3.26 |
| Kris Clarke ND | 6 | 22 | 3.68 |
| Nathan Smith WF | 4 | 19 | 2.79 |
First-classs at Cobham Oval
- Matches
- 4
- Average 1st-innings score
- 318
- Won batting first
- 0
- Won chasing
- 1
- Highest total
- 468/9 by Auckland Aces ()