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Plunket ShieldMatch 19 · First-class

Wellington Firebirds and Northern Districts draw

Basin Reserve, Wellington, . Northern Districts won the toss and chose to bowl.

Wellington Firebirds414/4d127 ov
Northern Districts97/4d44.5 ov
Match drawn

Match report

From the scorecard

Northern Districts won the toss and chose to bowl. Wellington Firebirds made 414 for 4 declared, Rachin Ravindra 138 from 212 balls and Tom Blundell 103 not out from 142 balls. Joe Walker took 2 for 68.

Northern Districts made 97 for 4 declared, Bharat Popli 50 from 117 balls. Ian McPeake took 2 for 14.

Match drawn.

Key performers

Wellington Firebirds 1st innings

414/4d(127 ov)
BatterRB4s6sSR
Luke Georgesonc PD Bocock b JG Walkerc PD Bocock b JG Walker702617026.82
Rachin Ravindrac N Wagner b JG Walkerc N Wagner b JG Walker13821214665.09
Jakob Bhulab JD Bakerb JD Baker13462028.26
Michael Bracewellc B Popli b N Wagnerc B Popli b N Wagner160016.67
Tom Blundell †not outnot out103*14214172.54
Troy Johnsonnot outnot out58*1057155.24
Extras(b 9, lb 6, w 6, nb 10)(b 9, lb 6, w 6, nb 10)31
Total127 Ov (RR 3.26)127 Ov (RR 3.26)414/4d
Fall of wickets: 226-1 (R Ravindra, 75.3 ov), 236-2 (LI Georgeson, 79.5 ov), 237-3 (MG Bracewell, 80.5 ov), 256-4 (JJNP Bhula, 91.5 ov)
BowlerOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
Neil Wagner2473411.421273015
Scott Kuggeleijn25211104.4410617200
James Baker3298812.751557303
Matthew Fisher2038804.407911112
Joe Walker2576822.721144200
Jeet Raval1010010.0022000
Partnerships
WktBattersRunsBalls
1stLI Georgeson 68(250) & R Ravindra 138(212)226453
2ndJJNP Bhula 3(15) & LI Georgeson 2(11)1026
3rdMG Bracewell 1(6) & JJNP Bhula 0(0)16
4thTA Blundell 8(36) & JJNP Bhula 10(31)1966
5thTM Johnson 58(105) & TA Blundell 95(106)158*211

Northern Districts 1st innings

97/4d(44.5 ov)
BatterRB4s6sSR
Henry Cooperc R Ravindra b MW Sneddenc R Ravindra b MW Snedden10510019.61
Jeet Ravalb LV van Beekb LV van Beek4121033.33
Bharat Poplic †TA Blundell b IG McPeakec †TA Blundell b IG McPeake501178042.74
Joe Carterc TM Johnson b IG McPeakec TM Johnson b IG McPeake13551023.64
BJ Watling †not outnot out8*281028.57
Scott Kuggeleijnnot outnot out0*9000.00
Extras(lb 9, nb 3)(lb 9, nb 3)12
Total44.5 Ov (RR 2.16)44.5 Ov (RR 2.16)97/4d
Fall of wickets: 10-1 (JA Raval, 5.2 ov), 33-2 (HR Cooper, 16 ov), 88-3 (JF Carter, 37.2 ov), 89-4 (B Popli, 39.5 ov)
BowlerOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
Ian McPeake12.541421.09711000
Logan van Beek1131911.73552000
Jamie Gibson512104.20224000
Michael Snedden801712.13401002
Michael Bracewell40200.50220000
Luke Georgeson301003.33152001
Peter Younghusband10505.0041000
Partnerships
WktBattersRunsBalls
1stHR Cooper 6(20) & JA Raval 4(12)1032
2ndB Popli 15(33) & HR Cooper 4(31)2364
3rdB Popli 34(76) & JF Carter 13(55)55128
4thBJ Watling 0(7) & B Popli 1(8)115
5thBJ Watling 8(21) & SC Kuggeleijn 0(9)8*30

Commentary

End of innings: ND 97/4d (44.5 ov)
44.50
MG Bracewell to BJ Watling, no run
44.40
MG Bracewell to BJ Watling, no run
44.30
MG Bracewell to BJ Watling, no run
44.20
MG Bracewell to BJ Watling, no run
44.10
MG Bracewell to BJ Watling, no run
End of over 441 runND 97/4010000
BJ Watling 8(23)SC Kuggeleijn 0(9)PF Younghusband 1-0-5-0MG Bracewell 3.1-0-2-0
43.60
MG Bracewell to BJ Watling, no run
43.50
PF Younghusband to SC Kuggeleijn, no run
43.40
PF Younghusband to SC Kuggeleijn, no run
43.30
PF Younghusband to SC Kuggeleijn, no run
43.21
PF Younghusband to BJ Watling, 1 run
43.10
PF Younghusband to BJ Watling, no run
End of over 434 runsND 96/4000004
BJ Watling 7(20)SC Kuggeleijn 0(6)MG Bracewell 3-0-2-0PF Younghusband 0.1-0-4-0
42.64
PF Younghusband to BJ Watling, FOUR
42.50
MG Bracewell to SC Kuggeleijn, no run
42.40
MG Bracewell to SC Kuggeleijn, no run
42.30
MG Bracewell to SC Kuggeleijn, no run
42.20
MG Bracewell to SC Kuggeleijn, no run
42.10
MG Bracewell to SC Kuggeleijn, no run
End of over 420 runsND 92/4000000
SC Kuggeleijn 0(1)BJ Watling 3(19)IG McPeake 12.5-4-14-2MG Bracewell 2.1-0-2-0
41.60
MG Bracewell to SC Kuggeleijn, no run
41.50
IG McPeake to BJ Watling, no run
41.40
IG McPeake to BJ Watling, no run
41.30
IG McPeake to BJ Watling, no run
41.20
IG McPeake to BJ Watling, no run
41.10
IG McPeake to BJ Watling, no run
End of over 413 runsND 92/4000012
BJ Watling 3(14)SC Kuggeleijn 0(0)MG Bracewell 2-0-2-0IG McPeake 12-4-14-2
40.62
IG McPeake to BJ Watling, 2 runs
40.51
MG Bracewell to BJ Watling, 1 run