Plunket ShieldMatch 3 · First-class

Wellington Firebirds beat Northern Districts by 1 wicket

Cello Basin Reserve, 18 Oct 2022. Wellington Firebirds won the toss and chose to bowl.

Wellington Firebirds won by 1 wicket

Match report

From the scorecard

Wellington Firebirds won the toss and chose to bowl. Northern Districts were bowled out for 225, Bharat Popli 75 from 166 balls and Henry Cooper 56 from 121 balls. Ian McPeake took 4 for 83.

Wellington Firebirds were bowled out for 370, Rachin Ravindra 126 from 253 balls and Tom Blundell 102 from 103 balls. Matthew Fisher took 3 for 60.

Northern Districts were bowled out for 394, Bharat Popli 127 not out from 264 balls and Henry Cooper 90 from 158 balls. Ian McPeake took 5 for 82.

Wellington Firebirds made 252 for 9, Tom Blundell 68 from 73 balls and Nick Greenwood 45 from 103 balls. Matthew Fisher took 5 for 66.

Wellington Firebirds won by 1 wicket.

Key performers

126Rachin RavindraWellington Firebirds. 253 balls, 12 fours, 1 six IM5/82Ian McPeakeWellington Firebirds. 19.4 overs, 2 maidens BP127*Bharat PopliNorthern Districts. 264 balls, 19 fours, 1 six

5/66Matthew FisherNorthern Districts. 12 overs, 1 maiden

Northern Districts 1st innings

225(76.1 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Jeet Ravalc †TA Blundell b MW Snedden	c †TA Blundell b MW Snedden	8	18	1	0	44.44
Henry Cooperc †TA Blundell b MW Snedden	c †TA Blundell b MW Snedden	56	121	11	0	46.28
Bharat Poplilbw b LI Georgeson	lbw b LI Georgeson	75	166	13	0	45.18
Joe Carterc NF Kelly b JW Hartshorn	c NF Kelly b JW Hartshorn	13	37	2	0	35.14
Tim Seifert †lbw b IG McPeake	lbw b IG McPeake	10	26	1	0	38.46
Colin de Grandhommeb IG McPeake	b IG McPeake	12	10	2	0	120.00
Brett Hamptonc R Ravindra b IG McPeake	c R Ravindra b IG McPeake	4	9	1	0	44.44
Kris Clarkec NA Greenwood b LI Georgeson	c NA Greenwood b LI Georgeson	7	15	1	0	46.67
Neil Wagnerc TM Johnson b IG McPeake	c TM Johnson b IG McPeake	13	15	2	0	86.67
Joe Walkernot out	not out	4*	25	0	0	16.00
Matthew Fisherc TB Robinson b JW Hartshorn	c TB Robinson b JW Hartshorn	8	23	1	0	34.78
Extras(lb 6, w 1, nb 8)	(lb 6, w 1, nb 8)	15
Total76.1 Ov (RR 2.95)	76.1 Ov (RR 2.95)	225

Fall of wickets: 12-1 (JA Raval, 5.1 ov), 117-2 (HR Cooper, 38 ov), 157-3 (JF Carter, 50.5 ov), 176-4 (TL Seifert, 59.2 ov), 188-5 (B Popli, 61 ov), 188-6 (C de Grandhomme, 61.5 ov), 200-7 (BR Hampton, 65.2 ov), 202-8 (KDC Clarke, 66.2 ov), 214-9 (N Wagner, 69.2 ov), 225-10 (MJ Fisher, 76.1 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	0s	4s	WD	NB
Ian McPeake	20	1	83	4	4.15	88	13	0	2
Michael Snedden	15	6	23	2	1.53	78	2	1	0
James Hartshorn	17.1	8	27	2	1.57	93	5	0	2
AJ Leonard	12	4	40	0	3.33	58	6	0	3
Luke Georgeson	11	2	38	2	3.45	51	7	0	1
Rachin Ravindra	1	0	8	0	8.00	4	2	0	0

Partnerships

Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
1st	JA Raval 8(18) & HR Cooper 3(14)	12	31
2nd	B Popli 43(94) & HR Cooper 53(107)	105	197
3rd	B Popli 24(42) & JF Carter 13(37)	40	77
4th	TL Seifert 10(26) & B Popli 8(25)	19	51
5th	C de Grandhomme 12(5) & B Popli 0(5)	12	10
6th	C de Grandhomme 0(5) & BR Hampton 0(0)	0	5
7th	KDC Clarke 7(13) & BR Hampton 4(9)	12	21
8th	N Wagner 2(4) & KDC Clarke 0(2)	2	6
9th	JG Walker 1(7) & N Wagner 11(11)	12	18
10th	MJ Fisher 8(23) & JG Walker 3(18)	11	41

Wellington Firebirds 1st innings

370(106 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Luke Georgesonc JA Raval b C de Grandhomme	c JA Raval b C de Grandhomme	27	77	2	0	35.06
Rachin Ravindrac N Wagner b JG Walker	c N Wagner b JG Walker	126	253	12	1	49.80
Troy Johnsonc †TL Seifert b BR Hampton	c †TL Seifert b BR Hampton	18	33	4	0	54.55
Nick Kellyc N Wagner b MJ Fisher	c N Wagner b MJ Fisher	14	27	2	0	51.85
Tim Robinsonc MJ Fisher b C de Grandhomme	c MJ Fisher b C de Grandhomme	7	26	1	0	26.92
Tom Blundell †c sub (KD Clarke) b MJ Fisher	c sub (KD Clarke) b MJ Fisher	102	103	14	1	99.03
Nick Greenwoodc †TL Seifert b JG Walker	c †TL Seifert b JG Walker	9	54	1	0	16.67
AJ Leonardlbw b N Wagner	lbw b N Wagner	2	10	0	0	20.00
Ian McPeakelbw b MJ Fisher	lbw b MJ Fisher	3	28	0	0	10.71
Michael Sneddenst †TL Seifert b JG Walker	st †TL Seifert b JG Walker	29	24	3	2	120.83
James Hartshornnot out	not out	1*	7	0	0	14.29
Extras(b 12, lb 13, w 1, nb 6)	(b 12, lb 13, w 1, nb 6)	32
Total106 Ov (RR 3.49)	106 Ov (RR 3.49)	370

Fall of wickets: 61-1 (LI Georgeson, 22.3 ov), 99-2 (TM Johnson, 32.5 ov), 135-3 (NF Kelly, 44 ov), 153-4 (TB Robinson, 51.5 ov), 285-5 (TA Blundell, 78.3 ov), 309-6 (NA Greenwood, 89.3 ov), 312-7 (AJ Leonard, 92.2 ov), 325-8 (IG McPeake, 98.3 ov), 349-9 (R Ravindra, 103.1 ov), 370-10 (MW Snedden, 106 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Neil Wagner	19	3	49	1	2.58	88	4	0	0	0
Kris Clarke	13	2	62	0	4.77	54	10	0	0	0
Colin de Grandhomme	18	5	49	2	2.72	90	7	1	0	1
Brett Hampton	16	6	40	1	2.50	79	6	0	0	0
Joe Walker	23	5	72	3	3.13	95	4	2	0	1
Matthew Fisher	15	1	60	3	4.00	62	6	1	1	4
Henry Cooper	2	0	13	0	6.50	5	2	0	0	0

Partnerships

Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
1st	LI Georgeson 27(77) & R Ravindra 33(59)	61	135
2nd	TM Johnson 18(33) & R Ravindra 20(29)	38	62
3rd	NF Kelly 14(27) & R Ravindra 12(41)	36	67
4th	R Ravindra 7(21) & TB Robinson 7(26)	18	47
5th	TA Blundell 102(103) & R Ravindra 23(58)	132	160
6th	NA Greenwood 9(54) & R Ravindra 8(13)	24	66
7th	AJ Leonard 2(10) & R Ravindra 1(7)	3	17
8th	IG McPeake 3(28) & R Ravindra 9(10)	13	37
9th	MW Snedden 9(14) & R Ravindra 13(15)	24	28
10th	JW Hartshorn 1(7) & MW Snedden 20(10)	21	17

Northern Districts 2nd innings

394(108.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Henry Cooperc †TA Blundell b IG McPeake	c †TA Blundell b IG McPeake	90	158	12	1	56.96
Jeet Ravalc †TA Blundell b LI Georgeson	c †TA Blundell b LI Georgeson	54	93	7	0	58.06
Bharat Poplinot out	not out	127*	264	19	1	48.11
Joe Carterc †TA Blundell b IG McPeake	c †TA Blundell b IG McPeake	0	5	0	0	0.00
Tim Seifert †c TB Robinson b R Ravindra	c TB Robinson b R Ravindra	69	95	6	2	72.63
Colin de Grandhommeb MW Snedden	b MW Snedden	25	27	3	0	92.59
Brett Hamptonc †TA Blundell b IG McPeake	c †TA Blundell b IG McPeake	1	6	0	0	16.67
Kris Clarkec †TA Blundell b MW Snedden	c †TA Blundell b MW Snedden	5	8	1	0	62.50
Neil Wagnerb MW Snedden	b MW Snedden	0	1	0	0	0.00
Joe Walkerc †TA Blundell b IG McPeake	c †TA Blundell b IG McPeake	0	5	0	0	0.00
Matthew Fisherb IG McPeake	b IG McPeake	0	1	0	0	0.00
Extras(b 6, lb 5, w 1, nb 11)	(b 6, lb 5, w 1, nb 11)	23
Total108.4 Ov (RR 3.63)	108.4 Ov (RR 3.63)	394

Fall of wickets: 117-1 (JA Raval, 33 ov), 186-2 (HR Cooper, 54.5 ov), 190-3 (JF Carter, 56.4 ov), 331-4 (TL Seifert, 93.2 ov), 371-5 (C de Grandhomme, 102 ov), 378-6 (BR Hampton, 104.1 ov), 393-7 (KDC Clarke, 107.2 ov), 393-8 (N Wagner, 107.3 ov), 394-9 (JG Walker, 108.3 ov), 394-10 (MJ Fisher, 108.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Michael Snedden	22	5	56	3	2.55	104	8	0	0	1
Ian McPeake	19.4	2	82	5	4.17	86	13	1	0	0
AJ Leonard	10	1	38	0	3.80	45	5	0	0	5
James Hartshorn	11	1	52	0	4.73	45	9	0	0	1
Luke Georgeson	17	1	65	1	3.82	69	7	0	1	4
Rachin Ravindra	28	2	85	1	3.04	118	5	3	0	0
Nick Greenwood	1	0	5	0	5.00	4	1	0	0	0

Partnerships

Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
1st	HR Cooper 54(109) & JA Raval 54(93)	117	198
2nd	HR Cooper 36(49) & B Popli 32(82)	69	131
3rd	JF Carter 0(5) & B Popli 4(6)	4	11
4th	TL Seifert 69(95) & B Popli 61(130)	141	220
5th	C de Grandhomme 25(27) & B Popli 13(27)	40	52
6th	B Popli 6(7) & BR Hampton 1(6)	7	13
7th	KDC Clarke 5(8) & B Popli 10(11)	15	19
8th	N Wagner 0(1) & B Popli 0(0)	0	1
9th	JG Walker 0(5) & B Popli 1(1)	1	6
10th	MJ Fisher 0(1) & B Popli 0(0)	0	1

Wellington Firebirds 2nd innings

252/9(66.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Luke Georgesonc JG Walker b MJ Fisher	c JG Walker b MJ Fisher	21	33	2	1	63.64
Rachin Ravindrac †TL Seifert b BR Hampton	c †TL Seifert b BR Hampton	35	43	6	0	81.40
Troy Johnsonc JG Walker b MJ Fisher	c JG Walker b MJ Fisher	1	5	0	0	20.00
Nick Kellylbw b KDC Clarke	lbw b KDC Clarke	3	21	0	0	14.29
Tim Robinsonlbw b MJ Fisher	lbw b MJ Fisher	4	12	0	0	33.33
Tom Blundell †b MJ Fisher	b MJ Fisher	68	73	9	0	93.15
Nick Greenwoodb KDC Clarke	b KDC Clarke	45	103	7	0	43.69
AJ Leonardc †TL Seifert b KDC Clarke	c †TL Seifert b KDC Clarke	30	54	5	0	55.56
Ian McPeakeb MJ Fisher	b MJ Fisher	0	1	0	0	0.00
Michael Sneddennot out	not out	22*	53	1	0	41.51
James Hartshornnot out	not out	4*	7	1	0	57.14
Extras(b 4, lb 10, w 1, nb 4)	(b 4, lb 10, w 1, nb 4)	19
Total66.5 Ov (RR 3.77)	66.5 Ov (RR 3.77) · Target 250	252/9

Fall of wickets: 56-1 (R Ravindra, 11.4 ov), 58-2 (TM Johnson, 12.2 ov), 65-3 (LI Georgeson, 14.1 ov), 71-4 (TB Robinson, 16.4 ov), 82-5 (NF Kelly, 20.3 ov), 180-6 (NA Greenwood, 44.1 ov), 209-7 (TA Blundell, 52.1 ov), 209-8 (IG McPeake, 52.2 ov), 244-9 (AJ Leonard, 64.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Neil Wagner	16	0	42	0	2.63	72	4	0	0	2
Colin de Grandhomme	9	2	28	0	3.11	43	5	0	0	1
Matthew Fisher	12	1	66	5	5.50	43	8	1	1	1
Brett Hampton	10	2	26	1	2.60	47	4	0	0	0
Kris Clarke	12.5	1	55	3	4.29	54	8	0	0	0
Joe Walker	7	1	21	0	3.00	27	2	0	0	0

Partnerships

Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
1st	LI Georgeson 15(29) & R Ravindra 35(43)	56	70
2nd	TM Johnson 1(5) & LI Georgeson 0(0)	2	4
3rd	NF Kelly 1(7) & LI Georgeson 6(4)	7	11
4th	TB Robinson 4(12) & NF Kelly 2(3)	6	15
5th	TA Blundell 7(12) & NF Kelly 0(11)	11	23
6th	NA Greenwood 45(103) & TA Blundell 50(40)	98	142
7th	AJ Leonard 18(27) & TA Blundell 11(21)	29	48
8th	IG McPeake 0(1) & AJ Leonard 0(0)	0	1
9th	MW Snedden 18(47) & AJ Leonard 12(27)	35	74
10th	JW Hartshorn 4(7) & MW Snedden 4(6)	8*	13

Commentary

66.54

KDC Clarke to JW Hartshorn, FOUR

66.40

KDC Clarke to JW Hartshorn, no run

66.31

KDC Clarke to MW Snedden, 1 run

66.22

KDC Clarke to MW Snedden, 2 runs

66.10

KDC Clarke to MW Snedden, no run

End of over 661 runWF 245/9001000

JW Hartshorn 0(5)MW Snedden 19(50)N Wagner 16-0-42-0

65.60

N Wagner to JW Hartshorn, no run

65.50

N Wagner to JW Hartshorn, no run

65.40

N Wagner to JW Hartshorn, no run

65.31

N Wagner to MW Snedden, 1 run

65.20

N Wagner to MW Snedden, no run

65.10

N Wagner to MW Snedden, no run

End of over 653 runs, 1 wktWF 244/9030W00

JW Hartshorn 0(2)MW Snedden 18(47)KDC Clarke 12-1-48-3

64.60

KDC Clarke to JW Hartshorn, no run

64.50

KDC Clarke to JW Hartshorn, no run

64.4W

KDC Clarke to AJ Leonard, OUT

AJ Leonard c †TL Seifert b KDC Clarke 30(54) [4s-5 6s-0] · FoW 244/9 (64.4 ov)

64.30

KDC Clarke to AJ Leonard, no run

64.23

KDC Clarke to MW Snedden, 3 runs

64.10

KDC Clarke to MW Snedden, no run

End of over 642 runsWF 241/8010010

AJ Leonard 30(52)MW Snedden 15(45)N Wagner 15-0-41-0

63.60

N Wagner to AJ Leonard, no run

63.51

N Wagner to MW Snedden, 1 run

63.40

N Wagner to MW Snedden, no run

63.30

N Wagner to MW Snedden, no run

63.21

N Wagner to AJ Leonard, 1 run

63.10

N Wagner to AJ Leonard, no run

End of over 631 runWF 239/8001000

MW Snedden 14(42)AJ Leonard 29(49)KDC Clarke 11-1-45-2

62.60

KDC Clarke to MW Snedden, no run

62.50

KDC Clarke to MW Snedden, no run