Plunket ShieldMatch · First-class
Northern Districts beat Wellington Firebirds by an innings and 56 runs - Match Info
Cello Basin Reserve, . Northern Districts won the toss and chose to bowl.
Wellington Firebirds137 & 13049.1 ov
Northern Districts32391.3 ov
Northern Districts won by an innings and 56 runs
Match details
- Match
- Match, First-class · Plunket Shield 2017/18
- Date
- (Sun 25 Mar, 14:00 PKT)
- Venue
- Cello Basin Reserve
- Toss
- Northern Districts, chose to bowl
- Result
- Northern Districts won by an innings and 56 runs
- Umpires
- John Dempsey (New Zealand), Tony Gillies (New Zealand)
- Match referee
- K Pulley
Head to head (First-class)
Played 22 · WF won 5 · ND won 8 · Drawn 9
Last 5 meetings
- Match · Plunket Shield · ND 249 & 207 v WF 380 & 158Wellington Firebirds won by 82 runs
- Match · Plunket Shield · ND 262 & 162/1 v WF 151 & 269Northern Districts won by 9 wickets
- Match · Plunket Shield · WF 376/8d v ND 285 & 156/6Match drawn
- Match · Plunket Shield · ND 438/8d & 291/3d v WF 352/7d & 378/7Wellington Firebirds won by 3 wickets
- Match · Plunket Shield · WF 267 & 409/9 v ND 429Match drawn
Recent results (First-class)
- D vs CS · WF 530 & 264/8d v CS 423 & 108/8Match drawn
- W vs OV · OV 289 & 196 v WF 194 & 309Wellington Firebirds won by 18 runs
- W vs CAN · CAN 156 & 53 v WF 166 & 44/0Wellington Firebirds won by 10 wickets
- L vs CS · CS 172 & 172/3 v WF 171 & 172Central Stags won by 7 wickets
- W vs CAN · WF 159 & 116/5 v CAN 118 & 156Wellington Firebirds won by 5 wickets
- D vs OV · ND 227/8d v OV 331 & 101/3Match drawn
- D vs CAN · ND 409/4d v CAN 193 & 141/2Match drawn
- L vs AA · AA 339 & 199 v ND 237 & 161Auckland Aces won by 140 runs
- W vs OV · OV 248 & 318 v ND 456 & 135/9dNorthern Districts won by 25 runs
- L vs AA · ND 148 & 238 v AA 315 & 75/2Auckland Aces won by 8 wickets
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel Flynn ND | 8 | 591 | 112 | 42.21 | 58.28 |
| Stephen Murdoch WF | 7 | 449 | 97 | 37.42 | 52.70 |
| LJ Woodcock WF | 7 | 441 | 120 | 36.75 | 46.72 |
| Michael Papps WF | 8 | 412 | 160 | 29.43 | 49.34 |
| BJ Watling ND | 4 | 386 | 89 | 64.33 | 62.16 |
| Most wickets | M | Wkts | Econ |
|---|---|---|---|
| James Baker ND | 7 | 26 | 2.75 |
| Brent Arnel WF | 8 | 23 | 2.98 |
| Scott Kuggeleijn ND | 7 | 18 | 3.50 |
| Tim Southee ND | 2 | 13 | 3.22 |
| Trent Boult ND | 2 | 13 | 3.47 |
First-classs at Cello Basin Reserve
- Matches
- 5
- Average 1st-innings score
- 273
- Won batting first
- 1
- Won chasing
- 2
- Highest total
- 553/3 by Wellington Firebirds ()