f63307 ps1749
	Plunket Shield 2025/26
Venue	Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui on 26th, 27th, 28th, 29th November 2025 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Northern Districts won the toss and decided to field
Result
Umpires	SJ Kannan,CR Pryor
Referee	GB Troup
Scorers	CP High,CL James
Close of play day 1	Auckland (1) 302/8 (Harrison 53*,Ashok 38*; 96 overs)
Close of play day 2	Auckland (2) 120/1 (Phillips 70*,Kannan 19*; 31 overs)
Close of play day 3	Northern Districts (2) 99/0 (Raval 38*,Cooper 57*; 36 overs)
Ball-by-ball	Innings 1,Innings 2,Innings 3,Innings 4

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Auckland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
DN Phillips	cRaval bClarke	40	77	117	6	-	58
*SM Solia	cBrown bClarke	1	6	10	-	-	5
HA Kannan	cMann bClarke	24	65	72	5	-	56
B Jacobs	lbw bNaylor	26	66	82	4	-	55
+CD Fletcher	bPringle	26	58	99	3	-	48
LN Stackpole	bHampton	36	35	39	3	3	25
SB Keene	bPringle	9	12	29	1	-	6
JJ McKenzie	cMann bBrown	16	38	40	3	-	32
RD Harrison	not out	54	112	178	6	-	80
A Ashok	cNaylor bBrown	38	123	144	6	-	106
RK Gulati	cCarter bClarke	4	17	11	-	-	13
Extras	(17 b, 2 lb, 14 nb)	33
Total	(all out, 417 minutes, 99.1 overs)	307
Fall of wickets:
1-6 (Solia, 2.1 ov), 2-66 (Kannan, 19.3 ov), 3-85 (Phillips, 27.4 ov), 4-116 (Jacobs, 39.4 ov), 5-173 (Stackpole, 48.3 ov), 6-178 (Fletcher, 50.3 ov), 7-191 (Keene, 55.1 ov), 8-205 (McKenzie, 60.2 ov), 9-302 (Ashok, 96.1 ov), 10-307 (Gulati, 99.1 ov)

Northern Districts bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Clarke	22.1	6	53	4	-	8	111	6	-
Naylor	21	4	56	1	-	-	99	7	-
Hampton	19	2	85	1	-	5	89	12	3
Brown	20	3	55	2	-	1	91	6	-
Pringle	17	6	39	2	-	-	83	6	-

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Northern Districts first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
HR Cooper	bGulati	43	100	143	4	-	71
*JA Raval	cPhillips bKeene	12	36	54	2	-	30
KS Williamson	cMcKenzie bGulati	17	22	22	2	-	15
B Popli	cPhillips bGulati	8	22	21	1	-	19
JF Carter	cStackpole bAshok	38	113	137	2	-	86
BR Hampton	cFletcher bAshok	8	14	16	-	-	7
KDC Clarke	cKeene bGulati	12	28	39	1	-	20
+A Mann	stFletcher bGulati	0	4	2	-	-	4
TJG Pringle	cSolia bGulati	0	7	11	-	-	7
JH Brown	lbw bAshok	3	16	12	-	-	14
JJ Naylor	not out	0	4	7	-	-	4
RR O'Donnell	did not bat
Extras	(4 nb, 7 w)	11
Total	(all out, 240 minutes, 60.2 overs)	152
Fall of wickets:
1-37 (Raval, 12.5 ov), 2-61 (Williamson, 17.6 ov), 3-76 (Popli, 23.4 ov), 4-101 (Cooper, 35.3 ov), 5-118 (Hampton, 40.1 ov), 6-141 (Clarke, 51.2 ov), 7-141 (Mann, 51.6 ov), 8-142 (Pringle, 55.1 ov), 9-147 (Brown, 58.4 ov), 10-152 (Carter, 60.2 ov)

Auckland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
McKenzie	7	1	32	0	1	2	31	3	-
Keene	11	4	17	1	1	-	57	2	-
Harrison	4	0	21	0	1	2	16	2	-
Gulati	22	4	51	6	-	-	99	3	-
Ashok	16.2	4	31	3	-	-	73	2	-

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Auckland second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
DN Phillips	c and bCooper	107	177	226	8	2	115
*SM Solia	cPopli bPringle	20	45	53	4	-	38
HA Kannan	cO'Donnell bPringle	78	178	245	6	1	129
B Jacobs	cCarter bPringle	66	70	94	3	4	36
+CD Fletcher	not out	24	49	67	-	1	33
LN Stackpole	bPringle	26	22	25	-	3	11
SB Keene	not out	13	16	17	-	1	9
JJ McKenzie	did not bat
RD Harrison	did not bat
A Ashok	did not bat
RK Gulati	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 7 lb, 7 nb, 3 w)	20
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 368 minutes, 91.4 overs)	354
Fall of wickets:
1-55 (Solia, 13.5 ov), 2-203 (Phillips, 57.2 ov), 3-275 (Kannan, 74.4 ov), 4-302 (Jacobs, 80.2 ov), 5-332 (Stackpole, 86.6 ov)

Northern Districts bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Clarke	12	2	42	0	1	4	52	4	-
Naylor	12	0	48	0	1	-	47	5	-
Pringle	30	2	136	4	-	-	115	6	9
Brown	11	4	27	0	1	-	47	2	-
Hampton	5	0	34	0	-	3	15	3	1
Raval	5.4	2	19	0	-	-	21	1	-
Cooper	16	1	38	1	-	-	70	-	2

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Northern Districts second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
*JA Raval	not out	38	114	141	2	-	88
HR Cooper	not out	57	104	141	7	-	73
KS Williamson	still to bat
B Popli	still to bat
JF Carter	still to bat
BR Hampton	still to bat
KDC Clarke	still to bat
+A Mann	still to bat
TJG Pringle	still to bat
JH Brown	still to bat
JJ Naylor	still to bat
Extras	(1 b, 2 nb, 1 w)	4
Total	(no wicket, 141 minutes, 36 overs)	99

Auckland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
McKenzie	4	0	13	0	1	2	18	1	-
Keene	7	3	14	0	-	-	35	2	-
Gulati	14	4	33	0	-	-	63	3	-
Ashok	10	3	33	0	-	-	39	2	-
Phillips	1	0	5	0	-	-	4	1	-

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Notes
--> Day 1 Lunch: Auckland (1) 96/3 (Jacobs 13*,Fletcher 2*; 34 overs)
--> Day 1 Tea: Auckland (1) 207/8 (Harrison 7*,Ashok 0*; 64 overs)
--> Day 2 Lunch: Northern Districts (1) 84/3 (Cooper 32*,Carter 5*; 28 overs)
--> Day 2 Tea: Northern Districts (1) 152/10 (Naylor 0*; 60.2 overs)
--> Day 3 Lunch: Auckland (2) 225/2 (Kannan 65*,Jacobs 15*; 66 overs)
--> Day 3 Tea: Auckland (2) 354/5 (Fletcher 24*,Keene 13*; 91.4 overs)
--> Auckland first innings: 50 in 14.5 overs
--> Auckland first innings: 100 in 34.3 overs
--> Auckland first innings: 150 in 44.4 overs
--> Auckland first innings: 200 in 59.2 overs
--> Auckland first innings: 250 in 77.2 overs
--> Auckland first innings: 300 in 94.2 overs
--> Northern Districts first innings: 50 in 13.5 overs
--> Northern Districts first innings: 100 in 35.1 overs
--> Northern Districts first innings: 150 in 59.2 overs
--> Auckland second innings: 50 in 13.2 overs
--> Auckland second innings: 100 in 23.5 overs
--> Auckland second innings: 150 in 41.1 overs
--> Auckland second innings: 200 in 55.4 overs
--> Auckland second innings: 250 in 70.5 overs
--> Auckland second innings: 300 in 78.5 overs
--> Auckland second innings: 350 in 91.1 overs
--> Northern Districts second innings: 50 in 19.4 overs
-->JJ Naylor made his debut in Plunket Shield matches
-->JJ Naylor made his debut in First-Class matches
-->SM Solia (1) passed 3500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 1
-->CD Fletcher (1) passed 4000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 17
-->RD Harrison (1) passed his previous highest score of 46 in First-Class matches
-->RD Harrison (1) passed his previous highest score of 46 in Plunket Shield matches
-->RD Harrison (1) 50 in 101 balls with 6 fours
-->HR Cooper (1) passed 4000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 40
-->DN Phillips (2) 50 in 61 balls with 4 fours and 2 sixes
-->DN Phillips (2) 100 in 152 balls with 8 fours and 2 sixes
-->HA Kannan (2) passed his previous highest score of 38 in First-Class matches
-->HA Kannan (2) passed his previous highest score of 38 in Plunket Shield matches
-->HA Kannan (2) 50 in 117 balls with 5 fours
-->B Jacobs (2) 50 in 55 balls with 3 fours and 2 sixes
-->HR Cooper (2) 50 in 80 balls with 7 fours
-->JA Raval (2) passed 10000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 2
-->RK Gulati achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches when he dismissedTJG Pringle in the Northern Districts first innings (previous best was 5-46)
-->RK Gulati achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Plunket Shield matches when he dismissedTJG Pringle in the Northern Districts first innings (previous best was 5-46)
-->TJG Pringle achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches when he dismissedLN Stackpole in the Auckland second innings (previous best was 3-83)
-->TJG Pringle achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Plunket Shield matches when he dismissedLN Stackpole in the Auckland second innings (previous best was 3-83)
-->DN Phillips (26) andHA Kannan (15) added 50 in 90 balls for the Auckland 2nd wicket in the first innings
-->CD Fletcher (13) andLN Stackpole (34) added 50 in 40 balls for the Auckland 5th wicket in the first innings
-->RD Harrison (26) andA Ashok (20) added 50 in 120 balls for the Auckland 9th wicket in the first innings
-->DN Phillips (27) andSM Solia (20) added 50 in 81 balls for the Auckland 1st wicket in the second innings
-->DN Phillips (35) andHA Kannan (11) added 50 in 64 balls for the Auckland 2nd wicket in the second innings
-->DN Phillips (59) andHA Kannan (34) added 100 in 176 balls for the Auckland 2nd wicket in the second innings
-->HA Kannan (15) andB Jacobs (37) added 50 in 86 balls for the Auckland 3rd wicket in the second innings
-->JA Raval (14) andHR Cooper (32) added 50 in 120 balls for the Northern Districts 1st wicket in the second innings

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