Multi-dayMenUpset 69

Otago Volts v Wellington Firebirds

Otago Volts won by 7 wickets

Plunket Shield, Match 218 November 2025 to 21 November 2025Basin Reserve, Wellington

Otago Voltsbatted first

522/9d & 96/322 ov

Wellington Firebirds

224 & 39394 ov

Wellington Firebirds won the toss and chose to field

OVOtago Volts innings

522/9d120 ov

Otago Volts batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
JCT Boyle	b NA Greenwood	156	254	13	3	61.4
JM Cumming	lbw b PF Younghusband	113	156	16	2	72.4
TC Jones	c TA Blundell b NA Greenwood	119	124	16	3	96.0
TK Parkes	c TA Blundell b LR Dudding	24	33	4	0	72.7
GD Phillips	c JM Tashkoff b NA Greenwood	6	18	0	0	33.3
JD McKay	c TA Blundell b JW Hartshorn	23	43	5	0	53.5
MW Chu	lbw b LR Dudding	7	5	1	0	140.0
LI Georgeson	c NA Greenwood b MW Snedden	14	44	2	0	31.8
BNJ Lockrose	b PF Younghusband	4	13	0	0	30.8
DK Ferns	not out	25*	24	1	2	104.2
MB Bacon	not out	11*	12	0	1	91.7
Extras	b 6, lb 5, w 3, nb 6	20
Total	9 wickets, 120 overs, run rate 4.35	522

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 530

1-210 JM Cumming2-393 JCT Boyle3-403 TC Jones4-419 GD Phillips5-438 TK Parkes6-456 MW Chu7-469 JD McKay8-476 BNJ Lockrose9-499 LI Georgeson

Bowling to Otago Volts
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Wd	Nb
LR Dudding	24	5	69	2	2.88	114	10	0	0	0
JW Hartshorn	26	3	99	1	3.81	108	11	3	1	0
MW Snedden	19	2	80	1	4.21	79	8	1	2	6
PF Younghusband	27	0	133	2	4.93	99	14	5	0	0
NA Greenwood	11	1	40	3	3.64	43	5	0	0	0
TB Robinson	6	0	46	0	7.67	14	7	0	0	0
JM Tashkoff	5	0	32	0	6.40	11	1	2	0	0
GR Severin	2	0	12	0	6.00	6	2	0	0	0

WFWellington Firebirds innings

22457.1 ov

Wellington Firebirds batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
SM Mycock	c JM Cumming b MB Bacon	23	39	5	0	59.0
NA Greenwood	c MW Chu b DK Ferns	15	31	3	0	48.4
GR Severin	c GD Phillips b JD McKay	12	23	3	0	52.2
NF Kelly	c MW Chu b JD McKay	41	36	9	0	113.9
TB Robinson	not out	87*	102	5	4	85.3
TA Blundell	c TC Jones b GD Phillips	3	15	0	0	20.0
JM Tashkoff	c JCT Boyle b JD McKay	24	61	3	0	39.3
PF Younghusband	b DK Ferns	6	24	1	0	25.0
MW Snedden	st MW Chu b GD Phillips	0	2	0	0	0.0
JW Hartshorn	b DK Ferns	3	5	0	0	60.0
LR Dudding	b DK Ferns	2	6	0	0	33.3
Extras	b 6, lb 1, nb 1	8
Total	all out, 57.1 overs, run rate 3.92	224

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 530

1-39 NA Greenwood2-43 SM Mycock3-71 GR Severin4-98 NF Kelly5-121 TA Blundell6-180 JM Tashkoff7-200 PF Younghusband8-201 MW Snedden9-204 JW Hartshorn10-224 LR Dudding

Bowling to Wellington Firebirds
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Nb
LI Georgeson	7	0	51	0	7.29	27	12	0	0
DK Ferns	12.1	1	44	4	3.62	58	7	1	1
MB Bacon	9	2	17	1	1.89	46	2	0	0
JD McKay	11	3	37	3	3.36	50	4	1	0
GD Phillips	13	1	47	2	3.62	42	2	1	0
BNJ Lockrose	5	0	21	0	4.20	21	2	1	0

WFWellington Firebirds innings

39394 ov

Wellington Firebirds batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
SM Mycock	c TC Jones b GD Phillips	3	24	0	0	12.5
NA Greenwood	c JM Cumming b DK Ferns	0	2	0	0	0.0
GR Severin	c MW Chu b MB Bacon	65	122	7	1	53.3
MW Snedden	c MW Chu b LI Georgeson	13	28	2	0	46.4
NF Kelly	c LI Georgeson b GD Phillips	150	210	21	1	71.4
TB Robinson	c MW Chu b MB Bacon	1	2	0	0	50.0
TA Blundell	c MW Chu b LI Georgeson	3	11	0	0	27.3
JM Tashkoff	lbw b BNJ Lockrose	97	100	11	3	97.0
PF Younghusband	b MB Bacon	9	20	0	1	45.0
JW Hartshorn	not out	17*	22	2	0	77.3
LR Dudding	c MW Chu b GD Phillips	22	23	4	0	95.7
Extras	b 5, lb 6, w 2	13
Total	all out, 94 overs, run rate 4.18	393

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 530

1-5 NA Greenwood2-9 SM Mycock3-33 MW Snedden4-127 GR Severin5-129 TB Robinson6-145 TA Blundell7-332 JM Tashkoff8-353 PF Younghusband9-357 NF Kelly10-393 LR Dudding

Bowling to Wellington Firebirds
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Wd
DK Ferns	14	5	52	1	3.71	61	7	1	0
LI Georgeson	16	5	67	2	4.19	63	10	0	0
JD McKay	13	0	90	0	6.92	43	14	1	2
GD Phillips	24	3	60	3	2.50	103	4	1	0
MB Bacon	13	0	53	3	4.08	52	7	1	0
BNJ Lockrose	10	1	35	1	3.50	37	4	0	0
JCT Boyle	4	1	25	0	6.25	14	1	2	0

OVOtago Volts innings

96/322 ov

Otago Volts batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
JM Cumming	not out	42*	69	7	1	60.9
JCT Boyle	b JW Hartshorn	10	34	1	0	29.4
TC Jones	b JW Hartshorn	0	2	0	0	0.0
TK Parkes	b LR Dudding	8	7	1	0	114.3
GD Phillips	not out	28*	20	4	2	140.0
Extras	lb 8	8
Total	3 wickets, 22 overs, run rate 4.36	96

Did not batJD McKay, MW Chu, LI Georgeson, BNJ Lockrose, DK Ferns, MB Bacon

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 530

1-36 JCT Boyle2-36 TC Jones3-51 TK Parkes

Bowling to Otago Volts
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s
LR Dudding	8	4	27	1	3.38	38	6	0
JW Hartshorn	10	2	39	2	3.90	47	4	2
PF Younghusband	2	0	3	0	1.50	9	0	0
MW Snedden	1	0	1	0	1.00	5	0	0
NA Greenwood	1	0	18	0	18.00	1	3	1

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Match facts

Format: Multi-day match
Competition: Plunket Shield
Toss: Wellington Firebirds, chose to field
Umpires: C Black and PJ Pasco
Match referee: G Stretch
Season: 2025/26

Conditions

The day's weather at the ground.

Day 1: 18 / 15°C, 0.6 mm rain
Day 2: 19 / 16°C, 3.5 mm rain
Day 3: 19 / 14°C, 0.2 mm rain
Day 4: 17 / 14°C, dry

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