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Auckland Aces v Wellington Firebirds

Auckland Aces won by 162 runs

Plunket Shield, Match 75 December 2025 to 8 December 2025Eden Park Outer Oval, Auckland

Auckland Acesbatted first

350/9d & 384/9d103.3 ov

Wellington Firebirds

249 & 323100.4 ov

Auckland Aces won the toss and chose to bat

AAAuckland Aces innings

350/9d89 ov

Auckland Aces batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
DN Phillips	c PF Younghusband b LR Dudding	6	6	1	0	100.0
SM Solia	c GR Severin b PF Younghusband	68	137	11	0	49.6
H Kannan	c PF Younghusband b Yahya Zeb	8	19	1	0	42.1
BJ Jacobs	c & b PF Younghusband	58	55	12	0	105.5
CD Fletcher	c TB Robinson b LR Dudding	79	170	9	0	46.5
LN Stackpole	c CR McLachlan b LR Dudding	34	34	2	2	100.0
SB Keene	c CR McLachlan b JW Hartshorn	21	23	3	0	91.3
RD Harrison	not out	31*	55	3	0	56.4
A Ashok	c CR McLachlan b LR Dudding	4	3	1	0	133.3
RK Gulati	c CR McLachlan b LR Dudding	15	12	3	0	125.0
BG Lister	not out	15*	20	3	0	75.0
Extras	b 1, lb 8, w 2	11
Total	9 wickets, 89 overs, run rate 3.93	350

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 390

1-6 DN Phillips2-48 H Kannan3-128 BJ Jacobs4-165 SM Solia5-212 LN Stackpole6-250 SB Keene7-306 CD Fletcher8-310 A Ashok9-326 RK Gulati

Bowling to Auckland Aces
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Wd
LR Dudding	15	1	67	5	4.47	61	12	0	0
JW Hartshorn	17	3	52	1	3.06	77	9	0	0
Yahya Zeb	13	1	56	1	4.31	54	9	0	2
MW Snedden	17	3	79	0	4.65	70	13	1	0
PF Younghusband	24	1	81	2	3.38	91	6	1	0
NA Greenwood	3	1	6	0	2.00	12	0	0	0

WFWellington Firebirds innings

24975.4 ov

Wellington Firebirds batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
NA Greenwood	c BJ Jacobs b SB Keene	15	26	2	0	57.7
MW Snedden	b BG Lister	8	42	0	0	19.0
GR Severin	c H Kannan b SB Keene	26	42	5	0	61.9
NF Kelly	lbw b SB Keene	3	17	0	0	17.6
TB Robinson	c CD Fletcher b SB Keene	18	15	2	1	120.0
CR McLachlan	not out	89*	160	11	2	55.6
PF Younghusband	c LN Stackpole b RK Gulati	61	104	8	0	58.7
JW Hartshorn	c DN Phillips b RK Gulati	1	9	0	0	11.1
LR Dudding	c & b RK Gulati	3	17	0	0	17.6
Yahya Zeb	b RD Harrison	0	12	0	0	0.0
JM Tashkoff	c SB Keene b A Ashok	5	14	1	0	35.7
Extras	b 9, lb 5, w 2, nb 4	20
Total	all out, 75.4 overs, run rate 3.29	249

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 390

1-34 NA Greenwood2-37 MW Snedden3-61 NF Kelly4-83 TB Robinson5-84 GR Severin6-182 PF Younghusband7-184 JW Hartshorn8-214 LR Dudding9-234 Yahya Zeb10-249 JM Tashkoff

Bowling to Wellington Firebirds
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Wd	Nb
BG Lister	15	6	43	1	2.87	68	5	1	0	2
SB Keene	17	6	36	4	2.12	81	3	0	1	1
RD Harrison	8	0	51	1	6.38	32	9	1	1	1
RK Gulati	26	4	78	3	3.00	109	7	1	0	0
A Ashok	9.4	1	27	1	2.79	46	5	0	0	0

AAAuckland Aces innings

384/9d103.3 ov

Auckland Aces batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
DN Phillips	b LR Dudding	6	26	0	0	23.1
SM Solia	b JW Hartshorn	0	5	0	0	0.0
H Kannan	c CR McLachlan b MW Snedden	3	25	0	0	12.0
CD Fletcher	run out (LR Dudding)	85	206	8	2	41.3
LN Stackpole	lbw b LR Dudding	35	52	5	1	67.3
BJ Jacobs	c TB Robinson b NA Greenwood	125	135	13	6	92.6
RD Harrison	not out	50*	100	4	1	50.0
SB Keene	c SM Mycock (sub) b PF Younghusband	17	33	1	0	51.5
A Ashok	c TB Robinson b NA Greenwood	4	17	0	0	23.5
RK Gulati	c NA Greenwood b PF Younghusband	34	29	2	2	117.2
Extras	b 4, lb 10, w 4, nb 7	25
Total	9 wickets, 103.3 overs, run rate 3.71	384

Did not batBG Lister

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 390

1-4 SM Solia2-17 DN Phillips3-26 H Kannan4-80 LN Stackpole5-268 BJ Jacobs6-285 CD Fletcher7-326 SB Keene8-333 A Ashok9-384 RK Gulati

Bowling to Auckland Aces
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Wd	Nb
LR Dudding	20	8	39	2	1.95	98	4	1	1	0
JW Hartshorn	2.2	1	3	1	1.29	11	0	0	0	0
MW Snedden	19.4	2	64	1	3.25	92	8	0	1	7
Yahya Zeb	14	2	55	0	3.93	62	9	1	2	0
PF Younghusband	34.3	4	148	2	4.29	127	8	8	0	0
NA Greenwood	13	2	61	2	4.69	43	4	2	0	0

WFWellington Firebirds innings

323100.4 ov

Wellington Firebirds batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
NA Greenwood	run out (H Kannan, CD Fletcher)	25	92	2	0	27.2
MW Snedden	lbw b RK Gulati	3	26	0	0	11.5
LR Dudding	c CD Fletcher b SB Keene	1	2	0	0	50.0
GR Severin	c SB Keene b BG Lister	11	29	1	0	37.9
NF Kelly	b A Ashok	59	83	4	2	71.1
TB Robinson	b RK Gulati	106	144	9	2	73.6
CR McLachlan	c A Ashok b SB Keene	85	148	14	0	57.4
PF Younghusband	c LN Stackpole b RK Gulati	5	25	1	0	20.0
Yahya Zeb	not out	6*	35	1	0	17.1
JM Tashkoff	b BG Lister	0	6	0	0	0.0
JW Hartshorn	b A Ashok	9	14	2	0	64.3
Extras	b 2, lb 10, w 1	13
Total	all out, 100.4 overs, run rate 3.21	323

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 390

1-20 MW Snedden2-21 LR Dudding3-37 GR Severin4-71 NA Greenwood5-145 NF Kelly6-277 TB Robinson7-305 PF Younghusband8-313 CR McLachlan9-313 JM Tashkoff10-323 JW Hartshorn

Bowling to Wellington Firebirds
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Wd
BG Lister	18	5	34	2	1.89	86	5	0	0
SB Keene	17	2	50	2	2.94	74	7	0	0
RK Gulati	32	8	71	3	2.22	147	5	1	0
A Ashok	21.4	3	77	2	3.55	92	6	3	0
RD Harrison	10	1	69	0	6.90	29	10	0	1
DN Phillips	2	0	10	0	5.00	5	1	0	0

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Match facts

Format: Multi-day match
Competition: Plunket Shield
Toss: Auckland Aces, chose to bat
Umpires: BS Wilson and C Black
Match referee: SRM Morris
Season: 2025/26

Conditions

The day's weather at the ground.

Day 1: 21 / 16°C, 0.1 mm rain
Day 2: 23 / 16°C, 0.1 mm rain
Day 3: 25 / 15°C, dry
Day 4: 27 / 17°C, dry

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