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Northern Districts v Otago Volts

Otago Volts won by 4 wickets

Plunket Shield, Match 2118 March 2026 to 21 March 2026University Oval, Dunedin

Northern Districtsbatted first

339 & 27186.3 ov

Otago Volts

258 & 353/6101.1 ov

Otago Volts won the toss and chose to field

NDNorthern Districts innings

33985.3 ov

Northern Districts batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
JA Raval	b TC O'Connor	51	98	6	0	52.0
HR Cooper	c JCT Boyle b DK Ferns	28	62	4	0	45.2
B Popli	c MW Chu b LI Georgeson	72	108	7	2	66.7
JF Carter	c MW Chu b JD McKay	84	98	11	0	85.7
RR O'Donnell	c & b JD McKay	20	33	4	0	60.6
KDC Clarke	c TK Parkes b DK Ferns	38	54	1	2	70.4
BJ Pomare	b TC O'Connor	2	17	0	0	11.8
SC Kuggeleijn	b TC O'Connor	0	1	0	0	0.0
TJG Pringle	b TC O'Connor	5	5	1	0	100.0
JH Brown	c MW Chu b DK Ferns	22	33	3	0	66.7
ZN Gibson	not out	5*	6	1	0	83.3
Extras	lb 3, w 7, nb 2	12
Total	all out, 85.3 overs, run rate 3.96	339

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 360

1-55 HR Cooper2-105 JA Raval3-220 B Popli4-255 RR O'Donnell5-266 JF Carter6-275 BJ Pomare7-275 SC Kuggeleijn8-285 TJG Pringle9-322 JH Brown10-339 KDC Clarke

Bowling to Northern Districts
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Wd	Nb
LI Georgeson	16	4	66	1	4.13	68	10	0	0	1
TC O'Connor	20	2	86	4	4.30	84	8	1	3	1
JD McKay	15	0	52	2	3.47	63	7	0	2	0
DK Ferns	17.3	1	64	3	3.66	77	7	1	2	0
BNJ Lockrose	8	0	48	0	6.00	27	5	2	0	0
TM Johnson	9	2	20	0	2.22	39	1	0	0	0

OVOtago Volts innings

25877.2 ov

Otago Volts batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
JCT Boyle	c BJ Pomare b SC Kuggeleijn	85	162	8	0	52.5
JM Cumming	lbw b SC Kuggeleijn	7	15	0	0	46.7
TC Jones	c SC Kuggeleijn b KDC Clarke	28	44	4	0	63.6
TK Parkes	b TJG Pringle	11	20	2	0	55.0
TM Johnson	c B Popli b ZN Gibson	23	55	3	0	41.8
LI Georgeson	c JA Raval b ZN Gibson	0	3	0	0	0.0
MW Chu	b JH Brown	40	78	4	0	51.3
BNJ Lockrose	c B Popli b TJG Pringle	20	47	2	0	42.6
TC O'Connor	c ZN Gibson b TJG Pringle	21	33	2	2	63.6
DK Ferns	c BJ Pomare b ZN Gibson	4	8	1	0	50.0
JD McKay	not out	0*	4	0	0	0.0
Extras	b 4, lb 2, w 8, nb 5	19
Total	all out, 77.2 overs, run rate 3.34	258

Did not batMB Bacon

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 360

1-16 JM Cumming2-61 TC Jones3-77 TK Parkes4-128 TM Johnson5-128 LI Georgeson6-206 MW Chu7-219 JCT Boyle8-253 TC O'Connor9-254 BNJ Lockrose10-258 DK Ferns

Bowling to Otago Volts
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Wd	Nb
ZN Gibson	15.2	2	67	3	4.37	62	7	1	3	0
SC Kuggeleijn	15	1	45	2	3.00	64	5	0	1	0
KDC Clarke	9	0	29	1	3.22	40	3	0	0	3
TJG Pringle	19	3	48	3	2.53	87	5	1	0	0
HR Cooper	1	0	2	0	2.00	4	0	0	0	0
JH Brown	12	0	46	1	3.83	45	5	0	0	2
JA Raval	6	0	15	0	2.50	24	1	0	0	0

NDNorthern Districts innings

27186.3 ov

Northern Districts batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
HR Cooper	c JM Cumming b TC O'Connor	5	25	1	0	20.0
JA Raval	b TC O'Connor	1	4	0	0	25.0
ZN Gibson	c MW Chu b MB Bacon	43	92	5	0	46.7
B Popli	c JM Cumming b TC O'Connor	8	10	1	0	80.0
JF Carter	st MW Chu b BNJ Lockrose	81	171	8	0	47.4
RR O'Donnell	c JM Cumming b MB Bacon	12	24	2	0	50.0
KDC Clarke	c MW Chu b MB Bacon	26	58	5	0	44.8
BJ Pomare	lbw b TK Parkes	49	72	6	2	68.1
SC Kuggeleijn	lbw b BNJ Lockrose	0	5	0	0	0.0
TJG Pringle	c MB Bacon b JD McKay	24	36	0	2	66.7
JH Brown	not out	14*	25	2	0	56.0
Extras	lb 1, w 4, nb 3	8
Total	all out, 86.3 overs, run rate 3.13	271

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 360

1-5 JA Raval2-17 HR Cooper3-25 B Popli4-76 ZN Gibson5-95 RR O'Donnell6-156 KDC Clarke7-222 JF Carter8-222 SC Kuggeleijn9-235 BJ Pomare10-271 TJG Pringle

Bowling to Northern Districts
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Wd	Nb
TC O'Connor	19	2	65	3	3.42	84	10	0	0	0
LI Georgeson	11	3	21	0	1.91	54	1	0	1	2
JD McKay	14.3	3	36	1	2.48	66	4	0	0	1
DK Ferns	13	2	49	0	3.77	55	7	0	0	0
MB Bacon	17	2	48	3	2.82	80	5	1	3	0
BNJ Lockrose	10	1	36	2	3.60	40	3	1	0	0
TK Parkes	2	0	15	1	7.50	8	0	2	0	0

OVOtago Volts innings

353/6101.1 ov

Otago Volts batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
JM Cumming	lbw b TJG Pringle	45	69	5	1	65.2
TK Parkes	c HR Cooper b SC Kuggeleijn	53	90	7	0	58.9
TC Jones	c BJ Pomare b TJG Pringle	20	42	2	0	47.6
TM Johnson	lbw b SC Kuggeleijn	57	145	4	0	39.3
LI Georgeson	b JA Raval	6	23	0	0	26.1
MW Chu	not out	71*	145	9	0	49.0
BNJ Lockrose	b ZN Gibson	0	4	0	0	0.0
TC O'Connor	not out	84*	90	6	6	93.3
Extras	b 9, lb 1, w 6, nb 1	17
Total	6 wickets, 101.1 overs, run rate 3.49	353

Did not batMB Bacon, JCT Boyle, DK Ferns, JD McKay

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 360

1-84 JM Cumming2-116 TK Parkes3-128 TC Jones4-141 LI Georgeson5-248 TM Johnson6-249 BNJ Lockrose

Bowling to Otago Volts
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Wd	Nb
ZN Gibson	19	1	62	1	3.26	77	5	1	1	0
SC Kuggeleijn	14	2	53	2	3.79	58	6	2	1	0
KDC Clarke	18	2	55	0	3.06	78	7	0	0	0
TJG Pringle	28.1	3	76	2	2.70	123	8	0	0	0
HR Cooper	4	0	12	0	3.00	15	1	0	0	0
JH Brown	10	1	59	0	5.90	39	5	4	0	1
JA Raval	8	1	26	1	3.25	29	1	0	1	0

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Match facts

Format: Multi-day match
Competition: Plunket Shield
Toss: Otago Volts, chose to field
Umpires: JM Dempsey and N Louw
Match referee: GB Troup
Season: 2025/26

Conditions

The day's weather at the ground.

Day 1: 16 / 11°C, 3.6 mm rain
Day 2: 16 / 11°C, 0.1 mm rain
Day 3: 15 / 12°C, dry
Day 4: 16 / 12°C, dry

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