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Wellington Firebirds v Auckland Aces

Auckland Aces won by 8 wickets

Plunket Shield, Match 1918 March 2026 to 20 March 2026Basin Reserve, Wellington

Wellington Firebirdsbatted first

309 & 18153.5 ov

Auckland Aces

414 & 77/214.5 ov

Auckland Aces won the toss and chose to field

WFWellington Firebirds innings

30974.4 ov

Wellington Firebirds batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
JM Tashkoff	b RD Harrison	37	33	7	0	112.1
NA Greenwood	c MW Alpe b SB Keene	21	32	3	0	65.6
GR Severin	c SB Keene b RD Harrison	20	29	3	0	69.0
MA Abbas	c LD Watson b RD Harrison	42	62	5	0	67.7
CR McLachlan	c MW Alpe b Samrath Singh	33	49	5	0	67.3
TA Blundell	b A Ashok	96	128	6	6	75.0
OT Jackson	c RD Harrison b Samrath Singh	10	12	1	0	83.3
PF Younghusband	c MW Alpe b Samrath Singh	14	47	2	0	29.8
MW Snedden	lbw b SB Keene	5	37	0	0	13.5
JW Hartshorn	run out (LN Stackpole, A Ashok)	0	0	0	0	-
LR Dudding	not out	7*	19	1	0	36.8
Extras	b 11, lb 8, w 5	24
Total	all out, 74.4 overs, run rate 4.14	309

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 420

1-55 JM Tashkoff2-63 NA Greenwood3-94 GR Severin4-157 CR McLachlan5-157 MA Abbas6-180 OT Jackson7-227 PF Younghusband8-248 MW Snedden9-249 JW Hartshorn10-309 TA Blundell

Bowling to Wellington Firebirds
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Wd
Samrath Singh	19	1	94	3	4.95	75	14	2	1
SB Keene	17	2	62	2	3.65	74	7	0	1
RD Harrison	15	4	57	3	3.80	66	7	1	2
RK Gulati	11	1	49	0	4.45	43	3	3	0
A Ashok	12.4	1	28	1	2.21	56	2	0	0

AAAuckland Aces innings

41493.5 ov

Auckland Aces batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
DN Phillips	c CR McLachlan b JW Hartshorn	0	7	0	0	0.0
SM Solia	c GR Severin b PF Younghusband	17	47	2	0	36.2
LD Watson	c JW Hartshorn b NA Greenwood	86	133	14	1	64.7
S Dixit	c GR Severin b MW Snedden	18	45	2	0	40.0
LN Stackpole	not out	172*	179	20	6	96.1
SB Keene	b MA Abbas	62	69	7	1	89.9
RD Harrison	c CR McLachlan b OT Jackson	8	22	1	0	36.4
MW Alpe	c JM Tashkoff b MW Snedden	35	58	6	0	60.3
A Ashok	c GR Severin b MW Snedden	0	1	0	0	0.0
Samrath Singh	c CR McLachlan b MW Snedden	0	2	0	0	0.0
RK Gulati	b MW Snedden	0	7	0	0	0.0
Extras	b 8, lb 1, nb 7	16
Total	all out, 93.5 overs, run rate 4.41	414

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 420

1-1 DN Phillips2-49 SM Solia3-107 S Dixit4-145 LD Watson5-297 SB Keene6-324 RD Harrison7-403 MW Alpe8-403 A Ashok9-403 Samrath Singh10-414 RK Gulati

Bowling to Auckland Aces
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Nb
LR Dudding	17	5	58	0	3.41	73	9	0	0
JW Hartshorn	17	2	76	1	4.47	67	11	1	1
MW Snedden	16.5	4	56	5	3.33	75	8	0	2
MA Abbas	11	1	58	1	5.27	41	10	0	0
NA Greenwood	13	0	67	1	5.15	48	3	4	3
PF Younghusband	10	0	54	1	5.40	38	6	2	1
OT Jackson	9	0	36	1	4.00	38	5	1	0

WFWellington Firebirds innings

18153.5 ov

Wellington Firebirds batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
JM Tashkoff	c RD Harrison b SB Keene	23	25	4	0	92.0
NA Greenwood	b Samrath Singh	8	9	2	0	88.9
GR Severin	b SB Keene	14	20	2	0	70.0
MA Abbas	c LD Watson b RD Harrison	11	18	1	0	61.1
CR McLachlan	b SB Keene	6	38	0	0	15.8
MW Snedden	not out	44*	124	3	0	35.5
TA Blundell	c MW Alpe b RD Harrison	35	47	3	0	74.5
OT Jackson	lbw b A Ashok	7	14	1	0	50.0
PF Younghusband	c MW Alpe b Samrath Singh	12	24	1	0	50.0
JW Hartshorn	c RK Gulati b A Ashok	2	7	0	0	28.6
LR Dudding	c SM Solia b A Ashok	0	2	0	0	0.0
Extras	b 8, lb 5, w 1, nb 5	19
Total	all out, 53.5 overs, run rate 3.36	181

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 420

1-18 NA Greenwood2-45 GR Severin3-52 JM Tashkoff4-58 MA Abbas5-87 CR McLachlan6-145 TA Blundell7-160 OT Jackson8-178 PF Younghusband9-181 JW Hartshorn10-181 LR Dudding

Bowling to Wellington Firebirds
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	Wd	Nb
Samrath Singh	15	0	69	2	4.60	57	8	0	5
SB Keene	14	2	42	3	3.00	62	5	0	0
RD Harrison	11	2	33	2	3.00	46	2	1	0
SM Solia	1	1	0	0	0.00	6	0	0	0
A Ashok	9.5	1	18	3	1.83	47	1	0	0
RK Gulati	3	1	6	0	2.00	16	1	0	0

AAAuckland Aces innings

77/214.5 ov

Auckland Aces batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
DN Phillips	c PF Younghusband b JW Hartshorn	0	1	0	0	0.0
SM Solia	not out	30*	44	5	1	68.2
LD Watson	c CR McLachlan b LR Dudding	31	34	7	0	91.2
S Dixit	not out	13*	11	1	1	118.2
Extras	lb 1, w 1, nb 1	3
Total	2 wickets, 14.5 overs, run rate 5.19	77

Did not batLN Stackpole, SB Keene, RD Harrison, MW Alpe, A Ashok, Samrath Singh, RK Gulati

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 420

1-0 DN Phillips2-49 LD Watson

Bowling to Auckland Aces
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Wd	Nb
JW Hartshorn	4	0	19	1	4.75	18	4	0	1	0
LR Dudding	6	2	19	1	3.17	28	4	0	0	0
NA Greenwood	1	0	10	0	10.00	4	1	1	0	0
MW Snedden	3	0	16	0	5.33	12	3	0	0	1
OT Jackson	0.5	0	12	0	14.40	1	1	1	0	0

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Match facts

Format: Multi-day match
Competition: Plunket Shield
Toss: Auckland Aces, chose to field
Umpires: BS Wilson and KS Jagannathan
Match referee: K Pulley
Season: 2025/26

Conditions

The day's weather at the ground.

Day 1: 19 / 15°C, 0.2 mm rain
Day 2: 16 / 14°C, 0.1 mm rain
Day 3: 15 / 13°C, 0.2 mm rain

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