Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Jeet Raval	c †van Wyk b Rance	33	69	102	6	0	47.82
Anaru Kitchen	c Worker b Wheeler	9	9	16	1	0	100.00
Carl Cachopa	c Hay b Tickner	65	163	214	8	0	39.87
Colin Munro	c Cleaver b Bruce	281	167	236	17	23	168.26
Robert O'Donnell	lbw b Wheeler	42	85	123	6	0	49.41
Donovan Grobbelaar	c Wheeler b Bruce	37	120	182	6	0	30.83
Brad Cachopa †	not out	135	201	252	17	1	67.16
Tarun Nethula	c Bruce b Tickner	24	50	59	3	0	48.00
Michael Bates (c)	not out	17	18	25	2	1	94.44
Extras	(b 2, lb 3, nb 18, w 2)	25
Total	144 Ov (RR: 4.63)	668/7d
Did not bat: Matt Quinn, Lockie Ferguson
Fall of wickets: 1-20 (Anaru Kitchen, 3.4 ov), 2-64 (Jeet Raval, 23.6 ov), 3-221 (Carl Cachopa, 52.6 ov), 4-435 (Colin Munro, 78.4 ov), 5-441 (Robert O'Donnell, 81.5 ov), 6-547 (Donovan Grobbelaar, 118.2 ov), 7-627 (Tarun Nethula, 138.1 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Doug Bracewell	29	6	123	0	4.24	-	-	-	0	6
Ben Wheeler	25	7	69	2	2.76	-	-	-	1	10
Seth Rance	27	7	82	1	3.03	-	-	-	1	2
Blair Tickner	23	2	155	2	6.73	-	-	-	0	0
George Worker	20	1	124	0	6.20	-	-	-	0	0
Tom Bruce	17	1	88	2	5.17	-	-	-	0	0
Greg Hay	3	0	22	0	7.33	-	-	-	0	0

Central Districts 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
George Worker	c Raval b Bates	19	44	60	3	0	43.18
Ben Smith	c †B Cachopa b Quinn	0	8	11	0	0	0.00
Greg Hay	lbw b Bates	11	25	31	2	0	44.00
Will Young	b Nethula	47	75	125	5	1	62.66
Tom Bruce	c Raval b Ferguson	19	22	32	2	0	86.36
Kruger van Wyk (c)†	not out	65	156	226	10	0	41.66
Dane Cleaver	c Munro b Nethula	1	12	10	0	0	8.33
Doug Bracewell	lbw b Quinn	20	34	44	3	0	58.82
Ben Wheeler	c Raval b Bates	12	25	44	1	0	48.00
Seth Rance	c †B Cachopa b Grobbelaar	8	10	9	2	0	80.00
Blair Tickner	c O'Donnell b Raval	9	28	39	2	0	32.14
Extras	(b 9, lb 4, nb 7, w 2)	22
Total	72 Ov (RR: 3.23)	233
Fall of wickets: 1-9 (Ben Smith, 2.2 ov), 2-28 (Greg Hay, 9.4 ov), 3-43 (George Worker, 13.2 ov), 4-75 (Tom Bruce, 20.3 ov), 5-139 (Will Young, 38.1 ov), 6-142 (Dane Cleaver, 40.5 ov), 7-176 (Doug Bracewell, 50.4 ov), 8-201 (Ben Wheeler, 59.3 ov), 9-211 (Seth Rance, 61.3 ov), 10-233 (Blair Tickner, 71.6 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Matt Quinn	17	4	61	2	3.58	-	-	-	1	0
Michael Bates	14	2	51	3	3.64	-	-	-	0	2
Lockie Ferguson	13	3	41	1	3.15	-	-	-	0	0
Donovan Grobbelaar	7	0	24	1	3.42	-	-	-	0	1
Tarun Nethula	16	5	28	2	1.75	-	-	-	0	4
Anaru Kitchen	2	0	8	0	4.00	-	-	-	1	0
Jeet Raval	3	0	7	1	2.33	-	-	-	0	0

Central Districts 2nd Innings (Following on)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
George Worker	c Bates b Ferguson	26	27	39	5	0	96.29
Ben Smith	c †B Cachopa b Ferguson	37	88	120	5	0	42.04
Greg Hay	c †B Cachopa b Ferguson	0	5	9	0	0	0.00
Will Young	c Raval b Grobbelaar	86	168	218	12	2	51.19
Tom Bruce	lbw b Nethula	50	60	76	7	1	83.33
Kruger van Wyk (c)†	c Quinn b Ferguson	55	110	190	5	0	50.00
Dane Cleaver	c O'Donnell b Nethula	31	46	51	6	0	67.39
Doug Bracewell	b Quinn	6	17	23	1	0	35.29
Ben Wheeler	lbw b Quinn	11	16	19	1	0	68.75
Seth Rance	c †B Cachopa b Ferguson	37	29	43	6	1	127.58
Blair Tickner	not out	2	11	19	0	0	18.18
Extras	(b 9, lb 5, nb 15, w 1)	30
Total	93.4 Ov (RR: 3.96)	371
Fall of wickets: 1-42 (George Worker, 8.5 ov), 2-52 (Greg Hay, 10.5 ov), 3-96 (Ben Smith, 27.5 ov), 4-180 (Tom Bruce, 46.5 ov), 5-242 (Will Young, 63.3 ov), 6-293 (Dane Cleaver, 76.4 ov), 7-307 (Doug Bracewell, 80.3 ov), 8-327 (Ben Wheeler, 84.3 ov), 9-346 (Kruger van Wyk, 89.3 ov), 10-371 (Seth Rance, 93.4 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Matt Quinn	18	2	77	2	4.27	-	-	-	0	0
Michael Bates	14	4	37	0	2.64	-	-	-	0	0
Lockie Ferguson	15.4	3	58	5	3.70	-	-	-	1	0
Donovan Grobbelaar	10	3	22	1	2.20	-	-	-	0	0
Tarun Nethula	25	2	119	2	4.76	-	-	-	0	15
Robert O'Donnell	7	1	34	0	4.85	-	-	-	0	0
Jeet Raval	4	2	10	0	2.50	-	-	-	0	0

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Close of Play

Tue, 24 Mar - day 1 - Auckland 1st innings 471/5 (Donovan Grobbelaar 19*, Brad Cachopa 8*, 92 ov)

Wed, 25 Mar - day 2 - Central D 1st innings 148/6 (Kruger van Wyk 28*, Doug Bracewell 4*, 43 ov)

Thu, 26 Mar - day 3 - Central D 2nd innings 239/4 (Will Young 84*, Kruger van Wyk 17*, 62 ov)

Fri, 27 Mar - day 4 - Central D 2nd innings 371 (93.4 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

General

Day 1

Auckland 1st innings:
Auckland: 50 runs in 16.2 overs (101 balls), Extras 3
Drinks: Auckland - 51/1 in 17.0 overs (JA Raval 31, Carl Cachopa 8)
Auckland: 100 runs in 30.2 overs (185 balls), Extras 3
3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 42 balls (Carl Cachopa 16, C Munro 35, Ex 0)
Lunch: Auckland - 115/2 in 32.0 overs (Carl Cachopa 35, C Munro 35)
C Munro: 50 off 30 balls (6 x 4, 3 x 6)
Auckland: 150 runs in 36.3 overs (222 balls), Extras 3
3rd Wicket: 100 runs in 101 balls (Carl Cachopa 24, C Munro 73, Ex 3)
Carl Cachopa: 50 off 136 balls (6 x 4)
Auckland: 200 runs in 46.3 overs (284 balls), Extras 6
C Munro: 100 off 68 balls (6 x 4, 8 x 6)
Drinks: Auckland - 207/2 in 48.0 overs (Carl Cachopa 59, C Munro 100)
3rd Wicket: 150 runs in 158 balls (Carl Cachopa 45, C Munro 102, Ex 3)
Auckland: 250 runs in 58.2 overs (355 balls), Extras 6
4th Wicket: 50 runs in 48 balls (C Munro 37, RR O'Donnell 14, Ex 0)
Tea: Auckland - 283/3 in 63.0 overs (C Munro 149, RR O'Donnell 21)
C Munro: 150 off 111 balls (11 x 4, 10 x 6)
Auckland: 300 runs in 65.3 overs (399 balls), Extras 7
4th Wicket: 100 runs in 86 balls (C Munro 76, RR O'Donnell 22, Ex 2)
C Munro: 200 off 133 balls (14 x 4, 15 x 6)
Auckland: 350 runs in 70.4 overs (430 balls), Extras 8
4th Wicket: 150 runs in 115 balls (C Munro 124, RR O'Donnell 27, Ex 2)
C Munro: 250 off 153 balls (17 x 4, 20 x 6)
Auckland: 400 runs in 75.5 overs (462 balls), Extras 10
4th Wicket: 200 runs in 146 balls (C Munro 171, RR O'Donnell 29, Ex 4)
Drinks: Auckland - 435/4 in 78.4 overs (RR O'Donnell 37)
New Ball Taken: Auckland 436/4 at 80.1 overs (RR O'Donnell 38, DJ Grobbelaar 0)
Auckland: 450 runs in 85.3 overs (523 balls), Extras 13
Bad Light: Auckland - 471/5 in 92.0 overs (DJ Grobbelaar 19, B Cachopa 8)
End Of Day: Auckland - 471/5 in 92.0 overs (DJ Grobbelaar 19, B Cachopa 8)

Day 2

6th Wicket: 50 runs in 123 balls (DJ Grobbelaar 26, B Cachopa 19, Ex 8)
Auckland: 500 runs in 103.5 overs (639 balls), Extras 20
Drinks: Auckland - 511/5 in 108.0 overs (DJ Grobbelaar 30, B Cachopa 30)
End of bonus points at 110 overs: Auckland - 518/5
B Cachopa: 50 off 111 balls (8 x 4, 1 x 6)
6th Wicket: 100 runs in 218 balls (DJ Grobbelaar 36, B Cachopa 55, Ex 12)
Auckland: 550 runs in 121.3 overs (747 balls), Extras 23
Lunch: Auckland - 567/6 in 126.0 overs (B Cachopa 68, TS Nethula 9)
7th Wicket: 50 runs in 80 balls (B Cachopa 36, TS Nethula 16, Ex 0)
Auckland: 600 runs in 131.5 overs (809 balls), Extras 23
B Cachopa: 100 off 171 balls (11 x 4, 1 x 6)
Auckland: 650 runs in 141.6 overs (870 balls), Extras 25
Central Districts 1st innings:
Tea: Central Districts - 35/2 in 12.0 overs (GH Worker 12, WA Young 4)
Central Districts: 50 runs in 15.6 overs (98 balls), Extras 10
Central Districts: 100 runs in 26.1 overs (159 balls), Extras 10
Drinks: Central Districts - 104/4 in 27.0 overs (WA Young 36, CFK van Wyk 8)
5th Wicket: 50 runs in 73 balls (WA Young 28, CFK van Wyk 20, Ex 2)
Bad Light: Central Districts - 148/6 in 43.0 overs (CFK van Wyk 28, DAJ Bracewell 4)
End Of Day: Central Districts - 148/6 in 43.0 overs (CFK van Wyk 28, DAJ Bracewell 4)

Day 3

Central Districts 150 runs in 43.4 overs (267 balls), Extras 19
Central Districts: 200 runs in 57.5 overs (352 balls), Extras 20
CFK van Wyk: 50 off 113 balls (9 x 4)
Drinks: Central Districts - 201/7 in 59.0 overs (CFK van Wyk 52, BM Wheeler 12)
Central Districts 2nd innings:
Central Districts: 50 runs in 10.1 overs (61 balls), Extras 8
Drinks: Central Districts- 64/2 in 16.0 overs (BS Smith 23, WA Young 5)
Central Districts: 100 runs in 28.5 overs (178 balls), Extras 15
Tea: Central Districts - 124/3 in 33.0 overs (WA Young 24, TC Bruce 18)
4th Wicket: 50 runs in 62 balls (WA Young 13, TC Bruce 33, Ex 6)
Central Districts: 150 runs in 38.3 overs (237 balls), Extras 20
TC Bruce: 50 off 53 balls (7 x 4, 1 x 6)
Drinks: Central Districts - 197/4 in 49.0 overs (WA Young 48, CFK van Wyk 11)
Central Districts: 200 runs in 50.3 overs (314 balls), Extras 25
WA Young: 50 off 124 balls (8 x 4)
5th Wicket: 50 runs in 76 balls (WA Young 33, CFK van Wyk 16, Ex 2)
Bad Light: Central Districts - 239/4 in 62.0 overs (WA Young 84, CFK van Wyk 17)
End Of Day: Central Districts - 239/4 in 62.0 overs (WA Young 84, CFK van Wyk 17)

Day 4

Central Districts : 250 runs in 64.4 overs (400 balls), Extras 26
6th Wicket: 50 runs in 68 balls (CFK van Wyk 17, D Cleaver 31, Ex 2)
Central Districts : 300 runs in 78.5 overs (488 balls), Extras 29
Drinks: Central Districts - 307/6 in 80.0 overs (CFK van Wyk 42, DAJ Bracewell 6)
New Ball Taken: Central Districts 307/6 at 80.1 overs (CFK van Wyk 42, DAJ Bracewell 6)
CFK van Wyk: 50 off 94 balls (4 x 4)
Central Districts : 350 runs in 90.5 overs (560 balls), Extras 30

Match Details

McLean Park, Napier
Toss	Central Districts, elected to field first
Series	Plunket Shield
Season	2014/15
Match days	24,25,26,27 March 2015 - day (4-day match)
FC debut	Blair Tickner
Umpires	Derek Walker Phil Jones
Points	Auckland 20, Central Districts 2

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Central D Innings

Player Name		R	B
GH Worker	caught	26	27
BS Smith	caught	37	88
GR Hay	caught	0	5
WA Young	caught	86	168
TC Bruce	lbw	50	60
CFK van Wyk	caught	55	110
D Cleaver	caught	31	46
DAJ Bracewell	bowled	6	17
BM Wheeler	lbw	11	16
SHA Rance	caught	37	29
BM Tickner	not out	2	11
Extras	(b 9, lb 5, nb 15, w 1)
Total	371(10 wkts; 93.4 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
MR Quinn	18	2	77	2	4.27
MD Bates	14	4	37	0	2.64
LH Ferguson	15.4	3	58	5	3.7
DJ Grobbelaar	10	3	22	1	2.2
TS Nethula	25	2	119	2	4.76 (15 nb)
RR O'Donnell	7	1	34	0	4.85
JA Raval	4	2	10	0	2.5

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	42	George Worker	Ben Smith
2nd	10	Greg Hay	Ben Smith
3rd	44	Ben Smith	Will Young
4th	84	Will Young	Tom Bruce
5th	62	Kruger van Wyk	Will Young
6th	51	Kruger van Wyk	Dane Cleaver
7th	14	Kruger van Wyk	Doug Bracewell
8th	20	Kruger van Wyk	Ben Wheeler
9th	19	Kruger van Wyk	Seth Rance
10th	25	Seth Rance	Blair Tickner

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Plunket Shield

Team	M	W	L	D	PT
CANT	10	6	4	0	122
AUCK	10	5	4	1	115
OTAGO	10	4	4	2	99
ND	10	4	4	2	98
WELL	10	4	4	2	93
CD	10	2	5	3	69

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