Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Henry Cooper	lbw b Sheat	8	42	44	1	0	19.04
Jeet Raval (c)	b McKenzie	24	47	71	3	0	51.06
Bharat Popli	c Nicholls b Sheat	0	7	10	0	0	0.00
Joe Carter	c McConchie b Sodhi	132	179	290	17	4	73.74
Robert O'Donnell	c McClure b McKenzie	0	10	11	0	0	0.00
Tim Seifert †	c †Hay b Sheat	17	16	32	4	0	106.25
Brett Hampton	lbw b Foulkes	3	16	16	0	0	18.75
Scott Kuggeleijn	c Rae b Foulkes	13	36	55	1	0	36.11
Kristian Clarke	lbw b Sodhi	48	103	128	6	1	46.60
Joshua Brown	c Nicholls b Rae	11	15	14	2	0	73.33
Frederick Walker	not out	2	8	15	0	0	25.00
Extras	(b 4, lb 11, nb 2, w 3)	20
Total	79.3 Ov (RR: 3.49, 344 Mins)	278
Fall of wickets: 1-18 (Henry Cooper, 10.4 ov), 2-24 (Bharat Popli, 12.5 ov), 3-43 (Jeet Raval, 16.3 ov), 4-45 (Robert O'Donnell, 18.5 ov), 5-79 (Tim Seifert, 26.2 ov), 6-82 (Brett Hampton, 29.6 ov), 7-115 (Scott Kuggeleijn, 43.1 ov), 8-233 (Kristian Clarke, 73.4 ov), 9-246 (Joshua Brown, 76.4 ov), 10-278 (Joe Carter, 79.3 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Fraser Sheat	16	5	26	3	1.62	-	-	-	1	0
Zakary Foulkes	14	6	19	2	1.35	-	-	-	0	2
Michael Rae	18	3	46	1	2.55	-	-	-	1	0
Angus McKenzie	15	2	67	2	4.46	-	-	-	1	0
Ish Sodhi	14.3	2	83	2	5.72	-	-	-	0	0
Cole McConchie	2	0	22	0	11.00	-	-	-	0	0

Canterbury 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Rhys Mariu	c O'Donnell b Kuggeleijn	8	11	17	1	0	72.72
Ken McClure	c Hampton b Clarke	22	40	58	2	1	55.00
Henry Nicholls	c Cooper b Kuggeleijn	52	84	183	6	0	61.90
Ish Sodhi	c Brown b Kuggeleijn	12	26	38	1	0	46.15
Cole McConchie (c)	c Cooper b Brown	23	31	33	3	1	74.19
Matthew Boyle	c Raval b Brown	4	9	10	0	0	44.44
Mitchell Hay †	c sub (CB Rowell) b Walker	30	38	37	4	2	78.94
Zakary Foulkes	c Kuggeleijn b Brown	11	45	71	2	0	24.44
Angus McKenzie	c Raval b Brown	26	53	85	4	0	49.05
Fraser Sheat	c Bharat Popli b Walker	12	25	33	1	0	48.00
Michael Rae	not out	0	2	4	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 4, lb 10, nb 2, w 6)	22
Total	60.2 Ov (RR: 3.67, 286 Mins)	222
Fall of wickets: 1-8 (Rhys Mariu, 4.1 ov), 2-53 (Ken McClure, 12.4 ov), 3-81 (Ish Sodhi, 20.3 ov), 4-112 (Cole McConchie, 27.4 ov), 5-118 (Matthew Boyle, 29.4 ov), 6-154 (Mitchell Hay, 37.3 ov), 7-169 (Henry Nicholls, 42.3 ov), 8-196 (Zakary Foulkes, 52.6 ov), 9-222 (Fraser Sheat, 59.4 ov), 10-222 (Angus McKenzie, 60.2 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Scott Kuggeleijn	18	1	61	3	3.38	-	-	-	2	0
Kristian Clarke	14	2	42	1	3.00	-	-	-	2	0
Brett Hampton	15	5	45	0	3.00	-	-	-	1	2
Joshua Brown	10.2	0	51	4	4.93	-	-	-	1	0
Frederick Walker	3	0	9	2	3.00	-	-	-	0	0

Northern Districts 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Jeet Raval (c)	b Rae	13	44	57	2	0	29.54
Henry Cooper	b Rae	20	55	74	2	0	36.36
Bharat Popli	c Nicholls b Sheat	125	185	279	16	3	67.56
Joe Carter	c McClure b McKenzie	9	9	12	2	0	100.00
Robert O'Donnell	c Mariu b Rae	44	33	60	6	2	133.33
Tim Seifert †	c McClure b Sodhi	83	64	86	9	6	129.68
Brett Hampton	c Boyle b Sodhi	8	22	32	1	0	36.36
Scott Kuggeleijn	c Nicholls b Sodhi	13	22	26	2	0	59.09
Kristian Clarke	b Foulkes	32	64	74	2	1	50.00
Joshua Brown	run out (Sheat)	1	8	10	0	0	12.50
Frederick Walker	not out	14	9	20	3	0	155.55
Extras	(b 7, lb 6, w 5)	18
Total	85.5 Ov (RR: 4.42, 368 Mins)	380
Fall of wickets: 1-31 (Jeet Raval, 13.5 ov), 2-34 (Henry Cooper, 17.4 ov), 3-43 (Joe Carter, 20.2 ov), 4-120 (Robert O'Donnell, 32.5 ov), 5-248 (Tim Seifert, 53.3 ov), 6-272 (Brett Hampton, 61.1 ov), 7-306 (Scott Kuggeleijn, 67.3 ov), 8-352 (Bharat Popli, 80.1 ov), 9-353 (Joshua Brown, 82.1 ov), 10-380 (Kristian Clarke, 85.5 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD
Fraser Sheat	11	2	41	1	3.72	-	-	-	1
Zakary Foulkes	18.5	4	76	1	4.03	-	-	-	3
Angus McKenzie	12	5	30	1	2.50	-	-	-	0
Michael Rae	13	1	97	3	7.46	-	-	-	0
Ish Sodhi	23	5	87	3	3.78	-	-	-	0
Cole McConchie	5	0	26	0	5.20	-	-	-	0
Matthew Boyle	3	0	10	0	3.33	-	-	-	0

Canterbury 2nd Innings (T: 437 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Rhys Mariu	c Carter b Hampton	65	80	104	13	0	81.25
Ken McClure	lbw b Clarke	0	8	13	0	0	0.00
Henry Nicholls	c Bharat Popli b Clarke	70	107	176	10	0	65.42
Cole McConchie (c)	c Raval b Hampton	3	8	14	0	0	37.50
Matthew Boyle	c Clarke b Kuggeleijn	70	100	130	11	0	70.00
Mitchell Hay †	c Brown b Walker	50	104	147	6	1	48.07
Zakary Foulkes	not out	75	104	152	10	1	72.11
Ish Sodhi	c Raval b Clarke	2	10	15	0	0	20.00
Angus McKenzie	lbw b Clarke	2	2	2	0	0	100.00
Fraser Sheat	c Bharat Popli b Clarke	9	13	20	1	0	69.23
Michael Rae	c Raval b Kuggeleijn	8	10	26	2	0	80.00
Extras	(b 4, lb 1, nb 4, w 19)	28
Total	90.2 Ov (RR: 4.22, 402 Mins)	382
Fall of wickets: 1-11 (Ken McClure, 3.2 ov), 2-116 (Rhys Mariu, 24.2 ov), 3-128 (Cole McConchie, 26.6 ov), 4-196 (Henry Nicholls, 42.6 ov), 5-245 (Matthew Boyle, 57.2 ov), 6-331 (Mitchell Hay, 77.6 ov), 7-343 (Ish Sodhi, 81.2 ov), 8-345 (Angus McKenzie, 81.4 ov), 9-367 (Fraser Sheat, 85.5 ov), 10-382 (Michael Rae, 90.2 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Scott Kuggeleijn	19.2	1	84	2	4.34	-	-	-	5	0
Kristian Clarke	19	5	69	5	3.63	-	-	-	2	0
Brett Hampton	15	1	52	2	3.46	-	-	-	1	0
Joshua Brown	15	1	90	0	6.00	-	-	-	3	1
Frederick Walker	16	0	71	1	4.43	-	-	-	0	3
Henry Cooper	3	1	2	0	0.66	-	-	-	0	0
Jeet Raval	3	0	9	0	3.00	-	-	-	0	0

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Close of Play

Wed, 05 Mar - day 1 - Canterbury 1st innings 61/2 (Henry Nicholls 21*, Ish Sodhi 3*, 14 ov)

Thu, 06 Mar - day 2 - Northern Dis 2nd innings 182/4 (Bharat Popli 48*, Tim Seifert 40*, 44 ov)

Fri, 07 Mar - day 3 - Canterbury 2nd innings 223/4 (Matthew Boyle 57*, Mitchell Hay 12*, 52 ov)

Sat, 08 Mar - day 4 - Canterbury 2nd innings 382 (90.2 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

Day 1

Northern Districts 1st innings:
Northern Districts: 50 runs in 19.3 overs, 87 minutes, 13 extras
Lunch (12:53 to 13:33): Northern Districts - 88/6 in 33.0 overs, JF Carter 21 (56), SC Kuggeleijn 2 (6)
Northern Districts: 100 runs in 39.4 overs, 170 minutes, 14 extras
Northern Districts: 150 runs in 55.1 overs, 240 minutes, 19 extras
8th Wicket: 50 runs in 87 balls, 62 minutes, JF Carter 32 (37), KDC Clarke 13 (50), 5 extras
Tea (15:43 to 16:02): Northern Districts - 198/7 in 64.0 overs, JF Carter 87 (143), KDC Clarke 27 (69)
Northern Districts: 200 runs in 64.1 overs, 274 minutes, 19 extras
8th Wicket: 100 runs in 137 balls, 95 minutes, JF Carter 57 (59), KDC Clarke 38 (78), 5 extras
JF Carter: 100 runs in 158 balls, 245 minutes (14x4, 1x6)
Northern Districts: 250 runs in 77.2 overs, 333 minutes, 20 extras
End of 110 over bonus points: Northern Districts 278 (79.3) (Northern Districts 2 batting points, Canterbury 4 bowling points)
Canterbury 1st innings:
Canterbury: 50 runs in 11.1 overs, 51 minutes, 2 extras
End of Day (18:27): Canterbury - 61/2 in 14.0 overs, HM Nicholls 21 (27), IS Sodhi 3 (6)

Day 2

Canterbury: 100 runs in 25.3 overs, 120 minutes, 11 extras
Canterbury: 150 runs in 35.4 overs, 167 minutes, 11 extras
HM Nicholls: 50 runs in 77 balls, 167 minutes (6x4)
Lunch (12:52 to 13:31): Canterbury - 178/7 in 44.0 overs, ZG Foulkes 5 (16), AW McKenzie 5 (9)
Canterbury: 200 runs in 53.5 overs, 253 minutes, 21 extras
End of 110 over bonus points: Canterbury 222 (60.2) (Canterbury 1 batting point, Northern Districts Men 4 bowling points)
Northern Districts 2nd innings:
Tea (15:41 to 16:00): Northern Districts - 21/0 in 10.0 overs, JA Raval 9 (34), HR Cooper 11 (26)
Northern Districts : 50 runs in 21.5 overs, 94 minutes, 1 extra
4th Wicket: 50 runs in 44 balls, 33 minutes, B Popli 19 (26), RR O'Donnell 31 (18), 0 extras
Northern Districts : 100 runs in 28.5 overs, 125 minutes, 2 extras
Break in Play (17:41 to 17:43): Northern Districts - 110/3 in 32.1 overs, B Popli 28 (56), RR O'Donnell 38 (29)
Northern Districts : 150 runs in 36.2 overs, 162 minutes, 6 extras
5th Wicket: 50 runs in 43 balls, 29 minutes, B Popli 19 (24), TL Seifert 31 (19), 0 extras
End of Day (18:33): Northern Districts - 182/4 in 44.0 overs, B Popli 48 (88), TL Seifert 40 (35)

Day 3

B Popli: 50 runs in 94 balls, 139 minutes (8x4)
Northern Districts: 200 runs in 46.3 overs, 204 minutes, 12 extras
TL Seifert: 50 runs in 45 balls, 61 minutes (6x4, 3x6)
5th Wicket: 100 runs in 99 balls, 69 minutes, B Popli 34 (46), TL Seifert 62 (53), 6 extras
Northern Districts: 250 runs in 54.2 overs, 239 minutes, 12 extras
Northern Districts: 300 runs in 65.1 overs, 284 minutes, 14 extras
B Popli: 100 runs in 152 balls, 227 minutes (15x4, 2x6)
Injury (12:02 to 12:03): Northern Districts - 303/6 in 65.3 overs, B Popli 100 (152), SC Kuggeleijn 12 (14)
Northern Districts: 350 runs in 79.1 overs, 333 minutes, 18 extras
Lunch (12:52 to 13:31): Northern Districts - 352/7 in 80.0 overs, B Popli 125 (184), KDC Clarke 19 (47)
New Ball Taken: Northern Districts - 352/7 after 80.0 overs, B Popli 125 (184), KDC Clarke 19 (47), 18 extras
Canterbury 2nd innings:
Canterbury: 50 runs in 9.0 overs, 38 minutes, 11 extras
2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 51 balls, 38 minutes, RA Mariu 26 (26), HM Nicholls 19 (25), 7 extras
RA Mariu: 50 runs in 49 balls, 63 minutes (11x4)
Canterbury: 100 runs in 18.4 overs, 82 minutes, 13 extras
Tea (15:42 to 16:00): Canterbury - 110/1 in 21.0 overs, RA Mariu 60 (72), HM Nicholls 37 (46)
2nd Wicket: 100 runs in 112 balls, 80 minutes, RA Mariu 54 (60), HM Nicholls 38 (52), 8 extras
Break in Play (16:21 to 16:22): Canterbury - 122/2 in 25.5 overs, HM Nicholls 42 (63), CE McConchie 2 (4)
HM Nicholls: 50 runs in 77 balls, 129 minutes (7x4)
Canterbury: 150 runs in 33.0 overs, 146 minutes, 14 extras
4th Wicket: 50 runs in 73 balls, 54 minutes, HM Nicholls 20 (31), MWT Boyle 29 (42), 1 extra
Canterbury: 200 runs in 43.5 overs, 194 minutes, 15 extras
MWT Boyle: 50 runs in 60 balls, 75 minutes (10x4)
End of Day (18:13): Canterbury - 223/4 in 52.0 overs, MWT Boyle 57 (80), MJ Hay 12 (29)

Day 4

Rain (10:08 to 10:23): Canterbury - 223/4 in 52.0 overs, MWT Boyle 57 (80), MJ Hay 12 (29)
Ground Delay (10:23 to 11:14): Canterbury - 223/4 in 52.0 overs, MWT Boyle 57 (80), MJ Hay 12 (29)
Rain (11:41 to 12:21): Canterbury - 245/5 in 57.3 overs, MJ Hay 20 (41), ZG Foulkes 0 (1)
Ground Delay (12:21 to 13:00): Canterbury - 245/5 in 57.3 overs, MJ Hay 20 (41), ZG Foulkes 0 (1)
Lunch (13:00 to 13:38): Canterbury - 245/5 in 57.3 overs, MJ Hay 20 (41), ZG Foulkes 0 (1)
Canterbury: 250 runs in 60.4 overs, 266 minutes, 17 extras
6th Wicket: 50 runs in 85 balls, 61 minutes, MJ Hay 18 (45), ZG Foulkes 32 (40), 2 extras
Canterbury: 300 runs in 71.4 overs, 311 minutes, 19 extras
ZG Foulkes: 50 runs in 64 balls, 84 minutes (7x4, 1x6)
MJ Hay: 50 runs in 102 balls, 144 minutes (6x4, 1x6)
New Ball Taken: Canterbury - 342/6 after 80.0 overs, ZG Foulkes 60 (74), IS Sodhi 2 (3), 22 extras
Canterbury: 350 runs in 82.5 overs, 362 minutes, 26 extras
KDC Clarke: 5 wickets (17.5-5-64-5)
Break in Play (15:59 to 16:00): Canterbury - 379/9 in 88.5 overs, ZG Foulkes 73 (98), MD Rae 8 (7)

Match Details

Seddon Park, Hamilton
Toss	Canterbury, elected to field first
Series	Plunket Shield
Season	2024/25
Match days	5,6,7,8 March 2025 - day (4-day match)
Umpires	Chris Brown Neil Louw
Match Referee	Gary Troup
Points	Northern Districts 18, Canterbury 5

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Canterbury Innings

Player Name		R	B
RA Mariu	caught	65	80
KJ McClure	lbw	0	8
HM Nicholls	caught	70	107
CE McConchie	caught	3	8
MWT Boyle	caught	70	100
MJ Hay	caught	50	104
ZGF Foulkes	not out	75	104
IS Sodhi	caught	2	10
AW McKenzie	lbw	2	2
FW Sheat	caught	9	13
MD Rae	caught	8	10
Extras	(b 4, lb 1, nb 4, w 19)
Total	382(10 wkts; 90.2 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
SC Kuggeleijn	19.2	1	84	2	4.34
KDC Clarke	19	5	69	5	3.63
BR Hampton	15	1	52	2	3.46
JH Brown	15	1	90	0	6 (1 nb)
FL Walker	16	0	71	1	4.43 (3 nb)
HR Cooper	3	1	2	0	0.66
JA Raval	3	0	9	0	3

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	11	Ken McClure	Rhys Mariu
2nd	105	Henry Nicholls	Rhys Mariu
3rd	12	Cole McConchie	Henry Nicholls
4th	68	Henry Nicholls	Matthew Boyle
5th	49	Mitchell Hay	Matthew Boyle
6th	86	Zakary Foulkes	Mitchell Hay
7th	12	Ish Sodhi	Zakary Foulkes
8th	2	Angus McKenzie	Zakary Foulkes
9th	22	Fraser Sheat	Zakary Foulkes
10th	15	Michael Rae	Zakary Foulkes

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Plunket Shield

Team	M	W	L	D	PT
ND	8	5	0	3	109
WELL	8	4	3	1	100
CANT	8	3	4	1	86
CD	8	3	3	2	79
OTAGO	8	1	4	3	54
AUCK	8	1	3	4	51

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