Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Jeet Raval (c)	c Tashkoff b Dudding	13	30	32	2	0	43.33
Henry Cooper	c Muhammad Abbas b Dudding	4	16	24	1	0	25.00
Bharat Popli	lbw b Snedden	1	9	29	0	0	11.11
Joe Carter	b Smith	11	23	41	2	0	47.82
Robert O'Donnell	lbw b Snedden	0	1	2	0	0	0.00
Brett Hampton	lbw b Muhammad Abbas	31	38	52	3	1	81.57
Ben Pomare †	c Mycock b van Beek	5	27	39	1	0	18.51
Scott Kuggeleijn	c †Blundell b van Beek	23	37	53	4	0	62.16
Kristian Clarke	c †Blundell b Dudding	15	60	85	2	0	25.00
Neil Wagner	c †Blundell b Dudding	0	7	14	0	0	0.00
Joshua Brown	not out	5	17	22	1	0	29.41
Extras	(b 8, lb 2, w 1)	11
Total	44.1 Ov (RR: 2.69, 199 Mins)	119
Fall of wickets: 1-24 (Henry Cooper, 5.6 ov), 2-25 (Jeet Raval, 7.4 ov), 3-37 (Bharat Popli, 12.1 ov), 4-37 (Robert O'Donnell, 12.2 ov), 5-45 (Joe Carter, 15.5 ov), 6-69 (Brett Hampton, 22.6 ov), 7-73 (Ben Pomare, 23.6 ov), 8-107 (Scott Kuggeleijn, 35.5 ov), 9-112 (Neil Wagner, 38.6 ov), 10-119 (Kristian Clarke, 44.1 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD
Logan van Beek	15	4	42	2	2.80	-	-	-	1
Liam Dudding	12.1	6	19	4	1.56	-	-	-	0
Michael Snedden	6	1	16	2	2.66	-	-	-	0
Nathan Smith	8	2	18	1	2.25	-	-	-	0
Muhammad Abbas	3	0	14	1	4.66	-	-	-	0

Wellington 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Sam Mycock	lbw b Clarke	6	11	10	1	0	54.54
Jesse Tashkoff	b Wagner	19	42	77	3	0	45.23
Gareth Severin	c †Pomare b Hampton	8	26	28	1	0	30.76
Nick Kelly	lbw b Hampton	14	17	18	2	0	82.35
Muhammad Abbas	b Wagner	23	29	48	5	0	79.31
Tom Blundell (c)†	c †Pomare b Clarke	43	89	137	3	0	48.31
Nathan Smith	c Bharat Popli b Kuggeleijn	7	14	19	1	0	50.00
Logan van Beek	c O'Donnell b Brown	22	27	48	2	1	81.48
Peter Younghusband	b Hampton	13	66	97	2	0	19.69
Michael Snedden	c Cooper b Kuggeleijn	17	46	51	1	0	36.95
Liam Dudding	not out	0	2	4	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 4, lb 6, nb 2, w 5)	17
Total	61.1 Ov (RR: 3.08, 271 Mins)	189
Fall of wickets: 1-10 (Sam Mycock, 2.5 ov), 2-22 (Gareth Severin, 9.3 ov), 3-38 (Nick Kelly, 13.3 ov), 4-61 (Jesse Tashkoff, 18.1 ov), 5-77 (Muhammad Abbas, 24.2 ov), 6-93 (Nathan Smith, 28.4 ov), 7-138 (Logan van Beek, 39.2 ov), 8-154 (Tom Blundell, 48.3 ov), 9-189 (Michael Snedden, 60.4 ov), 10-189 (Peter Younghusband, 61.1 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Kristian Clarke	14	4	35	2	2.50	-	-	-	0	2
Scott Kuggeleijn	13	2	49	2	3.76	-	-	-	0	0
Brett Hampton	11.1	1	38	3	3.40	-	-	-	1	0
Neil Wagner	17	3	37	2	2.17	-	-	-	2	0
Joshua Brown	6	0	20	1	3.33	-	-	-	1	0

Northern Districts 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Henry Cooper	c †Blundell b Smith	0	16	20	0	0	0.00
Jeet Raval (c)	c †Blundell b van Beek	41	67	114	6	1	61.19
Bharat Popli	lbw b Smith	0	3	7	0	0	0.00
Joe Carter	c Kelly b van Beek	9	18	32	2	0	50.00
Robert O'Donnell	c & b Younghusband	150	186	230	23	1	80.64
Brett Hampton	lbw b Tashkoff	72	121	205	6	1	59.50
Ben Pomare †	c van Beek b Snedden	15	57	69	1	0	26.31
Scott Kuggeleijn	c Dudding b Younghusband	7	24	19	0	0	29.16
Kristian Clarke	c Younghusband b van Beek	12	20	27	1	0	60.00
Neil Wagner	c Snedden b van Beek	10	15	20	2	0	66.66
Joshua Brown	not out	4	9	13	1	0	44.44
Extras	(lb 5, nb 8, w 2)	15
Total	88 Ov (RR: 3.80, 381 Mins)	335
Fall of wickets: 1-5 (Henry Cooper, 4.4 ov), 2-5 (Bharat Popli, 6.1 ov), 3-39 (Joe Carter, 12.5 ov), 4-89 (Jeet Raval, 24.1 ov), 5-276 (Robert O'Donnell, 64.2 ov), 6-295 (Brett Hampton, 71.2 ov), 7-304 (Scott Kuggeleijn, 78.2 ov), 8-321 (Ben Pomare, 83.5 ov), 9-322 (Kristian Clarke, 85.1 ov), 10-335 (Neil Wagner, 87.6 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Nathan Smith	15	5	56	2	3.73	-	-	-	0	2
Liam Dudding	15	4	62	0	4.13	-	-	-	0	0
Logan van Beek	17	3	69	4	4.05	-	-	-	2	0
Michael Snedden	16	1	65	1	4.06	-	-	-	0	6
Muhammad Abbas	3	0	19	0	6.33	-	-	-	0	0
Peter Younghusband	17	4	48	2	2.82	-	-	-	0	0
Jesse Tashkoff	5	2	11	1	2.20	-	-	-	0	0

Wellington 2nd Innings (T: 266 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Sam Mycock	c †Pomare b Wagner	14	41	67	3	0	34.14
Jesse Tashkoff	c Raval b Kuggeleijn	32	19	28	7	0	168.42
Gareth Severin	c Clarke b Wagner	83	145	218	5	1	57.24
Nick Kelly	c Bharat Popli b Hampton	0	3	4	0	0	0.00
Muhammad Abbas	c Cooper b Kuggeleijn	25	31	41	5	0	80.64
Tom Blundell (c)†	c †Pomare b Brown	31	40	44	4	0	77.50
Nathan Smith	c Clarke b Brown	0	4	3	0	0	0.00
Logan van Beek	not out	46	118	177	4	1	38.98
Peter Younghusband	lbw b Kuggeleijn	8	40	67	1	0	20.00
Michael Snedden	c O'Donnell b Kuggeleijn	4	10	13	1	0	40.00
Liam Dudding	c O'Donnell b Kuggeleijn	0	12	31	0	0	0.00
Extras	(nb 2)	2
Total	76.5 Ov (RR: 3.18, 359 Mins)	245
Fall of wickets: 1-42 (Jesse Tashkoff, 6.4 ov), 2-61 (Sam Mycock, 14.6 ov), 3-62 (Nick Kelly, 15.4 ov), 4-97 (Muhammad Abbas, 24.5 ov), 5-156 (Tom Blundell, 39.2 ov), 6-156 (Nathan Smith, 39.6 ov), 7-207 (Gareth Severin, 55.1 ov), 8-227 (Peter Younghusband, 68.2 ov), 9-233 (Michael Snedden, 70.4 ov), 10-245 (Liam Dudding, 76.5 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Scott Kuggeleijn	18.5	3	57	5	3.02	-	-	-	0
Kristian Clarke	15	1	55	0	3.66	-	-	-	2
Brett Hampton	15	1	57	1	3.80	-	-	-	0
Neil Wagner	21	5	38	2	1.80	-	-	-	0
Joshua Brown	6	0	35	2	5.83	-	-	-	0
Jeet Raval	1	0	3	0	3.00	-	-	-	0

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Close of Play

Fri, 21 Mar - day 1 - Wellington 1st innings 154/7 (Tom Blundell 43*, Peter Younghusband 5*, 48 ov)

Sat, 22 Mar - day 2 - Northern Dis 2nd innings 308/7 (Ben Pomare 12*, Kristian Clarke 3*, 80 ov)

Sun, 23 Mar - day 3 - Wellington 2nd innings 227/7 (Logan van Beek 32*, Peter Younghusband 8*, 66.1 ov)

Mon, 24 Mar - day 4 - Wellington 2nd innings 245 (76.5 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

Day 1

Northern Districts 1st innings:
Northern Districts : 50 runs in 18.2 overs, 87 minutes, 8 extras
Injury (12:11 to 12:13): Northern Districts - 64/5 in 21.5 overs, BR Hampton 27 (35), BJ Pomare 0 (17)
Northern Districts : 100 runs in 30.5 overs, 141 minutes, 11 extras
Lunch (12:53 to 13:32): Northern Districts - 100/7 in 31.0 overs, SC Kuggeleijn 17 (22), KDC Clarke 7 (20)
Injury (14:24 to 14:25): Northern Districts - 119/9 in 43.3 overs, KDC Clarke 15 (59), JH Brown 5 (14)
End of 110 over bonus points: Northern Districts 119 (44.1) (Northern Districts 0 batting points, Wellington 4 bowling points)
Wellington 1st innings:
Tea (15:40 to 16:00): Wellington - 38/3 in 14.0 overs, JM Tashkoff 9 (28), MA Abbas 0 (3)
Wellington: 50 runs in 15.4 overs, 67 minutes, 2 extras
Wellington: 100 runs in 31.1 overs, 136 minutes, 4 extras
Wellington: 150 runs in 45.4 overs, 203 minutes, 6 extras
End of Day (18:33): Wellington - 154/7 in 48.0 overs, TA Blundell 43 (86), PF Younghusband 5 (37)

Day 2

Northern Districts 2nd innings
Lunch: Northern Districts - 45/3 in 15.0 overs, JA Raval 32 (47), RR O'Donnell 1 (8)
Northern Districts: 50 runs in 15.5 overs, 76 minutes, 3 extras
4th Wicket: 50 runs in 58 balls, 46 minutes, JA Raval 14 (20), RR O'Donnell 35 (38), 1 extra
Northern Districts: 100 runs in 26.2 overs, 125 minutes, 4 extras
RR O'Donnell: 50 runs in 62 balls, 82 minutes (8x4)
5th Wicket: 50 runs in 67 balls, 50 minutes, RR O'Donnell 31 (32), BR Hampton 23 (35), 0 extras
Northern Districts: 150 runs in 36.0 overs, 167 minutes, 4 extras
Tea: Northern Districts - 182/4 in 44.0 overs, RR O'Donnell 91 (106), BR Hampton 31 (59)
5th Wicket: 100 runs in 132 balls, 94 minutes, RR O'Donnell 62 (69), BR Hampton 32 (63), 6 extras
RR O'Donnell: 100 runs in 120 balls, 152 minutes (15x4, 1x6)
Northern Districts: 200 runs in 48.0 overs, 216 minutes, 11 extras
5th Wicket: 150 runs in 189 balls, 132 minutes, RR O'Donnell 98 (109), BR Hampton 45 (80), 7 extras
Northern Districts: 250 runs in 58.1 overs, 260 minutes, 11 extras
BR Hampton: 50 runs in 90 balls, 156 minutes (4x4)
RR O'Donnell: 150 runs in 181 balls, 220 minutes (23x4, 1x6)
Northern Districts: 300 runs in 72.1 overs, 323 minutes, 14 extras
End of Day: Northern Districts - 308/7 in 80.0 overs, BJ Pomare 12 (45), KDC Clarke 3 (7)

Day 3

New Ball Taken: Northern Districts - 322/8 after 84.0 overs, KDC Clarke 12 (19), N Wagner 1 (1), 15 extras
Wellington 2nd innings:
Injury (12:02 to 12:04): Wellington - 44/1 in 10.3 overs, SM Mycock 10 (32), GR Severin 1 (13)
Wellington: 50 runs in 13.1 overs, 59 minutes, 1 extra
Lunch (12:53 to 13:34): Wellington - 76/3 in 21.0 overs, GR Severin 24 (52), MA Abbas 5 (12)
Wellington: 100 runs in 25.3 overs, 117 minutes, 1 extra
GR Severin: 50 runs in 101 balls, 136 minutes (4x4, 1x6)
5th Wicket: 50 runs in 75 balls, 56 minutes, GR Severin 28 (47), TA Blundell 25 (28), 0 extras
Wellington: 150 runs in 37.2 overs, 169 minutes, 1 extra
Tea (15:39 to 15:59): Wellington - 195/6 in 49.0 overs, GR Severin 74 (128), LV van Beek 18 (29)
Wellington: 200 runs in 52.0 overs, 233 minutes, 1 extra
7th Wicket: 50 runs in 82 balls, 59 minutes, GR Severin 30 (39), LV van Beek 21 (43), 0 extras
Break in Play (16:57 to 16:58): Wellington - 217/7 in 62.0 overs, LV van Beek 26 (70), PF Younghusband 4 (21)
Bad Light (17:10 to 17:26): Wellington - 224/7 in 64.3 overs, LV van Beek 31 (77), PF Younghusband 6 (29)
Bad Light: Wellington - 227/7 in 66.1 overs, LV van Beek 32 (83), PF Younghusband 8 (33)
End of Day: Wellington - 227/7 in 66.1 overs, LV van Beek 32 (83), PF Younghusband 8 (33)

Day 4

Rain (09:00 to 11:58): Wellington - 227/7 in 66.1 overs, LV van Beek 32 (83), PF Younghusband 8 (33)
Lunch (11:58 to 12:32): Wellington - 227/7 in 66.1 overs, LV van Beek 32 (83), PF Younghusband 8 (33)
Ground Delay (12:32 to 12:49): Wellington - 227/7 in 66.1 overs, LV van Beek 32 (83), PF Younghusband 8 (33)
Ground Delay (12:51 to 13:59): Wellington - 227/7 in 66.1 overs, LV van Beek 32 (83), PF Younghusband 8 (33)
Umpire Inspection at 1:10pm
Play to start at 2pm. Session times 2:00-4pm. 4:20pm - 6;30pm.
SC Kuggeleijn: 5 wickets (18.5-3-57-5)

Match Details

Basin Reserve, Wellington
Toss	Wellington, elected to field first
Series	Plunket Shield
Season	2024/25
Match days	21,22,23,24 March 2025 - day (4-day match)
Umpires	Billy Bowden Craig Pryor
Match Referee	Sue Morris
Points	Northern Districts 16, Wellington 4

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Wellington Innings

Player Name		R	B
SM Mycock	caught	14	41
JM Tashkoff	caught	32	19
GR Severin	caught	83	145
NF Kelly	caught	0	3
Muhammad Abbas	caught	25	31
TA Blundell	caught	31	40
NG Smith	caught	0	4
LV van Beek	not out	46	118
PF Younghusband	lbw	8	40
MW Snedden	caught	4	10
LR Dudding	caught	0	12
Extras	(nb 2)
Total	245(10 wkts; 76.5 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
SC Kuggeleijn	18.5	3	57	5	3.02
KDC Clarke	15	1	55	0	3.66 (2 nb)
BR Hampton	15	1	57	1	3.8
N Wagner	21	5	38	2	1.8
JH Brown	6	0	35	2	5.83
JA Raval	1	0	3	0	3

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	42	Jesse Tashkoff	Sam Mycock
2nd	19	Gareth Severin	Sam Mycock
3rd	1	Nick Kelly	Gareth Severin
4th	35	Gareth Severin	Muhammad Abbas
5th	59	Tom Blundell	Gareth Severin
6th	0	Nathan Smith	Gareth Severin
7th	51	Logan van Beek	Gareth Severin
8th	20	Logan van Beek	Peter Younghusband
9th	6	Logan van Beek	Michael Snedden
10th	12	Logan van Beek	Liam Dudding

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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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