Auckland Aces v Wellington Firebirds, Live Cricket Score and Commentary, , Plunket Shield, 2017
Plunket Shield : Auckland Aces v Wellington Firebirds at Auckland, April 01, 2018

Auckland Aces
AA
304/10 (94) & 163/10 (51.5)

Wellington Firebirds
WF
174/10 (47.2) & 173/10 (57.5)
Finished
Auckland won by 120 runs
Auckland inningAuckland inn.304/10 (94 ov)| Batsmen | R | B | 4S | 6S | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sean Solia | c & b JS Patel | 72 | 163 | 10 | 1 | 44.17 |
c & b JS Patel | ||||||
| Michael Guptill-Bunce(C) | b Hamish Bennett | 91 | 101 | 12 | 2 | 90.09 |
b Hamish Bennett | ||||||
| Robert O Donnell | Not out | 93 | 162 | 14 | 0 | 57.40 |
Not out | ||||||
| Martin Guptill | c L Beek b Ollie Newton | 14 | 43 | 1 | 0 | 32.55 |
c L Beek b Ollie Newton | ||||||
| Mark Chapman | c TA Blundell b L Beek | 23 | 49 | 3 | 1 | 46.93 |
c TA Blundell b L Beek | ||||||
| Glenn Phillips | c TA Blundell b L Beek | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
c TA Blundell b L Beek | ||||||
| Ben Horne(WK) | c D Conway b L Beek | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 6.66 |
c D Conway b L Beek | ||||||
| Lockie Ferguson | c JS Patel b L Beek | 3 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 18.75 |
c JS Patel b L Beek | ||||||
| Louis Delport | c TA Blundell b Hamish Bennett | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 80.00 |
c TA Blundell b Hamish Bennett | ||||||
| Danru Ferns | b L Beek | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 |
b L Beek | ||||||
| Ben Lister | lbw b L Beek | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
lbw b L Beek | ||||||
| Extra | 0 (b 0, w 1, nb 0, lb 1) | |||||
| Total | 304/10 (94) | |||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hamish Bennett | 23 | 4 | 76 | 2 | 3.30 |
| Ollie Newton | 13 | 1 | 65 | 1 | 5.00 |
| Logan van Beek | 17 | 4 | 46 | 6 | 2.70 |
| Ian McPeake | 11 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 3.63 |
| Jeetan Patel | 26 | 8 | 65 | 1 | 2.50 |
| Luke Woodcock | 4 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 2.75 |
Fall of wickets: 1-133 (ML Guptill-Bunce - 34.2 ov), 2-192 (SM Solia - 53.4 ov), 3-215 (M Guptill - 66.2 ov), 4-274 (M Chapman - 83.1 ov), 5-276 (G Phillips - 83.4 ov), 6-290 (B Horne - 87.4 ov), 7-298 (L Ferguson - 91.3 ov), 8-303 (L Delport - 92.4 ov), 9-304 (D Ferns - 93.1 ov), 10-304 (BG Lister - 93.6 ov)
Wellington inningWellington inn.174/10 (47.2 ov)| Batsmen | R | B | 4S | 6S | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Papps | b L Ferguson | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20.00 |
b L Ferguson | ||||||
| Luke Woodcock | b BG Lister | 10 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 50.00 |
b BG Lister | ||||||
| Stephen Murdoch | c M Guptill b D Ferns | 22 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 95.65 |
c M Guptill b D Ferns | ||||||
| Michael Bracewell(C) | lbw b L Ferguson | 13 | 46 | 1 | 0 | 28.26 |
lbw b L Ferguson | ||||||
| Tom Blundell(WK) | c B Horne b BG Lister | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
c B Horne b BG Lister | ||||||
| Devon Conway | b L Ferguson | 25 | 49 | 4 | 0 | 51.02 |
b L Ferguson | ||||||
| Logan van Beek | c RR O Donnell b L Ferguson | 12 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 92.30 |
c RR O Donnell b L Ferguson | ||||||
| Jeetan Patel | c M Chapman b BG Lister | 23 | 26 | 2 | 2 | 88.46 |
c M Chapman b BG Lister | ||||||
| Ollie Newton | c SM Solia b L Ferguson | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 9.09 |
c SM Solia b L Ferguson | ||||||
| Ian McPeake | Not out | 33 | 36 | 2 | 2 | 91.66 |
Not out | ||||||
| Hamish Bennett | c ML Guptill-Bunce b D Ferns | 24 | 55 | 4 | 0 | 43.63 |
c ML Guptill-Bunce b D Ferns | ||||||
| Extra | 0 (b 0, w 5, nb 2, lb 3) | |||||
| Total | 174/10 (47.2) | |||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lockie Ferguson | 16 | 2 | 63 | 5 | 3.93 |
| Ben Lister | 13 | 3 | 42 | 3 | 3.23 |
| Danru Ferns | 7.2 | 2 | 30 | 2 | 4.09 |
| Sean Solia | 3 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 4.33 |
| Louis Delport | 7 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 3.28 |
| Glenn Phillips | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
Fall of wickets: 1-4 (MHW Papps - 2.2 ov), 2-14 (LJ Woodcock - 5.1 ov), 3-47 (SJ Murdoch - 9.5 ov), 4-48 (TA Blundell - 10.2 ov), 5-72 (MG Bracewell - 21.3 ov), 6-91 (L Beek - 25.3 ov), 7-98 (D Conway - 27.2 ov), 8-108 (Ollie Newton - 31.2 ov), 9-116 (JS Patel - 32.5 ov), 10-174 (Hamish Bennett - 47.2 ov)
Auckland inningAuckland inn.163/10 (51.5 ov)| Batsmen | R | B | 4S | 6S | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sean Solia | c TA Blundell b JS Patel | 59 | 112 | 9 | 0 | 52.67 |
c TA Blundell b JS Patel | ||||||
| Michael Guptill-Bunce(C) | c TA Blundell b Hamish Bennett | 12 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 85.71 |
c TA Blundell b Hamish Bennett | ||||||
| Robert O Donnell | c MG Bracewell b Ollie Newton | 9 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 33.33 |
c MG Bracewell b Ollie Newton | ||||||
| Martin Guptill | c TA Blundell b L Beek | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
c TA Blundell b L Beek | ||||||
| Mark Chapman | st TA Blundell b JS Patel | 30 | 69 | 3 | 0 | 43.47 |
st TA Blundell b JS Patel | ||||||
| Glenn Phillips | c MHW Papps b JS Patel | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
c MHW Papps b JS Patel | ||||||
| Ben Horne(WK) | b JS Patel | 13 | 39 | 3 | 0 | 33.33 |
b JS Patel | ||||||
| Lockie Ferguson | c TA Blundell b Hamish Bennett | 20 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 95.23 |
c TA Blundell b Hamish Bennett | ||||||
| Louis Delport | b JS Patel | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 20.00 |
b JS Patel | ||||||
| Ben Lister | lbw b Hamish Bennett | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
lbw b Hamish Bennett | ||||||
| Danru Ferns | Not out | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
Not out | ||||||
| Extra | 0 (b 11, w 0, nb 0, lb 7) | |||||
| Total | 163/10 (51.5) | |||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hamish Bennett | 14 | 2 | 48 | 3 | 3.42 |
| Logan van Beek | 7 | 3 | 28 | 1 | 4.00 |
| Ollie Newton | 9 | 3 | 19 | 1 | 2.11 |
| Ian McPeake | 7 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 1.28 |
| Jeetan Patel | 13.5 | 4 | 37 | 5 | 2.67 |
| Luke Woodcock | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4.00 |
Fall of wickets: 1-31 (ML Guptill-Bunce - 4.5 ov), 2-58 (RR O Donnell - 15.1 ov), 3-74 (M Guptill - 20.3 ov), 4-106 (SM Solia - 33.2 ov), 5-106 (G Phillips - 33.3 ov), 6-134 (B Horne - 45.2 ov), 7-153 (M Chapman - 49.1 ov), 8-161 (L Ferguson - 50.4 ov), 9-161 (BG Lister - 50.6 ov), 10-163 (L Delport - 51.5 ov)
Wellington inningWellington inn.173/10 (57.5 ov)| Batsmen | R | B | 4S | 6S | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Papps | c L Ferguson b BG Lister | 17 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 80.95 |
c L Ferguson b BG Lister | ||||||
| Devon Conway | c M Chapman b L Delport | 47 | 100 | 8 | 0 | 47.00 |
c M Chapman b L Delport | ||||||
| Stephen Murdoch | lbw b L Delport | 22 | 53 | 5 | 0 | 41.50 |
lbw b L Delport | ||||||
| Luke Woodcock | c B Horne b L Ferguson | 7 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 77.77 |
c B Horne b L Ferguson | ||||||
| Michael Bracewell(C) | c RR O Donnell b BG Lister | 6 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 27.27 |
c RR O Donnell b BG Lister | ||||||
| Tom Blundell(WK) | runout (D Ferns) | 28 | 48 | 6 | 0 | 58.33 |
runout (D Ferns) | ||||||
| Logan van Beek | c ML Guptill-Bunce b L Delport | 34 | 59 | 5 | 1 | 57.62 |
c ML Guptill-Bunce b L Delport | ||||||
| Jeetan Patel | c L Ferguson b D Ferns | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
c L Ferguson b D Ferns | ||||||
| Ollie Newton | c & b L Delport | 7 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 31.81 |
c & b L Delport | ||||||
| Ian McPeake | Not out | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 11.11 |
Not out | ||||||
| Hamish Bennett | b L Ferguson | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
b L Ferguson | ||||||
| Extra | 0 (b 0, w 1, nb 1, lb 2) | |||||
| Total | 173/10 (57.5) | |||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lockie Ferguson | 12.5 | 1 | 42 | 2 | 3.27 |
| Ben Lister | 11 | 2 | 42 | 2 | 3.81 |
| Danru Ferns | 12 | 2 | 45 | 1 | 3.75 |
| Louis Delport | 22 | 9 | 42 | 4 | 1.90 |
Fall of wickets: 1-21 (MHW Papps - 5.3 ov), 2-58 (SJ Murdoch - 22.6 ov), 3-76 (LJ Woodcock - 27.1 ov), 4-98 (MG Bracewell - 33.5 ov), 5-100 (D Conway - 34.2 ov), 6-161 (TA Blundell - 49.2 ov), 7-162 (JS Patel - 51.2 ov), 8-171 (L Beek - 54.5 ov), 9-172 (Ollie Newton - 56.4 ov), 10-173 (Hamish Bennett - 57.5 ov)
Date
2018-04-02 03:30 AM
Venue
Eden Park Outer Oval, Auckland
Toss
Wellington Firebirds elected to bowl
Umpires
- Chris Brown
- Wayne Knights
Tv Umpires
Match Referee
- Ross Dykes
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