Plunket Shield 2025-26, Auckland vs Northern Knights, 13th Match, Day 2, Match Update, Auckland Lead By 87 Runs

Auckland 283 & 92/6

Northern Districts 288

Auckland Lead By 87 Runs

Auckland 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Dale Phillips	c †Pomare b Kuggeleijn	5	7	6	1	0	71.42
Sean Solia (c)	c †Pomare b Clarke	79	142	210	12	0	55.63
Harrish Kannan	c Clarke b Gibson	1	11	13	0	0	9.09
Bevon Jacobs	b Gibson	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
Cam Fletcher †	c †Pomare b Kuggeleijn	27	37	71	6	0	72.97
Lachlan Stackpole	c Raval b Kuggeleijn	74	61	89	9	3	121.31
Simon Keene	c Cooper b Brown	41	43	71	7	0	95.34
Ryan Harrison	c O'Donnell b Brown	17	17	22	2	0	100.00
Adithya Ashok	not out	6	30	35	0	0	20.00
Rohit Gulati	c Carter b Brown	1	7	10	0	0	14.28
Ben Lister	c Kuggeleijn b Gibson	0	4	4	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 11, lb 2, nb 6, w 13)	32
Total	59 Ov (RR: 4.79, 269 Mins)	283

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	WD	NB
Zak Gibson	16	5	50	3	3.12	2	0
Scott Kuggeleijn	11	2	68	3	6.18	1	0
Joshua Brown	14	1	56	3	4.00	2	1
Kristian Clarke	14	0	81	1	5.78	0	5
Tim Pringle	4	0	15	0	3.75	0	0

Northern Districts 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Jeet Raval (c)	c Keene b Lister	67	145	172	7	0	46.20
Henry Cooper	b Keene	16	28	35	3	0	57.14
Bharat Popli	lbw b Harrison	58	94	144	8	0	61.70
Joe Carter	b Harrison	2	10	17	0	0	20.00
Robert O'Donnell	lbw b Lister	0	1	4	0	0	0.00
Kristian Clarke	c Jacobs b Ashok	41	67	101	3	3	61.19
Ben Pomare †	c †Fletcher b Ashok	41	85	105	4	1	48.23
Scott Kuggeleijn	c Harrison b Gulati	8	28	31	0	0	28.57
Tim Pringle	c Phillips b Lister	25	77	68	2	0	32.46
Joshua Brown	c Lister b Gulati	14	14	21	1	1	100.00
Zak Gibson	not out	10	13	23	2	0	76.92
Extras	(lb 1, nb 2, w 3)	6
Total	93.2 Ov (RR: 3.08, 363 Mins)	288

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	WD	NB
Ben Lister	17.2	5	32	3	1.84	2	0
Simon Keene	17	3	69	1	4.05	1	2
Ryan Harrison	11	1	45	2	4.09	0	0
Rohit Gulati	31	4	114	2	3.67	0	0
Adithya Ashok	16	3	24	2	1.50	0	0
Lachlan Stackpole	1	0	3	0	3.00	0	0

Auckland 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Dale Phillips	lbw b Gibson	6	5	4	0	1	120.00
Sean Solia (c)	c Raval b Gibson	4	10	12	1	0	40.00
Harrish Kannan	c Raval b Kuggeleijn	33	110	153	3	0	30.00
Bevon Jacobs	b Kuggeleijn	5	16	26	1	0	31.25
Cam Fletcher †	c †Pomare b Gibson	31	66	104	1	2	46.96
Adithya Ashok	not out	1	10	-	0	0	10.00
Lachlan Stackpole	c Clarke b Kuggeleijn	0	2	2	0	0	0.00
Simon Keene	not out	5	17	-	0	0	29.41
Extras	(lb 3, nb 2, w 2)	7
Total	39 Ov (RR: 2.35)	92/6

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	WD	NB
Zak Gibson	11	5	16	3	1.45	0	0
Scott Kuggeleijn	12	2	33	3	2.75	0	0
Kristian Clarke	6	2	7	0	1.16	0	2
Joshua Brown	7	0	23	0	3.28	2	0
Tim Pringle	3	0	10	0	3.33	0	0

Match Flow

Day 2:

2nd Wicket: 100 runs in 178 balls, 113 minutes, JA Raval 46 (102), B Popli 56 (76), 1 extra

Northern Districts: 150 runs in 47.3 overs, 196 minutes, 5 extras

Concussion check for KDC Clarke (11:55): Northern Districts - 176/5 in 55.4 overs, KDC Clarke 14 (24), BJ Pomare 14 (34)

Concussion check for BJ Pomare (12:09): Northern Districts - 191/5 in 58.3 overs, KDC Clarke 16 (28), BJ Pomare 26 (47)

6th Wicket: 50 runs in 83 balls, 62 minutes, KDC Clarke 22 (27), BJ Pomare 29 (56), 1 extra

Northern Districts: 200 runs in 60.1 overs, 252 minutes, 6 extras

Lunch (12:51 to 13:32): Northern Districts - 231/5 in 71.0 overs, KDC Clarke 41 (66), BJ Pomare 41 (84)

Northern Districts: 250 runs in 84.2 overs, 333 minutes, 6 extras

New Ball Taken: Northern Districts - 278/9 after 92.0 overs, TJG Pringle 20 (73), ZN Gibson 5 (9), 6 extras

End of 110 over bonus points: Northern Districts 288 (93.2) (Northern Districts 2 batting points, Auckland Aces 4 bowling points)

Auckland 2 innings:

Tea (15:42 to 16:02): Auckland - 22/2 in 9.0 overs, H Kannan 6 (24), BJ Jacobs 5 (15)

Auckland: 50 runs in 22.4 overs, 97 minutes, 2 extras

4th Wicket: 50 runs in 117 balls, 84 minutes, H Kannan 24 (69), CD Fletcher 21 (48), 5 extras

End of Day (18:19): Auckland - 92/6 in 39.0 overs, A Ashok 1 (10), SB Keene 5 (17)