MatchesMen's First-classPlunket Shield 2025/26

Auckland Aces v Wellington Firebirds

match 7 · Eden Park Outer Oval, Auckland · 5 Dec 2025 – 8 Dec 2025

Auckland Aces won by 162 runs

Auckland Aces 1st innings350/9d89 overs

Wellington Firebirds 1st innings24975.4 overs

Auckland Aces 2nd innings384/9d103.3 overs

Wellington Firebirds 2nd innings323100.4 overs

Auckland Aces 1st innings 350/9d (89 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
DN Phillips	c PF Younghusband b LR Dudding	6	6	1	0	100.0
SM Solia	c GR Severin b PF Younghusband	68	137	11	0	49.6
H Kannan	c PF Younghusband b Yahya Zeb	8	19	1	0	42.1
BJ Jacobs	c & b PF Younghusband	58	55	12	0	105.5
CD Fletcher	c TB Robinson b LR Dudding	79	170	9	0	46.5
LN Stackpole	c CR McLachlan b LR Dudding	34	34	2	2	100.0
SB Keene	c CR McLachlan b JW Hartshorn	21	23	3	0	91.3
RD Harrison	not out	31	55	3	0	56.4
A Ashok	c CR McLachlan b LR Dudding	4	3	1	0	133.3
RK Gulati	c CR McLachlan b LR Dudding	15	12	3	0	125.0
BG Lister	not out	15	20	3	0	75.0
Extras		11
Total	9 wickets declared, 89 overs	350

Fall of wickets: 6-1 (DN Phillips, 0.6 ov), 48-2 (H Kannan, 10.2 ov), 128-3 (BJ Jacobs, 28.4 ov), 165-4 (SM Solia, 43.2 ov), 212-5 (LN Stackpole, 54.2 ov), 250-6 (SB Keene, 62.2 ov), 306-7 (CD Fletcher, 80.2 ov), 310-8 (A Ashok, 80.5 ov), 326-9 (RK Gulati, 84.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Wd
LR Dudding	15	1	67	5	4.47	61	0
JW Hartshorn	17	3	52	1	3.06	77	0
Yahya Zeb	13	1	56	1	4.31	54	2
MW Snedden	17	3	79	0	4.65	70	0
PF Younghusband	24	1	81	2	3.38	91	0
NA Greenwood	3	1	6	0	2.00	12	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	6	6	DN Phillips 6, SM Solia 0
2	42	56	SM Solia 33, H Kannan 8
3	80	110	SM Solia 22, BJ Jacobs 58
4	37	88	SM Solia 13, CD Fletcher 22
5	47	66	CD Fletcher 13, LN Stackpole 34
6	38	48	CD Fletcher 16, SB Keene 21
7	56	108	CD Fletcher 28, RD Harrison 22
8	4	3	RD Harrison 0, A Ashok 4
9	16	22	RD Harrison 0, RK Gulati 15
Unbroken	24	27	RD Harrison 9, BG Lister 15

Wellington Firebirds 1st innings 249 (75.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
NA Greenwood	c BJ Jacobs b SB Keene	15	26	2	0	57.7
MW Snedden	b BG Lister	8	42	0	0	19.0
GR Severin	c H Kannan b SB Keene	26	42	5	0	61.9
NF Kelly	lbw b SB Keene	3	17	0	0	17.6
TB Robinson	c CD Fletcher b SB Keene	18	15	2	1	120.0
CR McLachlan	not out	89	160	11	2	55.6
PF Younghusband	c LN Stackpole b RK Gulati	61	104	8	0	58.7
JW Hartshorn	c DN Phillips b RK Gulati	1	9	0	0	11.1
LR Dudding	c & b RK Gulati	3	17	0	0	17.6
Yahya Zeb	b RD Harrison	0	12	0	0	0.0
JM Tashkoff	c SB Keene b A Ashok	5	14	1	0	35.7
Extras		20
Total	all out, 75.4 overs	249

Fall of wickets: 34-1 (NA Greenwood, 9.2 ov), 37-2 (MW Snedden, 12.5 ov), 61-3 (NF Kelly, 18.2 ov), 83-4 (TB Robinson, 22.5 ov), 84-5 (GR Severin, 24.1 ov), 182-6 (PF Younghusband, 55.3 ov), 184-7 (JW Hartshorn, 57.2 ov), 214-8 (LR Dudding, 65.4 ov), 234-9 (Yahya Zeb, 70.6 ov), 249-10 (JM Tashkoff, 75.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Wd	Nb
BG Lister	15	6	43	1	2.87	68	0	2
SB Keene	17	6	36	4	2.12	81	1	1
RD Harrison	8	0	51	1	6.38	32	1	1
RK Gulati	26	4	78	3	3.00	109	0	0
A Ashok	9.4	1	27	1	2.79	46	0	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	34	56	NA Greenwood 15, MW Snedden 8
2	3	21	MW Snedden 0, GR Severin 1
3	24	33	GR Severin 21, NF Kelly 3
4	22	27	GR Severin 3, TB Robinson 18
5	1	8	GR Severin 1, CR McLachlan 0
6	98	188	CR McLachlan 32, PF Younghusband 61
7	2	11	CR McLachlan 1, JW Hartshorn 1
8	30	50	CR McLachlan 27, LR Dudding 3
9	20	32	CR McLachlan 19, Yahya Zeb 0
10	15	28	CR McLachlan 10, JM Tashkoff 5

Auckland Aces 2nd innings 384/9d (103.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
DN Phillips	b LR Dudding	6	26	0	0	23.1
SM Solia	b JW Hartshorn	0	5	0	0	0.0
H Kannan	c CR McLachlan b MW Snedden	3	25	0	0	12.0
CD Fletcher	run out (LR Dudding)	85	206	8	2	41.3
LN Stackpole	lbw b LR Dudding	35	52	5	1	67.3
BJ Jacobs	c TB Robinson b NA Greenwood	125	135	13	6	92.6
RD Harrison	not out	50	100	4	1	50.0
SB Keene	c SM Mycock b PF Younghusband	17	33	1	0	51.5
A Ashok	c TB Robinson b NA Greenwood	4	17	0	0	23.5
RK Gulati	c NA Greenwood b PF Younghusband	34	29	2	2	117.2
Extras		25
Total	9 wickets declared, 103.3 overs	384

Did not bat: BG Lister

Fall of wickets: 4-1 (SM Solia, 1.5 ov), 17-2 (DN Phillips, 6.4 ov), 26-3 (H Kannan, 11.6 ov), 80-4 (LN Stackpole, 26.5 ov), 268-5 (BJ Jacobs, 70.6 ov), 285-6 (CD Fletcher, 76.6 ov), 326-7 (SB Keene, 91.1 ov), 333-8 (A Ashok, 94.5 ov), 384-9 (RK Gulati, 103.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Wd	Nb
LR Dudding	20	8	39	2	1.95	98	1	0
JW Hartshorn	2.2	1	3	1	1.29	11	0	0
MW Snedden	19.4	2	64	1	3.25	92	1	7
Yahya Zeb	14	2	55	0	3.93	62	2	0
PF Younghusband	34.3	4	148	2	4.29	127	0	0
NA Greenwood	13	2	61	2	4.69	43	0	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	4	11	DN Phillips 0, SM Solia 0
2	13	29	DN Phillips 6, H Kannan 1
3	9	32	H Kannan 2, CD Fletcher 6
4	54	89	CD Fletcher 18, LN Stackpole 35
5	188	265	CD Fletcher 51, BJ Jacobs 125
6	17	36	CD Fletcher 10, RD Harrison 7
7	41	85	RD Harrison 24, SB Keene 17
8	7	22	RD Harrison 3, A Ashok 4
9	51	52	RD Harrison 16, RK Gulati 34

Wellington Firebirds 2nd innings 323 (100.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
NA Greenwood	run out (H Kannan/CD Fletcher)	25	92	2	0	27.2
MW Snedden	lbw b RK Gulati	3	26	0	0	11.5
LR Dudding	c CD Fletcher b SB Keene	1	2	0	0	50.0
GR Severin	c SB Keene b BG Lister	11	29	1	0	37.9
NF Kelly	b A Ashok	59	83	4	2	71.1
TB Robinson	b RK Gulati	106	144	9	2	73.6
CR McLachlan	c A Ashok b SB Keene	85	148	14	0	57.4
PF Younghusband	c LN Stackpole b RK Gulati	5	25	1	0	20.0
Yahya Zeb	not out	6	35	1	0	17.1
JM Tashkoff	b BG Lister	0	6	0	0	0.0
JW Hartshorn	b A Ashok	9	14	2	0	64.3
Extras		13
Total	all out, 100.4 overs	323

Fall of wickets: 20-1 (MW Snedden, 11.3 ov), 21-2 (LR Dudding, 12.1 ov), 37-3 (GR Severin, 20.3 ov), 71-4 (NA Greenwood, 29.3 ov), 145-5 (NF Kelly, 47.5 ov), 277-6 (TB Robinson, 81.1 ov), 305-7 (PF Younghusband, 89.2 ov), 313-8 (CR McLachlan, 94.1 ov), 313-9 (JM Tashkoff, 96.1 ov), 323-10 (JW Hartshorn, 100.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Wd
BG Lister	18	5	34	2	1.89	86	0
SB Keene	17	2	50	2	2.94	74	0
RK Gulati	32	8	71	3	2.22	147	0
A Ashok	21.4	3	77	2	3.55	92	0
RD Harrison	10	1	69	0	6.90	29	1
DN Phillips	2	0	10	0	5.00	5	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	20	69	NA Greenwood 12, MW Snedden 3
2	1	4	NA Greenwood 0, LR Dudding 1
3	16	50	NA Greenwood 5, GR Severin 11
4	34	54	NA Greenwood 8, NF Kelly 24
5	74	110	NF Kelly 35, TB Robinson 35
6	132	200	TB Robinson 71, CR McLachlan 60
7	28	49	CR McLachlan 23, PF Younghusband 5
8	8	29	CR McLachlan 2, Yahya Zeb 6
9	0	12	Yahya Zeb 0, JM Tashkoff 0
10	10	27	Yahya Zeb 0, JW Hartshorn 9

Match details

Toss: Auckland Aces, chose to bat
Ground: Eden Park Outer Oval, New Zealand
Season: 2025/26
Umpires: BS Wilson, C Black
Match referee: SRM Morris
Source: Cricsheet match 1499330