MatchesMen's First-classPlunket Shield 2025/26

Wellington Firebirds v Auckland Aces

match 19 · Basin Reserve, Wellington · 18 Mar 2026 – 20 Mar 2026

Auckland Aces won by 8 wickets

Wellington Firebirds 1st innings30974.4 overs

Auckland Aces 1st innings41493.5 overs

Wellington Firebirds 2nd innings18153.5 overs

Auckland Aces 2nd innings77/214.5 overs

Wellington Firebirds 1st innings 309 (74.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
JM Tashkoff	b RD Harrison	37	33	7	0	112.1
NA Greenwood	c MW Alpe b SB Keene	21	32	3	0	65.6
GR Severin	c SB Keene b RD Harrison	20	29	3	0	69.0
MA Abbas	c LD Watson b RD Harrison	42	62	5	0	67.7
CR McLachlan	c MW Alpe b Samrath Singh	33	49	5	0	67.3
TA Blundell	b A Ashok	96	128	6	6	75.0
OT Jackson	c RD Harrison b Samrath Singh	10	12	1	0	83.3
PF Younghusband	c MW Alpe b Samrath Singh	14	47	2	0	29.8
MW Snedden	lbw b SB Keene	5	37	0	0	13.5
JW Hartshorn	run out (LN Stackpole/A Ashok)	0	0	0	0	–
LR Dudding	not out	7	19	1	0	36.8
Extras		24
Total	all out, 74.4 overs	309

Fall of wickets: 55-1 (JM Tashkoff, 9.6 ov), 63-2 (NA Greenwood, 12.3 ov), 94-3 (GR Severin, 18.1 ov), 157-4 (CR McLachlan, 33.5 ov), 157-5 (MA Abbas, 34.2 ov), 180-6 (OT Jackson, 37.3 ov), 227-7 (PF Younghusband, 51.6 ov), 248-8 (MW Snedden, 61.6 ov), 249-9 (JW Hartshorn, 62.1 ov), 309-10 (TA Blundell, 74.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Wd
Samrath Singh	19	1	94	3	4.95	75	1
SB Keene	17	2	62	2	3.65	74	1
RD Harrison	15	4	57	3	3.80	66	3
RK Gulati	11	1	49	0	4.45	43	0
A Ashok	12.4	1	28	1	2.21	56	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	55	60	JM Tashkoff 37, NA Greenwood 14
2	8	15	NA Greenwood 7, GR Severin 1
3	31	34	GR Severin 19, MA Abbas 12
4	63	94	MA Abbas 30, CR McLachlan 33
5	0	3	MA Abbas 0, TA Blundell 0
6	23	19	TA Blundell 9, OT Jackson 10
7	47	87	TA Blundell 28, PF Younghusband 14
8	21	60	TA Blundell 12, MW Snedden 5
9	1	1	TA Blundell 1, JW Hartshorn 0
10	60	75	TA Blundell 46, LR Dudding 7

Auckland Aces 1st innings 414 (93.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
DN Phillips	c CR McLachlan b JW Hartshorn	0	7	0	0	0.0
SM Solia	c GR Severin b PF Younghusband	17	47	2	0	36.2
LD Watson	c JW Hartshorn b NA Greenwood	86	133	14	1	64.7
S Dixit	c GR Severin b MW Snedden	18	45	2	0	40.0
LN Stackpole	not out	172	179	20	6	96.1
SB Keene	b MA Abbas	62	69	7	1	89.9
RD Harrison	c CR McLachlan b OT Jackson	8	22	1	0	36.4
MW Alpe	c JM Tashkoff b MW Snedden	35	58	6	0	60.3
A Ashok	c GR Severin b MW Snedden	0	1	0	0	0.0
Samrath Singh	c CR McLachlan b MW Snedden	0	2	0	0	0.0
RK Gulati	b MW Snedden	0	7	0	0	0.0
Extras		16
Total	all out, 93.5 overs	414

Fall of wickets: 1-1 (DN Phillips, 1.3 ov), 49-2 (SM Solia, 18.2 ov), 107-3 (S Dixit, 33.2 ov), 145-4 (LD Watson, 42.3 ov), 297-5 (SB Keene, 66.2 ov), 324-6 (RD Harrison, 73.6 ov), 403-7 (MW Alpe, 89.3 ov), 403-8 (A Ashok, 89.4 ov), 403-9 (Samrath Singh, 89.6 ov), 414-10 (RK Gulati, 93.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Nb
LR Dudding	17	5	58	0	3.41	73	0
JW Hartshorn	17	2	76	1	4.47	67	1
MW Snedden	16.5	4	56	5	3.33	75	2
MA Abbas	11	1	58	1	5.27	41	0
NA Greenwood	13	0	67	1	5.15	48	3
PF Younghusband	10	0	54	1	5.40	38	1
OT Jackson	9	0	36	1	4.00	38	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	1	9	DN Phillips 0, SM Solia 1
2	48	101	SM Solia 16, LD Watson 31
3	58	90	LD Watson 35, S Dixit 18
4	38	55	LD Watson 20, LN Stackpole 18
5	152	143	LN Stackpole 86, SB Keene 62
6	27	46	LN Stackpole 19, RD Harrison 8
7	79	93	LN Stackpole 39, MW Alpe 35
8	0	1	LN Stackpole 0, A Ashok 0
9	0	2	LN Stackpole 0, Samrath Singh 0
10	11	23	LN Stackpole 10, RK Gulati 0

Wellington Firebirds 2nd innings 181 (53.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
JM Tashkoff	c RD Harrison b SB Keene	23	25	4	0	92.0
NA Greenwood	b Samrath Singh	8	9	2	0	88.9
GR Severin	b SB Keene	14	20	2	0	70.0
MA Abbas	c LD Watson b RD Harrison	11	18	1	0	61.1
CR McLachlan	b SB Keene	6	38	0	0	15.8
MW Snedden	not out	44	124	3	0	35.5
TA Blundell	c MW Alpe b RD Harrison	35	47	3	0	74.5
OT Jackson	lbw b A Ashok	7	14	1	0	50.0
PF Younghusband	c MW Alpe b Samrath Singh	12	24	1	0	50.0
JW Hartshorn	c RK Gulati b A Ashok	2	7	0	0	28.6
LR Dudding	c SM Solia b A Ashok	0	2	0	0	0.0
Extras		19
Total	all out, 53.5 overs	181

Fall of wickets: 18-1 (NA Greenwood, 2.4 ov), 45-2 (GR Severin, 7.6 ov), 52-3 (JM Tashkoff, 9.3 ov), 58-4 (MA Abbas, 14.2 ov), 87-5 (CR McLachlan, 23.5 ov), 145-6 (TA Blundell, 38.5 ov), 160-7 (OT Jackson, 43.6 ov), 178-8 (PF Younghusband, 52.1 ov), 181-9 (JW Hartshorn, 53.3 ov), 181-10 (LR Dudding, 53.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Wd	Nb
Samrath Singh	15	0	69	2	4.60	57	0	5
SB Keene	14	2	42	3	3.00	62	0	0
RD Harrison	11	2	33	2	3.00	46	1	0
SM Solia	1	1	0	0	0.00	6	0	0
A Ashok	9.5	1	18	3	1.83	47	0	0
RK Gulati	3	1	6	0	2.00	16	0	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	18	16	JM Tashkoff 9, NA Greenwood 8
2	27	32	JM Tashkoff 13, GR Severin 14
3	7	9	JM Tashkoff 1, MA Abbas 6
4	6	29	MA Abbas 5, CR McLachlan 0
5	29	57	CR McLachlan 6, MW Snedden 16
6	58	90	MW Snedden 17, TA Blundell 35
7	15	31	MW Snedden 8, OT Jackson 7
8	18	49	MW Snedden 2, PF Younghusband 12
9	3	8	MW Snedden 1, JW Hartshorn 2
10	0	2	MW Snedden 0, LR Dudding 0

Auckland Aces 2nd innings 77/2 (14.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
DN Phillips	c PF Younghusband b JW Hartshorn	0	1	0	0	0.0
SM Solia	not out	30	44	5	1	68.2
LD Watson	c CR McLachlan b LR Dudding	31	34	7	0	91.2
S Dixit	not out	13	11	1	1	118.2
Extras		3
Total	2 wickets, 14.5 overs	77

Did not bat: A Ashok, MW Alpe, Samrath Singh, LN Stackpole, SB Keene, RD Harrison, RK Gulati

Fall of wickets: 0-1 (DN Phillips, 0.1 ov), 49-2 (LD Watson, 10.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Wd	Nb
JW Hartshorn	4	0	19	1	4.75	18	1	0
LR Dudding	6	2	19	1	3.17	28	0	0
NA Greenwood	1	0	10	0	10.00	4	0	0
MW Snedden	3	0	16	0	5.33	12	0	1
OT Jackson	0.5	0	12	0	14.40	1	0	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	0	1	DN Phillips 0, SM Solia 0
2	49	64	SM Solia 16, LD Watson 31
Unbroken	28	24	SM Solia 14, S Dixit 13

Match details

Toss: Auckland Aces, chose to field
Ground: Basin Reserve, New Zealand
Season: 2025/26
Umpires: BS Wilson, KS Jagannathan
Match referee: K Pulley
Source: Cricsheet match 1499342