Wellington v Auckland

match 8 · Eden Park Outer Oval, Auckland · 2 Jan 2026

Auckland won by 5 wickets

Wellington innings112/720 overs
Auckland innings115/518.5 overs · target 113

The worm

WellingtonAuckland
025507510012505101520Wellington: 1 wicket in over 7, 47/1Wellington: 1 wicket in over 11, 62/2Wellington: 1 wicket in over 12, 64/3Wellington: 1 wicket in over 16, 83/4Wellington: 1 wicket in over 18, 98/5Wellington: 2 wickets in over 20, 112/7Auckland: 1 wicket in over 2, 7/1Auckland: 1 wicket in over 5, 36/2Auckland: 1 wicket in over 6, 37/3Auckland: 1 wicket in over 11, 54/4Auckland: 1 wicket in over 18, 109/5

Cumulative runs after each over. Dots mark overs in which wickets fell.

Runs per over

Wellingtonwicket
09185101520Over 1: 2 runsOver 2: 13 runsOver 3: 7 runsOver 4: 4 runsOver 5: 4 runsOver 6: 8 runsOver 7: 9 runs, 1 wicketOver 8: 6 runsOver 9: 3 runsOver 10: 2 runsOver 11: 4 runs, 1 wicketOver 12: 2 runs, 1 wicketOver 13: 4 runsOver 14: 4 runsOver 15: 9 runsOver 16: 2 runs, 1 wicketOver 17: 7 runsOver 18: 8 runs, 1 wicketOver 19: 10 runsOver 20: 4 runs, 2 wickets
Aucklandwicket
09185101520Over 1: 7 runsOver 2: 0 runs, 1 wicketOver 3: 7 runsOver 4: 16 runsOver 5: 6 runs, 1 wicketOver 6: 1 run, 1 wicketOver 7: 3 runsOver 8: 2 runsOver 9: 2 runsOver 10: 7 runsOver 11: 3 runs, 1 wicketOver 12: 7 runsOver 13: 15 runsOver 14: 7 runsOver 15: 7 runsOver 16: 8 runsOver 17: 7 runsOver 18: 4 runs, 1 wicketOver 19: 6 runs

Wellington innings 112/7 (20 ov)

BatterRB4s6sSR
GE Plimmerc ML Green b BG Armstrong363440105.9
EA Perryc IC Gaze b JO Penfold191711111.8
RM Burnsc ML Green b JO Penfold7150046.7
JM Kerrc P Catton b ML Green11171064.7
M Brownc IC Gaze b MM Penfold191800105.6
XA Jetlyrun out (ML Green/LR Down)8100080.0
HC Francisrun out (IC Gaze/BM Halliday)11810137.5
JT McFadyennot out0000–
INC McKenzienot out01000.0
Extras1
Total7 wickets, 20 overs112

Did not bat: JA Simmons, N Baird

Fall of wickets: 45-1 (EA Perry, 6.4 ov), 61-2 (RM Burns, 10.4 ov), 64-3 (GE Plimmer, 11.6 ov), 83-4 (JM Kerr, 15.4 ov), 96-5 (M Brown, 17.5 ov), 111-6 (XA Jetly, 19.4 ov), 112-7 (HC Francis, 19.5 ov)

BowlerOMRWEconDotsWdNb
AT Hucker402305.751100
BG Illing2021010.50300
BM Halliday10707.00200
MM Penfold402416.00800
JO Penfold301725.67910
BG Armstrong401413.501000
ML Green20613.00600
Partnerships
WicketRunsBallsBatters
14540GE Plimmer 26, EA Perry 19
21624GE Plimmer 9, RM Burns 7
338GE Plimmer 1, JM Kerr 1
41922JM Kerr 10, M Brown 9
51313M Brown 10, XA Jetly 3
61511XA Jetly 5, HC Francis 10
711HC Francis 1, JT McFadyen 0
Unbroken01JT McFadyen 0, INC McKenzie 0

Auckland innings 115/5 (18.5 ov)

BatterRB4s6sSR
P Cattonc INC McKenzie b JM Kerr240050.0
IC Gazeb EA Perry221331169.2
BM Hallidayc INC McKenzie b XA Jetly7121058.3
ML Greenc JM Kerr b XA Jetly534570117.8
LR Downc JM Kerr b N Baird4110036.4
BG Armstrongnot out20212095.2
JO Penfoldnot out7710100.0
Extras0
Total5 wickets, 18.5 overs115

Did not bat: A Lambat, MM Penfold, BG Illing, AT Hucker

Fall of wickets: 7-1 (P Catton, 1.2 ov), 31-2 (IC Gaze, 4.2 ov), 37-3 (BM Halliday, 5.4 ov), 52-4 (LR Down, 10.3 ov), 108-5 (ML Green, 17.4 ov)

BowlerOMRWEconDotsWdNb
M Brown402807.00900
JM Kerr413117.75900
EA Perry3.502115.481300
XA Jetly401423.501400
N Baird302117.00600
Partnerships
WicketRunsBallsBatters
178P Catton 2, IC Gaze 5
22418IC Gaze 17, BM Halliday 7
368BM Halliday 0, ML Green 6
41529ML Green 11, LR Down 4
55643ML Green 36, BG Armstrong 20
Unbroken77BG Armstrong 0, JO Penfold 7

Match details

Toss
Auckland, chose to field
Ground
Eden Park Outer Oval, New Zealand
Season
2025/26
Umpires
CM Brown, JD Birchall
Match referee
SRM Morris
Source
Cricsheet match 1499667