25/11Result

4th Match, Plunket Shield at Mount Maunganui, Nov 26-29 2025

AucklandAucklandAUCK
307 & 354/5d
Northern DistrictsNorthern DistrictsND
152 & 429/6 (133 ov)

Match drawn

Match Centre

Match Details

Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui

Series

Plunket Shield 2025

Toss

Northern Districts , elected to field first

Season

2025/26

Hours of play (local time)

10.30 start, Lunch 12.30-13.10, Tea 15.10-15.30, Close 17.30

Match days

26,27,28,29 November 2025 (4-day match)

Points

Auckland 7, Northern Districts 4

Scorecard Summary

AUCKLAND 307(99.1 OVERS)
1ST INNINGS

Dale Phillips40 (77)
Ryan Harrison*54 (112)

Tim Pringle2/39 (17)
Kristian Clarke4/53 (22.1)

NORTHERN DISTRICTS 152(60.2 OVERS)
1ST INNINGS

Joe Carter38 (113)
Henry Cooper43 (100)

Adithya Ashok3/31 (16.2)
Rohit Gulati6/51 (22)

AUCKLAND 354/5d(91.4 OVERS)
2ND INNINGS

Dale Phillips107 (177)
Harrish Kannan78 (178)

Henry Cooper1/38 (16)
Tim Pringle4/136 (30)

NORTHERN DISTRICTS 429/6(133 OVERS)
2ND INNINGS

Jeet Raval129 (252)
Henry Cooper*206 (388)

Simon Keene1/46 (18)
Rohit Gulati4/124 (51)

END OF OVER:
133 | 3 Runs | ND: 429/6

Henry Cooper206 (388b)
Kristian Clarke32 (68b)

Rohit Gulati51-9-124-4
Adithya Ashok39-4-150-0

132.6

Gulati to Cooper, no run,

132.5

Gulati to Cooper, no run,

132.4

Gulati to Cooper, no run,

132.3

Gulati to Cooper, no run,

132.2

Gulati to Cooper, no run,

132.1

Gulati to Clarke, 3 runs,

Match Coverage

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Northern Dis INNINGS		R	B
JA Raval	caught	129	252
HR Cooper	not out	206	388
KS Williamson	bowled	3	5
Bharat Popli	bowled	6	16
JF Carter	lbw	26	58
BR Hampton	stumped	0	1
A Mann	caught	5	13
KDC Clarke	not out	32	68
TJG Pringle
JH Brown
JJ Naylor
EXTRAS	(b 10, lb 6, w 3, nb 3)
TOTAL	429 (6 wkts; 133 ovs)

Auckland BOWLING	O	M	R	W	Econ
J McKenzie	18.0	2	58	1	3.22	(3nb, 2w)
S Keene	18.0	5	46	1	2.55	(1w)
RK Gulati	51.0	9	124	4	2.43
A Ashok	39.0	4	150	0	3.84
DN Phillips	1.0	0	5	0	5
RD Harrison	6.0	0	30	0	5

Northern Dis 4th innings Partnerships

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	272	JA Raval	HR Cooper
2nd	3	KS Williamson	HR Cooper
3rd	13	Bharat Popli	HR Cooper
4th	77	JF Carter	HR Cooper
5th	0	BR Hampton	HR Cooper
6th	8	HR Cooper	A Mann
7th	56	HR Cooper	KDC Clarke

Plunket Shield

Team	M	W	L	D	PT
AUCK	2	1	0	1	27
OTAGO	2	1	0	1	26
CANT	2	1	0	1	24
CD	2	1	1	0	20
ND	2	0	1	1	9
WELL	2	0	2	0	9

Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui

Series

Toss

Season

Hours of play (local time)

Match days

First-class debut

Umpires

Match Referee

Points

AUCKLAND 307(99.1 OVERS)1ST INNINGS

NORTHERN DISTRICTS 152(60.2 OVERS)1ST INNINGS

AUCKLAND 354/5d(91.4 OVERS)2ND INNINGS

NORTHERN DISTRICTS 429/6(133 OVERS)2ND INNINGS

END OF OVER:133 | 3 Runs | ND: 429/6

Plunket Shield: Williamson makes low-key return, Nicholls piles on the runs

AUCKLAND 307(99.1 OVERS)
1ST INNINGS

NORTHERN DISTRICTS 152(60.2 OVERS)
1ST INNINGS

AUCKLAND 354/5d(91.4 OVERS)
2ND INNINGS

NORTHERN DISTRICTS 429/6(133 OVERS)
2ND INNINGS

END OF OVER:
133 | 3 Runs | ND: 429/6