Auckland 209 for 6 (Munro 65*, Arnel 3-33) beat Wellington 208 for 7 (Day 61*, Bates 3-20) by four wickets
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On Saturday, Wellington registered their first win in five games in this season's Ford Trophy. Today, they registered yet another loss, at the hands of table-toppers Auckland. Auckland's seamers put in a solid showing in helpful conditions to restrict Wellington to 208 for 7, before Colin Munro struck a rapid, unbeaten 65 to carry them home with more than 10 overs to spare.

Wellington chose to bat, and all of their batsmen got starts - only No. 7 Luke Woodcock did not get into double digits - but failed to make it count on an overcast day. Only Alecz Day - who made an unbeaten 61 off 76 balls - managed to get to a fifty, and only one other batsman got past 25: opener Michael Pollard. Michael Bates led Auckland's attack with figures of 3 for 20 in his 10.

Auckland received a big blow in the chase when Rob Nicol retired hurt on 22 off 23 balls, having hit the ball onto his foot, but a partnership of 90 between Munro and Craig Cachopa at over a run a ball ensured they were always on track. Nicol was taken to hospital for x-rays, and played no further part in the game. Auckland didn't miss him too much, though, getting to their target in 39.1 overs with four wickets to spare.