Auckland Aces v Wellington Firebirds, Live Cricket Score and Commentary, 22nd Match, Plunket Shield, 2020
Plunket Shield 22nd Match: Auckland Aces v Wellington Firebirds at Auckland, April 02, 2021

Auckland Aces
AA
368/10 (123.5) & 267/7 (71)

Wellington Firebirds
WF
342/10 (125.5) & 298/7d (61.3)
Finished
Match drawn
Wellington inningWellington inn.342/10 (125.5 ov)| Batsmen | R | B | 4S | 6S | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luke Georgeson | b R Braak | 2 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 8.33 |
b R Braak | ||||||
| Rachin Ravindra | c B Horne b R Braak | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 80.00 |
c B Horne b R Braak | ||||||
| Jakob Bhula | c R Harrison b R Braak | 6 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 54.54 |
c R Harrison b R Braak | ||||||
| Michael Bracewell(C) | c RR O Donnell b D Ferns | 105 | 231 | 12 | 1 | 45.45 |
c RR O Donnell b D Ferns | ||||||
| Tom Blundell(WK) | lbw b D Ferns | 113 | 226 | 12 | 2 | 50.00 |
lbw b D Ferns | ||||||
| Troy Johnson | Not out | 46 | 124 | 5 | 0 | 37.09 |
Not out | ||||||
| Jamie Gibson | c R Harrison b William Somerville | 23 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 121.05 |
c R Harrison b William Somerville | ||||||
| Peter Younghusband | c C Briggs b R Braak | 15 | 60 | 1 | 0 | 25.00 |
c C Briggs b R Braak | ||||||
| Logan van Beek | c C Briggs b William Somerville | 1 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 4.54 |
c C Briggs b William Somerville | ||||||
| Ben Sears | st B Horne b William Somerville | 3 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 9.09 |
st B Horne b William Somerville | ||||||
| Ian McPeake | c D Ferns b William Somerville | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 66.66 |
c D Ferns b William Somerville | ||||||
| Extra | 0 (b 5, w 8, nb 3, lb 6) | |||||
| Total | 342/10 (125.5) | |||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Danru Ferns | 23 | 9 | 88 | 2 | 3.82 |
| Ross ter Braak | 23 | 2 | 67 | 4 | 2.91 |
| Ryan Harrison | 12 | 1 | 45 | 0 | 3.75 |
| Robert O Donnell | 6 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0.83 |
| Louis Delport | 16 | 2 | 49 | 0 | 3.06 |
| William Somerville | 39.5 | 16 | 61 | 4 | 1.53 |
| Glenn Phillips | 6 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 2.66 |
Fall of wickets: 1-4 (R Ravindra - 1.5 ov), 2-12 (J Bhula - 5.1 ov), 3-13 (L Georgeson - 7.5 ov), 4-230 (MG Bracewell - 80.4 ov), 5-241 (TA Blundell - 84.4 ov), 6-274 (Jamie Gibson - 89.5 ov), 7-307 (Peter Younghusband - 108.3 ov), 8-318 (L Beek - 115.4 ov), 9-340 (B Sears - 125.2 ov), 10-342 (I McPeake - 125.5 ov)
Auckland inningAuckland inn.368/10 (123.5 ov)| Batsmen | R | B | 4S | 6S | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glenn Phillips | c B Sears b R Ravindra | 36 | 38 | 3 | 3 | 94.73 |
c B Sears b R Ravindra | ||||||
| William O'Donnell | c TA Blundell b L Beek | 117 | 257 | 13 | 2 | 45.52 |
c TA Blundell b L Beek | ||||||
| Robert O Donnell(C) | c Jamie Gibson b I McPeake | 142 | 268 | 15 | 3 | 52.98 |
c Jamie Gibson b I McPeake | ||||||
| Cole Briggs | c & b B Sears | 13 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 59.09 |
c & b B Sears | ||||||
| Ben Horne(WK) | c L Beek b R Ravindra | 24 | 67 | 2 | 0 | 35.82 |
c L Beek b R Ravindra | ||||||
| Ross ter Braak | c T Johnson b B Sears | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 57.14 |
c T Johnson b B Sears | ||||||
| William Somerville | c R Ravindra b I McPeake | 5 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 41.66 |
c R Ravindra b I McPeake | ||||||
| Ryan Harrison | c L Georgeson b Jamie Gibson | 12 | 70 | 1 | 0 | 17.14 |
c L Georgeson b Jamie Gibson | ||||||
| Danru Ferns | c MG Bracewell b R Ravindra | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
c MG Bracewell b R Ravindra | ||||||
| Louis Delport | Not out | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 |
Not out | ||||||
| Sean Solia | Absent hurt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Absent hurt | ||||||
| Extra | 0 (b 4, w 7, nb 0, lb 3) | |||||
| Total | 368/10 (123.5) | |||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Logan van Beek | 27 | 6 | 61 | 1 | 2.25 |
| Ian McPeake | 18 | 6 | 47 | 2 | 2.61 |
| Rachin Ravindra | 13 | 2 | 47 | 3 | 3.61 |
| Ben Sears | 17 | 4 | 52 | 2 | 3.05 |
| Jamie Gibson | 13.5 | 4 | 35 | 1 | 2.53 |
| Michael Bracewell | 26 | 6 | 82 | 0 | 3.15 |
| Peter Younghusband | 9 | 1 | 37 | 0 | 4.11 |
Fall of wickets: 1-49 (G Phillips - 11.6 ov), 2-281 (WT Donnell - 88.1 ov), 3-316 (RR O Donnell - 96.5 ov), 4-317 (C Briggs - 97.3 ov), 5-323 (R Braak - 99.4 ov), 6-330 (William Somerville - 102.5 ov), 7-366 (B Horne - 122.5 ov), 8-366 (D Ferns - 122.6 ov), 9-368 (R Harrison - 123.5 ov)
Wellington inningWellington inn.298/7 (61.3 ov)| Batsmen | R | B | 4S | 6S | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luke Georgeson | c C Briggs b D Ferns | 54 | 130 | 6 | 1 | 41.53 |
c C Briggs b D Ferns | ||||||
| Rachin Ravindra | c C Briggs b D Ferns | 8 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 38.09 |
c C Briggs b D Ferns | ||||||
| Jakob Bhula | c B Horne b William Somerville | 11 | 53 | 2 | 0 | 20.75 |
c B Horne b William Somerville | ||||||
| Logan van Beek | c William Somerville b L Delport | 13 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 185.71 |
c William Somerville b L Delport | ||||||
| Michael Bracewell(C) | lbw b William Somerville | 119 | 93 | 10 | 5 | 127.95 |
lbw b William Somerville | ||||||
| Tom Blundell(WK) | c RR O Donnell b R Harrison | 19 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 95.00 |
c RR O Donnell b R Harrison | ||||||
| Troy Johnson | Not out | 39 | 29 | 3 | 2 | 134.48 |
Not out | ||||||
| Jamie Gibson | b L Delport | 17 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 141.66 |
b L Delport | ||||||
| Peter Younghusband | Not out | 11 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 220.00 |
Not out | ||||||
| Extra | 0 (b 1, w 1, nb 1, lb 4) | |||||
| Total | 298/7 (61.3) | |||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Danru Ferns | 14 | 4 | 56 | 2 | 4.00 |
| Ross ter Braak | 9 | 2 | 44 | 0 | 4.88 |
| William Somerville | 22 | 6 | 89 | 2 | 4.04 |
| Louis Delport | 9.3 | 2 | 55 | 2 | 5.78 |
| Glenn Phillips | 2 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 8.00 |
| Ryan Harrison | 5 | 0 | 33 | 1 | 6.60 |
Fall of wickets: 1-14 (R Ravindra - 7.1 ov), 2-41 (J Bhula - 24.1 ov), 3-54 (L Beek - 25.2 ov), 4-163 (L Georgeson - 44.1 ov), 5-210 (TA Blundell - 50.6 ov), 6-244 (MG Bracewell - 55.6 ov), 7-270 (Jamie Gibson - 59.2 ov)
Auckland inningAuckland inn.267/7 (71 ov)| Batsmen | R | B | 4S | 6S | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glenn Phillips | c L Beek b R Ravindra | 43 | 59 | 5 | 2 | 72.88 |
c L Beek b R Ravindra | ||||||
| William O'Donnell | Not out | 137 | 210 | 14 | 4 | 65.23 |
Not out | ||||||
| Robert O Donnell(C) | runout (TA Blundell / T Johnson) | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16.66 |
runout (TA Blundell / T Johnson) | ||||||
| Cole Briggs | lbw b Peter Younghusband | 4 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 10.52 |
lbw b Peter Younghusband | ||||||
| Ben Horne(WK) | lbw b R Ravindra | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 12.50 |
lbw b R Ravindra | ||||||
| Ross ter Braak | c T Johnson b B Sears | 12 | 47 | 2 | 0 | 25.53 |
c T Johnson b B Sears | ||||||
| William Somerville | c Peter Younghusband b R Ravindra | 59 | 54 | 5 | 2 | 109.25 |
c Peter Younghusband b R Ravindra | ||||||
| Ryan Harrison | runout (TA Blundell / L Georgeson) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 |
runout (TA Blundell / L Georgeson) | ||||||
| Danru Ferns | Not out | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 |
Not out | ||||||
| Extra | 0 (b 6, w 0, nb 1, lb 1) | |||||
| Total | 267/7 (71) | |||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Logan van Beek | 16 | 4 | 55 | 0 | 3.43 |
| Ian McPeake | 8 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 2.50 |
| Rachin Ravindra | 21 | 2 | 77 | 3 | 3.66 |
| Ben Sears | 9 | 1 | 40 | 1 | 4.44 |
| Peter Younghusband | 7 | 3 | 27 | 1 | 3.85 |
| Michael Bracewell | 8 | 1 | 31 | 0 | 3.87 |
| Jamie Gibson | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 5.00 |
Fall of wickets: 1-68 (G Phillips - 18.3 ov), 2-72 (RR O Donnell - 20.6 ov), 3-97 (C Briggs - 35.3 ov), 4-99 (B Horne - 37.2 ov), 5-135 (R Braak - 51.3 ov), 6-258 (William Somerville - 69.1 ov), 7-262 (R Harrison - 69.6 ov)
Date
2021-04-03 03:00 AM
Venue
Eden Park Outer Oval, Auckland
Toss
Wellington Firebirds elected to bat
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- Wayne Knights
- Tim Parlane
Tv Umpires
Match Referee
- Gary Troup
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