Wellington Firebirds v Auckland Aces, Live Cricket Score and Commentary, Match 19, Plunket Shield, 2025

Plunket Shield Match 19: Wellington Firebirds v Auckland Aces at Wellington, March 17, 2026

Wellington Firebirds

309/10 (74.4) & 181/10 (53.5)

Auckland Aces

414/10 (93.5) & 77/2 (14.5)

Finished

AA won by 8 wickets

Wellington Firebirds 1st InningWF 1st Inning309/10 (74.4 ov)

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Jesse Tashkoff	b R Harrison	37	33	7	0	112.12
b R Harrison
Nick Greenwood	c MW Alpe b S Keene	21	32	3	0	65.63
c MW Alpe b S Keene
Gareth Severin	c S Keene b R Harrison	20	29	3	0	68.97
c S Keene b R Harrison
Muhammad Abbas	c L Watson b R Harrison	42	62	5	0	67.74
c L Watson b R Harrison
Callum McLachlan	c MW Alpe b S Singh	33	49	5	0	67.35
c MW Alpe b S Singh
Tom Blundell(WK/C)	b A Ashok	96	128	6	6	75.00
b A Ashok
Oscar Jackson	c R Harrison b S Singh	10	12	1	0	83.33
c R Harrison b S Singh
Peter Younghusband	c MW Alpe b S Singh	14	47	2	0	29.79
c MW Alpe b S Singh
Michael Snedden	lbw b S Keene	5	37	0	0	13.51
lbw b S Keene
James Hartshorn	runout (A Ashok / L Stackpole)	0	0	0	0	0.00
runout (A Ashok / L Stackpole)
Liam Dudding	Not out	7	19	1	0	36.84
Not out
Extra	24 (b 11, w 5, nb 0, lb 8)
Total	309/10 (74.4)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON
Samrath Singh	19	1	94	3	4.95
Simon Keene	17	2	62	2	3.65
Ryan Harrison	15	4	57	3	3.80
Rohit Gulati	11	1	49	0	4.45
Adithya Ashok	12.4	1	28	1	2.21

Fall of wickets: 1-55 (J Tashkoff - 9.6 ov), 2-63 (N Greenwood - 12.3 ov), 3-94 (G Severin - 18.1 ov), 4-157 (C McLachlan - 33.5 ov), 5-157 (M Abbas - 34.2 ov), 6-180 (O Jackson - 37.3 ov), 7-227 (P Younghusband - 51.6 ov), 8-248 (M Snedden - 61.6 ov), 9-249 (J Hartshorn - 62.1 ov), 10-309 (TA Blundell - 74.4 ov)

Auckland Aces 1st InningAA 1st Inning414/10 (93.5 ov)

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Dale Phillips	c C McLachlan b J Hartshorn	0	7	0	0	0.00
c C McLachlan b J Hartshorn
Sean Solia(C)	c G Severin b P Younghusband	17	47	2	0	36.17
c G Severin b P Younghusband
Luke Watson	c J Hartshorn b N Greenwood	86	133	14	1	64.66
c J Hartshorn b N Greenwood
Siddesh Dixit	c G Severin b M Snedden	18	45	2	0	40.00
c G Severin b M Snedden
Lachlan Stackpole	Not out	172	179	20	6	96.09
Not out
Simon Keene	b M Abbas	62	69	7	1	89.86
b M Abbas
Ryan Harrison	c C McLachlan b O Jackson	8	22	1	0	36.36
c C McLachlan b O Jackson
Marco Alpe(WK)	c J Tashkoff b M Snedden	35	58	6	0	60.34
c J Tashkoff b M Snedden
Adithya Ashok	c G Severin b M Snedden	0	1	0	0	0.00
c G Severin b M Snedden
Samrath Singh	c C McLachlan b M Snedden	0	2	0	0	0.00
c C McLachlan b M Snedden
Rohit Gulati	b M Snedden	0	7	0	0	0.00
b M Snedden
Extra	16 (b 8, w 0, nb 7, lb 1)
Total	414/10 (93.5)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON
Liam Dudding	17	5	58	0	3.41
James Hartshorn	17	2	76	1	4.47
Michael Snedden	16.5	4	56	5	3.33
Muhammad Abbas	11	1	58	1	5.27
Nick Greenwood	13	0	67	1	5.15
Peter Younghusband	10	0	54	1	5.40
Oscar Jackson	9	0	36	1	4.00

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

Wellington Firebirds 2nd InningWF 2nd Inning181/10 (53.5 ov)

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Jesse Tashkoff	c R Harrison b S Keene	23	25	4	0	92.00
c R Harrison b S Keene
Nick Greenwood	b S Singh	8	9	2	0	88.89
b S Singh
Gareth Severin	b S Keene	14	20	2	0	70.00
b S Keene
Muhammad Abbas	c L Watson b R Harrison	11	18	1	0	61.11
c L Watson b R Harrison
Callum McLachlan	b S Keene	6	38	0	0	15.79
b S Keene
Michael Snedden	Not out	44	124	3	0	35.48
Not out
Tom Blundell(WK/C)	c MW Alpe b R Harrison	35	47	3	0	74.47
c MW Alpe b R Harrison
Oscar Jackson	lbw b A Ashok	7	14	1	0	50.00
lbw b A Ashok
Peter Younghusband	c MW Alpe b S Singh	12	24	1	0	50.00
c MW Alpe b S Singh
James Hartshorn	c R Gulati b A Ashok	2	7	0	0	28.57
c R Gulati b A Ashok
Liam Dudding	c SM Solia b A Ashok	0	2	0	0	0.00
c SM Solia b A Ashok
Extra	19 (b 8, w 1, nb 5, lb 5)
Total	181/10 (53.5)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON
Samrath Singh	15	0	69	2	4.60
Simon Keene	14	2	42	3	3.00
Ryan Harrison	11	2	33	2	3.00
Sean Solia	1	1	0	0	0.00
Adithya Ashok	9.5	1	18	3	1.83
Rohit Gulati	3	1	6	0	2.00

Fall of wickets: 1-18 (N Greenwood - 2.4 ov), 2-45 (G Severin - 7.6 ov), 3-52 (J Tashkoff - 9.3 ov), 4-58 (M Abbas - 14.2 ov), 5-87 (C McLachlan - 23.5 ov), 6-145 (TA Blundell - 38.5 ov), 7-160 (O Jackson - 43.6 ov), 8-178 (P Younghusband - 52.1 ov), 9-181 (J Hartshorn - 53.3 ov), 10-181 (LR Dudding - 53.5 ov)

Auckland Aces 2nd InningAA 2nd Inning77/2 (14.5 ov)

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Dale Phillips	c P Younghusband b J Hartshorn	0	1	0	0	0.00
c P Younghusband b J Hartshorn
Sean Solia(C)	Not out	30	44	5	1	68.18
Not out
Luke Watson	c C McLachlan b LR Dudding	31	34	7	0	91.18
c C McLachlan b LR Dudding
Siddesh Dixit	Not out	13	11	1	1	118.18
Not out
Extra	3 (b 0, w 1, nb 1, lb 1)
Total	77/2 (14.5)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON
James Hartshorn	4	0	19	1	4.75
Liam Dudding	6	2	19	1	3.17
Nick Greenwood	1	0	10	0	10.00
Michael Snedden	3	0	16	0	5.33
Oscar Jackson	0.5	0	12	0	14.40

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

Date

2026-03-18 03:00 AM

Venue

Basin Reserve, Wellington

Toss

Auckland Aces elected to bowl

Umpires

Tv Umpires

Match Referee