ACS Overseas First-Class Annual 2018

WELLINGTON v AUCKLAND Played at Basin Reserve, Wellington, October 23, 24, 25, 2017. (Scheduled for four days). Plunket Shield 2017/18 Wellington won by an innings and 205 runs. (Points: Wellington 20, Auckland 0) AUCKLAND R B M 4s 6s R B M 4s 6s J.A.Raval b Bennett 3 20 34 - - c Bracewell b van Beek 73 201 287 11 - *M.L.Guptill-Bunce lbw b Newton 0 1 5 - - lbw b Newton 4 5 6 1 - R.R.O’Donnell b Newton 0 2 2 - - c Blundell b Bennett 24 92 124 3 - M.J.Barry c Bracewell b Newton 0 1 1 - - b Patel 41 83 115 7 - M.S.Chapman c Bracewell b Bennett 5 7 12 1 - c Murdoch b Bennett 61 101 124 9 1 C.Cachopa c Patel b Bennett 0 2 1 - - lbw b McPeake 6 22 28 1 - †B.J.Horne c McPeake b Newton 0 10 15 - - c Blundell b McPeake 24 75 98 2 1 T.S.Nethula b van Beek 23 48 74 2 - (9) b Woodcock 26 19 27 4 1 M.B.McEwan c Bracewell b van Beek 8 11 13 2 - (8) c sub (M.J.Taylor) b McPeake 7 14 29 - 1 R.S.Sandhu c Bracewell b McPeake 11 25 31 2 - (11) b Woodcock 0 2 2 - - L.H.Ferguson not out 6 11 21 1 - (10) not out 0 8 13 - - Extras b 4, lb 1, w 1 6 b 4, lb 13, w 2, nb 1 20 (23 ov) 62 (103.3 ov) 286 WELLINGTON R B M 4s 6s M.H.W.Papps not out 316 435 553 51 1 L.J.Woodcock c Barry b Ferguson 151 311 439 25 1 S.J.Murdoch b Ferguson 0 12 18 - - *M.G.Bracewell c Raval b McEwan 13 26 31 2 - †T.A.Blundell not out 42 44 62 5 1 F.J.Colson L.V.van Beek J.S.Patel O.R.Newton ‡ I.G.McPeake H.K.Bennett Extras b 8, lb 7, w 10, nb 6 31 (3 wkts dec; 137 ov; 553 mins) 553 Wellington O M R W wd nb O M R W wd nb Fall Auc Wel Auc Bennett 5 4 2 3 - - 17 4 31 2 1 - 1 2 (2) 432 (2) 8 (2) Newton 8 2 26 4 1 - 17 6 49 1 - 1 2 2 (3) 445 (3) 73 (3) van Beek 7 2 19 2 - - (4) 20 8 61 1 - - 3 2 (4) 471 (4) 146 (4) McPeake 3 0 10 1 - - (3) 17 6 51 3 1 - 4 11 (5) 180 (1) Patel 29 11 60 1 - - 5 11 (6) 198 (6) Woodcock 3.3 0 17 2 - - 6 12 (1) 245 (5) 7 12 (7) 258 (8) Auckland O M R W wd nb 8 21 (9) 276 (7) Ferguson 26 3 127 2 1 1 9 39 (10) 286 (9) McEwan 28 4 74 1 - - 10 62 (8) 286 (11) Sandhu 21 2 114 0 - - Barry 16 2 60 0 1 - Nethula 29 2 92 0 5 5 Chapman 1 0 9 0 - - O’Donnell 16 2 62 0 - - Umpires: S.B.Haig and T.J.Parlane. Referee: K.R.Pulley. Toss: Wellington Close of Play: 1st day: Wellington (1) 246-0 (Papps 163, Woodcock 64, 71 overs); 2nd day: Auckland (2) 73-1 (Raval 39, O’Donnell 24, 31 overs). The partnership of 432 by M.H.W.Papps and L.J.Woodcock was the best for the 1st wicket in first-class cricket in New Zealand (previously 428 by P.J.Ingram and J.M.How for Central Districts v Wellington at Wellington in 2009/10); it was the fourth highest in New Zealand for any wicket. Papps, at 38y 114d, was the oldest to reach a triple century since E.H.Hendren (44y 169d) in 1933. O.R.Newton took the wicket of M.L.Guptill-Bunce with his first ball in first-class cricket. 251 New Zealand in 2017/18