Central Districts were the only winners in the second round of Plunket Shield with a win against Wellington who are at the bottom of the ladder. Auckland’s draw with Northern Districts puts them at the top of the table while Otago and Canterbury’s draw puts them in the top half of the ladder.

Auckland

Draw vs Northern Districts | 1-0-1 | 1st | 27 points

Best Performers vs Northern Districts

Dale Phillips: 40 runs | 107 runs
Ryan Harrison: 54*
Rohit Gulati: 6w @ 2.3rpo | 4w @ 2.4rpo
Adithya Ashok: 3w @ 1.8rpo
Harrish Kannan: 78 runs
Bevon Jacobs: 66 runs

Best Performers This Season

Lachlan Stackpole: 210 runs @ 70avg/124sr
Bevon Jacobs: 186 runs @ 62avg/74sr
Dale Phillips: 164 runs @ 54.6avg/59sr
Harrish Kannan: 140 runs @ 46.6avg/38sr
Rohit Gulati: 15w @ 16.1avg/2.4rpo
Jock McKenzie: 7w @ 20.7avg/3rpo
Simon Keene: 6w @ 24.8avg/3.1rpo

Notebook

Gulati's bowling averages: 22 (FC), 25.2 (LA), 14 (T20).

Gulati's wickets in domestic cricket: 3, 1, 1, 2, 1, 2, 2, 0, 5, 6, 4.

Jacobs averages 54.8 in First-Class batting.

Harrison hit his first LA and FC 50+ scores early this season.

Kannan's scores in domestic cricket: 16, 1, 9, 106, 32, 38, 24, 78.

Phillips averages 37.5 in FC batting.

Northern Districts

Draw with Auckland | 0-1-1 | 5th | 9 points

Best Performers vs Auckland

Kristian Clarke: 4w @ 2.3rpo
Tim Pringle: 2w @ 2.2rpo | 4w @ 4.5rpo
Henry Cooper: 43 runs | 206*
Jeet Raval: 129 runs

Best Performers This Season

Henry Cooper: 316 runs @ 105.3avg/47sr
Bharat Popli: 199 runs @ 49.7avg/59sr
Jeet Raval: 168 runs @ 42avg/44sr
Joshua Brown: 8w @ 22.avg/2.9rpo
Tim Pringle: 8w @ 39.6avg/3.3rpo

Notebook

Cooper has scored 30+ runs in five of six innings this season with scores of 31, 35, 4, 63, 43, 206*. Currently averaging 34.7 in FC batting.

Raval's latest scores (all Plunket Shield): 24, 13, 63, 16*, 13, 41, 54, 14, 3, 24, 12, 129. Currently averaging 38 in FC batting.

Pringle has 2+ wickets in five of his last six innings bowled. Currently averaging 42.5 in FC bowling.

Clarke averages 20+ in FC and LA batting.

Central Districts

Win vs Wellington | 1-1-0 | 4th | 20 points

Best Performers vs Wellington

Josh Clarkson: 3w @ 3.6rpo
Blair Tickner: 4w @ 3.1rpo | 1w @ 4.3rpo
Dean Foxcroft: 53* | 37*
Ajaz Patel: 2w @ 6rpo
Curtis Heaphy: 132 runs
Brad Schmulian: 167*

Best Performers This Season

Brad Schmulian: 251 runs @ 83.6avg/68sr
Curtis Heaphy: 137 runs @ 68.5avg/53sr
Dean Foxcroft: 135 runs @ 67.5avg/70sr
Josh Clarkson: 7w @ 22avg/3.5rpo
Blair Tickner: 5w @ 16.2avg/3.3rpo

Notebook

Schmulian and Heaphy average 40+ in FC and LA batting.

Schmulian averages 40.34 and 46. He has two not-out scores over 130 this season.

Heaphy averages 43.91 and 52.88. His recent scores: 71, 50*, 35, 30*, 32, 36, 190, 13*, 35, 58*, 5, 132.

Foxcroft averages 30+ in all three formats with the bat. He has three 30+ scores in four Plunket Shield games this season.

Clarkson's bowling form continues and his FC bowling average of 35.2 is dropping. His wickets this season: 5, 4, 3, 4, 0, 4, 3, 0.

Wellington

Loss vs Central Districts | 0-2-0 | 6th | 9 points

Best Performers vs Central Districts

Gareth Severin: 104 runs
Tim Robinson: 108 runs | 27*
Liam Dudding: 2w @ 1.5rpo | 1w @ 4rpo

Best Performers This Season

Tim Robinson: 223 runs @ 111.5avg/86sr
Nick Kelly: 207 runs @ 51.7avg/74sr
Gareth Severin: 206 runs @ 51.5avg/51sr
Jesse Tashkoff: 163 runs @ 40.7avg/80sr | 1w @ 85avg/4.9rpo
Liam Dudding: 6w @ 26.6avg/3rpo

Notebook

Robinson's recent scores: 45, 50, 113, 27, 39, 23, 45, 87*, 1, 108, 27*. Now averaging 33 in FC batting and he averages 28+ in T20I, FC, LA, T20.

Severin's recent scores: 60, 5, 17, 18, 25, 12, 65, 104, 25. Severin averages 38.07 in FC batting - well above his 19.8avg in LA and 15.8avg in T20.

Dudding's wickets this season: 1, 1, 2, 1, 2, 2, 1, 2, 1. Dudding averages 24.2 in FC bowling.

Canterbury

Draw with Otago | 1-0-1 | 3rd | 24 points

Best Performers vs Otago

Tom Latham: 52 runs
Henry Nicholls: 111 runs | 109*
Ish Sodhi: 108* | 4w @ 5rpo | 3w @ 2.8rpo
Sean Davey: 101* | 2w @ 3.7rpo
Angus McKenzie: 3w @ 3.2rpo

Best Performers This Season

Matthew Boyle: 258 runs @ 86avg/57sr
Henry Nicholls: 220 runs @ 220avg/80sr
Chad Bowes: 182 runs @ 45.5avg/75sr
Mitch Hay: 154 runs @ 77avg/52sr
Ish Sodhi: 9w @ 38.4avg/4rpo
Angus McKenzie: 8w @ 27.1avg/3rpo
Michael Rae: 7w @ 30.7avg/2.5rpo

Notebook

Nicholls' scores this season: 117*, 11, 138, 25, 15, 111, 109*. He averages 40+ in FC and LA batting.

Sodhi hit his first century. Averages 20+ in Test and FC batting. Has a wicket in all four Plunket Shield innings bowled.

Davey hit his first century. Averages 23.9 in FC batting and 22 in FC bowling. Also averages 22 in LA and 28.8 in T20 bowling.

Hay has a FC batting average of 49.6. Scores of 10, 59*, 42 and 43* in Plunket Shield so far.

Otago

Draw with Canterbury | 1-0-1 | 2nd | 26 points

Best Performers vs Canterbury

Thorn Parkes: 41 runs | 44 runs
Glenn Phillips: 2w @ 4rpo | 94 runs | 2w @ 3.5rpo |
Luke Georgeson: 1w @ 4.2rpo | 59* | 2w @ 1.2rpo | 44*

Best Performers This Season

Jacob Cumming: 235 runs @ 78.3avg/64sr
Jack Boyle: 196 runs @ 49avg/51sr
Glenn Phillips: 130 runs @ 43.3avg/73sr |9w @ 33.6avg/3.4rpo
Luke Georgeson: 117 runs @ 117avg/48sr | 5w @ 40.6avg/4.2rpo
Danru Ferns: 6w @ 35.3avg/3.8rpo

Notebook

Phillips' mahi this season...

Runs: 6, 28*, 94, 2

Wickets: 2, 3, 2, 2

Phillips averages 40.2 in FC batting and 36.5 in FC bowling.

Georgeson averages 24.3 in FC batting and 33.5 in FC bowling. Also averages 33.6 in LA batting and 27 in LA bowling.

Parkes' recent Plunket Shield scores: 85, 20, 97, 34, 1, 50, 24, 8, 41, 44. Averaging 33.8 in FC batting.

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