2026/27 Ford Trophy: Round Four Basics
Northern Districts and Wellington dished out the first losses for Otago and Auckland, while Central Districts are still struggling at the bottom of the ladder without a win.
Auckland
Loss vs Wellington | 3-1 | 13 points
Best Performers vs Wellington
Angus Olliver: 4w @ 4.2rpo
Sid Dixit: 3w @ 3.2rpo | 39 runs @ 61sr
Samrath Singh: 2w @ 3.1rpo
Best Performers This Season
Dale Phillis: 223 runs @ 74.3avg/107sr
Sean Solia: 209 runs @ 69.6avg/96sr | 5w @ 26.2avg/6.2rpo
Cam Fletcher: 159 runs @ 39.7avg/93sr
Ryan Harrison: 123 runs @ 61.5avg/134sr
Angus Olliver: 12w @ 14.1avg/4.6rpo
Adi Ashok: 8w @ 18.7avg/5.5rpo
Notebook
Angus Olliver's wickets in last 10 games: 1, 1, 1, 2, 0, 0, 3, 3, 2, 4.
He is now averaging 24.5 in List-A bowling.
Samrath Singh has 2+ wickets in five consecutive innings split between Plunket Shield and Ford Trophy; 3, 2, 2, 3, 2.
Sid Dixit played his first game of the season for Auckland and he averages 19 in LA bowling.
Sean Solia has a wicket and 30+ scores in all three games so far.
Northern Districts
Win vs Otago | 2-2 | 8 points
Best Perfomers vs Otago
Henry Cooper: 4w @ 5rpo | 45 runs @ 65sr
Josh Brown: 2w @ 6rpo
Michael Sclanders: 71 runs @ 71sr
Rob O'Donnell: 52 runs @ 104sr
Xavier Bell: 37* @ 195sr
Best Performers This Season
Rob O'Donnell: 205 runs @ 51.2avg/114sr
Xavier Bell: 181 runs @ 90.5avg/109sr
Michael Sclanders: 168 runs @ 84avg/88sr
Josh Brown: 7w @ 27.4avg/5.3rpo
Henry Cooper: 6w @ 17.1avg/6rpo
Notebook
Xavier Bell's last six scores in Ford Trophy: 66, 54, 50*, 46, 48, 37*.
Bell is 20yrs averaging 35.2 in LA and 37 in T20 batting.
Michael Sclanders averages 49 in LA batting and has a 50+ score in his first two games of the season.
Rob O'Donnell averages 34+ in all three formats.
Henry Cooper averages below 31 with the ball in all three formats.
Josh Brown has a wicket in six consecutive innings.
Central Districts
Loss vs Canterbury | 0-4 | 0 points
Best Performers vs Canterbury
Angus Schaw: 35 runs @ 59sr
Josh Clarkson: 5w @ 3rpo
Ajaz Patel: 2w @ 3.3rpo
Best Performers This Season
Tom Bruce: 191 runs @ 47.7avg/83sr
Josh Clarkson: 176 runs @ 58.6vg/111sr | 7w @ 22.7avg/5.3rpo
Sam Cassidy: 168 runs @ 42avg/114sr
Ajaz Patel: 53 runs @ 17.6avg/104sr | 6w @ 33.8avg/5.7rpo
Toby Findlay: 7w @ 29.8avg/7.5rpo
Notebook
Josh Clarkson's three Ford Trophy games: 74 runs, 0w | 88 runs, 2w | 14 runs, 5w.
He averages 30 in LA batting and 27 with the ball.
Jake Gibson's best bowling format is LA with 27.5avg/5.5rpo.
Wellington
Win vs Auckland | 2-2 | 9 points
Best Performers vs Auckland
Callum McLachlan: 55 runs @ 93sr
Liam Dudding: 3w @ 3.6rpo
Henry Shipley: 2w @ 4.1rpo
Logan van Beek: 2w @ 4.5rpo
Best Performers This Season
Oscar Jackson: 157 runs @ 39.2avg/83sr
Muhammad Abbas: 129 runs @ 32.2avg/80sr
Jesse Tashkoff: 110 runs @ 27.5avg/84sr
Logan van Beek: 97 runs @ 48.5avg/113sr | 6w @ 28.5avg/5.5rpo
Yahya Zeb: 6w @ 20.5avg/5.3rpo
Liam Dudding: 4w @ 24.5avg/4.4rpo
Notebook
Callum McLachlan averages 27 in First-Class batting and below 16 in the shorter formats. He hit is second 50+ score in LA batting vs Auckland.
Henry Shipley's career bowling mahi
FC: 29.1avg/3.4rpo
LA: 35.5avg/5.7rpo
T20: 22.1avg/8.4rpo
Liam Dudding averages 25 in FC bowling and 28.3 in LA bowling.
Logan van Beek has 20+ scores in all four games to start the season.
Canterbury
Win vs Central Districts | 2-2 | 10 points
Best Performers vs Central Districts
Matt Rowe: 3w @ 2.8rpo
Raunaq Kapur: 2w @ 2.5rpo
Angus McKenzie: 2w @ 2.7rpo | 17* @ 63sr
Best Performers This Season
Chad Bowes: 255 runs @ 63.7avg/110sr
Leo Carter: 131 runs @ 65.5avg/101sr
Henry Nicholls: 126 runs @ 63avg/95sr
Angus McKenzie: 7w @ 19.7avg/4.1rpo
Raunaq Kapur: 7w @ 20.7avg/4.6rpo
Matt Rowe: 4w @ 24.5avg/5.1rpo
Notebook
Angus McKenzie averages below 33 in all three formats and 28.8 in LA bowling. He has a wicket in all four games so far this season.
Raunaq Kapur has 2+ wickets in three consecutive games and his average (36.7) will keep dropping towards 30.
Matt Rowe took 2+ wickets for the first time playing for Canterbury.
Otago
Loss vs Northern Districts | 2-2 | 8 points
Best Performers vs Northern Districts
Jamal Todd: 77 runs @ 117sr
Tom Jones: 65 runs @ 85sr
Ben Lockrose: 4w @ 5rpo
Best Performers This Season
Jacob Cumming: 177 runs @ 44.2avg/82sr
Thorn Parkes: 149 runs @ 37.2avg/84sr
Jamal Todd: 137 runs @ 68.5avg/113sr
Tom Jone: 121 runs @ 30.2avg/85sr
Jack Boyle: 101 runs @ 33.6avg/58sr
Ben Lockrose: 79 runs @ 39.5avg/105sr | 10w @ 18.8avg/5rpo
Matt Bacon: 8w @ 20.1avg/4.5rpo
Luke Georgeson: 6w @ 20.6avg/3.1rpo
Thomas O'Connor: 6w @ 30.6avg/4.8rpo
Notebook
Otago's batters in LA...
Jack Boyle: 34.7avg/71sr
Jacob Cumming: 29avg/74sr
Thorn Parkes: 33.1avg/73sr
Luke Georgeson: 31.6avg/75sr
Tom Jones: 30.2avg/85sr
Jamal Todd: 24.9avg/95sr
Georgeson also has a bowling average of 26.1.
Ben Lockrose has wickets in all four games to start the season.
Matt Bacon has wickets in eight consecutive innings for Otago.
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