Wellington went up to Auckland to snatch a win and Northern Districts defended home turf in Hamilton vs Central Districts, while Otago vs Canterbury was rained off in Invercargill. That means no updates to Otago or Canterbury in this break down...

Auckland

Loss vs Wellington | 3-5 | 14 points | 5th

Best Performers vs Wellington

Sean Solia: 42 runs @ 68sr
Dale Phillips: 40 runs @ 82sr
Adithya Ashok: 3w @ 5rpo

Best Performers This Season

Cameron Fletcher: 240 runs @ 34.avg/72sr
Bevon Jacob: 227 runs @ 32.4avg/88sr
Ryan Harrison: 161 runs @ 23avg/100sr | 8w @ 36.6avg/6.2rpo
Adithya Ashok: 13w @ 27.2avg/5.6rpo
Simon Keene: 9w @ 26.1avg/5.5rpo

Notebook

Ashok is tied third for wickets with Jayden Lennox. They are the leading wicket-takers for spinners in Ford Trophy. Ashok has a List-A bowling average of 33.6 and averages below 36 in all three formats.

Harjot Johal and Rohit Gulati both have 5w with averages below 26. Both are averaging below 30 in all three formats and Gulati's 3.1rpo makes him Auckland's most economical bowler in Ford Trophy.

Northern Districts

Win vs Central Districts | 3-4 | 17 points | 4th

Best Performers vs Central Districts

Xavier Bell: 66 runs @ 90sr
Scott Kuggeleijn: 55 runs @ 106sr | 1w @ 6.7rpo
Snehith Reddy: 55* @ 110sr
Tim Pringle: 4w @ 2.9rpo
Joshua Brown: 3w @ 5.1rpo
Zak Gibson: 2w @ 5.7rpo

Best Performers This Season

Rob O'Donnell: 319 runs @ 45.5avg/86sr
Kristian Clarke: 178 runs @ 89avg/90sr | 3w @ 61.6avg/64rpo
Brett Hampton: 134 runs @ 19.1avg/109sr | 3w @ 41avg/4.7rpo
Tim Pringle: 122 runs @ 24.4avg/82sr | 11w @ 20.4avg/3.7rpo
Scott Kuggeleijn: 120 runs @ 24avg/79sr | 12w @ 21.6avg/5rpo

Notebook

Bell's first 50+ score in LA batting means he's 19-years-old with a 50+ score in LA and T20 batting, while he's yet to play Plunket Shield.

Reddy is 19-years-old and he has not been dismissed at the domestic level. He's only played three LA games and has scores of 15*, 40* and 55*. His strike-rate of 96.4 is the second highest for ND, only behind Hampton's 108.94 and it's much higher than Kuggeleijn's 79.4sr.

Gibson is the only ND bowler averaging below 20 with 9w @ 16.8avg/3.5rpo, making him the most economical ND bowler who has bowled 5+ overs.

Pringle has wickets in five consecutive games and back to back scores of 27. He has a LA batting average of 16.4 and bowling average of 37.7, both of which are on the improve.

Central Districts

Loss vs Northern Districts | 5-3 | 23 points | 2nd

Best Performers vs Northern Districts

Angus Schaw: 2w @ 5rpo
Brett Randell: 2w @ 7rpo
Dean Foxcroft: 1w @ 4.5rpo | 72 runs @ 128sr
Josh Clarkson: 66 runs @ 112sr

Best Performers This Season

Brad Schmulian: 412 runs @ 68.6avg/87sr
Dean Foxcroft: 310 runs @ 38.7avg/104sr | 2w @ 41.5avg/4.3rpo
Josh Clarkson: 241 runs @ 40.1avg/111sr | 17w @ 18.5avg/4.7rpo
Jayden Lennox: 13w @ 27.6avg/4.9rpo
Brett Randell: 6w @ 22.3avg/5.5rpo

Notebook

Foxcroft has three 50+ scores in a row and a wicket in two consecutive games. He only has 2w in Ford Trophy so those were his first wickets of the campaign and he has seven 40+ scores in his last 10 games.

Clarkson had four not-outs in five games before his knock of 66 vs ND. Despite not taking a wicket in his last two games, he is still the only CD bowler averaging less than 20.

Randell has wickets in four consecutive games and in eight of his last 10 games. He averages less than 28 in all three formats and LA bowling is his best zone with 22.16avg.

Lennox has wickets in seven consecutive games and is now averaging 31.1 in LA bowling.

Wellington

Win vs Auckland | 5-3 | 21 points | 3rd

Best Performers vs Auckland

Nick Greenwood: 3w @ 2.4rpo
Jesse Tashkoff: 3w @ 6.5rpo
Oscar Jackson: 57 runs @ 211sr
Muhammad Abbas: 53 runs @ 66sr
Tom Blundell: 49* @ 158sr

Best Performers This Season

Tim Robinson: 330 runs @ 55avg/98sr
Tom Blundell: 318 runs @ 53avg/95sr
Nick Greenwood: 215 runs @ 30.7avg/105sr | 4w @ 34.5avg/3.8rpo
Jesse Tashkoff: 119 runs @ 14.8avg/87sr | 12w @ 25.8avg/5.8rpo
James Hartshorn: 16w @ 21.5avg/5.5rpo
Peter Younghusband: 12w @ 31.1avg/4.9rpo
Liam Dudding: 11w @ 22.9avg/4.5rpo

Notebook

Jackson is 21-years-old and in his first three games of LA and T20 cricket, he has strike-rates of 167.5 (LA) and 175.8 (T20). He is yet to take a wicket in LA and took 3w @ 15.6avg/7.8rpo in Super Smash.

Blundell's scores in last 10 games: 63, 25, 73, 47, 41, 45, 51, 41, 49*

Blundell is tied second with Clarkson on 11 sixes in Ford Trophy and Jacobs is first on 14 sixes. Blundell has the highest average of these three batters and is sixth for runs.

Blundell also took his first LA wicket and also has a wicket in FC bowling.

Greenwood has a LA bowling average of 18.7 to go with 19.6avg in T20 bowling.

Tashkoff took 3w in back to back games and is now averaging 35 in LA bowling.

Abbas hit his first 50+ score of the summer and is back bowling with 8ov @ 6.8rpo.

Nathan Smith has bowled 18ov @ 5.6rpo without a wicket in his three games returning from injury.

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