Tom Latham has back to back centuries and Canterbury are 6-1 at the top of the table, while Central Districts and Wellington had away wins as the next best teams in Ford Trophy.

Auckland

Loss vs Central Districts | 3-4 | 14 points | 4th

Best Performers vs Central Districts

Bevon Jacobs: 47 runs @ 62sr
Harjot Johal: 2w @ 4.5rpo
Rohit Gulati: 1w @ 2rpo

Best This Season

Cameron Fletcher: 239 runs @ 39.8avg/73sr
Bevon Jacob: 189 runs @ 31.5avg/89sr
Harrish Kannan: 186 runs @ 26.5avg/58sr
Adithya Ashok: 10w @ 30.4avg/5.7rpo
Simon Keene: 9w @ 26.1avg/5.5rpo

Notebook

Jacobs has six 30+ scores in his last eight innings. List-A batting is his weakest format with 25.7avg/96sr and Jacobs has hit the most sixes in Ford Trophy this season with 12.

Gulati is the second most economical bowler in Ford Trophy and one of two bowlers below 3.2rpo this season. He is averaging under 30 in all three bowling formats.

Johal has 2w in his first two Ford Trophy games this season, averaging 30.4 in LA bowling. He also averages 28.7 in First-Class bowling and 17.1 in T20s.

Northern Districts

Loss vs Canterbury | 2-4 | 12 points | 5th

Best Performers vs Canterbury

Henry Cooper: 30 runs @ 61sr
Scott Kuggeleijn: 1w @ 4.8rpo
Tim Pringle: 1w @ 4.8rpo

Best This Season

Rob O'Donnell: 308 runs @ 51.3avg/86sr
Kristian Clarke: 178 runs @ 89avg/90sr
Scott Kuggeleijn: 11w @ 18.7avg/4.7rpo
Zak Gibson: 7w @ 14.7avg/2.9rpo

Notebook

Gibson is the most economical bowler in Ford Trophy and only bowler below 3rpo (2.98rpo), but he didn't play vs Canterbury. Cooper Rowell made his debut with 4ov @ 3.2rpo.

Pringle is averaging under 30 with the ball in all three formats this season. He has wickets in four consecutive innings and while LA bowling is his worst pocket (42.3avg), it should keep dropping with his current form.

Xavier Bell is battling through the domestic grind with 51 runs @ 8.5avg/41sr in his first Ford Trophy season.

Central Districts

Win vs Auckland | 5-2 | 23 points | 2nd

Best Performers vs Auckland

Brett Randell: 3w @ 2.4rpo
Jayden Lennox: 2w @ 2.7rpo
Dean Foxcroft: 56 runs @ 71sr
Dane Cleaver: 47 runs @ 80sr

Best This Season

Brad Schmulian: 393 runs @ 78.6avg/89sr
Dean Foxcroft: 238 runs @ 34avg/99sr
Tom Bruce: 237 runs @ 59.2avg/87sr
Josh Clarkson: 175 runs @ 35avg/111sr | 17w @ 16.1avg/4.4rpo
Jayden Lennox: 12w @ 25.5avg/4.8rpo

Notebook

Foxcroft has four 40+ scores in his last five innings and eight 20+ scores in his last 10 innings. He has at least two 50+ scores in each format this season.

Lennox is averaging below 26 in all three formats this season. He has wickets in six consecutive innings and his LA average of 30.8 should dip below 30 soon with his current form.

Randell has wickets in three consecutive innings with a LA bowling average of 22.1. He averages below 28 in all three formats.

Wellington

Win vs Otago | 4-3 | 17 points | 3rd

Best Performers vs Otago

Nick Kelly: 81 runs @ 69sr
Nick Greenwood: 54 runs @ 216sr
Liam Dudding: 4w @ 5.1rpo
Jesse Tashkoff: 3w @ 4.3rpo
James Hartshorn: 2w @ 10.9rpo

Best This Season

Tim Robinson: 313 runs @ 62.6avg/103sr
Tom Blundell: 269 runs @ 44.8avg/89sr
Nick Greenwood: 201 runs @ 33.5avg/105sr
James Hartshorn: 16w @ 20.3avg/5.6rpo
Liam Dudding: 11w @ 21.3avg/4.5rpo
Peter Younghusband: 11w @ 29.4avg/4.9rpo

Notebook

Greenwood has back to back 50+ scores with strike-rates over 120. He has the highest strike-rate in Ford Trophy for batters with 200+ runs.

Hartshorn has wickets in five consecutive innings and is now averaging 29 in LA bowling.

Dudding averages 27.5 in LA bowling and 24 in FC bowling.

Tashkoff had three innings without a wicket and then took 3w vs Otago. LA is his best bowling zone with 38.8avg/5.5rpo

Canterbury

Win vs Northern Districts | 6-1 | 28 points | 1st

Best Performers vs Northern Districts

Fraser Sheat: 2w @ 2.8rpo
Michael Rae: 2w @ 3.5rpo
Lachlan Harper: 2w @ 3.6rpo
Tom Latham: 103* @ 106sr
Matthew Boyle: 27* @ 79sr

Best This Season

Henry Nicholls: 428 runs @ 71.3avg/97sr
Tom Latham: 411 runs @ 137avg/104sr
Chad Bowes: 235 runs @ 47avg/99sr
Matthew Boyle: 227 runs @ 45.4avg/99sr
Rhys Mariu: 221 runs @ 55.2avg/79sr
Fraser Sheat: 11w @ 25.6avg/5rpo
Michael Rae: 10w @ 29.8avg/4.8rpo
Lachlan Harper: 6w @ 10.5avg/5.5rpo

Notebook

Latham also hit a 50+ score in his one Plunket Shield game and 237 runs @ 157sr in Super Smash. He has two centuries and two halfies in his five Ford Trophy games, with back to back centuries this week. Latham now has 13 LA centuries and averages 36.8, plus his Ford Trophy strike-rate is the second highest for batters with 200+ runs.

LA bowling averages

Rae: 30.2
Sheat: 27
Harper: 10.5

Rae averages below 33 in all formats, Sheat averages below 29 in all formats and Harper averages below 27 in all formats.

Otago

Loss vs Wellington | 0-6 | 2 points | 6th

Best Performers vs Wellington

Matthew Bacon: 3w @ 4.3rpo
Ben Lockrose: 2w @ 4.1rpo | 32 runs @ 63sr
Zac Cumming: 2w @ 5.5rpo
Luke Georgeson: 52 runs @ 81sr

Best This Season

Max Chu: 235 runs @ 39.1avg/71sr
Matthew Bacon: 11w @ 29.6avg/5rpo
Jarrod McKay: 10w @ 26avg/4.8rpo
Ben Lockrose: 9w @ 30.8avg/4.6rpo

Notebook

Georgeson hasn't bowled in his last two games after getting injured in Super Smash. LA is his best batting zone with 33.5avg and he averages below 33 in all bowling formats. He has four 50+ scores in his last 10 games.

Bacon averages below 34 in all three formats and below 29 in LA/T20 bowling.

Lockrose has wickets in seven of his last 10 games and averages 40.2 in LA bowling, which should keep dropping. 32 runs vs Wellington was his highest LA score.

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