Brett Randell and Thomas O'Connor both took 7 wickets in an innings to help Central Districts and Otago to wins, while Canterbury's win over Wellington puts them at the top of the table.

Auckland

Loss vs Otago | 5th | 2-3-1 | 60 points

Best Performers vs Otago

Sean Solia: 60 runs
Ryan Harrison: 57* | 3w @ 3.3rpo
Simon Keene: 5 runs | 3w @ 4.1rpo | 60* | 1w @ 3.7rpo
Rohit Gulati: 3w @ 2.1rpo

Best Performers This Season

Simon Keene: 452 runs @ 50.2avg/76sr | 19w @ 28.2avg/3.4rpo
Lachlan Stackpole: 424 runs @ 38.5avg/101sr
Bevon Jacobs: 417 runs @ 37.9avg/77sr
Cameron Fletcher: 396 runs @ 44avg/43sr
Ryan Harrison: 245 runs @ 49avg/42sr | 13w @ 36avg/4.5rpo
Rohit Gulati: 19w @ 28.2avg/3.4rpo

Notebook

Simon Keene is the leading run-scorer for Auckland and second for wickets. He averages 33 with the bat in First-Class cricket and 31.4 with the ball.

Rohit Gulati is the leading wicket-taker in Plunket Shield and has a FC bowling average of 28.5.

Ryan Harrison has a FC batting average of 23.6 and bowling average of 33.6.

Sean Solia's recent scores: 0, 11, 48, 8, 42, 19, 79, 4, 60, 3.

Northern Districts

Loss vs Central Districts | 2nd | 3-2-1 | 69 points

Best Performers vs Central Districts

Scott Kuggeleijn: 4w @ 3.6rpo
Cooper Rowell: 3w @ 4.5rpo
Kristian Clarke: 2w @ 1.7rpo | 0 runs | 103 runs
Joshua Brown: 50*

Best Performers This Season

Henry Cooper: 596 runs @ 59.6avg/51sr
Joe Carter: 440 runs @ 44avg/47sr
Bharat Popli: 406 runs @ 36.9avg/54sr
Jeet Raval: 401 runs @ 36.4avg/43sr
Kristian Clarke: 315 runs @ 45avg/59sr | 13w @ 31.8avg/2.8rpo
Tim Pringle: 20w @ 29.3avg/2.6rpo
Joshua Brown: 15w @ 35avg/3.2rpo

Notebook

Kristian Clarke hit his first List-A century earlier in the season and hit his first FC century vs CD. He averages 26 with the bat in FC and 32.1 with the ball. Here's his mahi in the last two games...

Runs: 41, 21*, 0, 103
Wickets: 1, 3, 2

Tim Pringle is one of four bowlers with 20+ wickets but he's dropped to fourth for wickets in Plunket Shield. He has 1w in his last three innings and scores of 25, 36*, 21.

Joshua Brown hit his first 50+ score in domestic cricket.

Cooper Rowell made his FC debut vs CD.

Central Districts

Win vs Northern Districts | 3rd | 3-1-2 | 65 points

Best Performers vs Northern Districts

Dane Cleaver: 109 run
Brad Schmulian: 61 runs
Brett Randell: 7w @ 2.2rpo
Jayden Lennox: 1w @ 2rpo | 4w @ 2.8rpo
Ray Toole: 5w @ 1.6rpo

Best Performers This Season

Brad Schmulian: 654 runs @ 72.6avg/64sr
Curtis Heaphy: 467 runs @ 58.3avg/44sr
Dean Foxcroft: 309 runs @ 38.6avg/68sr
Ray Toole: 22w @ 24.9avg/3.2rpo
Josh Clarkson: 14w @ 33.6avg/3.5rpo
Jayden Lennox: 10w @ 23.5avg/2.3rpo
Brett Randell: 9w @ 17.6avg/3.3rpo

Notebook

Brett Randell this summer with his career mahi...

(FC: 24.7avg/2.9rpo)

Ford Trophy: 13w @ 20.8avg/5rpo (21.9avg/5rpo)
Super Smash: 9w @ 31.5avg/9.7rpo (27.7avg/9.1rpo)

Dane Cleaver's recent scores: 0, 36, 19, 47, 2, 48, 75, 0, 109.

Brad Schmulian's recent scores: 15, 78, 148*, 20, 19, 27, 14, 13, 117, 61.

Schmulian now averages 42 in FC batting.

Ray Toole's recent wicket hauls: 1, 0, 1, 0, 3, 1, 2, 2, 3, 1, 5.

Toole averages 27.9 in FC bowling, 31.4 in LA and 29.1 in T20s.

Jayden Lennox took less than 10w with 30+ averages in his first three FC seasons. He now has back to back seasons with 10+ wickets and averages of 23.

Wellington

Loss vs Canterbury | 6th | 0-5 | 31 points

Best Performers vs Canterbury

Muhammad Abbas: 5w @ 4.1rpo
Nathan Smith: 2w @ 4rpo
Logan van Beek: 2w @ 3.3rpo | 1w @ 5rpo
Nick Greenwood: 103 runs
Tom Blundell: 98*

Best Performers This Season

Nick Kelly: 455 runs @ 37.9avg/58sr
Tim Robinson: 407 runs @ 40.7avg/73sr
Nick Greenwood: 397 runs @ 36avg/60sr
Nathan Smith: 156 runs @ 52avg/51sr | 6w @ 28.5avg/4rpo
Liam Dudding: 14w @ 26.2avg/2.9rpo

Notebook

Nick Greenwood's first two FC centuries have come in the last two games.

Tom Blundell hit his first 50+ score in Plunket Shield this summer and has a 50+ score in each format, averaging 40+ in each format this season.

Blundell's recent scores: 47, 41, 45, 51, 41, 49*, 21, 28, 6, 6, 98*.

Muhammad Abbas has bowled 35.3 overs in two games. He didn't bowl in Super Smash and bowled 20ov in six games of Ford Trophy.

Canterbury

Win vs Wellington | 1st | 3-1-2 | 72 points

Best Performers vs Wellington

Tom Latham: 79 runs | 101*
Henry Nicholls: 44 runs | 52 runs @ 158sr
Matthew Boyle: 97 runs | 63* @ 286sr
Fraser Sheat: 4w @ 2.6rpo | 4w @ 3.9rpo
Sean Davey: 1w @ 4rpo | 3w @ 4rpo
Michael Rae: 3w @ 4rpo | 2w @ 3.9rpo

Best Performers This Season

Henry Nicholls: 659 runs @ 109.8avg/76sr
Matthew Boyle: 459 runs @ 57.3avg/72sr
Tom Latham: 259 runs @ 64.7avg/59sr
Sean Davey: 21w @ 22avg/2.9rpo
Fraser Sheat: 19w @ 26.3avg/3rpo
Michael Rae: 17w @ 27.3avg/3rpo

Notebook

Henry Nicholls is the leading run-scorer in Plunket Shield.

His recent scores: 34*, 16, 122, 0, 44*, 1, 115, 96*, 44, 52.

Matt Boyle has a 50+ score in each format this season, averaging 40+ in Plunket Shield and Ford Trophy. He averages 34.7 in FC batting and this is his best season of FC batting with lovely progression...

2022/23: 101 runs @ 25.2avg
2023/24: 220 runs @ 27.5avg
2024/25: 398 runs @ 30.6avg
2025/26: 459 runs @ 57.3avg

Canterbury's seam trio in FC bowling

Fraser Sheat: 27.4avg/2.8rpo
Sean Davey: 21.1avg/2.6rpo
Michael Rae: 32.5avg/3.6rpo

Otago

Win vs Auckland | 4th | 2-1-3 | 65 points

Best Performers vs Auckland

Thomas O'Connor: 7w @ 3.1rpo | 6w @ 2.1rpo
Max Chu: 104 runs
Tom Jones: 49 runs | 4*

Best Performers This Season

Jacob Cumming: 441 runs @ 55.1avg/67sr
Max Chu: 413 runs @ 51.6avg/61sr
Luke Georgeson: 346 runs @ 69.2avg/40sr | 17w @ 29.4avg/3.4rpo
Danru Ferns: 17w @ 33.4avg/3.5rpo
Thomas O'Connor: 16w @ 7.6avg/3.1rpo

Notebook

Max Chu averages 30+ in six of his seven FC seasons and has elevated above 40 averages in his last two, with this season being his best. He is the only Otago batter with two centuries in Plunket Shield this season and it's his first FC season with two centuries.

Chu is second for Otago runs in Plunket Shield after being their leading run-scorer in Ford Trophy and Super Smash.

Thomas O'Connor has 16 wickets in his last three innings of Plunket Shield. Before that he took 4w in eight innings across the formats. He has 1w @ 79avg/5.2rpo in three LA games and 18w @ 12avg/2.5rpo in four FC games.

Jones didn't reach 50 runs in this game but he still has scores of 57, 49, 4* since returning from the U19 World Cup.

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