RESULT

WF vs AA Scorecard, Plunket Shield, 18 March, 2026, Basin Reserve & Match Stats

WEF

309/10 (74.4 ov) & 181/10 (53.5 ov)

AUK

414/10 (93.5 ov) & 77/2 (14.5 ov)

Auckland Aces won by 8 wickets

Wellington Firebirds 1st Inning

309/10 (74.4 ov)

RR 4.14

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Jesse Tashkoff b R Harrison	37	33	7	0	112.12
Nick Greenwood c MW Alpe b S Keene	21	32	3	0	65.63
Gareth Severin c S Keene b R Harrison	20	29	3	0	68.97
Muhammad Abbas c L Watson b R Harrison	42	62	5	0	67.74
Callum McLachlan c MW Alpe b S Singh	33	49	5	0	67.35
Tom Blundell b A Ashok	96	128	6	6	75.00
Oscar Jackson c R Harrison b S Singh	10	12	1	0	83.33
Peter Younghusband c MW Alpe b S Singh	14	47	2	0	29.79
Michael Snedden lbw b S Keene	5	37	0	0	13.51
James Hartshorn runout (A Ashok / L Stackpole)	0	0	0	0	0.00
Liam Dudding Not out	7	19	1	0	36.84
EXTRAS (b 11, lb 8, w 5, nb 0, p 0)	24
TOTAL (4.14 RUNS PER OVER)	309/10 (74.4 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS: 55-1 (Jesse Tashkoff, 9.6 ov), 63-2 (Nick Greenwood, 12.3 ov), 94-3 (Gareth Severin, 18.1 ov), 157-4 (Callum McLachlan, 33.5 ov), 157-5 (Muhammad Abbas, 34.2 ov), 180-6 (Oscar Jackson, 37.3 ov), 227-7 (Peter Younghusband, 51.6 ov), 248-8 (Michael Snedden, 61.6 ov), 249-9 (James Hartshorn, 62.1 ov), 309-10 (Tom Blundell, 74.4 ov)

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	WD	ECO
Samrath Singh	19	1	94	3	1	4.95
Simon Keene	17	2	62	2	1	3.65
Ryan Harrison	15	4	57	3	2	3.80
Rohit Gulati	11	1	49	0	0	4.45
Adithya Ashok	12.4	1	28	1	0	2.21

Auckland Aces 1st Inning

414/10 (93.5 ov)

RR 4.41

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Dale Phillips c C McLachlan b J Hartshorn	0	7	0	0	0.00
Sean Solia c G Severin b P Younghusband	17	47	2	0	36.17
Luke Watson c J Hartshorn b N Greenwood	86	133	14	1	64.66
Siddesh Dixit c G Severin b M Snedden	18	45	2	0	40.00
Lachlan Stackpole Not out	172	179	20	6	96.09
Simon Keene b M Abbas	62	69	7	1	89.86
Ryan Harrison c C McLachlan b O Jackson	8	22	1	0	36.36
Marco Alpe c J Tashkoff b M Snedden	35	58	6	0	60.34
Adithya Ashok c G Severin b M Snedden	0	1	0	0	0.00
Samrath Singh c C McLachlan b M Snedden	0	2	0	0	0.00
Rohit Gulati b M Snedden	0	7	0	0	0.00
EXTRAS (b 8, lb 1, w 0, nb 7, p 0)	16
TOTAL (4.41 RUNS PER OVER)	414/10 (93.5 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS: 1-1 (Dale Phillips, 1.3 ov), 49-2 (Sean Solia, 18.2 ov), 107-3 (Siddesh Dixit, 33.2 ov), 145-4 (Luke Watson, 42.3 ov), 297-5 (Simon Keene, 66.2 ov), 324-6 (Ryan Harrison, 73.6 ov), 403-7 (Marco Alpe, 89.3 ov), 403-8 (Adithya Ashok, 89.4 ov), 403-9 (Samrath Singh, 89.6 ov), 414-10 (Rohit Gulati, 93.5 ov)

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	NB	ECO
Liam Dudding	17	5	58	0	0	3.41
James Hartshorn	17	2	76	1	1	4.47
Michael Snedden	16.5	4	56	5	2	3.33
Muhammad Abbas	11	1	58	1	0	5.27
Nick Greenwood	13	0	67	1	3	5.15
Peter Younghusband	10	0	54	1	1	5.40
Oscar Jackson	9	0	36	1	0	4.00

Wellington Firebirds 2nd Inning

181/10 (53.5 ov)

RR 3.36

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Jesse Tashkoff c R Harrison b S Keene	23	25	4	0	92.00
Nick Greenwood b S Singh	8	9	2	0	88.89
Gareth Severin b S Keene	14	20	2	0	70.00
Muhammad Abbas c L Watson b R Harrison	11	18	1	0	61.11
Callum McLachlan b S Keene	6	38	0	0	15.79
Michael Snedden Not out	44	124	3	0	35.48
Tom Blundell c MW Alpe b R Harrison	35	47	3	0	74.47
Oscar Jackson lbw b A Ashok	7	14	1	0	50.00
Peter Younghusband c MW Alpe b S Singh	12	24	1	0	50.00
James Hartshorn c R Gulati b A Ashok	2	7	0	0	28.57
Liam Dudding c SM Solia b A Ashok	0	2	0	0	0.00
EXTRAS (b 8, lb 5, w 1, nb 5, p 0)	19
TOTAL (3.36 RUNS PER OVER)	181/10 (53.5 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS: 18-1 (Nick Greenwood, 2.4 ov), 45-2 (Gareth Severin, 7.6 ov), 52-3 (Jesse Tashkoff, 9.3 ov), 58-4 (Muhammad Abbas, 14.2 ov), 87-5 (Callum McLachlan, 23.5 ov), 145-6 (Tom Blundell, 38.5 ov), 160-7 (Oscar Jackson, 43.6 ov), 178-8 (Peter Younghusband, 52.1 ov), 181-9 (James Hartshorn, 53.3 ov), 181-10 (Liam Dudding, 53.5 ov)

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	NB	WD	ECO
Samrath Singh	15	0	69	2	5	0	4.60
Simon Keene	14	2	42	3	0	0	3.00
Ryan Harrison	11	2	33	2	0	1	3.00
Sean Solia	1	1	0	0	0	0	0.00
Adithya Ashok	9.5	1	18	3	0	0	1.83
Rohit Gulati	3	1	6	0	0	0	2.00

Auckland Aces 2nd Inning

77/2 (14.5 ov)

RR 5.19

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Dale Phillips c P Younghusband b J Hartshorn	0	1	0	0	0.00
Sean Solia Not out	30	44	5	1	68.18
Luke Watson c C McLachlan b LR Dudding	31	34	7	0	91.18
Siddesh Dixit Not out	13	11	1	1	118.18
EXTRAS (b 0, lb 1, w 1, nb 1, p 0)	3
TOTAL (5.19 RUNS PER OVER)	77/2 (14.5 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS: 0-1 (Dale Phillips, 0.1 ov), 49-2 (Luke Watson, 10.5 ov)

DID NOT BAT: Marco Alpe, Simon Keene, Ryan Harrison, Adithya Ashok, Rohit Gulati, Samrath Singh, Lachlan Stackpole

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	NB	WD	ECO
James Hartshorn	4	0	19	1	0	1	4.75
Liam Dudding	6	2	19	1	0	0	3.17
Nick Greenwood	1	0	10	0	0	0	10.00
Michael Snedden	3	0	16	0	1	0	5.33
Oscar Jackson	0.5	0	12	0	0	0	14.40

* = not out SR = Strike Rate RR = Run Rate

Match Information

SERIES: Plunket Shield
DATE & TIME: Wednesday, March 18, 2026 · 03:00 AM
TOSS: Auckland Aces elected to bowl
Venue: Basin Reserve, Wellington
UMPIRES: Brad Wilson (New Zealand), Kannan Jagannathan (New Zealand)
MATCH REFEREE: Kevin Pulley (New Zealand)

TEMPERATURE15.82°C

HUMIDITY76%

WIND14.97

Batting ConditionAverage