Auckland Aces vs Canterbury Kings - Plunket Shield

Completed
AA
CK
280/10 (97 ov) & 337/6 (91 ov) 97 & 91 overs
vs
591/10 (153.1 ov) 153.1 overs
Match drawn (Canterbury won the 2025/26 Plunket Shield)
Friday, 27 March, 2026 | 03:00

TOP BATSMEN

Leo Carter CK 169 (250)
Rhys Mariu CK 142 (213)

TOP BOWLERS

Michael Rae CK 4/128 (20)
Matt Boyle CK 4/87 (23)
AA
280/10 (97 ov), CRR: 2.89 RPO
Batting
R
B
4s
6s
S/R
Dale Phillips
c H Nicholls b FW Sheat
0
1
0
0
0.00
Sean Solia (c)
c Mitchell Hay b MD Rae
74
187
12
0
39.57
Luke Watson
c T Muller b SB Davey
16
30
1
1
53.33
Siddesh Dixit
c (sub C Cameron) b T Muller
20
23
4
0
86.96
Lachlan Stackpole
c Mitchell Hay b MD Rae
62
66
9
2
93.94
Simon Keene
c H Nicholls b FW Sheat
19
29
3
0
65.52
Ryan Harrison
c FW Sheat b MD Rae
59
141
8
0
41.84
Marco Alpe (wk)
c Mitchell Hay b Rhys Mariu
4
7
1
0
57.14
Adithya Ashok
c H Nicholls b FW Sheat
7
50
1
0
14.00
Ben Lister
c Mitchell Hay b T Muller
6
33
0
0
18.18
Samrath Singh
Not out
4
17
1
0
23.53
Extras: 9 runs (B: 0, LB: 5, WD: 2, NB: 2, P: 0)
Fall of Wickets
29/2 (Luke Watson, 9.3 Overs) 67/3 (Siddesh Dixit, 17.6 Overs) 160/4 (Lachlan Stackpole, 42.1 Overs) 184/5 (Simon Keene, 50.4 Overs) 218/6 (Sean Solia, 62.2 Overs) 223/7 (Marco Alpe, 65.1 Overs) 254/8 (Adithya Ashok, 82.2 Overs) 271/9 (Ben Lister, 91.1 Overs) 280/10 (Ryan Harrison, 96.6 Overs)
CK
Bowling
O
M
R
W
NB
WD
E/R
Fraser Sheat
21
6
78
3
0
0
3.71
Sean Davey
20
6
40
1
1
0
2.00
Michael Rae
24
9
66
3
0
1
2.75
Travis Muller
17
2
53
2
1
1
3.12
Matt Boyle
8
0
26
0
0
0
3.25
Rhys Mariu
7
2
12
1
0
0
1.71
CK
591/10 (153.1 ov), CRR: 3.86 RPO
Batting
R
B
4s
6s
S/R
Rhys Mariu
c MW Alpe b S Singh
142
213
17
1
66.67
Scott Janet
lbw b S Keene
0
4
0
0
0.00
Henry Nicholls (c)
lbw b BG Lister
77
120
8
0
64.17
Matt Boyle
c L Watson b S Singh
18
28
2
0
64.29
Mitchell Hay (wk)
c R Harrison b BG Lister
48
86
4
1
55.81
Leo Carter
Not out
169
250
14
4
68.29
Jesse Frew
c DN Phillips b S Dixit
11
14
1
1
78.57
Travis Muller
c DN Phillips b A Ashok
10
29
2
0
34.48
Sean Davey
c A Ashok b S Dixit
49
92
4
1
53.00
Fraser Sheat
c SM Solia b A Ashok
17
70
2
0
24.29
Michael Rae
b A Ashok
2
21
0
0
9.52
Extras: 48 runs (B: 20, LB: 4, WD: 16, NB: 8, P: 0)
Fall of Wickets
8/1 (Scott Janet, 1.4 Overs) 200/2 (Henry Nicholls, 45.4 Overs) 251/3 (Matt Boyle, 58.2 Overs) 264/4 (Rhys Mariu, 60.6 Overs) 370/5 (Mitchell Hay, 86.4 Overs) 387/6 (Jesse Frew, 91.1 Overs) 418/7 (Travis Muller, 99.6 Overs) 528/8 (Sean Davey, 126.3 Overs) 573/9 (Fraser Sheat, 145.1 Overs) 591/10 (Michael Rae, 153.1 Overs)
AA
Bowling
O
M
R
W
NB
WD
E/R
Ben Lister
29
1
99
2
0
2
3.41
Simon Keene
17
2
60
1
0
0
3.53
Ryan Harrison
12
0
53
0
0
1
4.42
Samrath Singh
19
0
98
2
8
7
5.16
Adithya Ashok
37.1
4
133
3
0
0
3.58
Sean Solia
3
1
8
0
0
1
2.67
Siddesh Dixit
36
4
116
2
0
0
3.22
AA
337/6 (91 ov), CRR: 3.70 RPO
Batting
R
B
4s
6s
S/R
Dale Phillips
c Rhys Mariu b MD Rae
131
174
17
2
74.71
Sean Solia (c)
c LJ Carter b T Muller
21
67
1
0
31.34
Luke Watson
c FW Sheat b M Boyle
47
102
4
2
46.08
Siddesh Dixit
c SB Davey b M Boyle
61
82
11
1
74.39
Lachlan Stackpole
b M Boyle
9
42
1
0
21.43
Simon Keene
Not out
32
41
6
0
78.05
Ryan Harrison
c H Nicholls b M Boyle
1
15
0
0
6.67
Marco Alpe (wk)
Not out
15
25
3
0
60.00
Did Not Bat: Samrath Singh, Adithya Ashok, Ben Lister
Extras: 20 runs (B: 10, LB: 5, WD: 3, NB: 2, P: 0)
Fall of Wickets
91/1 (Sean Solia, 20.3 Overs) 197/2 (Luke Watson, 52.6 Overs) 227/3 (Dale Phillips, 62.5 Overs) 276/4 (Lachlan Stackpole, 75.4 Overs) 283/5 (Siddesh Dixit, 79.2 Overs) 302/6 (Ryan Harrison, 84.1 Overs)
CK
Bowling
O
M
R
W
NB
WD
E/R
Fraser Sheat
11
2
45
0
0
0
4.09
Sean Davey
9
1
38
0
2
0
4.22
Michael Rae
20
5
62
1
0
3
3.10
Travis Muller
10
4
16
1
0
0
1.60
Matt Boyle
23
0
87
4
0
0
3.78
Rhys Mariu
15
3
61
0
0
0
4.07
Scott Janet
3
0
13
0
0
0
4.33

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Match
Plunket Shield Match 22
Venue
Eden Park Outer Oval, Auckland, New Zealand
Date & Time
27 March, 2026, 03:00 IST, 21:30 GMT
Toss
Canterbury Kings elected to bowl
Umpires
Billy Bowden (New Zealand), Kannan Jagannathan (New Zealand)
Referee
Sue Morris (New Zealand)
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