Wellington Firebirds vs Auckland Aces - Plunket Shield
Completed
WF
AA
309/10 (74.4 ov) & 181/10 (53.5 ov)
74.4 & 53.5 overs
vs
414/10 (93.5 ov) & 77/2 (14.5 ov)
93.5 & 14.5 overs
Wednesday, 18 March, 2026 | 03:00
TOP BATSMEN
Lachlan Stackpole AA
172 (179)
Tom Blundell WF
131 (175)
TOP BOWLERS
Samrath Singh AA
5/163 (15)
Simon Keene AA
5/104 (14)
WF
309/10 (74.4 ov), CRR: 4.14 RPO
Batting
R
B
4s
6s
S/R
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 (wk)
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 (wk)
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
Fall of Wickets
55/1 (Jesse Tashkoff, 9.6 Overs) 63/2 (Nick Greenwood, 12.3 Overs) 94/3 (Gareth Severin, 18.1 Overs) 157/4 (Callum McLachlan, 33.5 Overs) 157/5 (Muhammad Abbas, 34.2 Overs) 180/6 (Oscar Jackson, 37.3 Overs) 227/7 (Peter Younghusband, 51.6 Overs) 248/8 (Michael Snedden, 61.6 Overs) 249/9 (James Hartshorn, 62.1 Overs) 309/10 (Tom Blundell, 74.4 Overs)
AA
Bowling
O
M
R
W
NB
WD
E/R
Samrath Singh
19
1
94
3
0
1
4.95
Simon Keene
17
2
62
2
0
1
3.65
Ryan Harrison
15
4
57
3
0
2
3.80
Rohit Gulati
11
1
49
0
0
0
4.45
Adithya Ashok
12.4
1
28
1
0
0
2.26
AA
414/10 (93.5 ov), CRR: 4.41 RPO
Batting
R
B
4s
6s
S/R
Dale Phillips
c C McLachlan b J Hartshorn
0
7
0
0
0.00
Sean Solia (c)
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 (wk)
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
Fall of Wickets
1/1 (Dale Phillips, 1.3 Overs) 49/2 (Sean Solia, 18.2 Overs) 107/3 (Siddesh Dixit, 33.2 Overs) 145/4 (Luke Watson, 42.3 Overs) 297/5 (Simon Keene, 66.2 Overs) 324/6 (Ryan Harrison, 73.6 Overs) 403/7 (Marco Alpe, 89.3 Overs) 403/8 (Adithya Ashok, 89.4 Overs) 403/9 (Samrath Singh, 89.6 Overs) 414/10 (Rohit Gulati, 93.5 Overs)
WF
Bowling
O
M
R
W
NB
WD
E/R
Liam Dudding
17
5
58
0
0
0
3.41
James Hartshorn
17
2
76
1
1
0
4.47
Michael Snedden
16.5
4
56
5
2
0
3.39
Muhammad Abbas
11
1
58
1
0
0
5.27
Nick Greenwood
13
0
67
1
3
0
5.15
Peter Younghusband
10
0
54
1
1
0
5.40
Oscar Jackson
9
0
36
1
0
0
4.00
WF
181/10 (53.5 ov), CRR: 3.36 RPO
Batting
R
B
4s
6s
S/R
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 (wk)
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 (wk)
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
Fall of Wickets
18/1 (Nick Greenwood, 2.4 Overs) 45/2 (Gareth Severin, 7.6 Overs) 52/3 (Jesse Tashkoff, 9.3 Overs) 58/4 (Muhammad Abbas, 14.2 Overs) 87/5 (Callum McLachlan, 23.5 Overs) 145/6 (Tom Blundell, 38.5 Overs) 160/7 (Oscar Jackson, 43.6 Overs) 178/8 (Peter Younghusband, 52.1 Overs) 181/9 (James Hartshorn, 53.3 Overs) 181/10 (Liam Dudding, 53.5 Overs)
AA
Bowling
O
M
R
W
NB
WD
E/R
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
1.89
Rohit Gulati
3
1
6
0
0
0
2.00
AA
77/2 (14.5 ov), CRR: 5.19 RPO
Batting
R
B
4s
6s
S/R
Dale Phillips
c P Younghusband b J Hartshorn
0
1
0
0
0.00
Sean Solia (c)
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
Did Not Bat:
Marco Alpe (wk), Simon Keene, Ryan Harrison, Adithya Ashok, Rohit Gulati, Samrath Singh, Lachlan Stackpole
Fall of Wickets
49/2 (Luke Watson, 10.5 Overs)
WF
Bowling
O
M
R
W
NB
WD
E/R
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
24.00
Match
Plunket Shield Match 19
Venue
Basin Reserve, Wellington, New Zealand
Date & Time
18 March, 2026, 03:00 IST, 21:30 GMT
Weather
Scattered clouds (15.82°C, Humidity: 76%)
Toss
Auckland Aces elected to bowl
Umpires
Brad Wilson (New Zealand), Kannan Jagannathan (New Zealand)
Referee
Kevin Pulley (New Zealand)
