Match Details
Series
Toss
Otago , elected to bat first
Season
Match days
17,18,19,20 March 2018 (4-day match)
First-class debut
Umpires
Match Referee
Points
Otago 6, Northern Districts 4
16/03Result
Plunket Shield at Whangarei, Mar 17-20 2018
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![Otago]( "Otago")
331 & 101/3 (23 ov) -
![Northern Districts]( "Northern Districts")
16/03Result
Plunket Shield at Whangarei, Mar 17-20 2018
-
![Otago]( "Otago")
331 & 101/3 (23 ov) -
![Northern Districts]( "Northern Districts")
Match Centre
Scorecard Summary
OTAGO 331 (116.4 OVERS)1ST INNINGS
- Derek de Boorder89 (185)
- Anaru Kitchen57 (96)
- James Baker2/74 (29)
- Ish Sodhi7/98 (37.4)
NORTHERN DISTRICTS 227/8d (70.4 OVERS)1ST INNINGS
- Daryl Mitchell*51 (75)
- Henry Cooper38 (58)
- Michael Rippon4/73 (22.4)
- Jacob Duffy2/40 (17)
OTAGO 101/3 (23 OVERS)2ND INNINGS
- Neil Broom*26 (30)
- Hamish Rutherford32 (33)
- Joe Walker1/6 (4)
- Henry Cooper1/16 (4)
Plunket Shield News
Central Districts crowned Plunket Shield champions
They made the finals of both limited-overs tournaments in 2017-18 and have now taken the first-class title
Play abandoned due to unsafe wicket in Rangiora
Canterbury have accused Auckland of deliberately batting negatively after their Plunket Shield encounter was called off early on the third day
Double trouble: one hour, two hat-tricks
Logan van Beek and Matt McEwan in the record books as the Plunket Shield witnesses its first set of twin hat-tricks
Meaker bucks trend with red-ball stint for Auckland
The news over recent days has focused on England players choosing to give up the first-class game, but Surrey's Stuart Meaker has taken a step in the opposite direction
Sodhi, Seifert steer Northern Districts to first win
Tim Seifert's century set up a massive first-innings score of 456 before Ish Sodhi chipped away at Otago to return a match haul of nine wickets, including a five-for on the final day
