Plunket Shield 2023-24: Top run-getters and wicket-takers after Northern Knights vs Auckland (Updated) ft. Nick Kelly

A total of three matches were played in Round 6 of the Plunket Shield 2023-24. The 16th match between Wellington and Central Districts at the Fitzherbert Park in Palmerston North ended in a draw.

In the 17th match between Canterbury and Otago, the latter chased down the target of 137 runs with nine wickets in hand.

Northern Knights defeated Auckland by 63 runs in the 18th match. Auckland were bundled out for 360 runs in the fourth innings while chasing the target of 424 runs.

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Plunket Shield 2023-24 Most Runs List

Sr. No	Player	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
1	NF Kelly (WELL)	6	11	-	550	138	50	881	62.42	1	4	1	67	8
2	JF Carter (ND)	6	9	1	512	124	64	1032	49.61	1	5	-	53	11
3	GR Severin (WELL)	6	11	-	471	143	42.81	959	49.11	1	3	-	52	4
4	SM Solia (AUCK)	6	11	-	470	206	42.72	998	47.09	1	3	2	62	2
5	WT O'Donnell (AUCK)	6	11	-	426	102	38.72	1021	41.72	1	2	-	51	4
6	DN Phillips (OTAGO)	6	12	1	411	85	37.36	592	69.42	-	4	1	61	3
7	Muhammad Abbas (WELL)	5	9	1	403	110*	50.37	777	51.86	1	1	-	48	0
8	HM Nicholls (CANT)	3	6	1	393	124	78.6	674	58.3	2	1	-	34	2
9	GH Worker (AUCK)	6	11	-	384	72	34.9	727	52.81	-	5	1	47	7
10	GR Hay (CD)	6	10	-	373	115	37.3	874	42.67	1	2	1	50	0

Nick Kelly is still the leading run-scorer in the tournament and has made a total of 550 runs in six games at an average of 50.

Joe Carter has jumped to second place from sixth and has amassed 512 runs in nine innings at an average of 64.

Gareth Severin is still in third place on this list of the batters with the most runs. He has made 471 runs in six games at an average of 42.81.

Sean Solia has moved to fourth position from second and has 470 runs to his name in six matches.

William O’Donnell has jumped to fifth positon with 426 runs in six matches at an average of 38.72.

Brad Schmulian played a fine knock of 186 runs off 257 deliveries in Round 6 of the tournament. He is currently in 13th place and is the second-highest run-scorer for Central Districts.

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Plunket Shield 2023-24 Most Wickets List

Sr. No	Player	Mat	Inns	Balls	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5
1	JA Duffy (OTAGO)	6	11	1240	206.4	43	572	29	6/89	19.72	2.76	42.75	1	1
2	NG Smith (WELL)	5	9	899	149.5	29	446	28	6/36	15.92	2.97	32.1	1	2
3	KDC Clarke (ND)	5	10	900	150	36	532	25	6/45	21.28	3.54	36	-	2
4	AY Patel (CD)	6	11	1405	234.1	49	624	23	7/78	27.13	2.66	61.08	-	1
5	SC Kuggeleijn (ND)	4	8	728	121.2	20	361	22	6/60	16.4	2.97	33.09	1	1
6	BR Hampton (ND)	6	11	764	127.2	28	320	20	7/41	16	2.51	38.2	-	1
7	MJ Fisher (ND)	4	8	702	117	20	402	19	6/45	21.15	3.43	36.94	1	1
8	PF Younghusband (WELL)	6	10	1068	178	28	591	19	3/5	31.1	3.32	56.21	-	-
9	RL Toole (CD)	6	10	862	143.4	37	433	18	6/90	24.05	3.01	47.88	1	1
10	ZGF Foulkes (CANT)	6	12	955	159.1	32	490	18	4/43	27.22	3.07	53.05	1	-

Jacob Duffy has moved to the top of the list from second and has taken a total of 29 wickets in six matches at an average of 19.72.

Nathan Smith has moved to second place and has 28 wickets to his name in five games.

Kristian Clarke has jumped to third place from fifth and has picked up 25 wickets in five games at an average of 21.28.

Ajaz Patel is still the fourth-highest wicket-taker in the tournament and has taken 23 scalps in six games at an average of 27.13.

Scott Kuggeleijn has slipped to fifth place from third and has picked up 22 wickets in eight innings at an average of 16.4.

Danru Ferns bagged six wickets for 62 runs in the first innings against Northern Knights for Auckland. He is in 12th place currently on this list.