Northern Districts confronted Auckland Aces within the sixteenth match of Ford Trophy 2023-24 on Thursday, February 1, on the Kennards Rent Group Oval in Auckland. Auckland gained the toss and elected to bowl.

Northern Districts misplaced their first two wickets for simply 15 runs in six overs. They misplaced two extra wickets by the point that they had 76 runs on the board. A partnership of 156 runs for the fifth wicket between Joe Carter and Brett Hampton helped them bounce again

Each batters went on to attain a century. Carter made 106 runs off 114 deliveries, whereas Hampton remained unbeaten on 126 runs off 100 deliveries. They helped the Northern Districts submit a complete of 319 runs for the lack of six wickets.

Benjamin Lister was the decide of the bowlers for Auckland and took two wickets. Danru Ferns and Sean Solia took one wicket every.

Auckland didn’t have an honest begin both and stored on shedding wickets at common intervals. No batter went previous the 30-run mark and so they have been bundled out for 215 runs in 44.4 overs. Northern Districts gained the match by 104 runs. Matthew Fisher was essentially the most profitable bowler for Northern Districts and took 5 wickets for 46 runs in 10 over.

Ford Trophy 2023-24 Most Runs Record

Sr. No	Participant	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
1	FH Allen (AUCK)	5	5	0	387	168	77.4	305	126.88	2	–	–	39	19
2	BR Hampton (ND)	6	5	3	314	126*	157	258	121.7	1	2	–	24	16
3	JF Carter (ND)	6	5	0	271	106	54.2	297	91.24	1	1	–	26	5
4	RR O’Donnell (AUCK)	6	6	2	246	75*	61.5	340	72.35	–	2	–	25	2
5	TM Johnson (WELL)	4	4	1	210	97*	70	266	78.94	–	2	–	17	2
6	W Clark (CD)	4	4	1	193	59	64.33	204	94.6	–	2	–	14	4
7	MJ Hay (CANT)	4	4	0	185	82	46.25	224	82.58	–	2	–	15	3
8	TK Parkes (OTAGO)	4	3	0	155	78	51.66	200	77.5	–	2	–	14	1
9	CD Fletcher (AUCK)	6	4	2	150	68*	75	182	82.41	–	2	–	5	4
10	CJ Bowes (CANT)	4	4	0	143	47	35.75	151	94.7	–	–	–	18	5

Finn Allen is on the high of the Ford Trophy most runs listing and has amassed a complete of 397 runs in 5 matches at a mean of 77.40.

Brett Hampton has turn out to be the second-highest run-scorer after his century. He has made 314 runs in 5 outings at a mean of 157.

Joe Carter is in third place and has scored 271 runs in six matches at a mean of 54.20 and a strike charge of 91.24.

Robert O’Donnell has 246 runs to his title and is in fifth place on this listing of batters with essentially the most runs.

Troy Johnson has made 210 runs in 4 matches at a mean of 70 and a strike charge of 78.94. He’s the fifth-highest run-scorer to date this season.

Ford Trophy 2023-24 Most Wickets Record

Sr. No	Participant	Mat	Inns	Balls	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5
1	KDC Clarke (ND)	6	5	252	42	4	191	11	3/25	17.36	4.54	22.9	–	–
2	AF Milne (WELL)	3	3	158	26.2	4	89	9	5/24	9.88	3.37	17.55	–	1
3	RL Toole (CD)	4	4	202	33.4	–	172	9	5/72	19.11	5.1	22.44	–	1
4	MJ Fisher (ND)	6	5	264	44	3	212	9	5/46	23.55	4.81	29.33	–	1
5	DK Ferns (AUCK)	6	6	312	52	3	337	9	3/41	37.44	6.48	34.66	–	–
6	TJG Pringle (ND)	6	5	268	44.4	1	195	7	3/33	27.85	4.36	38.28	–	–
7	MB Bacon (OTAGO)	4	3	149	24.5	1	134	6	5/38	22.33	5.39	24.83	–	1
8	SC Kuggeleijn (ND)	5	4	202	33.4	2	139	6	3/40	23.16	4.12	33.66	–	–
9	W O’Rourke (CANT)	4	4	204	34	1	177	6	3/34	29.5	5.2	34	–	–
10	SM Solia (AUCK)	6	6	258	43	5	240	6	2/24	40	5.58	43	–

Kristian Clarke is the main wicket-taker to date this season and has taken 11 wickets in 5 outings at a mean of 17.36.

Adam Milne, Raymond Toole, Matthew Fisher, and Danru Ferns have picked 9 wickets every and are within the subsequent 4 locations. Fisher grew to become the fourth bowler to take a five-wicket haul this season on this newest outing.

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