When was Otago vs Northern Districts played?

Otago vs Northern Districts, the 21st Match of Plunket Shield, was played on 18 March 2026, 3:00 am IST.

Where was Otago vs Northern Districts played?

The match was played at University Oval, Dunedin, New Zealand.

What format is Otago vs Northern Districts?

It is a Test match in Plunket Shield.

What is the average score at University Oval?

The average first-innings score in Test matches at University Oval is 398 and the average second-innings score is 240, based on 5 matches.

OTAGO vs ND 21st Match, 18 Mar 2026 Fantasy AI Predictions

Dunedin

University Oval

275

339/10 (85.3)

Otago chose to BOWL

OTAGO

258/10 (77.2)

Otago won by 4 wickets

Otago vs Northern Districts: Key Facts

When was Otago vs Northern Districts played?: Otago vs Northern Districts, the 21st Match of Plunket Shield, was played on 18 March 2026, 3:00 am IST.
Where was Otago vs Northern Districts played?: The match was played at University Oval, Dunedin, New Zealand.
What format is Otago vs Northern Districts?: It is a Test match in Plunket Shield.
Who won Otago vs Northern Districts?: Otago won by 4 wickets
What is the average score at University Oval?: The average first-innings score in Test matches at University Oval is 398 and the average second-innings score is 240, based on 5 matches.

Plunket Shield ND vs OV players TEST past performance, current series performance, projected points and selection percentage.

Player					Batting									Bowling										Series Performance							Lineup selection			Match Performance
Name	T	R	S	M#	Bat	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50+	4/6	Bowl	Inn	Wk	Ov	Avg	Eco	SR	4w	Best	C/St	M	A. Pt	Pts	Run	Wk	DT	P	S%	C	VC	iDt	#	PTS	Bat	Bowl	Field
Jeet Raval	ND	BAT	✅	24	LHB	39	1	1143	132	30.07	42.8	8	143	LB	2	1	7	34	2.42	84	0	1/33	21	6	127.8	767	401	3	50	1	0	0	0	✅	11	124	84	28	8
Jack Boyle	OTAGO	BOWL	✅		RHB							0	0	OB			0				0		0	6	101.8	611	325	1	50	1	0	0	0	✅	8	141	129	0	8
Thorn Parkes	OTAGO	BOWL	✅		LHB							0	0	LB			0				0		0	6	64.3	386	198	0	33.3	4	0	0	0	✅	7	148	108	28	8
Henry Cooper	ND	BAT	✅		RHB							0	0	OB			0				0		0	6	183.7	1102	596	3	83.3	2	0	0	0		20	69	57	0	8
Kristian Clarke	ND	BOWL	✅		RHB							0	0	RM			0				0		0	5	178.2	891	315	13	80	6	0	0	0	✅	9	132	108	20	0
Tom Jones	OTAGO	BAT	✅		RHB							0	0	OB			0				0		0	6	86.2	517	273	0	50	3	0	0	0		16	80	76	0	0
Danru Ferns	OTAGO	BOWL	✅		RHB							0	0	RM			0				0		0	6	95	570	82	17	33.3	10	0	0	0		18	72	8	60	0
Jacob Cumming	OTAGO	BOWL	✅		LHB							0	0	RM			0				0		0	6	142.5	855	441	0	66.7	2	0	0	0		13	114	86	0	24
Luke Georgeson	OTAGO	ALL	✅		LHB							0	0	RMF			0				0		0	6	177.3	1064	346	17	66.7	6	0	0	0		23	26	2	20	0
Ben Lockrose	OTAGO	BOWL	✅		RHB							0	0	SLA			0				0		0	5	127.6	638	234	8	40	8	0	0	0		17	80	28	48	0
Jarrod McKay	OTAGO	BOWL	✅		RHB							0	0	RMF			0				0		0	6	69.8	419	43	15	33.3	11	0	0	0		19	72	0	60	8
Ben Pomare	ND	WK	✅		RHB							0	0	OB			0				0		0	4	78	312	106	0	0	7	0	0	0		12	123	95	0	24
Joe Carter	ND	BAT	✅		RHB							0	0				0				0		0	6	124.3	746	440	0	33.3	4	0	0	0	✅	2	269	265	0	0
Robert O'Donnell	ND	BOWL	✅		RHB							0	0	RM			0				0		0	5	79	395	191	0	20	5	0	0	0		22	64	60	0	0
Joshua Brown	ND	BOWL	✅		RHB							0	0	RF			0				0		0	6	101.5	609	137	15	50	10	0	0	0		15	92	60	28	0
Scott Kuggeleijn	ND	ALL	✅	3	RHB	6	0	92	44	15.33	75.4	0	14	RFM	6	6	9.8	49	4.98	59	0	2/75	1	2	145	290	14	10	100	8	0	0	0		14	108	-4	100	8
Max Chu	OTAGO	WK	✅		LHB							0	0				0				0		0	6	158.8	953	413	0	83.3	7	0	0	0	✅	3	231	179	0	48
Thomas O'Connor	OTAGO	BOWL	✅		RHB							0	0	LM			0				0		0	2	217	434	14	16	100	9	0	0	0	✅	1	397	201	192	0
Troy Johnson	OTAGO	BOWL	✅		RHB							0	0	OB			0				0		0	4	55	220	100	0	50	5	0	0	0	✅	10	124	120	0	0
Tim Pringle	ND	ALL	✅		RHB							0	0	SLA			0				0		0	6	121.3	728	138	20	66.7	9	0	0	0	✅	5	177	49	124	0
Bharat Popli	ND	BAT	✅		RHB							0	0				0				0		0	6	116.7	700	406	0	33.3	3	0	0	0	✅	6	156	136	0	16
Zak Gibson	ND	BOWL	✅		RHB							0	0	RM			0				0		0	4	114.2	457	65	13	50	11	0	0	0	✅	4	180	76	92	8

Completed matches of Otago
Teams	Date	Venue	Toss	Bat First	Bat Second	Inning 1	Inning 2	Winner
OV vs WF	18 Nov - 03:00 AM	Wellington	Wellington	OTAGOOtago	WELL	522/9 (120.0)	224/10 (57.1)	Otago Otago won by 7 wickets
ND vs OV	05 Dec - 03:00 AM	Hamilton	Otago	NDNorthern Dis	OTAGO	346/10 (106.2)	289/10 (102.2)	Northern Dis Northern Dis won by 113 runs
AA vs OV	09 Mar - 03:00 AM	Auckland	Auckland	AUCKAuckland	OTAGO	228/10 (71.1)	343/10 (102.0)	Otago Otago won by 9 wickets
ND vs OV	18 Mar - 03:00 AM	Dunedin	Otago	NDNorthern Dis	OTAGO	339/10 (85.3)	258/10 (77.2)	Otago Otago won by 4 wickets
OV vs WF	27 Mar - 03:00 AM	Dunedin	Otago	WELLWellington	OTAGO	156/10 (37.2)	112/10 (35.1)	Otago Otago won by 4 wickets

Completed matches of Northern Districts
Teams	Date	Venue	Toss	Bat First	Bat Second	Inning 1	Inning 2	Winner
CTB vs ND	18 Nov - 03:00 AM	Rangiora	Canterbury	NDNorthern Dis	CANT	237/10 (77.5)	248/10 (87.4)	Canterbury Canterbury won by 5 wickets
ND vs OV	05 Dec - 03:00 AM	Hamilton	Otago	NDNorthern Dis	OTAGO	346/10 (106.2)	289/10 (102.2)	Northern Dis Northern Dis won by 113 runs
ND vs WF	13 Dec - 03:00 AM	Whangarei	Wellington	WELLWellington	ND	319/10 (100.4)	571/9 (157.0)	Northern Dis Northern Dis won by an innings and 28 runs
AA vs ND	28 Feb - 03:00 AM	Auckland	Auckland	AUCKAuckland	ND	283/10 (59.0)	288/10 (93.2)	Northern Dis Northern Dis won by 6 wickets
CS vs ND	07 Mar - 03:00 AM	Napier	Northern Dis	CDCentral D	ND	373/10 (104.0)	82/10 (32.2)	Central D Central D won by an innings and 27 runs
ND vs OV	18 Mar - 03:00 AM	Dunedin	Otago	NDNorthern Dis	OTAGO	339/10 (85.3)	258/10 (77.2)	Otago Otago won by 4 wickets

Completed matches at University Oval
Teams	Date	Toss	Bat First	Bat Second	Inning 1	Inning 2	Winner
ND vs OV	18 Mar - 03:00 AM	Otago	NDNorthern Dis	OTAGO	339/10 (85.3)	258/10 (77.2)	Otago Otago won by 4 wickets
OV vs WF	27 Mar - 03:00 AM	Otago	WELLWellington	OTAGO	156/10 (37.2)	112/10 (35.1)	Otago Otago won by 4 wickets

Top batting performance for OTAGO
Match	#	Player	Out	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR
OV vs WF	1	Jack Boyle	bowled	156	254	13	3	61.41
CS vs OV	6	Max Chu	caught	151	245	13	3	61.63
OV vs WF	3	Tom Jones	caught	119	124	16	3	95.96
OV vs WF	2	Jacob Cumming	lbw	113	156	16	2	72.43
AA vs OV	8	Max Chu	caught	104	162	12	0	64.19
OV vs WF	6	Luke Georgeson	not out	103	133	15	0	77.44
OV vs WF	5	Jamal Todd	caught	98	146	13	2	67.12
CTB vs OV	5	Glenn Phillips	lbw	94	128	5	6	73.43
ND vs OV	1	Jack Boyle	caught	85	162	8	0	52.46
ND vs OV	8	Thomas O'Connor	not out	84	90	6	6	93.33
CS vs OV	7	Luke Georgeson	caught	80	181	10	0	44.19
ND vs OV	7	Luke Georgeson	caught	74	203	5	1	36.45
CS vs OV	8	Ben Lockrose	not out	72	89	11	2	80.89
ND vs OV	6	Max Chu	not out	71	145	9	0	48.96
ND vs OV	8	Ben Lockrose	caught	70	145	12	0	48.27
CTB vs OV	1	Jack Boyle	caught	62	190	8	0	32.63
ND vs OV	5	Troy Johnson	caught	61	111	10	0	54.95
ND vs OV	6	Max Chu	bowled	60	77	8	1	77.92
CTB vs OV	7	Luke Georgeson	not out	59	98	6	0	60.2
CTB vs OV	2	Jacob Cumming	caught	58	72	9	0	80.55

Top bowling performance for OTAGO
Match	Player	Ov	M	Run	W	Eco
AA vs OV	Thomas O'Connor	18.1	5	58	7	3.19
AA vs OV	Thomas O'Connor	12.4	3	27	6	2.13
ND vs OV	Toby Hart	21	5	73	6	3.47
OV vs WF	Thomas O'Connor	12	3	45	4	3.75
OV vs WF	Danru Ferns	10.1	2	58	4	5.7
ND vs OV	Thomas O'Connor	20	2	86	4	4.3
CS vs OV	Danru Ferns	15	3	57	4	3.8
OV vs WF	Danru Ferns	12.1	1	44	4	3.61
OV vs WF	Matthew Bacon	7.2	2	23	3	3.13
ND vs OV	Matthew Bacon	17	2	48	3	2.82
ND vs OV	Danru Ferns	17.3	1	64	3	3.65
ND vs OV	Thomas O'Connor	19	2	65	3	3.42
CTB vs OV	Thomas O'Connor	8.4	1	38	3	4.38
CTB vs OV	Luke Georgeson	11	1	29	3	2.63
CS vs OV	Ben Lockrose	16	4	38	3	2.37
CS vs OV	Danru Ferns	23	3	82	3	3.56
CS vs OV	Luke Georgeson	27	10	79	3	2.92
OV vs WF	Matthew Bacon	13	0	53	3	4.07
OV vs WF	Glenn Phillips	24	3	60	3	2.5
OV vs WF	Jarrod McKay	11	3	37	3	3.36

Top batting performance for ND
Match	#	Player	Out	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR
AA vs ND	2	Henry Cooper	not out	206	388	20	1	53.09
AA vs ND	1	Jeet Raval	caught	129	252	11	1	51.19
ND vs OV	4	Joe Carter	not out	119	186	15	2	63.97
CTB vs ND	3	Bharat Popli	bowled	116	174	8	0	66.66
ND vs WF	2	Jeet Raval	caught	108	217	7	0	49.76
CS vs ND	6	Kristian Clarke	caught	103	173	14	0	59.53
ND vs WF	4	Joe Carter	caught	99	222	8	0	44.59
ND vs WF	5	Robert O'Donnell	caught	91	124	13	1	73.38
ND vs OV	3	Bharat Popli	caught	91	156	8	2	58.33
ND vs WF	1	Henry Cooper	caught	88	175	11	0	50.28
ND vs OV	4	Joe Carter	caught	84	98	11	0	85.71
ND vs OV	5	Joe Carter	caught	81	171	8	0	47.36
ND vs OV	3	Bharat Popli	caught	72	108	7	2	66.66
CTB vs ND	3	Bharat Popli	lbw	69	124	6	1	55.64
AA vs ND	1	Jeet Raval	caught	67	145	7	0	46.2
CTB vs ND	8	Aryan Mann	caught	66	87	7	1	75.86
AA vs ND	1	Henry Cooper	caught	63	89	9	0	70.78
CTB vs ND	1	Henry Cooper	bowled	63	177	9	0	35.59
ND vs OV	2	Henry Cooper	caught	60	103	10	0	58.25
ND vs OV	6	Brett Hampton	lbw	60	52	9	2	115.38

Top bowling performance for ND
Match	Player	Ov	M	Run	W	Eco
CS vs ND	Scott Kuggeleijn	25	6	90	4	3.6
ND vs WF	Tim Pringle	21.4	7	38	4	1.75
ND vs WF	James Naylor	23	3	74	4	3.21
ND vs WF	Tim Pringle	32.2	15	45	4	1.39
ND vs OV	Zak Gibson	15	6	42	4	2.8
AA vs ND	Tim Pringle	30	2	136	4	4.53
AA vs ND	Kristian Clarke	22.1	6	53	4	2.39
ND vs OV	Tim Pringle	19	3	48	3	2.52
ND vs OV	Zak Gibson	15.2	2	67	3	4.36
CS vs ND	Cooper Rowell	17	2	77	3	4.52
AA vs ND	Zak Gibson	16	6	36	3	2.25
AA vs ND	Kristian Clarke	14.5	6	16	3	1.07
AA vs ND	Scott Kuggeleijn	21	4	53	3	2.52
AA vs ND	Joshua Brown	14	1	56	3	4
AA vs ND	Zak Gibson	16	5	50	3	3.12
AA vs ND	Scott Kuggeleijn	11	2	68	3	6.18
ND vs OV	Brett Hampton	15.2	3	49	3	3.19
CTB vs ND	Joshua Brown	13	4	34	3	2.61
CTB vs ND	Brett Hampton	15.4	2	57	3	3.63
CTB vs ND	Joshua Brown	17	1	61	3	3.58

Otago vs Northern Districts, 21st Match

Otago vs Northern Districts: Key Facts