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Plunket ShieldMatch 17 · First-class

Central Stags beat Northern Districts by an innings and 27 runs

McLean Park, Napier, . Northern Districts won the toss and chose to bowl.

Central Stags373104 ov
Northern Districts82 & 26484 ov
Central Stags won by an innings and 27 runs

Match report

From the scorecard

Northern Districts won the toss and chose to bowl. Central Stags were bowled out for 373, Dane Cleaver 109 from 137 balls and Brad Schmulian 61 from 91 balls. Scott Kuggeleijn took 4 for 90.

Northern Districts were bowled out for 82. Brett Randell took 7 for 25.

Northern Districts were bowled out for 264, Kris Clarke 103 from 173 balls and JH Brown 50 not out from 52 balls. Raymond Toole took 5 for 32.

Central Stags won by an innings and 27 runs.

Key performers

Central Stags 1st innings

373(104 ov)
BatterRB4s6sSR
Brad Schmulianc TJG Pringle b CB Rowellc TJG Pringle b CB Rowell61918167.03
Curtis Heaphyc RR O'Donnell b KDC Clarkec RR O'Donnell b KDC Clarke441274034.65
Will Youngc SC Kuggeleijn b CB Rowellc SC Kuggeleijn b CB Rowell05000.00
Dean Foxcroftb SC Kuggeleijnb SC Kuggeleijn16463034.78
Tom Brucec B Popli b KDC Clarkec B Popli b KDC Clarke20343058.82
Dane Cleaver †c JF Carter b SC Kuggeleijnc JF Carter b SC Kuggeleijn10913711179.56
Josh Clarksonb JA Ravalb JA Raval30533056.60
Brett Randellc †BJ Pomare b CB Rowellc †BJ Pomare b CB Rowell6221027.27
TA Findlayc †BJ Pomare b SC Kuggeleijnc †BJ Pomare b SC Kuggeleijn212140100.00
Jayden Lennoxb SC Kuggeleijnb SC Kuggeleijn27834032.53
Raymond Toolenot outnot out1*80012.50
Extras(b 10, lb 10, w 15, nb 3)(b 10, lb 10, w 15, nb 3)38
Total104 Ov (RR 3.59)104 Ov (RR 3.59)373
Fall of wickets: 88-1 (BD Schmulian, 24 ov), 92-2 (WA Young, 25.5 ov), 128-3 (D Foxcroft, 39.5 ov), 153-4 (CG Heaphy, 49.1 ov), 159-5 (TC Bruce, 51.3 ov), 255-6 (JA Clarkson, 70.1 ov), 278-7 (BG Randell, 77.2 ov), 305-8 (TA Findlay, 82.3 ov), 358-9 (D Cleaver, 101.3 ov), 373-10 (JR Lennox, 104 ov)
BowlerOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
Scott Kuggeleijn2569043.6011311040
Kris Clarke2163721.761075010
CB Rowell1727734.537010102
JH Brown2417403.081017021
Tim Pringle1124504.09456000
Jeet Raval613015.00202100
Partnerships
WktBattersRunsBalls
1stBD Schmulian 61(91) & CG Heaphy 20(54)88144
2ndCG Heaphy 0(6) & WA Young 0(5)411
3rdD Foxcroft 16(46) & CG Heaphy 15(38)3684
4thTC Bruce 16(27) & CG Heaphy 9(29)2556
5thD Cleaver 1(7) & TC Bruce 4(7)614
6thJA Clarkson 30(53) & D Cleaver 60(60)96112
7thBG Randell 6(22) & D Cleaver 17(21)2343
8thTA Findlay 21(21) & D Cleaver 5(10)2731
9thJR Lennox 19(75) & D Cleaver 26(39)53114
10thRL Toole 1(8) & JR Lennox 8(8)1515

Northern Districts 1st innings

82(32.2 ov)
BatterRB4s6sSR
Jeet Ravalb BG Randellb BG Randell691066.67
Henry Cooperb BG Randellb BG Randell113007.69
Bharat Poplib RL Tooleb RL Toole17641026.56
Joe Carterc †D Cleaver b BG Randellc †D Cleaver b BG Randell01000.00
Robert O'Donnellc CG Heaphy b BG Randellc CG Heaphy b BG Randell01000.00
Kris Clarkeb BG Randellb BG Randell01000.00
Ben Pomare †lbw b BG Randelllbw b BG Randell03000.00
Scott Kuggeleijnb BG Randellb BG Randell240050.00
Tim Pringlenot outnot out36*794045.57
JH Brownc D Foxcroft b JR Lennoxc D Foxcroft b JR Lennox5151033.33
CB Rowelllbw b TA Findlaylbw b TA Findlay09000.00
Extras(b 5, lb 3, w 2, nb 5)(b 5, lb 3, w 2, nb 5)15
Total32.2 Ov (RR 2.54)32.2 Ov (RR 2.54)82
Fall of wickets: 4-1 (HR Cooper, 3 ov), 9-2 (JA Raval, 4.1 ov), 9-3 (JF Carter, 4.2 ov), 9-4 (RR O'Donnell, 4.3 ov), 9-5 (KDC Clarke, 4.4 ov), 13-6 (BJ Pomare, 6.1 ov), 15-7 (SC Kuggeleijn, 6.5 ov), 67-8 (B Popli, 26.1 ov), 74-9 (JH Brown, 29.4 ov), 82-10 (CB Rowell, 32.2 ov)
BowlerOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
Brett Randell1112572.27532010
Raymond Toole831912.38403000
Josh Clarkson811702.13381012
TA Findlay3.20912.70171003
Jayden Lennox21412.00100000
Partnerships
WktBattersRunsBalls
1stJA Raval 1(5) & HR Cooper 1(13)418
2ndJA Raval 5(4) & B Popli 0(3)57
3rdJF Carter 0(1) & B Popli 0(0)01
4thRR O'Donnell 0(1) & B Popli 0(0)01
5thKDC Clarke 0(1) & B Popli 0(0)01
6thBJ Pomare 0(3) & B Popli 0(6)49
7thSC Kuggeleijn 2(4) & B Popli 0(0)24
8thTJG Pringle 29(65) & B Popli 17(55)52116
9thJH Brown 5(15) & TJG Pringle 2(6)721
10thCB Rowell 0(9) & TJG Pringle 5(8)816

Northern Districts 2nd innings (following on)

264(84 ov)
BatterRB4s6sSR
Henry Cooperc CG Heaphy b RL Toolec CG Heaphy b RL Toole7100070.00
Jeet Ravalb RL Tooleb RL Toole12342035.29
Bharat Poplib RL Tooleb RL Toole190011.11
Joe Carterlbw b JR Lennoxlbw b JR Lennox20472042.55
Robert O'Donnelllbw b RL Toolelbw b RL Toole05000.00
Kris Clarkec TC Bruce b JR Lennoxc TC Bruce b JR Lennox10317314059.54
Ben Pomare †c TC Bruce b JA Clarksonc TC Bruce b JA Clarkson271152023.48
Scott Kuggeleijnb RL Tooleb RL Toole4111036.36
Tim Pringlec JA Clarkson b JR Lennoxc JA Clarkson b JR Lennox21553038.18
JH Brownnot outnot out50*526196.15
CB Rowellb JR Lennoxb JR Lennox03000.00
Extras(b 1, lb 7, w 1, nb 10)(b 1, lb 7, w 1, nb 10)19
Total84 Ov (RR 3.14)84 Ov (RR 3.14)264
Fall of wickets: 18-1 (HR Cooper, 5.1 ov), 25-2 (B Popli, 7.2 ov), 26-3 (JA Raval, 9.1 ov), 26-4 (RR O'Donnell, 10 ov), 76-5 (JF Carter, 23.2 ov), 181-6 (BJ Pomare, 61 ov), 190-7 (SC Kuggeleijn, 64 ov), 193-8 (KDC Clarke, 68 ov), 264-9 (TJG Pringle, 83.3 ov), 264-10 (CB Rowell, 84 ov)
BowlerOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
Brett Randell803103.88364002
Raymond Toole20103251.601053000
Josh Clarkson1424613.29636003
TA Findlay1425303.79627015
Jayden Lennox2055742.85936100
Brad Schmulian603005.00204000
Dean Foxcroft20703.5060000
Partnerships
WktBattersRunsBalls
1stHR Cooper 7(10) & JA Raval 10(22)1831
2ndB Popli 1(9) & JA Raval 1(5)713
3rdJF Carter 0(4) & JA Raval 1(7)111
4thRR O'Donnell 0(5) & JF Carter 0(0)05
5thJF Carter 20(43) & KDC Clarke 27(40)5080
6thBJ Pomare 27(115) & KDC Clarke 69(116)105226
7thKDC Clarke 4(7) & SC Kuggeleijn 4(11)918
8thKDC Clarke 3(10) & TJG Pringle 0(14)324
9thTJG Pringle 21(41) & JH Brown 50(52)7193
10thCB Rowell 0(3) & JH Brown 0(0)03

Commentary

End of innings: ND 264 (84 ov)
End of over 840 runs, 2 wktsND 264/1000W00W
JH Brown 50(52)JR Lennox 20-5-57-4
83.6W
JR Lennox to CB Rowell, OUT
CB Rowell b JR Lennox 0(3) [4s-0 6s-0] · FoW 264/10 (84 ov)
83.50
JR Lennox to CB Rowell, no run
83.40
JR Lennox to CB Rowell, no run
83.3W
JR Lennox to TJG Pringle, OUT
TJG Pringle c JA Clarkson b JR Lennox 21(55) [4s-3 6s-0] · FoW 264/9 (83.3 ov)
83.20
JR Lennox to TJG Pringle, no run
83.10
JR Lennox to TJG Pringle, no run
End of over 834 runsND 264/8011200
JH Brown 50(52)TJG Pringle 21(52)D Foxcroft 2-0-7-0
82.60
D Foxcroft to JH Brown, no run
82.50
D Foxcroft to JH Brown, no run
82.42
D Foxcroft to JH Brown, 2 runs
FIFTY for JH Brown (50 off 50)
82.31
D Foxcroft to TJG Pringle, 1 run
82.21
D Foxcroft to JH Brown, 1 run
82.10
D Foxcroft to JH Brown, no run
End of over 8210 runsND 260/8410401
JH Brown 47(47)TJG Pringle 20(51)JR Lennox 19-4-57-2
81.61
JR Lennox to JH Brown, 1 run
81.50
JR Lennox to JH Brown, no run
81.44
JR Lennox to JH Brown, FOUR
81.30
JR Lennox to JH Brown, no run
81.21
JR Lennox to TJG Pringle, 1 run
81.14
JR Lennox to TJG Pringle, FOUR
End of over 813 runsND 250/8010110
JH Brown 42(43)TJG Pringle 15(49)D Foxcroft 1-0-3-0
80.60
D Foxcroft to JH Brown, no run
80.51
D Foxcroft to TJG Pringle, 1 run
80.41
D Foxcroft to JH Brown, 1 run
80.30
D Foxcroft to JH Brown, no run
80.21
D Foxcroft to TJG Pringle, 1 run
80.10
D Foxcroft to TJG Pringle, no run
End of over 806 runsND 247/8000600
JH Brown 41(40)TJG Pringle 13(46)JR Lennox 18-4-47-2