Plunket ShieldMatch 17 · First-class
Central Stags beat Northern Districts by an innings and 27 runs - Match Info
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 details
- Match
- Match 17, First-class · Plunket Shield 2025/26
- Date
- (Sat 7 Mar, 14:00 PKT)
- Venue
- McLean Park, Napier, New Zealand
- Toss
- Northern Districts, chose to bowl
- Result
- Central Stags won by an innings and 27 runs
- Umpires
- Chamara de Soysa (Sri Lanka), C Black
- Match referee
- Trudy Anderson (New Zealand)
Head to head (First-class)
Played 26 · CS won 9 · ND won 8 · Drawn 9
Last 5 meetings
- Match 11 · Plunket Shield · ND 204 & 362/7 v CS 391Match drawn
- Match 13 · Plunket Shield · ND 331 v CS 427 & 117/2Match drawn
- Match 17 · Plunket Shield · ND 513 & 194/7d v CS 245 & 427Northern Districts won by 35 runs
- Match 7 · Plunket Shield · CS 273 & 371/4d v ND 161 & 204/9Central Stags won by 279 runs
- Match 20 · Plunket Shield · ND 496/6d & 25/1 v CS 408/7dMatch drawn
Recent results (First-class)
- D vs WF · WF 401 & 244/8d v CS 296Match drawn
- D vs OV · OV 416/7d v CS 224 & 351/8Match drawn
- W vs CAN · CS 239 & 330 v CAN 124 & 150Central Stags won by 295 runs
- W vs WF · WF 354/9d & 124/4d v CS 118/3d & 363/2Central Stags won by 8 wickets
- L vs AA · AA 406 v CS 191 & 154Auckland Aces won by an innings and 61 runs
- W vs AA · AA 283 & 188 v ND 288 & 184/4Northern Districts won by 6 wickets
- W vs WF · WF 319 & 224 v ND 571/9dNorthern Districts won by an innings and 28 runs
- W vs OV · ND 346 & 296/9d v OV 289 & 240Northern Districts won by 113 runs
- D vs AA · AA 307 & 354/5d v ND 152 & 429/6Match drawn
- L vs CAN · ND 237 & 380/8d v CAN 248 & 371/5Canterbury won by 5 wickets
Top players in this fixture
CS v ND First-classs, among players who have played for either side in the last 18 months.
| Most runs | M | Runs | HS | Avg | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Bruce CS | 18 | 1566 | 208 | 58.00 | 67.50 |
| Bharat Popli ND | 15 | 1434 | 172 | 53.11 | 50.02 |
| Brad Schmulian CS | 10 | 993 | 203 | 66.20 | 56.29 |
| Dane Cleaver CS | 17 | 873 | 201 | 32.33 | 58.71 |
| Will Young CS | 17 | 863 | 132 | 33.19 | 45.83 |
| Most wickets | M | Wkts | Econ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ajaz Patel CS | 17 | 68 | 2.99 |
| Scott Kuggeleijn ND | 16 | 47 | 3.48 |
| Blair Tickner CS | 14 | 30 | 3.90 |
| Raymond Toole CS | 10 | 29 | 2.64 |
| Brad Schmulian CS | 11 | 18 | 3.45 |
First-classs at McLean Park
- Matches
- 24
- Average 1st-innings score
- 307
- Won batting first
- 10
- Won chasing
- 9
- Highest total
- 668/7 by Auckland Aces ()