Plunket ShieldMatch 23 · First-class
Central Stags beat Northern Districts by 25 runs - Match Info
Seddon Park, Hamilton, . Northern Districts won the toss and chose to bowl.
Central Stags235 & 32799.2 ov
Northern Districts279 & 25869.5 ov
Central Stags won by 25 runs
Match details
- Match
- Match 23, First-class · Plunket Shield 2025/26
- Date
- (Fri 27 Mar, 14:00 PKT)
- Venue
- Seddon Park, Hamilton, New Zealand
- Toss
- Northern Districts, chose to bowl
- Result
- Central Stags won by 25 runs
- Umpires
- John Dempsey (New Zealand), Wayne Knights (New Zealand)
- Match referee
- Gary Troup (New Zealand)
Head to head (First-class)
Played 26 · CS won 9 · ND won 8 · Drawn 9
Last 5 meetings
- Match 17 · Plunket Shield · CS 373 v ND 82 & 264Central Stags won by an innings and 27 runs
- 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
Recent results (First-class)
- L vs CAN · CAN 334 & 325/9d v CS 221 & 159Canterbury won by 279 runs
- W vs ND · CS 373 v ND 82 & 264Central Stags won by an innings and 27 runs
- 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
- L vs OV · ND 339 & 271 v OV 258 & 353/6Otago Volts won by 4 wickets
- L vs CS · CS 373 v ND 82 & 264Central Stags won by an innings and 27 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
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 | 19 | 1586 | 208 | 56.64 | 67.37 |
| Bharat Popli ND | 16 | 1452 | 172 | 50.07 | 49.39 |
| Brad Schmulian CS | 11 | 1054 | 203 | 65.88 | 56.82 |
| Dane Cleaver CS | 18 | 982 | 201 | 35.07 | 60.47 |
| Will Young CS | 18 | 863 | 132 | 31.96 | 45.71 |
| Most wickets | M | Wkts | Econ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ajaz Patel CS | 17 | 68 | 2.99 |
| Scott Kuggeleijn ND | 17 | 51 | 3.49 |
| Raymond Toole CS | 11 | 35 | 2.57 |
| Blair Tickner CS | 14 | 30 | 3.90 |
| Brad Schmulian CS | 12 | 18 | 3.52 |
First-classs at Seddon Park
- Matches
- 26
- Average 1st-innings score
- 283
- Won batting first
- 14
- Won chasing
- 6
- Highest total
- 614/7 by Northern Districts ()