Plunket ShieldMatch 5 · First-class
Wellington Firebirds beat Central Stags by 172 runs - Match Info
Saxton Oval, Nelson, . Wellington Firebirds won the toss and chose to bat.
Central Stags169 & 18458.3 ov
Wellington Firebirds201 & 324104.5 ov
Wellington Firebirds won by 172 runs
Match details
- Match
- Match 5, First-class · Plunket Shield 2023/24
- Date
- (Sat 28 Oct, 14:00 PKT)
- Venue
- Saxton Oval, Nelson, New Zealand
- Toss
- Wellington Firebirds, chose to bat
- Result
- Wellington Firebirds won by 172 runs
- Umpires
- John Dempsey (New Zealand), KS Jagannathan
- Match referee
- Richard Hayward (New Zealand)
Head to head (First-class)
Played 18 · CS won 6 · WF won 7 · Drawn 5
Last 5 meetings
- Match 10 · Plunket Shield · CS 215 & 248 v WF 262 & 269Wellington Firebirds won by 68 runs
- Match 8 · Plunket Shield · WF 238 & 250 v CS 358 & 134/3Central Stags won by 7 wickets
- Match 13 · Plunket Shield · CS 175 & 245/9d v WF 104 & 256Central Stags won by 60 runs
- Match · Plunket Shield · WF 298 & 53/1 v CS 96 & 254Wellington Firebirds won by 9 wickets
- Match · Plunket Shield · CS 158 & 336/4 v WF 429Match drawn
Recent results (First-class)
- W vs AA · AA 264/9 & 168/9 v CS 509/8dCentral Stags won by an innings and 77 runs
- W vs AA · CS 296/9d & 156/5d v AA 161/1d & 103Central Stags won by 188 runs
- W vs OV · CS 381 & 190/5 v OV 268 & 300Central Stags won by 5 wickets
- W vs CAN · CAN 186 & 236 v CS 282 & 143/4Central Stags won by 6 wickets
- L vs ND · ND 513 & 194/7d v CS 245 & 427Northern Districts won by 35 runs
- W vs CAN · WF 325 & 145 v CAN 156 & 185Wellington Firebirds won by 129 runs
- L vs CAN · CAN 294 & 217/4d v WF 145 & 228Canterbury won by 138 runs
- L vs ND · ND 405 & 206/8d v WF 221 & 388Northern Districts won by 2 runs
- D vs AA · AA 508/6d & 143/1d v WF 267 & 299/8Match drawn
- D vs OV · OV 287 & 348/8 v WF 368 & 336/7dMatch drawn
Top players in this fixture
CS v WF First-classs, among players who have played for either side in the last 18 months.
| Most runs | M | Runs | HS | Avg | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Will Young CS | 10 | 697 | 121 | 36.68 | 52.45 |
| Greg Hay CS | 9 | 631 | 127 | 42.07 | 41.84 |
| Dane Cleaver CS | 8 | 622 | 151 | 51.83 | 52.85 |
| Tom Bruce CS | 10 | 456 | 89 | 26.82 | 60.72 |
| Ben Smith CS | 6 | 455 | 133 | 50.56 | 44.17 |
| Most wickets | M | Wkts | Econ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blair Tickner CS | 8 | 33 | 3.68 |
| Doug Bracewell CS | 6 | 26 | 3.41 |
| Logan van Beek WF | 3 | 19 | 2.99 |
| Ajaz Patel CS | 8 | 19 | 3.14 |
| Ian McPeake WF | 6 | 18 | 3.19 |
First-classs at Saxton Oval
- Matches
- 17
- Average 1st-innings score
- 310
- Won batting first
- 8
- Won chasing
- 3
- Highest total
- 479/5 by Otago Volts ()