Wellington Firebirds beat Central Stags by 5 wickets

Saxton Oval, Nelson, 23 Oct 2015. Wellington Firebirds won the toss and chose to bowl.

Wellington Firebirds353/5d & 307/562.3 ov

Wellington Firebirds won by 5 wickets

Match report

From the scorecard

Wellington Firebirds won the toss and chose to bowl. Central Stags were bowled out for 385, George Worker 210 from 270 balls and Kruger van Wyk 51 from 99 balls. Brent Arnel took 3 for 67.

Wellington Firebirds made 353 for 5 declared, Stephen Murdoch 171 from 301 balls and Craig Cachopa 76 from 113 balls. Blair Tickner took 4 for 65.

Central Stags made 273 for 8 declared, Ben Smith 117 not out from 281 balls and Kruger van Wyk 54 from 101 balls. Jeetan Patel took 3 for 74.

Wellington Firebirds made 307 for 5, Tom Blundell 77 not out from 88 balls and Michael Pollard 65 from 88 balls.

Wellington Firebirds won by 5 wickets.

Key performers

SM171Stephen MurdochWellington Firebirds. 301 balls, 27 fours, 4 sixes BA3/67Brent ArnelWellington Firebirds. 27.1 overs, 5 maidens GW210George WorkerCentral Stags. 270 balls, 26 fours, 6 sixes

4/65Blair TicknerCentral Stags. 19 overs, 4 maidens

Central Stags 1st innings

385(105.1 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Dean Robinsonb BJ Arnel	b BJ Arnel	0	12	0	0	0.00
Ben Smithlbw b MB McEwan	lbw b MB McEwan	41	61	7	0	67.21
Greg Hayb DS Hutchinson	b DS Hutchinson	23	46	5	0	50.00
George Workerc JS Patel b BJ Arnel	c JS Patel b BJ Arnel	210	270	26	6	77.78
Tom Brucec MA Pollard b BJ Arnel	c MA Pollard b BJ Arnel	9	32	1	0	28.13
Kruger van Wyk †c MJ Taylor b JS Patel	c MJ Taylor b JS Patel	51	99	7	0	51.52
Josh Clarksonb MB McEwan	b MB McEwan	0	6	0	0	0.00
Seth Rancec DS Hutchinson b JS Patel	c DS Hutchinson b JS Patel	5	11	0	0	45.45
Ajaz Patelc †TA Blundell b DS Hutchinson	c †TA Blundell b DS Hutchinson	13	44	1	0	29.55
Blair Ticknerlbw b DS Hutchinson	lbw b DS Hutchinson	0	4	0	0	0.00
Andrew Mathiesonnot out	not out	12*	50	2	0	24.00
Extras(b 4, lb 10, w 3, nb 4)	(b 4, lb 10, w 3, nb 4)	21
Total105.1 Ov (RR 3.66)	105.1 Ov (RR 3.66)	385

Fall of wickets: 4-1 (DS Robinson, 4.5 ov), 62-2 (BS Smith, 19.1 ov), 68-3 (GR Hay, 20.4 ov), 92-4 (TC Bruce, 30.5 ov), 202-5 (CFK van Wyk, 61.2 ov), 203-6 (JA Clarkson, 62.5 ov), 208-7 (SHA Rance, 65.4 ov), 241-8 (AY Patel, 80 ov), 251-9 (BM Tickner, 82 ov), 385-10 (GH Worker, 105.1 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Brent Arnel	27.1	5	67	3	2.47	130	8	0	1	0
Dane Hutchinson	20	4	71	3	3.55	92	11	0	0	0
Matt McEwan	23	3	109	2	4.74	100	11	5	1	2
Matt Taylor	10	0	57	0	5.70	39	10	0	1	0
Jeetan Patel	24	6	66	2	2.75	119	9	1	0	2
LJ Woodcock	1	0	1	0	1.00	5	0	0	0	0

Partnerships

Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
1st	DS Robinson 0(12) & BS Smith 4(17)	4	29
2nd	GR Hay 21(42) & BS Smith 37(44)	58	86
3rd	GH Worker 4(5) & GR Hay 2(4)	6	9
4th	TC Bruce 9(32) & GH Worker 15(29)	24	61
5th	CFK van Wyk 51(99) & GH Worker 49(84)	110	183
6th	JA Clarkson 0(6) & GH Worker 1(3)	1	9
7th	SHA Rance 5(11) & GH Worker 0(6)	5	17
8th	AY Patel 13(44) & GH Worker 19(43)	33	86
9th	GH Worker 5(8) & BM Tickner 0(4)	10	12
10th	GH Worker 117(92) & AW Mathieson 12(50)	134	139

Wellington Firebirds 1st innings

353/5d(110 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Michael Pappslbw b BM Tickner	lbw b BM Tickner	2	11	0	0	18.18
LJ Woodcockc †CFK van Wyk b BM Tickner	c †CFK van Wyk b BM Tickner	33	81	4	0	40.74
Stephen Murdochlbw b AY Patel	lbw b AY Patel	171	301	27	4	56.81
Craig Cachopac AY Patel b BM Tickner	c AY Patel b BM Tickner	76	113	13	0	67.26
Michael Pollardc †CFK van Wyk b BM Tickner	c †CFK van Wyk b BM Tickner	13	50	2	0	26.00
Tom Blundell †not out	not out	45*	85	7	0	52.94
Matt Taylornot out	not out	5*	19	1	0	26.32
Extras(lb 6, w 2)	(lb 6, w 2)	8
Total110 Ov (RR 3.21)	110 Ov (RR 3.21)	353/5d

Did not bat: Jeetan Patel, Matt McEwan, Dane Hutchinson, Brent Arnel

Fall of wickets: 7-1 (MHW Papps, 3.3 ov), 63-2 (LJ Woodcock, 27.2 ov), 224-3 (Craig Cachopa, 67.4 ov), 256-4 (MA Pollard, 83.1 ov), 346-5 (SJ Murdoch, 104.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	0s	4s	6s	WD
Seth Rance	21	6	59	0	2.81	100	9	0	0
Josh Clarkson	13	1	56	0	4.31	59	11	0	0
Blair Tickner	19	4	65	4	3.42	84	11	0	0
Andrew Mathieson	17	2	62	0	3.65	76	11	0	2
George Worker	17	6	43	0	2.53	83	4	2	0
Ajaz Patel	22	8	62	1	2.82	105	8	2	0
Tom Bruce	1	1	0	0	0.00	6	0	0	0

Partnerships

Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
1st	MHW Papps 2(11) & LJ Woodcock 3(10)	7	21
2nd	SJ Murdoch 25(72) & LJ Woodcock 30(71)	56	143
3rd	Craig Cachopa 76(113) & SJ Murdoch 82(129)	161	242
4th	MA Pollard 13(50) & SJ Murdoch 17(43)	32	93
5th	TA Blundell 43(71) & SJ Murdoch 47(57)	90	128
6th	MJ Taylor 5(19) & TA Blundell 2(14)	7*	33

Central Stags 2nd innings

273/8d(100 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Dean Robinsonlbw b BJ Arnel	lbw b BJ Arnel	16	40	1	0	40.00
Ben Smithnot out	not out	117*	281	17	1	41.64
Greg Hayc JS Patel b BJ Arnel	c JS Patel b BJ Arnel	4	11	1	0	36.36
George Workerlbw b JS Patel	lbw b JS Patel	15	54	3	0	27.78
Tom Brucelbw b DS Hutchinson	lbw b DS Hutchinson	14	20	2	0	70.00
Kruger van Wyk †c †TA Blundell b JS Patel	c †TA Blundell b JS Patel	54	101	9	0	53.47
Josh Clarksonc DS Hutchinson b MB McEwan	c DS Hutchinson b MB McEwan	22	32	4	0	68.75
Seth Rancec MHW Papps b BJ Arnel	c MHW Papps b BJ Arnel	18	40	3	0	45.00
Ajaz Patellbw b JS Patel	lbw b JS Patel	1	12	0	0	8.33
Blair Ticknernot out	not out	1*	11	0	0	9.09
Extras(lb 7, w 2, nb 2)	(lb 7, w 2, nb 2)	11
Total100 Ov (RR 2.73)	100 Ov (RR 2.73)	273/8d

Did not bat: Andrew Mathieson

Fall of wickets: 38-1 (DS Robinson, 12.3 ov), 44-2 (GR Hay, 16.2 ov), 73-3 (GH Worker, 32 ov), 92-4 (TC Bruce, 38.3 ov), 169-5 (CFK van Wyk, 71 ov), 204-6 (JA Clarkson, 79.5 ov), 250-7 (SHA Rance, 93 ov), 259-8 (AY Patel, 96 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Brent Arnel	30	9	90	3	3.00	140	12	0	2	0
Dane Hutchinson	14	4	48	1	3.43	69	8	0	0	1
Matt McEwan	19	8	42	1	2.21	100	8	0	0	0
Jeetan Patel	31	12	74	3	2.39	155	11	1	0	1
LJ Woodcock	4	1	9	0	2.25	20	1	0	0	0
Matt Taylor	2	1	3	0	1.50	10	0	0	0	0

Partnerships

Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
1st	DS Robinson 16(40) & BS Smith 20(35)	38	75
2nd	GR Hay 4(11) & BS Smith 2(12)	6	23
3rd	GH Worker 15(54) & BS Smith 11(41)	29	94
4th	BS Smith 5(19) & TC Bruce 14(20)	19	39
5th	CFK van Wyk 54(101) & BS Smith 19(95)	77	195
6th	BS Smith 13(21) & JA Clarkson 22(32)	35	53
7th	SHA Rance 18(40) & BS Smith 26(39)	46	79
8th	BS Smith 8(6) & AY Patel 1(12)	9	18
9th	BS Smith 13(13) & BM Tickner 1(11)	14*	24

Wellington Firebirds 2nd innings

307/5(62.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Michael Pappslbw b SHA Rance	lbw b SHA Rance	41	83	2	1	49.40
Stephen Murdochb BM Tickner	b BM Tickner	0	10	0	0	0.00
Craig Cachopac JA Clarkson b AW Mathieson	c JA Clarkson b AW Mathieson	37	62	7	0	59.68
Michael Pollardc BM Tickner b GH Worker	c BM Tickner b GH Worker	65	88	3	4	73.86
Tom Blundell †not out	not out	77*	88	8	1	87.50
Matt Taylorrun out (DS Robinson)	run out (DS Robinson)	33	26	5	0	126.92
LJ Woodcocknot out	not out	31*	19	5	0	163.16
Extras(b 5, lb 16, w 1, nb 1)	(b 5, lb 16, w 1, nb 1)	23
Total62.3 Ov (RR 4.91)	62.3 Ov (RR 4.91) · Target 306	307/5

Did not bat: Jeetan Patel, Matt McEwan, Dane Hutchinson, Brent Arnel

Fall of wickets: 4-1 (SJ Murdoch, 3.2 ov), 72-2 (Craig Cachopa, 22 ov), 119-3 (MHW Papps, 31 ov), 212-4 (MA Pollard, 51 ov), 257-5 (MJ Taylor, 57.1 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Seth Rance	16	3	53	1	3.31	75	8	0	1	1
Blair Tickner	16	3	63	1	3.94	67	8	1	0	0
Ajaz Patel	17	0	77	0	4.53	61	5	3	0	0
Josh Clarkson	3.3	0	22	0	6.29	12	3	0	0	0
Andrew Mathieson	5	0	27	1	5.40	15	3	0	0	0
George Worker	5	0	44	1	8.80	10	3	2	0	0

Partnerships

Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
1st	MHW Papps 4(10) & SJ Murdoch 0(10)	4	20
2nd	Craig Cachopa 37(62) & MHW Papps 17(50)	68	112
3rd	MA Pollard 27(31) & MHW Papps 20(23)	47	54
4th	MA Pollard 38(57) & TA Blundell 49(63)	93	120
5th	TA Blundell 11(11) & MJ Taylor 33(26)	45	37
6th	TA Blundell 17(14) & LJ Woodcock 31(19)	50*	32

Commentary

62.34

JA Clarkson to LJ Woodcock, FOUR

62.24

JA Clarkson to LJ Woodcock, FOUR

62.11

JA Clarkson to TA Blundell, 1 run

End of over 629 runsWF 298/5201114

LJ Woodcock 23(17)TA Blundell 76(87)AY Patel 17-0-77-0

61.64

AY Patel to LJ Woodcock, FOUR

61.51

AY Patel to TA Blundell, 1 run

61.41

AY Patel to LJ Woodcock, 1 run

61.31

AY Patel to TA Blundell, 1 run

61.20

AY Patel to TA Blundell, no run

61.12

AY Patel to TA Blundell, 2 runs

End of over 6110 runsWF 289/50411NbWd02

LJ Woodcock 18(15)TA Blundell 72(83)SHA Rance 16-3-53-1

60.62

SHA Rance to LJ Woodcock, 2 runs

60.50

SHA Rance to LJ Woodcock, no run

60.5Wd

SHA Rance to LJ Woodcock, wide

60.5Nb

SHA Rance to LJ Woodcock, no ball

60.41

SHA Rance to TA Blundell, 1 run

60.31

SHA Rance to LJ Woodcock, 1 run

60.24

SHA Rance to LJ Woodcock, FOUR

60.10

SHA Rance to LJ Woodcock, no run

End of over 608 runsWF 279/5140111

LJ Woodcock 11(9)TA Blundell 71(82)BM Tickner 16-3-63-1

59.61

BM Tickner to LJ Woodcock, 1 run

59.51

BM Tickner to TA Blundell, 1 run

59.41

BM Tickner to LJ Woodcock, 1 run

59.30

BM Tickner to LJ Woodcock, no run

59.24

BM Tickner to LJ Woodcock, FOUR

59.11

BM Tickner to TA Blundell, 1 run

End of over 599 runsWF 271/5101412

LJ Woodcock 5(5)TA Blundell 69(80)GH Worker 5-0-44-1

58.62

GH Worker to LJ Woodcock, 2 runs

58.51

GH Worker to TA Blundell, 1 run