Plunket ShieldMatch · First-class
Wellington Firebirds beat Central Stags by 5 wickets - Match Info
Saxton Oval, Nelson, . Wellington Firebirds won the toss and chose to bowl.
Central Stags385 & 273/8d100 ov
Wellington Firebirds353/5d & 307/562.3 ov
Wellington Firebirds won by 5 wickets
Match details
- Match
- Match, First-class · Plunket Shield 2015/16
- Date
- (Fri 23 Oct, 14:00 PKT)
- Venue
- Saxton Oval, Nelson, New Zealand
- Toss
- Wellington Firebirds, chose to bowl
- Result
- Wellington Firebirds won by 5 wickets
- Umpires
- Ashley Mehrotra (New Zealand), Phil Jones (New Zealand)
Head to head (First-class)
Played 18 · CS won 6 · WF won 7 · Drawn 5
Last 4 meetings
- Match · Plunket Shield · WF 227 & 439/7d v CS 355 & 86/1Match drawn
- Match · Plunket Shield · CS 229 & 252 v WF 242 & 240/7Wellington Firebirds won by 3 wickets
- Match · Plunket Shield · CS 289 & 313/5d v WF 293 & 310/5Wellington Firebirds won by 5 wickets
- Match · Plunket Shield · CS 260 & 389 v WF 403 & 248/3Wellington Firebirds won by 7 wickets
Recent results (First-class)
- D vs OV · OV 352 & 265/3 v CS 650/8dMatch drawn
- D vs WF · WF 227 & 439/7d v CS 355 & 86/1Match drawn
- L vs AA · AA 668/7d v CS 233 & 371Auckland Aces won by an innings and 64 runs
- L vs CAN · CAN 463/9d & 305/5d v CS 350/9d & 235Canterbury won by 183 runs
- L vs WF · CS 229 & 252 v WF 242 & 240/7Wellington Firebirds won by 3 wickets
- D vs ND · WF 267 & 409/9 v ND 429Match drawn
- D vs CS · WF 227 & 439/7d v CS 355 & 86/1Match drawn
- W vs ND · ND 240 & 214 v WF 287 & 169/4Wellington Firebirds won by 6 wickets
- W vs AA · WF 344 & 387/5d v AA 350/7d & 168Wellington Firebirds won by 213 runs
- W vs CS · CS 229 & 252 v WF 242 & 240/7Wellington Firebirds won by 3 wickets
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Papps WF | 4 | 455 | 117 | 65.00 | 53.53 |
| Will Young CS | 4 | 398 | 121 | 56.86 | 58.44 |
| Stephen Murdoch WF | 4 | 388 | 112 | 55.43 | 62.08 |
| Michael Pollard WF | 3 | 216 | 68 | 43.20 | 47.37 |
| Jeetan Patel WF | 4 | 209 | 62 | 52.25 | 77.12 |
| Most wickets | M | Wkts | Econ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brent Arnel WF | 3 | 20 | 2.60 |
| Doug Bracewell CS | 3 | 13 | 3.58 |
| Jeetan Patel WF | 4 | 12 | 2.38 |
| Ajaz Patel CS | 3 | 10 | 2.98 |
| Mark Gillespie WF | 2 | 10 | 4.11 |
First-classs at Saxton Oval
- Matches
- 3
- Average 1st-innings score
- 346
- Won batting first
- 2
- Won chasing
- 0
- Highest total
- 463/9 by Canterbury ()