Plunket ShieldMatch · First-class
Central Stags beat Wellington Firebirds by 87 runs - Match Info
McLean Park, Napier, . Wellington Firebirds won the toss and chose to bowl.
Central Stags424/6d & 314/6d87 ov
Wellington Firebirds370/7d & 28170.1 ov
Central Stags won by 87 runs
Match details
- Match
- Match, First-class · Plunket Shield 2015/16
- Date
- (Sat 20 Feb, 14:00 PKT)
- Venue
- McLean Park, Napier, New Zealand
- Toss
- Wellington Firebirds, chose to bowl
- Result
- Central Stags won by 87 runs
- Umpires
- Shaun Haig (New Zealand), Wayne Knights (New Zealand)
Head to head (First-class)
Played 18 · CS won 6 · WF won 7 · Drawn 5
Last 5 meetings
- Match · Plunket Shield · CS 385 & 273/8d v WF 353/5d & 307/5Wellington Firebirds won by 5 wickets
- 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 CAN · CAN 204 & 339 v CS 168 & 278/9Match drawn
- L vs ND · ND 268 & 425/7d v CS 256 & 153Northern Districts won by 284 runs
- L vs CAN · CAN 320 & 310 v CS 245 & 224Canterbury won by 161 runs
- L vs WF · CS 385 & 273/8d v WF 353/5d & 307/5Wellington Firebirds won by 5 wickets
- D vs OV · OV 352 & 265/3 v CS 650/8dMatch drawn
- L vs AA · WF 174 & 219 v AA 512/9dAuckland Aces won by an innings and 119 runs
- W vs OV · WF 348 & 282/8d v OV 240 & 288Wellington Firebirds won by 102 runs
- W vs OV · WF 328 & 305/4d v OV 279/8d & 262Wellington Firebirds won by 92 runs
- W vs CS · CS 385 & 273/8d v WF 353/5d & 307/5Wellington Firebirds won by 5 wickets
- D vs ND · WF 267 & 409/9 v ND 429Match 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stephen Murdoch WF | 5 | 559 | 171 | 62.11 | 59.72 |
| Michael Papps WF | 5 | 498 | 117 | 55.33 | 52.75 |
| Will Young CS | 4 | 398 | 121 | 56.86 | 58.44 |
| Ben Smith CS | 3 | 344 | 133 | 114.67 | 44.22 |
| George Worker CS | 3 | 333 | 210 | 55.50 | 59.04 |
| Most wickets | M | Wkts | Econ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brent Arnel WF | 4 | 26 | 2.64 |
| Jeetan Patel WF | 5 | 17 | 2.42 |
| Doug Bracewell CS | 3 | 13 | 3.58 |
| Ajaz Patel CS | 4 | 11 | 3.13 |
| Mark Gillespie WF | 2 | 10 | 4.11 |
First-classs at McLean Park
- Matches
- 6
- Average 1st-innings score
- 373
- Won batting first
- 3
- Won chasing
- 2
- Highest total
- 668/7 by Auckland Aces ()