Plunket ShieldMatch · First-class
Central Stags beat Wellington Firebirds by 7 wickets - Match Info
Saxton Oval, Nelson, . Central Stags won the toss and chose to bowl.
Central Stags172 & 172/352 ov
Wellington Firebirds171 & 17239.2 ov
Central Stags won by 7 wickets
Match details
- Match
- Match, First-class · Plunket Shield 2017/18
- Date
- (Fri 24 Nov, 14:00 PKT)
- Venue
- Saxton Oval, Nelson, New Zealand
- Toss
- Central Stags, chose to bowl
- Result
- Central Stags won by 7 wickets
- Umpires
- Derek Walker (New Zealand), John Bromley (New Zealand)
Head to head (First-class)
Played 18 · CS won 6 · WF won 7 · Drawn 5
Last 5 meetings
- Match · Plunket Shield · CS 424/6d & 314/6d v WF 370/7d & 281Central Stags won by 87 runs
- 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
Recent results (First-class)
- W vs OV · OV 513/7d & 177 v CS 359 & 334/8Central Stags won by 2 wickets
- W vs CAN · CAN 194 & 218 v CS 498/7dCentral Stags won by an innings and 86 runs
- W vs AA · CS 472 & 302/5d v AA 349 & 169/9Central Stags won by 256 runs
- D vs ND · ND 439/5d & 181/9d v CS 313/7d & 223/7Match drawn
- W vs CAN · CS 315 & 349/6 v CAN 388 & 273/8dCentral Stags won by 4 wickets
- W vs CAN · WF 159 & 116/5 v CAN 118 & 156Wellington Firebirds won by 5 wickets
- W vs ND · ND 249 & 207 v WF 380 & 158Wellington Firebirds won by 82 runs
- W vs OV · WF 369 v OV 184 & 142Wellington Firebirds won by an innings and 43 runs
- W vs AA · WF 553/3d v AA 62 & 286Wellington Firebirds won by an innings and 205 runs
- W vs CAN · CAN 197 & 293/8d v WF 264 & 230/3Wellington Firebirds won by 7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stephen Murdoch WF | 6 | 730 | 171 | 66.36 | 61.66 |
| George Worker CS | 4 | 505 | 210 | 63.13 | 56.74 |
| Michael Papps WF | 6 | 505 | 117 | 45.91 | 53.05 |
| Will Young CS | 5 | 437 | 121 | 48.56 | 57.50 |
| Ben Smith CS | 4 | 430 | 133 | 86.00 | 45.50 |
| Most wickets | M | Wkts | Econ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brent Arnel WF | 5 | 30 | 2.71 |
| Jeetan Patel WF | 6 | 21 | 2.56 |
| Ajaz Patel CS | 5 | 17 | 3.18 |
| Doug Bracewell CS | 3 | 13 | 3.58 |
| Andrew Mathieson CS | 5 | 10 | 4.99 |
First-classs at Saxton Oval
- Matches
- 8
- Average 1st-innings score
- 371
- Won batting first
- 3
- Won chasing
- 2
- Highest total
- 479/5 by Otago Volts ()