Plunket ShieldMatch 2 · First-class
Canterbury beat Wellington Firebirds by 8 wickets - Match Info
Basin Reserve, Wellington, . Canterbury won the toss and chose to bowl.
Wellington Firebirds65 & 21280.5 ov
Canterbury156 & 126/229.5 ov
Canterbury won by 8 wickets
Match details
- Match
- Match 2, First-class · Plunket Shield 2020/21
- Date
- (Mon 19 Oct, 14:00 PKT)
- Venue
- Basin Reserve, Wellington, New Zealand
- Toss
- Canterbury, chose to bowl
- Result
- Canterbury won by 8 wickets
- Umpires
- Ashley Mehrotra (New Zealand), Chris Brown (Cook Islands)
- Match referee
- KD Earl
Head to head (First-class)
Played 22 · WF won 10 · CAN won 12
Last 5 meetings
- Match · Plunket Shield · CAN 570/8d v WF 316 & 120Canterbury won by an innings and 134 runs
- Match · Plunket Shield · WF 525/7d & 247/6d v CAN 415/9d & 313Wellington Firebirds won by 44 runs
- Match · Plunket Shield · CAN 424/8d & 128/1 v WF 249 & 301Canterbury won by 9 wickets
- Match · Plunket Shield · CAN 156 & 53 v WF 166 & 44/0Wellington Firebirds won by 10 wickets
- Match · Plunket Shield · WF 159 & 116/5 v CAN 118 & 156Wellington Firebirds won by 5 wickets
Recent results (First-class)
- W vs AA · AA 179 & 174 v WF 360Wellington Firebirds won by an innings and 7 runs
- W vs CS · WF 298 & 53/1 v CS 96 & 254Wellington Firebirds won by 9 wickets
- L vs CAN · CAN 570/8d v WF 316 & 120Canterbury won by an innings and 134 runs
- D vs AA · WF 91 & 104/2 v AA 217Match drawn
- W vs CAN · WF 525/7d & 247/6d v CAN 415/9d & 313Wellington Firebirds won by 44 runs
- L vs ND · ND 294/9 & 302/5d v CAN 243 & 172Northern Districts won by 181 runs
- L vs OV · OV 287 & 160 v CAN 145 & 240Otago Volts won by 62 runs
- W vs WF · CAN 570/8d v WF 316 & 120Canterbury won by an innings and 134 runs
- D vs CS · CS 164 & 287/9 v CAN 212Match drawn
- L vs WF · WF 525/7d & 247/6d v CAN 415/9d & 313Wellington Firebirds won by 44 runs
Top players in this fixture
WF v CAN First-classs, among players who have played for either side in the last 18 months.
| Most runs | M | Runs | HS | Avg | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Latham CAN | 4 | 487 | 224 | 69.57 | 61.49 |
| Devon Conway WF | 3 | 460 | 327 | 92.00 | 80.00 |
| Tom Blundell WF | 8 | 399 | 113 | 33.25 | 52.64 |
| Todd Astle CAN | 7 | 347 | 70 | 34.70 | 67.38 |
| Cam Fletcher CAN | 8 | 318 | 64 | 26.50 | 46.22 |
| Most wickets | M | Wkts | Econ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ian McPeake WF | 7 | 28 | 3.63 |
| Todd Astle CAN | 7 | 23 | 3.43 |
| Matt Henry CAN | 5 | 21 | 2.71 |
| Hamish Bennett WF | 4 | 19 | 3.29 |
| Will Williams CAN | 6 | 18 | 2.48 |
First-classs at Basin Reserve
- Matches
- 10
- Average 1st-innings score
- 310
- Won batting first
- 2
- Won chasing
- 5
- Highest total
- 598 by Auckland Aces ()