Plunket ShieldMatch 3 · First-class
Wellington Firebirds beat Canterbury by 129 runs - Match Info
Cello Basin Reserve, . Canterbury won the toss and chose to bowl.
Wellington Firebirds325 & 14541.5 ov
Canterbury156 & 18554.5 ov
Wellington Firebirds won by 129 runs
Match details
- Match
- Match 3, First-class · Plunket Shield 2023/24
- Date
- (Fri 20 Oct, 14:00 PKT)
- Venue
- Cello Basin Reserve
- Toss
- Canterbury, chose to bowl
- Result
- Wellington Firebirds won by 129 runs
- Umpires
- Shaun Haig (New Zealand), Kim Cotton (New Zealand)
- Match referee
- Sue Morris (New Zealand)
Head to head (First-class)
Played 22 · WF won 10 · CAN won 12
Last 5 meetings
- Match 24 · Plunket Shield · CAN 294 & 217/4d v WF 145 & 228Canterbury won by 138 runs
- Match 6 · Plunket Shield · WF 80 & 87 v CAN 123 & 334/8dCanterbury won by 290 runs
- Match 6 · Plunket Shield · CAN 156 & 407 v WF 134/9 & 115/9Canterbury won by 314 runs
- Match 3 · Plunket Shield · CAN 379/9d & 230/1d v WF 161 & 154Canterbury won by 294 runs
- Match 6 · Plunket Shield · WF 115 & 276 v CAN 410/6dCanterbury won by an innings and 19 runs
Recent results (First-class)
- L vs CAN · CAN 294 & 217/4d v WF 145 & 228Canterbury won by 138 runs
- L vs ND · ND 405 & 206/8d v WF 221 & 388Northern Districts won by 2 runs
- D vs AA · AA 508/6d & 143/1d v WF 267 & 299/8Match drawn
- D vs OV · OV 287 & 348/8 v WF 368 & 336/7dMatch drawn
- W vs CS · CS 215 & 248 v WF 262 & 269Wellington Firebirds won by 68 runs
- W vs WF · CAN 294 & 217/4d v WF 145 & 228Canterbury won by 138 runs
- L vs CS · CAN 186 & 236 v CS 282 & 143/4Central Stags won by 6 wickets
- D vs OV · OV 256 & 304/8 v CAN 449/9d & 277/3dMatch drawn
- W vs ND · ND 273/9d & 239 v CAN 335 & 180/6Canterbury won by 4 wickets
- D vs AA · CAN 509 v AA 438 & 252/6Match drawn
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 | 8 | 948 | 224 | 79.00 | 61.64 |
| Cam Fletcher CAN | 13 | 639 | 110 | 39.94 | 44.62 |
| Leo Carter CAN | 10 | 618 | 226 | 47.54 | 53.00 |
| Chad Bowes CAN | 12 | 504 | 95 | 25.20 | 53.90 |
| Tom Blundell WF | 12 | 483 | 113 | 24.15 | 46.62 |
| Most wickets | M | Wkts | Econ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matt Henry CAN | 9 | 43 | 2.40 |
| Ian McPeake WF | 11 | 35 | 3.39 |
| Edward Nuttall CAN | 9 | 30 | 3.83 |
| Sean Davey CAN | 2 | 18 | 1.84 |
| Fraser Sheat CAN | 5 | 18 | 2.62 |
First-classs at Cello Basin Reserve
- Matches
- 16
- Average 1st-innings score
- 258
- Won batting first
- 4
- Won chasing
- 7
- Highest total
- 553/3 by Wellington Firebirds ()