Plunket ShieldMatch · First-class
Wellington Firebirds beat Canterbury by 54 runs - Match Info
Hagley Oval, Christchurch, . Canterbury won the toss and chose to bowl.
Wellington Firebirds206 & 13656.1 ov
Canterbury159/2d & 12937 ov
Wellington Firebirds won by 54 runs
Match details
- Match
- Match, First-class · Plunket Shield 2015/16
- Date
- (Tue 15 Mar, 14:00 PKT)
- Venue
- Hagley Oval, Christchurch, New Zealand
- Toss
- Canterbury, chose to bowl
- Result
- Wellington Firebirds won by 54 runs
- Umpires
- Chris Brown (Cook Islands), Stephen Harris
Head to head (First-class)
Played 22 · WF won 10 · CAN won 12
Last 4 meetings
- Match · Plunket Shield · WF 263 & 264 v CAN 356 & 172/1Canterbury won by 9 wickets
- Match · Plunket Shield · CAN 242 & 407/7d v WF 343 & 308/6Wellington Firebirds won by 4 wickets
- Match · Plunket Shield · CAN 223 & 376/8d v WF 130 & 459Canterbury won by 10 runs
- Match · Plunket Shield · WF 239 & 364/5d v CAN 301/8d & 303/4Canterbury won by 6 wickets
Recent results (First-class)
- W vs ND · ND 438/8d & 291/3d v WF 352/7d & 378/7Wellington Firebirds won by 3 wickets
- L vs CS · CS 424/6d & 314/6d v WF 370/7d & 281Central Stags won by 87 runs
- 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 OV · OV 351 & 225/3d v CAN 180 & 398/5Canterbury won by 5 wickets
- W vs ND · ND 257 & 316 v CAN 485 & 90/2Canterbury won by 8 wickets
- D vs CS · CAN 204 & 339 v CS 168 & 278/9Match drawn
- L vs AA · CAN 294 & 222 v AA 279 & 239/5Auckland Aces won by 5 wickets
- W vs CS · CAN 320 & 310 v CS 245 & 224Canterbury won by 161 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Papps WF | 4 | 562 | 206 | 112.40 | 56.60 |
| Andrew Ellis CAN | 4 | 426 | 171 | 71.00 | 57.18 |
| Stephen Murdoch WF | 4 | 355 | 155 | 50.71 | 56.98 |
| Peter Fulton CAN | 3 | 231 | 104 | 46.20 | 60.31 |
| Tom Latham CAN | 2 | 216 | 92 | 72.00 | 66.67 |
| Most wickets | M | Wkts | Econ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Todd Astle CAN | 3 | 17 | 3.00 |
| Andrew Ellis CAN | 4 | 16 | 3.19 |
| Mark Gillespie WF | 3 | 13 | 3.56 |
| Brent Arnel WF | 3 | 10 | 2.54 |
| Ryan McCone CAN | 2 | 8 | 2.75 |
First-classs at Hagley Oval
- Matches
- 7
- Average 1st-innings score
- 283
- Won batting first
- 4
- Won chasing
- 3
- Highest total
- 412/7 by Canterbury ()