Plunket ShieldMatch · First-class
Wellington Firebirds beat Canterbury by 5 wickets - Match Info
Cello Basin Reserve, . Wellington Firebirds won the toss and chose to bowl.
Wellington Firebirds159 & 116/527.2 ov
Canterbury118 & 15645.1 ov
Wellington Firebirds won by 5 wickets
Match details
- Match
- Match, First-class · Plunket Shield 2017/18
- Date
- (Wed 15 Nov, 14:00 PKT)
- Venue
- Cello Basin Reserve
- Toss
- Wellington Firebirds, chose to bowl
- Result
- Wellington Firebirds won by 5 wickets
- Umpires
- Billy Bowden (New Zealand), Garth Stirrat (New Zealand)
- Match referee
- K Pulley
Head to head (First-class)
Played 22 · WF won 10 · CAN won 12
Last 5 meetings
- Match · Plunket Shield · CAN 197 & 293/8d v WF 264 & 230/3Wellington Firebirds won by 7 wickets
- Match · Plunket Shield · WF 206 & 136 v CAN 159/2d & 129Wellington Firebirds won by 54 runs
- 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
Recent results (First-class)
- 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
- L vs ND · ND 262 & 162/1 v WF 151 & 269Northern Districts won by 9 wickets
- L vs CS · CAN 194 & 218 v CS 498/7dCentral Stags won by an innings and 86 runs
- W vs ND · CAN 381 & 202 v ND 339 & 236Canterbury won by 8 runs
- L vs OV · CAN 155 & 299 v OV 216 & 239/3Otago Volts won by 7 wickets
- L vs WF · CAN 197 & 293/8d v WF 264 & 230/3Wellington Firebirds won by 7 wickets
- L vs CS · CS 315 & 349/6 v CAN 388 & 273/8dCentral Stags won by 4 wickets
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 | 6 | 637 | 206 | 70.78 | 56.77 |
| Andrew Ellis CAN | 6 | 557 | 171 | 61.89 | 60.61 |
| Stephen Murdoch WF | 5 | 376 | 155 | 41.78 | 57.06 |
| Todd Astle CAN | 5 | 280 | 70 | 46.67 | 64.37 |
| LJ Woodcock WF | 6 | 274 | 51 | 24.91 | 41.64 |
| Most wickets | M | Wkts | Econ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Ellis CAN | 6 | 23 | 2.79 |
| Todd Astle CAN | 5 | 20 | 3.20 |
| Brent Arnel WF | 5 | 18 | 2.40 |
| Jeetan Patel WF | 3 | 8 | 3.50 |
| Ian McPeake WF | 2 | 8 | 4.15 |
First-classs at Cello Basin Reserve
- Matches
- 3
- Average 1st-innings score
- 239
- Won batting first
- 1
- Won chasing
- 1
- Highest total
- 553/3 by Wellington Firebirds ()