Plunket ShieldMatch 14 · First-class

Wellington Firebirds and Central Stags draw

McLean Park, Napier, 28 Feb 2026. Central Stags won the toss and chose to bowl.

Match drawn

Match report

From the scorecard

Central Stags won the toss and chose to bowl. Wellington Firebirds were bowled out for 401, Nick Greenwood 143 from 206 balls and Jesse Tashkoff 109 from 135 balls. Brad Schmulian took 4 for 27.

Central Stags were bowled out for 296, Brad Schmulian 117 from 209 balls and Brett Randell 66 from 161 balls. Nathan Smith took 4 for 61.

Wellington Firebirds made 244 for 8 declared, Nathan Smith 62 not out from 153 balls. Raymond Toole took 3 for 37.

Match drawn.

Key performers

NG143Nick GreenwoodWellington Firebirds. 206 balls, 16 fours, 3 sixes NS4/61Nathan SmithWellington Firebirds. 17 overs, 4 maidens BS117Brad SchmulianCentral Stags. 209 balls, 11 fours RT3/37Raymond TooleCentral Stags. 15 overs, 6 maidens

Wellington Firebirds 1st innings

401(113.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Jesse Tashkoffc BD Schmulian b TA Findlay	c BD Schmulian b TA Findlay	109	135	14	2	80.74
Nick Greenwoodb BD Schmulian	b BD Schmulian	143	206	16	3	69.42
Gareth Severinrun out (JA Clarkson/JR Lennox)	run out (JA Clarkson/JR Lennox)	5	31	1	0	16.13
Nick Kellyc †D Cleaver b TA Findlay	c †D Cleaver b TA Findlay	25	39	3	1	64.10
Tim Robinsonlbw b BD Schmulian	lbw b BD Schmulian	11	35	1	0	31.43
Muhammad Abbasc D Foxcroft b RL Toole	c D Foxcroft b RL Toole	17	70	1	0	24.29
Callum McLachlan †lbw b BD Schmulian	lbw b BD Schmulian	0	2	0	0	0.00
Nathan Smithc WA Young b BG Randell	c WA Young b BG Randell	39	80	3	1	48.75
Peter Younghusbandc TA Findlay b RL Toole	c TA Findlay b RL Toole	27	59	1	2	45.76
Michael Sneddenlbw b BD Schmulian	lbw b BD Schmulian	2	32	0	0	6.25
James Hartshornnot out	not out	1*	4	0	0	25.00
Extras(b 4, lb 1, w 5, nb 12)	(b 4, lb 1, w 5, nb 12)	22
Total113.3 Ov (RR 3.53)	113.3 Ov (RR 3.53)	401

Fall of wickets: 222-1 (JM Tashkoff, 46.1 ov), 236-2 (GR Severin, 52.5 ov), 282-3 (NF Kelly, 64.1 ov), 313-4 (NA Greenwood, 70.2 ov), 314-5 (TB Robinson, 74.3 ov), 314-6 (CR McLachlan, 74.5 ov), 348-7 (MA Abbas, 91.3 ov), 373-8 (NG Smith, 103.4 ov), 382-9 (MW Snedden, 111 ov), 401-10 (PF Younghusband, 113.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Brett Randell	20	4	71	1	3.55	85	8	0	1	1
Josh Clarkson	15	1	46	0	3.07	69	6	0	0	0
TA Findlay	21	3	91	2	4.33	91	9	2	2	10
Raymond Toole	23.3	5	98	2	4.17	108	11	4	2	1
Jayden Lennox	22	4	63	0	2.86	99	4	3	0	0
Brad Schmulian	12	2	27	4	2.25	57	2	0	0	0

Partnerships

Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
1st	JM Tashkoff 109(135) & NA Greenwood 101(149)	222	277
2nd	GR Severin 5(31) & NA Greenwood 6(11)	14	40
3rd	NA Greenwood 20(29) & NF Kelly 25(39)	46	68
4th	TB Robinson 10(23) & NA Greenwood 16(17)	31	37
5th	MA Abbas 0(13) & TB Robinson 1(12)	1	25
6th	CR McLachlan 0(2) & MA Abbas 0(0)	0	2
7th	NG Smith 17(43) & MA Abbas 17(57)	34	100
8th	PF Younghusband 3(36) & NG Smith 22(37)	25	73
9th	MW Snedden 2(32) & PF Younghusband 7(12)	9	44
10th	PF Younghusband 17(11) & JW Hartshorn 1(4)	19	15

Central Stags 1st innings

296(90.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Curtis Heaphyc TB Robinson b NG Smith	c TB Robinson b NG Smith	4	4	1	0	100.00
Brad Schmulianb NG Smith	b NG Smith	117	209	11	0	55.98
Will Youngb JW Hartshorn	b JW Hartshorn	4	5	0	0	80.00
Dean Foxcroftc TB Robinson b NG Smith	c TB Robinson b NG Smith	8	10	1	0	80.00
Tom Brucec GR Severin b MW Snedden	c GR Severin b MW Snedden	38	66	7	0	57.58
Dane Cleaver †c ? b JW Hartshorn	c ? b JW Hartshorn	0	3	0	0	0.00
Josh Clarksonc JM Tashkoff b JW Hartshorn	c JM Tashkoff b JW Hartshorn	6	15	1	0	40.00
Brett Randellc GR Severin b PF Younghusband	c GR Severin b PF Younghusband	66	161	6	0	40.99
TA Findlayc sub (JRM Bassett-Graham) b NG Smith	c sub (JRM Bassett-Graham) b NG Smith	16	36	3	0	44.44
Jayden Lennoxnot out	not out	12*	24	1	1	50.00
Raymond Toolerun out (GR Severin/JW Hartshorn)	run out (GR Severin/JW Hartshorn)	1	17	0	0	5.88
Extras(b 7, lb 5, w 6, nb 6)	(b 7, lb 5, w 6, nb 6)	24
Total90.4 Ov (RR 3.26)	90.4 Ov (RR 3.26)	296

Fall of wickets: 4-1 (CG Heaphy, 0.4 ov), 9-2 (WA Young, 2 ov), 25-3 (D Foxcroft, 6.1 ov), 77-4 (TC Bruce, 22.4 ov), 84-5 (D Cleaver, 23.5 ov), 96-6 (JA Clarkson, 28 ov), 250-7 (BG Randell, 73.5 ov), 274-8 (TA Findlay, 83.2 ov), 285-9 (BD Schmulian, 85.2 ov), 296-10 (RL Toole, 90.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Nathan Smith	17	4	61	4	3.59	81	11	0	0	2
James Hartshorn	18.4	3	65	3	3.48	81	4	1	1	0
Michael Snedden	17	4	36	1	2.12	85	4	0	1	1
Muhammad Abbas	13	2	50	0	3.85	52	7	0	0	1
Peter Younghusband	24	1	71	1	2.96	98	5	0	0	2
Nick Greenwood	1	0	1	0	1.00	5	0	0	0	0

Partnerships

Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
1st	CG Heaphy 4(4) & BD Schmulian 0(0)	4	4
2nd	WA Young 4(5) & BD Schmulian 1(3)	5	8
3rd	BD Schmulian 2(15) & D Foxcroft 8(10)	16	25
4th	TC Bruce 38(66) & BD Schmulian 10(35)	52	99
5th	D Cleaver 0(3) & BD Schmulian 7(4)	7	7
6th	JA Clarkson 6(15) & BD Schmulian 6(10)	12	25
7th	BD Schmulian 77(117) & BG Randell 66(161)	154	275
8th	TA Findlay 16(36) & BD Schmulian 8(21)	24	57
9th	JR Lennox 5(8) & BD Schmulian 6(4)	11	12
10th	RL Toole 1(17) & JR Lennox 7(16)	11	32

Wellington Firebirds 2nd innings

244/8d(85 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Jesse Tashkoffb RL Toole	b RL Toole	33	36	7	0	91.67
Nick Greenwoodc †D Cleaver b RL Toole	c †D Cleaver b RL Toole	37	48	4	1	77.08
Gareth Severinc WA Young b TA Findlay	c WA Young b TA Findlay	6	19	1	0	31.58
Nick Kellyc JA Clarkson b JR Lennox	c JA Clarkson b JR Lennox	27	76	4	1	35.53
Tim Robinsonb RL Toole	b RL Toole	1	6	0	0	16.67
Muhammad Abbasc WA Young b BG Randell	c WA Young b BG Randell	26	36	2	2	72.22
Nathan Smithnot out	not out	62*	153	4	0	40.52
Callum McLachlan †c BD Schmulian b JR Lennox	c BD Schmulian b JR Lennox	21	26	3	0	80.77
Peter Younghusbandc †D Cleaver b JR Lennox	c †D Cleaver b JR Lennox	22	52	3	0	42.31
Michael Sneddennot out	not out	0*	61	0	0	0.00
Extras(lb 1, w 5, nb 3)	(lb 1, w 5, nb 3)	9
Total85 Ov (RR 2.87)	85 Ov (RR 2.87)	244/8d

Did not bat: James Hartshorn

Fall of wickets: 66-1 (JM Tashkoff, 13 ov), 72-2 (NA Greenwood, 14.2 ov), 84-3 (GR Severin, 19.5 ov), 85-4 (TB Robinson, 20.5 ov), 135-5 (NF Kelly, 35.5 ov), 139-6 (MA Abbas, 38.2 ov), 166-7 (CR McLachlan, 47.3 ov), 214-8 (PF Younghusband, 63.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Brett Randell	8	1	32	1	4.00	35	6	0	0	0
Josh Clarkson	6	0	36	0	6.00	23	7	0	0	0
TA Findlay	10	1	41	1	4.10	47	5	1	4	2
Raymond Toole	15	6	37	3	2.47	74	3	2	0	1
Jayden Lennox	27	6	60	3	2.22	124	4	1	0	0
Brad Schmulian	14	3	28	0	2.00	68	2	0	1	0
Dean Foxcroft	5	2	9	0	1.80	24	1	0	0	0

Partnerships

Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
1st	JM Tashkoff 33(36) & NA Greenwood 32(42)	66	78
2nd	NA Greenwood 5(6) & GR Severin 0(2)	6	8
3rd	NF Kelly 4(16) & GR Severin 6(17)	12	33
4th	TB Robinson 1(6) & NF Kelly 0(0)	1	6
5th	MA Abbas 25(32) & NF Kelly 23(60)	50	90
6th	NG Smith 3(11) & MA Abbas 1(4)	4	15
7th	CR McLachlan 21(26) & NG Smith 6(29)	27	55
8th	PF Younghusband 22(52) & NG Smith 26(46)	48	98
9th	MW Snedden 0(61) & NG Smith 27(67)	30*	127

Commentary

End of over 850 runsWF 244/8000000

MW Snedden 0(61)NG Smith 62(153)BD Schmulian 14-3-28-0

84.60

BD Schmulian to MW Snedden, no run

84.50

BD Schmulian to MW Snedden, no run

84.40

BD Schmulian to MW Snedden, no run

84.30

BD Schmulian to MW Snedden, no run

84.20

BD Schmulian to MW Snedden, no run

84.10

BD Schmulian to MW Snedden, no run

End of over 848 runsWF 244/8000440

NG Smith 62(153)MW Snedden 0(55)JR Lennox 27-6-60-3

83.60

JR Lennox to NG Smith, no run

83.54

JR Lennox to NG Smith, FOUR

83.44

JR Lennox to NG Smith, FOUR

83.30

JR Lennox to NG Smith, no run

83.20

JR Lennox to NG Smith, no run

83.10

JR Lennox to NG Smith, no run

End of over 831 runWF 236/8001000

MW Snedden 0(55)NG Smith 54(147)BD Schmulian 13-2-28-0

82.60

BD Schmulian to MW Snedden, no run

82.50

BD Schmulian to MW Snedden, no run

82.40

BD Schmulian to MW Snedden, no run

82.31

BD Schmulian to NG Smith, 1 run

82.20

BD Schmulian to NG Smith, no run

82.10

BD Schmulian to NG Smith, no run

End of over 820 runsWF 235/8000000

MW Snedden 0(52)NG Smith 53(144)JR Lennox 26-6-52-3

81.60

JR Lennox to MW Snedden, no run

81.50

JR Lennox to MW Snedden, no run

81.40

JR Lennox to MW Snedden, no run

81.30

JR Lennox to MW Snedden, no run

81.20

JR Lennox to MW Snedden, no run

81.10

JR Lennox to MW Snedden, no run

End of over 810 runsWF 235/8000000

NG Smith 53(144)MW Snedden 0(46)D Foxcroft 5-2-9-0