Plunket ShieldMatch 14 · First-class
Wellington Firebirds and Central Stags draw - Match Info
McLean Park, Napier, . Central Stags won the toss and chose to bowl.
Wellington Firebirds401 & 244/8d85 ov
Central Stags29690.4 ov
Match drawn
Match details
- Match
- Match 14, First-class · Plunket Shield 2025/26
- Date
- (Sat 28 Feb, 14:00 PKT)
- Venue
- McLean Park, Napier, New Zealand
- Toss
- Central Stags, chose to bowl
- Result
- Match drawn
- Umpires
- Chamara de Soysa (Sri Lanka), Wayne Knights (New Zealand)
- Match referee
- Gary Troup (New Zealand)
Head to head (First-class)
Played 18 · WF won 7 · CS won 6 · Drawn 5
Last 5 meetings
- Match 5 · Plunket Shield · WF 354/9d & 124/4d v CS 118/3d & 363/2Central Stags won by 8 wickets
- Match 9 · Plunket Shield · WF 251/9d & 217 v CS 302 & 167/1Central Stags won by 9 wickets
- Match 17 · Plunket Shield · CS 572/9d v WF 295 & 290/9Match drawn
- Match 5 · Plunket Shield · CS 169 & 184 v WF 201 & 324Wellington Firebirds won by 172 runs
- Match 10 · Plunket Shield · CS 215 & 248 v WF 262 & 269Wellington Firebirds won by 68 runs
Recent results (First-class)
- L vs ND · WF 319 & 224 v ND 571/9dNorthern Districts won by an innings and 28 runs
- L vs AA · AA 350/9d & 384/9d v WF 249 & 323Auckland Aces won by 162 runs
- L vs CS · WF 354/9d & 124/4d v CS 118/3d & 363/2Central Stags won by 8 wickets
- L vs OV · OV 522/9d & 96/3 v WF 224 & 393Otago Volts won by 7 wickets
- W vs CAN · WF 269 & 396/7d v CAN 274 & 97Wellington Firebirds won by 294 runs
- D vs OV · OV 416/7d v CS 224 & 351/8Match drawn
- W vs CAN · CS 239 & 330 v CAN 124 & 150Central Stags won by 295 runs
- W vs WF · WF 354/9d & 124/4d v CS 118/3d & 363/2Central Stags won by 8 wickets
- L vs AA · AA 406 v CS 191 & 154Auckland Aces won by an innings and 61 runs
- W vs AA · AA 184 & 90 v CS 219 & 56/1Central Stags won by 9 wickets
Top players in this fixture
WF v CS First-classs, among players who have played for either side in the last 18 months.
| Most runs | M | Runs | HS | Avg | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brad Schmulian CS | 10 | 880 | 186 | 55.00 | 66.57 |
| Dane Cleaver CS | 11 | 808 | 151 | 50.50 | 51.17 |
| Will Young CS | 11 | 705 | 121 | 33.57 | 52.03 |
| Tom Bruce CS | 14 | 527 | 89 | 25.10 | 55.53 |
| Tom Blundell WF | 8 | 469 | 105 | 39.08 | 62.28 |
| Most wickets | M | Wkts | Econ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blair Tickner CS | 12 | 50 | 3.46 |
| Ajaz Patel CS | 12 | 32 | 2.89 |
| Logan van Beek WF | 5 | 25 | 2.95 |
| Ian McPeake WF | 7 | 20 | 3.16 |
| Raymond Toole CS | 7 | 17 | 2.93 |
First-classs at McLean Park
- Matches
- 23
- Average 1st-innings score
- 303
- Won batting first
- 10
- Won chasing
- 9
- Highest total
- 668/7 by Auckland Aces ()