Plunket ShieldMatch 5 · First-class
Central Stags beat Wellington Firebirds by 8 wickets - Match Info
Basin Reserve, Wellington, . Wellington Firebirds won the toss and chose to bat.
Wellington Firebirds354/9d & 124/4d22 ov
Central Stags118/3d & 363/283.1 ov
Central Stags won by 8 wickets
Match details
- Match
- Match 5, First-class · Plunket Shield 2025/26
- Date
- (Wed 26 Nov, 14:00 PKT)
- Venue
- Basin Reserve, Wellington, New Zealand
- Toss
- Wellington Firebirds, chose to bat
- Result
- Central Stags won by 8 wickets
- Umpires
- GG Pennell, John Dempsey (New Zealand)
- Match referee
- Trudy Anderson (New Zealand)
Head to head (First-class)
Played 18 · WF won 7 · CS won 6 · Drawn 5
Last 5 meetings
- 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
- Match 8 · Plunket Shield · WF 238 & 250 v CS 358 & 134/3Central Stags won by 7 wickets
Recent results (First-class)
- 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
- L vs ND · ND 119 & 335 v WF 189 & 245Northern Districts won by 20 runs
- W vs CAN · WF 350 & 220 v CAN 68 & 483Wellington Firebirds won by 19 runs
- W vs OV · WF 355 & 316/8d v OV 283 & 217Wellington Firebirds won by 171 runs
- 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
- L vs CAN · CS 111 & 180 v CAN 423Canterbury won by an innings and 132 runs
- L vs OV · OV 390/7d & 234/9d v CS 300/6d & 254Otago Volts won by 70 runs
- D vs AA · CS 700/5d v AA 421 & 151/3Match drawn
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dane Cleaver CS | 11 | 808 | 151 | 50.50 | 51.17 |
| Will Young CS | 10 | 697 | 121 | 36.68 | 52.45 |
| Brad Schmulian CS | 9 | 675 | 186 | 45.00 | 64.72 |
| Tom Bruce CS | 13 | 515 | 89 | 24.52 | 57.54 |
| Tom Blundell WF | 7 | 407 | 105 | 37.00 | 59.94 |
| Most wickets | M | Wkts | Econ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blair Tickner CS | 11 | 45 | 3.47 |
| Ajaz Patel CS | 11 | 29 | 2.82 |
| Logan van Beek WF | 5 | 25 | 2.95 |
| Ian McPeake WF | 7 | 20 | 3.16 |
| Raymond Toole CS | 6 | 15 | 2.72 |
First-classs at Basin Reserve
- Matches
- 23
- Average 1st-innings score
- 285
- Won batting first
- 10
- Won chasing
- 8
- Highest total
- 598 by Auckland Aces ()