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Central Stags v Wellington Firebirds

Wellington Firebirds won by 3 wickets

Plunket Shield8 March 2015 to 11 March 2015Pukekura Park, New Plymouth

Central Stagsbatted first

229 & 252105 ov

Wellington Firebirds

242 & 240/767.4 ov

Central Stags won the toss and chose to bat

CSCentral Stags innings

22971.3 ov

Central Stags batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
GH Worker	c TA Blundell b JS Patel	52	82	9	0	63.4
DT Meiring	c MA Pollard b BJ Arnel	0	4	0	0	0.0
GR Hay	c TA Blundell b AJ McKay	43	103	7	0	41.7
WA Young	c BJ Arnel b MB McEwan	65	95	10	2	68.4
TC Bruce	c JS Patel b MB McEwan	26	45	3	1	57.8
CFK van Wyk	b MB McEwan	8	30	1	0	26.7
DAJ Bracewell	c JEC Franklin b AJ McKay	15	44	2	0	34.1
BM Wheeler	b MB McEwan	0	4	0	0	0.0
AY Patel	c JEC Franklin b MB McEwan	0	12	0	0	0.0
SHA Rance	c TA Blundell b BJ Arnel	15	9	2	1	166.7
AW Mathieson	not out	0*	5	0	0	0.0
Extras	lb 1, nb 4	5
Total	all out, 71.3 overs, run rate 3.20	229

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 260

1-11 DT Meiring2-84 GH Worker3-117 GR Hay4-188 TC Bruce5-193 WA Young6-201 CFK van Wyk7-201 BM Wheeler8-206 AY Patel9-229 SHA Rance10-229 DAJ Bracewell

Bowling to Central Stags
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Nb
BJ Arnel	19	6	39	2	2.05	98	6	0	0
MB McEwan	20	5	87	5	4.35	90	15	1	4
AJ McKay	15.3	2	67	2	4.32	70	11	1	0
JS Patel	17	8	35	1	2.06	84	2	2	0

WFWellington Firebirds innings

24272.4 ov

Wellington Firebirds batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
MHW Papps	c CFK van Wyk b DAJ Bracewell	70	81	12	0	86.4
D Joon	c CFK van Wyk b AW Mathieson	25	78	4	0	32.1
SJ Murdoch	c GH Worker b BM Wheeler	68	77	12	1	88.3
MA Pollard	c DT Meiring b SHA Rance	5	18	0	0	27.8
JEC Franklin	c TC Bruce b AW Mathieson	10	27	2	0	37.0
TA Blundell	b AW Mathieson	28	78	4	0	35.9
AD Day	c CFK van Wyk b BM Wheeler	3	10	0	0	30.0
JS Patel	lbw b AY Patel	1	5	0	0	20.0
MB McEwan	run out (WA Young)	0	4	0	0	0.0
AJ McKay	not out	17*	49	2	0	34.7
BJ Arnel	b AW Mathieson	6	15	1	0	40.0
Extras	lb 1, w 2, nb 6	9
Total	all out, 72.4 overs, run rate 3.33	242

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 260

1-93 MHW Papps2-99 D Joon3-110 MA Pollard4-148 JEC Franklin5-192 SJ Murdoch6-199 AD Day7-201 JS Patel8-205 MB McEwan9-229 TA Blundell10-242 BJ Arnel

Bowling to Wellington Firebirds
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Wd	Nb
DAJ Bracewell	17	1	75	1	4.41	71	11	0	1	1
BM Wheeler	17	6	51	2	3.00	82	8	0	1	4
SHA Rance	13	4	38	1	2.92	63	6	0	0	1
AW Mathieson	16.4	2	55	4	3.30	77	9	0	0	0
AY Patel	9	4	22	1	2.44	46	3	1	0	0

CSCentral Stags innings

252105 ov

Central Stags batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
GH Worker	c MHW Papps b JS Patel	11	60	1	0	18.3
DT Meiring	c TA Blundell b BJ Arnel	18	38	3	0	47.4
GR Hay	c JEC Franklin b JS Patel	9	52	1	0	17.3
WA Young	c TA Blundell b BJ Arnel	39	83	5	0	47.0
AY Patel	c MHW Papps b BJ Arnel	4	17	0	0	23.5
TC Bruce	lbw b JS Patel	80	133	11	2	60.2
CFK van Wyk	not out	56*	169	7	1	33.1
DAJ Bracewell	c MHW Papps b BJ Arnel	9	33	1	0	27.3
BM Wheeler	c JEC Franklin b BJ Arnel	0	4	0	0	0.0
SHA Rance	c D Joon b BJ Arnel	16	21	3	0	76.2
AW Mathieson	c TA Blundell b AJ McKay	2	21	0	0	9.5
Extras	b 2, lb 5, nb 1	8
Total	all out, 105 overs, run rate 2.40	252

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 260

1-22 DT Meiring2-39 GH Worker3-44 GR Hay4-55 AY Patel5-123 WA Young6-173 TC Bruce7-206 DAJ Bracewell8-206 BM Wheeler9-224 SHA Rance10-252 AW Mathieson

Bowling to Central Stags
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Nb
BJ Arnel	27	15	52	6	1.93	140	8	1	0
MB McEwan	20	5	41	0	2.05	99	5	0	1
AJ McKay	22	7	58	1	2.64	108	9	0	0
JS Patel	36	10	94	3	2.61	173	10	2	0

WFWellington Firebirds innings

240/767.4 ov

Wellington Firebirds batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
MHW Papps	b DAJ Bracewell	5	13	0	0	38.5
D Joon	c DAJ Bracewell b AY Patel	50	123	3	1	40.7
SJ Murdoch	lbw b AY Patel	78	127	11	0	61.4
MA Pollard	not out	40*	68	4	1	58.8
JEC Franklin	c CFK van Wyk b DAJ Bracewell	9	9	1	0	100.0
TA Blundell	b GH Worker	33	59	5	0	55.9
AD Day	c BM Wheeler b GH Worker	0	2	0	0	0.0
JS Patel	c AW Mathieson b BM Wheeler	0	3	0	0	0.0
MB McEwan	not out	12*	9	2	0	133.3
Extras	lb 5, w 1, nb 7	13
Total	7 wickets, 67.4 overs, run rate 3.55	240

Did not batAJ McKay, BJ Arnel

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 260

1-6 MHW Papps2-134 D Joon3-147 SJ Murdoch4-169 JEC Franklin5-225 TA Blundell6-225 AD Day7-226 JS Patel

Bowling to Wellington Firebirds
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Wd	Nb
DAJ Bracewell	22	3	81	2	3.68	89	7	0	1	4
BM Wheeler	16.4	3	54	1	3.24	75	7	0	0	3
AY Patel	18	3	70	2	3.89	78	8	2	0	0
SHA Rance	6	3	4	0	0.67	33	0	0	0	0
AW Mathieson	3	0	19	0	6.33	10	3	0	0	0
GH Worker	2	1	7	2	3.50	9	1	0	0	0

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Match facts

Format: Multi-day match
Competition: Plunket Shield
Toss: Central Stags, chose to bat
Umpires: CM Brown and PD Jones
Match referee: DM Quested
Season: 2014/15

Conditions

The day's weather at the ground.

Day 1: 19 / 15°C, 2.3 mm rain
Day 2: 19 / 14°C, 0.3 mm rain
Day 3: 21 / 14°C, 0.2 mm rain
Day 4: 21 / 14°C, 0.1 mm rain

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