Multi-dayMen

Central Stags v Auckland Aces

Match drawn

Plunket Shield, Match 135 March 2025 to 8 March 2025Eden Park Outer Oval, Auckland

Central Stagsbatted first

700/5d151 ov

Auckland Aces

421 & 151/367.4 ov

Auckland Aces won the toss and chose to field

CSCentral Stags innings

700/5d151 ov

Central Stags batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
JCT Boyle	lbw b SB Keene	3	11	0	0	27.3
CG Heaphy	c CD Fletcher b DK Ferns	39	70	5	0	55.7
BD Schmulian	c SB Keene b J McKenzie	5	18	1	0	27.8
TC Bruce	c CD Fletcher b L Delport	345	401	36	6	86.0
D Cleaver	c & b J McKenzie	115	193	13	1	59.6
JA Clarkson	not out	166*	210	15	7	79.0
W Clark	not out	5*	6	0	0	83.3
Extras	b 4, lb 9, w 6, nb 3	22
Total	5 wickets, 151 overs, run rate 4.64	700

Did not batAR Schaw, BG Randell, JR Lennox, TM Annand, RL Toole

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 700

1-8 JCT Boyle2-29 BD Schmulian3-75 CG Heaphy4-367 D Cleaver5-670 TC Bruce

Bowling to Central Stags
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Wd	Nb
SB Keene	18	3	55	1	3.06	81	7	0	0	0
MJ Gibson	22	5	90	0	4.09	94	15	0	0	0
J McKenzie	25	5	101	2	4.04	103	13	0	1	3
DK Ferns	24	1	123	1	5.13	86	15	2	3	0
L Delport	33	2	177	1	5.36	97	12	7	0	0
BJ Jacobs	4	1	12	0	3.00	17	1	0	1	0
S Dixit	20	2	98	0	4.90	65	7	3	0	0
WT O'Donnell	3	0	12	0	4.00	8	0	0	1	0
LN Stackpole	2	0	19	0	9.50	4	0	2	0	0

AAAuckland Aces innings

421131.3 ov

Auckland Aces batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
SM Solia	c AR Schaw b W Clark	16	40	2	0	40.0
WT O'Donnell	c D Cleaver b RL Toole	30	58	5	0	51.7
S Dixit	c D Cleaver b BG Randell	19	63	3	0	30.2
BJ Jacobs	c & b AR Schaw	157	257	20	3	61.1
J McKenzie	c W Clark b TM Annand	37	72	6	0	51.4
CD Fletcher	c CG Heaphy b JA Clarkson	25	61	4	0	41.0
LN Stackpole	c JR Lennox b AR Schaw	87	150	11	1	58.0
SB Keene	c AR Schaw b TM Annand	11	15	1	0	73.3
L Delport	b BD Schmulian	16	46	1	1	34.8
DK Ferns	c D Cleaver b AR Schaw	3	7	0	0	42.9
MJ Gibson	not out	1*	22	0	0	4.5
Extras	b 3, lb 9, w 5, nb 2	19
Total	all out, 131.3 overs, run rate 3.20	421

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 700

1-40 SM Solia2-56 WT O'Donnell3-97 S Dixit4-158 J McKenzie5-214 CD Fletcher6-353 BJ Jacobs7-392 SB Keene8-401 LN Stackpole9-405 DK Ferns10-421 L Delport

Bowling to Auckland Aces
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Wd	Nb
BG Randell	16	2	48	1	3.00	75	8	0	0	0
RL Toole	24	7	52	1	2.17	121	7	0	4	0
TM Annand	25	6	84	2	3.36	115	14	0	1	2
W Clark	8	0	29	1	3.63	33	4	0	0	0
JR Lennox	30	4	107	0	3.57	125	10	4	0	0
JA Clarkson	9	1	25	1	2.78	41	3	0	0	0
BD Schmulian	5.3	2	16	1	2.91	27	2	1	0	0
JCT Boyle	2	1	6	0	3.00	9	1	0	0	0
AR Schaw	12	0	42	3	3.50	48	4	0	0	0

AAAuckland Aces innings

151/367.4 ov

Auckland Aces batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
SM Solia	c CG Heaphy b TM Annand	11	27	2	0	40.7
WT O'Donnell	c W Clark b AR Schaw	30	109	3	0	27.5
S Dixit	c JR Lennox b JCT Boyle	64	119	8	0	53.8
BJ Jacobs	not out	32*	106	2	0	30.2
J McKenzie	not out	5*	45	0	0	11.1
Extras	lb 4, w 5	9
Total	3 wickets, 67.4 overs, run rate 2.23	151

Did not batCD Fletcher, LN Stackpole, SB Keene, L Delport, DK Ferns, MJ Gibson

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 700

1-18 SM Solia2-87 WT O'Donnell3-127 S Dixit

Bowling to Auckland Aces
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	Wd
RL Toole	9	4	24	0	2.67	45	4	2
TM Annand	10	3	17	1	1.70	51	2	2
JR Lennox	16.4	6	29	0	1.74	80	2	0
AR Schaw	16	3	38	1	2.38	73	3	0
JA Clarkson	9	2	26	0	2.89	42	3	1
BD Schmulian	2	0	3	0	1.50	9	0	0
JCT Boyle	5	1	10	1	2.00	24	1	0

Ball by ball and partnerships. Every delivery of this match is in the database, with batter, bowler, runs, extras and wickets. The first over is free on any key; the rest opens with Match Week for the last 7 days, or Archive for every match since 2001. See the plans.

Match facts

Format: Multi-day match
Competition: Plunket Shield
Toss: Auckland Aces, chose to field
Umpires: BS Wilson and WR Knights
Match referee: TL Anderson
Season: 2024/25

Conditions

The day's weather at the ground.

Day 1: 22 / 16°C, 0.3 mm rain
Day 2: 20 / 12°C, dry
Day 3: 21 / 13°C, dry
Day 4: 22 / 16°C, 0.5 mm rain

GET/v1/matches/2025-03-05-central-stags-v-auckland-aces/scorecard200

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  "result": "Match drawn",
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    { "team": "Auckland Aces", "runs": 421, "wickets": 10 },
    { "team": "Auckland Aces", "runs": 151, "wickets": 3 }
  ],
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  "bowling": [ ... 25 rows ... ]
}

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