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Otago Volts v Central Stags

Otago Volts won by 70 runs

Plunket Shield, Match 1813 March 2025 to 16 March 2025Molyneux Park, Alexandra

Otago Voltsbatted first

390/7d & 234/9d64 ov

Central Stags

300/6d & 25470 ov

Central Stags won the toss and chose to field

OVOtago Volts innings

390/7d119.5 ov

Otago Volts batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
JM Cumming	c AR Schaw b TA Findlay	62	123	8	1	50.4
DN Phillips	c W Clark b JA Clarkson	39	63	7	0	61.9
LJ Carter	c D Cleaver b TM Annand	28	51	5	0	54.9
D Foxcroft	c D Cleaver b RL Toole	18	48	3	0	37.5
TK Parkes	b TM Annand	85	171	10	0	49.7
LC Johnson	run out (AR Schaw, D Cleaver)	41	88	5	0	46.6
BV Kneebone	b JR Lennox	58	127	6	1	45.7
T Muller	not out	38*	56	5	0	67.9
Extras	lb 3, w 10, nb 8	21
Total	7 wickets, 119.5 overs, run rate 3.25	390

Did not batTC O'Connor, MB Bacon, JD McKay

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 390

1-70 DN Phillips2-141 LJ Carter3-142 JM Cumming4-177 D Foxcroft5-247 LC Johnson6-320 TK Parkes7-390 BV Kneebone

Bowling to Otago Volts
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Wd	Nb
RL Toole	27	7	60	1	2.22	133	8	0	0	0
TM Annand	26	7	70	2	2.69	127	10	0	0	4
TA Findlay	20	1	99	1	4.95	80	13	0	5	4
W Clark	4	0	19	0	4.75	16	1	1	0	0
JA Clarkson	16	3	47	1	2.94	72	5	0	0	0
AR Schaw	16	3	36	0	2.25	72	2	0	0	0
JR Lennox	9.5	2	54	1	5.49	42	10	1	0	0
BD Schmulian	1	0	2	0	2.00	5	0	0	0	0

CSCentral Stags innings

300/6d106.4 ov

Central Stags batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
CG Heaphy	c JD McKay b TC O'Connor	33	125	2	0	26.4
BD Schmulian	run out (D Foxcroft)	16	57	2	0	28.1
W Clark	c LJ Carter b T Muller	3	11	0	0	27.3
TC Bruce	c LJ Carter b JD McKay	32	42	5	0	76.2
D Cleaver	c BV Kneebone b DN Phillips	83	204	9	0	40.7
JA Clarkson	c D Foxcroft b DN Phillips	104	178	12	2	58.4
AR Schaw	not out	12*	25	0	0	48.0
JR Lennox	not out	3*	1	0	0	300.0
Extras	b 1, lb 7, w 3, nb 3	14
Total	6 wickets, 106.4 overs, run rate 2.81	300

Did not batTA Findlay, TM Annand, RL Toole

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 390

1-32 BD Schmulian2-40 W Clark3-80 CG Heaphy4-87 TC Bruce5-274 JA Clarkson6-297 D Cleaver

Bowling to Central Stags
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Wd	Nb
MB Bacon	21	7	46	0	2.19	103	7	0	0	0
TC O'Connor	20	8	38	1	1.90	100	3	0	1	0
JD McKay	22	3	86	1	3.91	92	9	0	2	3
T Muller	19	7	49	1	2.58	94	5	1	0	0
D Foxcroft	13	1	34	0	2.62	61	4	1	0	0
DN Phillips	7.4	1	26	2	3.39	29	2	0	0	0
JM Cumming	3	0	10	0	3.33	10	0	0	0	0
TK Parkes	1	0	3	0	3.00	3	0	0	0	0

OVOtago Volts innings

234/9d64 ov

Otago Volts batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
JM Cumming	c BD Schmulian b JA Clarkson	38	76	4	0	50.0
DN Phillips	c D Cleaver b AR Schaw	52	88	4	0	59.1
LJ Carter	c BD Schmulian b JR Lennox	28	38	4	0	73.7
D Foxcroft	c TM Annand b JR Lennox	20	35	3	0	57.1
TK Parkes	c BD Schmulian b JR Lennox	20	34	2	0	58.8
LC Johnson	c JCT Boyle (sub) b JR Lennox	9	8	1	0	112.5
BV Kneebone	c TM Annand b JR Lennox	7	18	1	0	38.9
T Muller	not out	20*	41	0	0	48.8
TC O'Connor	st D Cleaver b BD Schmulian	1	14	0	0	7.1
MB Bacon	b BD Schmulian	8	19	1	0	42.1
JD McKay	not out	20*	16	2	0	125.0
Extras	b 1, lb 5, w 2, nb 3	11
Total	9 wickets, 64 overs, run rate 3.66	234

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 390

1-80 JM Cumming2-109 DN Phillips3-141 LJ Carter4-164 D Foxcroft5-176 LC Johnson6-183 TK Parkes7-188 BV Kneebone8-193 TC O'Connor9-203 MB Bacon

Bowling to Otago Volts
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	Wd	Nb
RL Toole	5	0	20	0	4.00	23	3	0	0
TM Annand	6	0	13	0	2.17	27	1	1	0
JR Lennox	21	1	66	5	3.14	84	4	0	0
JA Clarkson	7	1	24	1	3.43	29	2	1	0
AR Schaw	14	2	50	1	3.57	51	5	0	0
TA Findlay	5	0	27	0	5.40	20	4	0	3
BD Schmulian	6	1	28	2	4.67	21	3	0	0

CSCentral Stags innings

25470 ov

Central Stags batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
BD Schmulian	lbw b MB Bacon	2	5	0	0	40.0
CG Heaphy	c LJ Carter b D Foxcroft	48	105	6	0	45.7
W Clark	b T Muller	15	32	1	0	46.9
TC Bruce	b T Muller	1	6	0	0	16.7
D Cleaver	not out	98*	155	8	2	63.2
JA Clarkson	lbw b D Foxcroft	10	20	2	0	50.0
AR Schaw	c LC Johnson b D Foxcroft	18	27	3	0	66.7
JR Lennox	c JD McKay b DN Phillips	7	29	0	0	24.1
TA Findlay	c BV Kneebone b JD McKay	1	4	0	0	25.0
TM Annand	lbw b D Foxcroft	46	37	8	1	124.3
RL Toole	run out (JM Cumming)	0	3	0	0	0.0
Extras	lb 3, w 2, nb 3	8
Total	all out, 70 overs, run rate 3.63	254

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 390

1-2 BD Schmulian2-35 W Clark3-39 TC Bruce4-109 CG Heaphy5-123 JA Clarkson6-153 AR Schaw7-168 JR Lennox8-171 TA Findlay9-243 TM Annand10-254 RL Toole

Bowling to Central Stags
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Wd	Nb
MB Bacon	11	1	44	1	4.00	47	6	0	0	0
TC O'Connor	9	2	21	0	2.33	42	3	0	0	0
T Muller	14	1	44	2	3.14	67	7	0	0	2
JD McKay	9	2	35	1	3.89	42	6	0	2	1
D Foxcroft	23	0	89	4	3.87	83	5	2	0	0
DN Phillips	4	0	18	1	4.50	14	1	1	0	0

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Match facts

Format: Multi-day match
Competition: Plunket Shield
Toss: Central Stags, chose to field
Umpires: CR Pryor and JM Dempsey
Match referee: SB O'Connor
Season: 2024/25

Conditions

The day's weather at the ground.

Day 1: 21 / 2°C, dry
Day 2: 19 / 7°C, 0.1 mm rain
Day 3: 23 / 8°C, 0.3 mm rain
Day 4: 20 / 7°C, 0.1 mm rain

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