Multi-dayMenUpset 48

Wellington Firebirds v Canterbury

Wellington Firebirds won by 19 runs

Plunket Shield, Match 1713 March 2025 to 16 March 2025Mainpower Oval, Rangiora

Wellington Firebirdsbatted first

350 & 22065.5 ov

CAN

Canterbury

68 & 483146.2 ov

Canterbury won the toss and chose to field

WFWellington Firebirds innings

350111.5 ov

Wellington Firebirds batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
SM Mycock	lbw b MJG Rippon	70	187	7	0	37.4
NA Greenwood	c HM Nicholls b MD Rae	6	13	1	0	46.2
GR Severin	lbw b AW McKenzie	36	79	4	0	45.6
NF Kelly	lbw b FW Sheat	22	44	5	0	50.0
MA Abbas	b CE McConchie	27	66	1	0	40.9
TA Blundell	b AW McKenzie	70	124	8	0	56.5
JM Tashkoff	c MJG Rippon b CB Paul	55	71	9	0	77.5
LV van Beek	c RA Mariu b AW McKenzie	10	22	2	0	45.5
PF Younghusband	c MWT Boyle b MJG Rippon	19	32	3	0	59.4
MW Snedden	c CE McConchie b MD Rae	8	33	0	0	24.2
LR Dudding	not out	0*	2	0	0	0.0
Extras	b 6, lb 15, w 4, nb 2	27
Total	all out, 111.5 overs, run rate 3.13	350

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 490

1-8 NA Greenwood2-86 GR Severin3-129 NF Kelly4-157 SM Mycock5-210 MA Abbas6-298 JM Tashkoff7-320 LV van Beek8-325 TA Blundell9-350 MW Snedden10-350 PF Younghusband

Bowling to Wellington Firebirds
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	Wd	Nb
FW Sheat	28	6	65	1	2.32	129	6	3	0
MD Rae	24	6	93	2	3.88	106	15	0	0
AW McKenzie	30	9	59	3	1.97	148	6	0	0
CB Paul	19	2	78	1	4.11	82	11	1	1
CE McConchie	6	1	18	1	3.00	23	1	0	0
MJG Rippon	4.5	0	16	2	3.31	17	1	0	1

CANCanterbury innings

6831.1 ov

Canterbury batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
RA Mariu	c GR Severin b LV van Beek	12	42	2	0	28.6
CJ Bowes	b LV van Beek	8	20	0	0	40.0
HM Nicholls	c PF Younghusband b LR Dudding	1	3	0	0	33.3
CE McConchie	b LR Dudding	3	10	0	0	30.0
MWT Boyle	c SM Mycock b LR Dudding	2	12	0	0	16.7
MJG Rippon	c GR Severin b LR Dudding	0	3	0	0	0.0
CB Paul	c JM Tashkoff b MW Snedden	15	39	1	0	38.5
JJA Frew	lbw b MA Abbas	8	37	0	0	21.6
AW McKenzie	not out	0*	8	0	0	0.0
FW Sheat	c MA Abbas b MW Snedden	10	9	2	0	111.1
MD Rae	b MA Abbas	3	4	0	0	75.0
Extras	lb 6	6
Total	all out, 31.1 overs, run rate 2.18	68

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 490

1-15 CJ Bowes2-16 HM Nicholls3-26 RA Mariu4-26 CE McConchie5-26 MJG Rippon6-29 MWT Boyle7-49 JJA Frew8-55 CB Paul9-65 FW Sheat10-68 MD Rae

Bowling to Canterbury
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s
LV van Beek	11	5	14	2	1.27	57	1
LR Dudding	10	2	23	4	2.30	45	1
MA Abbas	5.1	2	7	2	1.35	26	1
MW Snedden	5	1	18	2	3.60	20	2

WFWellington Firebirds innings

22065.5 ov

Wellington Firebirds batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
SM Mycock	c HM Nicholls b MD Rae	3	5	0	0	60.0
NA Greenwood	c RA Mariu b CB Paul	34	39	5	0	87.2
GR Severin	c RA Mariu b AW McKenzie	72	111	8	1	64.9
NF Kelly	b AW McKenzie	6	10	0	0	60.0
MA Abbas	c JJA Frew b MD Rae	52	97	5	0	53.6
PF Younghusband	run out (CE McConchie)	25	81	2	0	30.9
TA Blundell	c & b CB Paul	3	19	0	0	15.8
JM Tashkoff	c MWT Boyle b CB Paul	9	13	1	0	69.2
LV van Beek	c MWT Boyle b CE McConchie	6	8	0	0	75.0
MW Snedden	c CE McConchie b MJG Rippon	8	9	0	0	88.9
LR Dudding	not out	2*	3	0	0	66.7
Extras		0
Total	all out, 65.5 overs, run rate 3.34	220

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 490

1-3 SM Mycock2-46 NA Greenwood3-59 NF Kelly4-157 GR Severin5-174 MA Abbas6-178 TA Blundell7-194 JM Tashkoff8-207 LV van Beek9-213 PF Younghusband10-220 MW Snedden

Bowling to Wellington Firebirds
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s
FW Sheat	5	0	20	0	4.00	20	2	0
MD Rae	14	5	30	2	2.14	70	3	0
CB Paul	11	1	66	3	6.00	38	8	1
AW McKenzie	17	5	31	2	1.82	83	2	0
MJG Rippon	10.5	0	43	1	3.97	38	4	0
CE McConchie	7	2	25	1	3.57	23	1	0
MWT Boyle	1	0	5	0	5.00	4	1	0

CANCanterbury innings

483146.2 ov

Canterbury batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
RA Mariu	c TA Blundell b LV van Beek	12	47	2	0	25.5
CJ Bowes	lbw b LV van Beek	114	85	17	2	134.1
HM Nicholls	not out	171*	383	11	0	44.6
CE McConchie	lbw b LV van Beek	89	154	11	1	57.8
MWT Boyle	c PF Younghusband b LV van Beek	2	4	0	0	50.0
MJG Rippon	c GR Severin b MW Snedden	14	35	1	0	40.0
CB Paul	c TA Blundell b PF Younghusband	28	90	4	0	31.1
JJA Frew	c TA Blundell b PF Younghusband	22	32	4	0	68.8
AW McKenzie	lbw b PF Younghusband	7	33	1	0	21.2
FW Sheat	c & b PF Younghusband	3	18	0	0	16.7
MD Rae	b LV van Beek	2	4	0	0	50.0
Extras	lb 11, w 1, nb 7	19
Total	all out, 146.2 overs, run rate 3.30	483

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 490

1-62 RA Mariu2-157 CJ Bowes3-326 CE McConchie4-330 MWT Boyle5-359 MJG Rippon6-410 CB Paul7-443 JJA Frew8-465 AW McKenzie9-474 FW Sheat10-483 MD Rae

Bowling to Canterbury
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Wd	Nb
LV van Beek	33.1	8	89	5	2.68	154	12	0	0	1
LR Dudding	22	7	91	0	4.14	95	11	3	0	0
MA Abbas	16	4	60	0	3.75	68	5	0	0	0
MW Snedden	24	2	76	1	3.17	108	7	0	1	5
PF Younghusband	41.1	4	131	4	3.18	170	14	0	0	1
JM Tashkoff	9	3	24	0	2.67	37	2	0	0	0
NA Greenwood	1	0	1	0	1.00	5	0	0	0	0

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Match facts

Format: Multi-day match
Competition: Plunket Shield
Toss: Canterbury, chose to field
Umpires: C Black and PJ Pasco
Season: 2024/25

Conditions

The day's weather at the ground.

Day 1: 20 / 10°C, 0.4 mm rain
Day 2: 22 / 9°C, 0.4 mm rain
Day 3: 27 / 11°C, 0.5 mm rain
Day 4: 28 / 13°C, 0.5 mm rain

GET/v1/matches/2025-03-13-wellington-firebirds-v-canterbury/scorecard200

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    { "team": "Wellington Firebirds", "runs": 220, "wickets": 10 },
    { "team": "Canterbury", "runs": 483, "wickets": 10 }
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