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Auckland Aces v Central Stags

Central Stags won by 9 wickets

Plunket Shield, Match 2229 March 2025 to 31 March 2025Fitzherbert Park, Palmerston North

Auckland Acesbatted first

184 & 9043.3 ov

Central Stags

219 & 56/110.5 ov

Auckland Aces won the toss and chose to bat

AAAuckland Aces innings

18476.3 ov

Auckland Aces batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
WT O'Donnell	c CG Heaphy b AR Schaw	71	150	6	1	47.3
LN Stackpole	b BM Tickner	0	9	0	0	0.0
S Dixit	c D Cleaver b BM Tickner	27	110	2	0	24.5
NAJ Robinson	c D Cleaver b BM Tickner	0	10	0	0	0.0
M Sclanders	b AR Schaw	37	76	3	0	48.7
CD Fletcher	c CG Heaphy b JR Lennox	6	13	1	0	46.2
SB Keene	c JR Lennox b AR Schaw	3	30	0	0	10.0
L Delport	c JA Clarkson b JR Lennox	32	40	3	1	80.0
DK Ferns	lbw b JR Lennox	2	14	0	0	14.3
MJ Gibson	b JR Lennox	0	4	0	0	0.0
BG Lister	not out	0*	4	0	0	0.0
Extras	lb 3, w 2, nb 1	6
Total	all out, 76.3 overs, run rate 2.41	184

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 220

1-6 LN Stackpole2-77 S Dixit3-81 NAJ Robinson4-128 WT O'Donnell5-143 CD Fletcher6-147 M Sclanders7-166 SB Keene8-177 DK Ferns9-177 MJ Gibson10-184 L Delport

Bowling to Auckland Aces
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Wd	Nb
RL Toole	13	2	41	0	3.15	60	6	0	0	0
BM Tickner	13	4	18	3	1.38	64	0	0	0	0
JA Clarkson	6	0	15	0	2.50	27	1	0	0	0
JFA Field	10	2	20	0	2.00	50	1	0	2	1
JR Lennox	20.3	5	60	4	2.93	93	5	2	0	0
AR Schaw	14	6	27	3	1.93	69	2	0	0	0

CSCentral Stags innings

21977.1 ov

Central Stags batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
CG Heaphy	b LN Stackpole	51	164	6	0	31.1
BD Schmulian	lbw b MJ Gibson	5	13	0	0	38.5
JCT Boyle	lbw b MJ Gibson	5	8	1	0	62.5
TC Bruce	c WT O'Donnell b MJ Gibson	27	36	3	0	75.0
D Cleaver	c LN Stackpole b S Dixit	70	96	12	0	72.9
JA Clarkson	c CD Fletcher b SB Keene	21	55	1	0	38.2
AR Schaw	run out (SB Keene, CD Fletcher)	5	12	0	0	41.7
JFA Field	c NAJ Robinson b S Dixit	0	5	0	0	0.0
JR Lennox	b LN Stackpole	27	60	5	0	45.0
BM Tickner	b SB Keene	0	4	0	0	0.0
RL Toole	not out	2*	10	0	0	20.0
Extras	b 3, lb 3	6
Total	all out, 77.1 overs, run rate 2.84	219

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 220

1-9 BD Schmulian2-25 JCT Boyle3-61 TC Bruce4-151 CG Heaphy5-166 D Cleaver6-173 AR Schaw7-173 JFA Field8-198 JA Clarkson9-198 BM Tickner10-219 JR Lennox

Bowling to Central Stags
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s
MJ Gibson	10	3	34	3	3.40	46	5
BG Lister	13	3	27	0	2.08	64	3
DK Ferns	9	3	29	0	3.22	42	5
L Delport	22	3	53	0	2.41	100	7
LN Stackpole	3.1	1	12	2	3.79	13	1
S Dixit	17	2	42	2	2.47	73	4
SB Keene	3	1	16	2	5.33	11	3

AAAuckland Aces innings

9043.3 ov

Auckland Aces batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
WT O'Donnell	lbw b BM Tickner	0	7	0	0	0.0
LN Stackpole	lbw b JR Lennox	14	41	1	0	34.1
S Dixit	c TC Bruce b JFA Field	1	13	0	0	7.7
NAJ Robinson	lbw b AR Schaw	14	47	0	0	29.8
M Sclanders	lbw b JR Lennox	3	9	0	0	33.3
CD Fletcher	lbw b BM Tickner	18	49	2	0	36.7
SB Keene	c D Cleaver b JR Lennox	12	44	2	0	27.3
L Delport	c D Cleaver b BM Tickner	20	42	2	0	47.6
DK Ferns	c D Cleaver b BM Tickner	0	5	0	0	0.0
MJ Gibson	not out	0*	4	0	0	0.0
BG Lister	c D Cleaver b BM Tickner	0	1	0	0	0.0
Extras	b 5, lb 1, w 1, nb 1	8
Total	all out, 43.3 overs, run rate 2.07	90

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 220

1-4 WT O'Donnell2-5 S Dixit3-28 LN Stackpole4-32 NAJ Robinson5-32 M Sclanders6-60 SB Keene7-82 CD Fletcher8-89 DK Ferns9-90 L Delport10-90 BG Lister

Bowling to Auckland Aces
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	Wd	Nb
BM Tickner	11.3	4	30	5	2.61	55	2	1	1
RL Toole	2	0	6	0	3.00	9	1	0	0
JR Lennox	16	4	26	3	1.63	75	1	0	0
JFA Field	4	2	6	1	1.50	21	0	0	0
AR Schaw	9	3	16	1	1.78	46	3	0	0
BD Schmulian	1	1	0	0	0.00	6	0	0	0

CSCentral Stags innings

56/110.5 ov

Central Stags batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
BD Schmulian	not out	18*	33	3	0	54.5
JCT Boyle	c WT O'Donnell b L Delport	12	17	2	0	70.6
D Cleaver	not out	23*	16	5	0	143.8
Extras	lb 1, w 1, nb 1	3
Total	1 wicket, 10.5 overs, run rate 5.17	56

Did not batCG Heaphy, TC Bruce, JA Clarkson, AR Schaw, JFA Field, JR Lennox, BM Tickner, RL Toole

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 220

1-32 JCT Boyle

Bowling to Central Stags
Bowler	O	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	Wd	Nb
BG Lister	3	8	0	2.67	13	1	1	0
S Dixit	3	15	0	5.00	13	3	0	0
MJ Gibson	2	18	0	9.00	6	4	0	0
L Delport	2	13	1	6.50	6	2	0	1
LN Stackpole	0.5	1	0	1.20	4	0	0	0

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Match facts

Format: Multi-day match
Competition: Plunket Shield
Toss: Auckland Aces, chose to bat
Umpires: JM Dempsey and Kim Cotton
Match referee: GB Troup
Season: 2024/25

Conditions

The day's weather at the ground.

Day 1: 21 / 9°C, 0.1 mm rain
Day 2: 21 / 10°C, 0.3 mm rain
Day 3: 22 / 12°C, 0.5 mm rain

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