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Wellington Firebirds v Canterbury

Wellington Firebirds won by 294 runs

Plunket Shield, Match 2329 March 2025 to 1 April 2025Basin Reserve, Wellington

Wellington Firebirdsbatted first

269 & 396/7d94 ov

CAN

Canterbury

274 & 9727.2 ov

Canterbury won the toss and chose to field

WFWellington Firebirds innings

26993.2 ov

Wellington Firebirds batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
SM Mycock	c CJ Bowes b MD Rae	73	177	10	0	41.2
NA Greenwood	c MWT Boyle b AW McKenzie	18	57	0	0	31.6
GR Severin	lbw b AW McKenzie	29	66	5	0	43.9
TB Robinson	lbw b AW McKenzie	1	7	0	0	14.3
JM Tashkoff	c JJA Frew b ZGF Foulkes	50	73	6	1	68.5
TA Blundell	b FW Sheat	31	76	3	0	40.8
LV van Beek	b ZGF Foulkes	14	39	2	0	35.9
PF Younghusband	b ZGF Foulkes	0	9	0	0	0.0
MW Snedden	b MD Rae	11	33	1	0	33.3
IG McPeake	not out	16*	25	3	0	64.0
LR Dudding	b MD Rae	0	1	0	0	0.0
Extras	b 9, lb 13, w 1, nb 3	26
Total	all out, 93.2 overs, run rate 2.88	269

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 400

1-33 NA Greenwood2-104 GR Severin3-106 TB Robinson4-170 SM Mycock5-209 JM Tashkoff6-238 LV van Beek7-238 TA Blundell8-242 PF Younghusband9-269 MW Snedden10-269 LR Dudding

Bowling to Wellington Firebirds
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Wd	Nb
FW Sheat	22	8	57	1	2.59	109	8	0	0	0
ZGF Foulkes	22	6	65	3	2.95	99	7	1	0	3
AW McKenzie	25	10	50	3	2.00	124	5	0	0	0
MD Rae	20.2	2	63	3	3.10	91	8	0	1	0
IS Sodhi	4	0	12	0	3.00	18	2	0	0	0

CANCanterbury innings

27485.1 ov

Canterbury batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
RA Mariu	c PF Younghusband b LR Dudding	16	43	3	0	37.2
CJ Bowes	c TA Blundell b LR Dudding	2	6	0	0	33.3
SJG Janett	lbw b LV van Beek	8	17	2	0	47.1
CE McConchie	c TM Johnson (sub) b LR Dudding	26	47	4	0	55.3
MWT Boyle	lbw b IG McPeake	7	9	1	0	77.8
ZGF Foulkes	c TB Robinson b PF Younghusband	43	102	7	0	42.2
JJA Frew	c TA Blundell b PF Younghusband	9	25	2	0	36.0
IS Sodhi	lbw b LV van Beek	79	143	12	0	55.2
AW McKenzie	c PF Younghusband b LV van Beek	12	22	2	0	54.5
FW Sheat	lbw b LR Dudding	41	95	6	0	43.2
MD Rae	not out	0*	3	0	0	0.0
Extras	b 5, lb 17, w 8, nb 1	31
Total	all out, 85.1 overs, run rate 3.22	274

Did not batHJ Chamberlain

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 400

1-2 CJ Bowes2-23 SJG Janett3-27 RA Mariu4-53 MWT Boyle5-76 CE McConchie6-94 JJA Frew7-164 ZGF Foulkes8-179 AW McKenzie9-270 IS Sodhi10-274 FW Sheat

Bowling to Canterbury
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	Wd	Nb
LV van Beek	19	7	46	3	2.42	91	9	1	0
LR Dudding	18.1	3	75	4	4.13	78	12	1	0
IG McPeake	9	1	36	1	4.00	38	4	2	0
MW Snedden	19	6	46	0	2.42	91	7	0	1
PF Younghusband	19	4	40	2	2.11	88	5	0	0
JM Tashkoff	1	0	9	0	9.00	3	2	0	0

WFWellington Firebirds innings

396/7d94 ov

Wellington Firebirds batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
SM Mycock	c JJA Frew b AW McKenzie	26	98	3	0	26.5
NA Greenwood	c MWT Boyle b ZGF Foulkes	80	140	6	0	57.1
GR Severin	b MD Rae	26	53	4	0	49.1
TB Robinson	lbw b MD Rae	14	23	3	0	60.9
JM Tashkoff	c MWT Boyle b IS Sodhi	109	123	12	4	88.6
TA Blundell	c IS Sodhi b MD Rae	119	115	14	3	103.5
IG McPeake	b IS Sodhi	0	5	0	0	0.0
LV van Beek	not out	5*	8	0	0	62.5
PF Younghusband	not out	1*	2	0	0	50.0
Extras	b 1, lb 10, w 2, nb 3	16
Total	7 wickets, 94 overs, run rate 4.21	396

Did not batMW Snedden, LR Dudding

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 400

1-85 SM Mycock2-128 GR Severin3-146 TB Robinson4-166 NA Greenwood5-380 TA Blundell6-381 IG McPeake7-393 JM Tashkoff

Bowling to Wellington Firebirds
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Wd	Nb
ZGF Foulkes	20	1	74	1	3.70	74	3	2	0	3
FW Sheat	17	0	72	0	4.24	68	8	1	2	0
AW McKenzie	23	5	66	1	2.87	104	8	1	0	0
MD Rae	18	3	80	3	4.44	74	11	2	0	0
IS Sodhi	14	0	70	2	5.00	49	8	1	0	0
CE McConchie	2	0	23	0	11.50	4	4	0	0	0

CANCanterbury innings

9727.2 ov

Canterbury batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
CJ Bowes	lbw b LR Dudding	6	8	1	0	75.0
SJG Janett	b LV van Beek	4	6	1	0	66.7
HJ Chamberlain	b LR Dudding	18	27	3	0	66.7
MD Rae	c MW Snedden b LV van Beek	1	7	0	0	14.3
CE McConchie	c TA Blundell b LR Dudding	10	26	1	0	38.5
MWT Boyle	lbw b MW Snedden	24	33	4	0	72.7
ZGF Foulkes	lbw b LV van Beek	0	8	0	0	0.0
JJA Frew	c TM Johnson (sub) b MW Snedden	13	22	1	0	59.1
IS Sodhi	c JM Tashkoff b MW Snedden	0	11	0	0	0.0
AW McKenzie	not out	13*	10	1	0	130.0
FW Sheat	c SM Mycock b IG McPeake	4	8	0	0	50.0
Extras	b 1, lb 1, nb 2	4
Total	all out, 27.2 overs, run rate 3.55	97

Did not batRA Mariu

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 400

1-10 SJG Janett2-12 CJ Bowes3-21 MD Rae4-39 HJ Chamberlain5-48 CE McConchie6-51 ZGF Foulkes7-67 MWT Boyle8-75 IS Sodhi9-82 JJA Frew10-97 FW Sheat

Bowling to Canterbury
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	Nb
LR Dudding	9	1	29	3	3.22	41	6	0
LV van Beek	9	1	25	3	2.78	43	2	0
PF Younghusband	1	0	6	0	6.00	4	1	0
IG McPeake	4.2	0	24	1	5.54	12	2	0
MW Snedden	4	1	11	3	2.75	20	1	2

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Match facts

Format: Multi-day match
Competition: Plunket Shield
Toss: Canterbury, chose to field
Umpires: BS Wilson and GG Pennell
Match referee: K Pulley
Season: 2024/25

Conditions

The day's weather at the ground.

Day 1: 19 / 14°C, dry
Day 2: 18 / 14°C, 0.9 mm rain
Day 3: 17 / 15°C, 1.8 mm rain
Day 4: 18 / 15°C, 0.2 mm rain

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