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Wellington Firebirds v Central Stags

Central Stags won by 8 wickets

Plunket Shield, Match 526 November 2025 to 29 November 2025Basin Reserve, Wellington

Wellington Firebirdsbatted first

354/9d & 124/4d22 ov

Central Stags

118/3d & 363/283.1 ov

Wellington Firebirds won the toss and chose to bat

WFWellington Firebirds innings

354/9d87.3 ov

Wellington Firebirds batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
SM Mycock	c BL Wiggins b BM Tickner	4	15	0	0	26.7
JM Tashkoff	c W Clark b JA Clarkson	11	14	2	0	78.6
GR Severin	b RL Toole	104	224	16	0	46.4
NF Kelly	c WA Young b JA Clarkson	3	7	0	0	42.9
TB Robinson	c BL Wiggins b BM Tickner	108	129	12	1	83.7
TA Blundell	c BM Tickner b JA Clarkson	42	62	5	0	67.7
NA Greenwood	b AY Patel	7	16	1	0	43.8
PF Younghusband	c W Clark b BM Tickner	15	31	2	0	48.4
MW Snedden	b BM Tickner	18	16	3	0	112.5
JW Hartshorn	not out	2*	6	0	0	33.3
LR Dudding	not out	8*	5	2	0	160.0
Extras	b 15, lb 12, w 5	32
Total	9 wickets, 87.3 overs, run rate 4.05	354

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 370

1-7 SM Mycock2-15 JM Tashkoff3-19 NF Kelly4-225 TB Robinson5-270 GR Severin6-291 NA Greenwood7-316 TA Blundell8-343 MW Snedden9-344 PF Younghusband

Bowling to Wellington Firebirds
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Wd
JA Clarkson	21	4	76	3	3.62	90	9	1	0
BM Tickner	21.3	7	68	4	3.16	93	7	0	1
RL Toole	18	2	78	1	4.33	76	14	0	0
W Clark	6	0	34	0	5.67	20	5	0	0
AY Patel	17	1	54	1	3.18	71	6	0	0
D Foxcroft	4	0	17	0	4.25	13	2	0	0

CSCentral Stags innings

118/3d39 ov

Central Stags batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
CG Heaphy	b LR Dudding	5	24	0	0	20.8
WA Young	c TB Robinson b LR Dudding	1	16	0	0	6.3
BD Schmulian	c TA Blundell b NA Greenwood	38	51	4	1	74.5
D Foxcroft	not out	53*	91	6	1	58.2
TC Bruce	not out	12*	54	0	0	22.2
Extras	b 5, lb 2, nb 2	9
Total	3 wickets, 39 overs, run rate 3.03	118

Did not batJA Clarkson, W Clark, BL Wiggins, AY Patel, BM Tickner, RL Toole

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 370

1-3 WA Young2-20 CG Heaphy3-68 BD Schmulian

Bowling to Central Stags
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Nb
LR Dudding	7	4	11	2	1.57	37	1	0	0
JW Hartshorn	8	1	25	0	3.13	37	2	1	0
MW Snedden	9	3	34	0	3.78	42	6	0	2
NA Greenwood	7	1	16	1	2.29	30	1	0	0
PF Younghusband	5	0	16	0	3.20	19	0	1	0
JM Tashkoff	3	0	9	0	3.00	9	0	0	0

WFWellington Firebirds innings

124/4d22 ov

Wellington Firebirds batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
SM Mycock	b BM Tickner	2	9	0	0	22.2
JM Tashkoff	b AY Patel	31	28	3	1	110.7
GR Severin	b RL Toole	25	32	1	0	78.1
NF Kelly	c JA Clarkson b AY Patel	13	26	0	0	50.0
TB Robinson	not out	27*	25	1	1	108.0
TA Blundell	not out	20*	12	1	1	166.7
Extras	b 4, lb 1, w 1	6
Total	4 wickets, 22 overs, run rate 5.64	124

Did not batNA Greenwood, PF Younghusband, MW Snedden, JW Hartshorn, LR Dudding

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 370

1-14 SM Mycock2-50 JM Tashkoff3-62 GR Severin4-98 NF Kelly

Bowling to Wellington Firebirds
Bowler	O	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Wd
JA Clarkson	3	15	0	5.00	10	1	0	0
BM Tickner	3	13	1	4.33	10	1	0	1
AY Patel	8	48	2	6.00	22	3	2	0
RL Toole	4	18	1	4.50	11	1	0	0
W Clark	4	25	0	6.25	8	0	1	0

CSCentral Stags innings

363/283.1 ov

Central Stags batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
CG Heaphy	c NF Kelly b JM Tashkoff	132	235	11	0	56.2
WA Young	c TA Blundell b LR Dudding	7	10	1	0	70.0
BD Schmulian	not out	167*	228	21	0	73.2
D Foxcroft	not out	37*	28	6	1	132.1
Extras	b 8, lb 10, nb 2	20
Total	2 wickets, 83.1 overs, run rate 4.36	363

Did not batTC Bruce, JA Clarkson, W Clark, BL Wiggins, AY Patel, BM Tickner, RL Toole

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 370

1-19 WA Young2-311 CG Heaphy

Bowling to Central Stags
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Nb
LR Dudding	13	1	53	1	4.08	54	8	0	0
JW Hartshorn	13	0	55	0	4.23	43	4	0	0
MW Snedden	13	2	43	0	3.31	47	3	0	2
NA Greenwood	11	2	52	0	4.73	43	10	0	0
PF Younghusband	24	1	98	0	4.08	79	9	0	0
JM Tashkoff	9.1	0	44	1	4.80	34	5	1	0

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Match facts

Format: Multi-day match
Competition: Plunket Shield
Toss: Wellington Firebirds, chose to bat
Umpires: GG Pennell and JM Dempsey
Match referee: TL Anderson
Season: 2025/26

Conditions

The day's weather at the ground.

Day 1: 20 / 16°C, 0.6 mm rain
Day 2: 20 / 17°C, 1.9 mm rain
Day 3: 19 / 14°C, 4.7 mm rain
Day 4: 18 / 14°C, dry

GET/v1/matches/2025-11-26-wellington-firebirds-v-central-stags/scorecard200

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