Multi-dayMenUpset 47

Central Stags v Canterbury

Central Stags won by 295 runs

Plunket Shield, Match 95 December 2025 to 8 December 2025McLean Park, Napier

Central Stagsbatted first

239 & 33099.2 ov

CAN

Canterbury

124 & 15081.3 ov

Central Stags won the toss and chose to bat

CSCentral Stags innings

23985.3 ov

Central Stags batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
CG Heaphy	b SB Davey	119	249	13	0	47.8
TJ Bettelheim	c FW Sheat b MD Rae	13	45	2	0	28.9
BD Schmulian	c MJ Hay b SB Davey	39	54	6	0	72.2
D Foxcroft	c MJ Hay b MD Rae	10	25	0	0	40.0
D Cleaver	b MD Rae	7	16	1	0	43.8
JA Clarkson	c MJ Hay b KA Jamieson	0	9	0	0	0.0
W Clark	b AW McKenzie	3	11	0	0	27.3
AY Patel	c RA Mariu b IS Sodhi	11	49	0	0	22.4
JR Lennox	c KA Jamieson b CE McConchie	2	37	0	0	5.4
TM Annand	not out	18*	18	4	0	100.0
RL Toole	c MJ Hay b KA Jamieson	3	6	0	0	50.0
Extras	b 4, lb 4, nb 6	14
Total	all out, 85.3 overs, run rate 2.80	239

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 330

1-37 TJ Bettelheim2-98 BD Schmulian3-117 D Foxcroft4-135 D Cleaver5-138 JA Clarkson6-141 W Clark7-170 AY Patel8-193 JR Lennox9-236 CG Heaphy10-239 RL Toole

Bowling to Central Stags
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	Nb
KA Jamieson	12.3	4	27	2	2.16	62	4	0
SB Davey	14	2	44	2	3.14	66	5	5
MD Rae	17	1	65	3	3.82	64	7	0
AW McKenzie	14	4	33	1	2.36	62	3	0
IS Sodhi	21	3	41	1	1.95	100	3	1
CE McConchie	7	2	21	1	3.00	34	4	0

CANCanterbury innings

12449.2 ov

Canterbury batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
CJ Bowes	c D Cleaver b JA Clarkson	33	61	3	1	54.1
RA Mariu	b RL Toole	0	9	0	0	0.0
AW McKenzie	c D Cleaver b AY Patel	27	73	3	0	37.0
HM Nicholls	run out (D Cleaver, JR Lennox)	2	5	0	0	40.0
CE McConchie	c D Cleaver b JA Clarkson	0	3	0	0	0.0
MWT Boyle	c D Cleaver b RL Toole	0	3	0	0	0.0
MJ Hay	lbw b JA Clarkson	7	26	1	0	26.9
IS Sodhi	c D Cleaver b RL Toole	14	47	1	0	29.8
KA Jamieson	c W Clark b AY Patel	3	9	0	0	33.3
SB Davey	c D Cleaver b JA Clarkson	14	39	2	0	35.9
MD Rae	not out	19*	23	2	1	82.6
Extras	lb 2, w 1, nb 2	5
Total	all out, 49.2 overs, run rate 2.51	124

Did not batFW Sheat, JJA Frew

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 330

1-3 RA Mariu2-49 CJ Bowes3-52 HM Nicholls4-52 CE McConchie5-53 MWT Boyle6-68 MJ Hay7-79 AW McKenzie8-85 KA Jamieson9-89 IS Sodhi10-124 SB Davey

Bowling to Canterbury
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Wd	Nb
JA Clarkson	13.2	3	33	4	2.48	66	3	1	0	0
RL Toole	15	3	44	3	2.93	67	4	0	1	2
AY Patel	13	4	37	2	2.85	61	4	1	0	0
TM Annand	6	4	5	0	0.83	34	1	0	0	0
JR Lennox	2	1	3	0	1.50	10	0	0	0	0

CSCentral Stags innings

33099.2 ov

Central Stags batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
TJ Bettelheim	c KA Jamieson b CE McConchie	50	95	5	0	52.6
CG Heaphy	lbw b KA Jamieson	17	44	1	0	38.6
BD Schmulian	c FW Sheat b SB Davey	93	175	5	0	53.1
D Foxcroft	lbw b KA Jamieson	19	25	2	0	76.0
D Cleaver	c CJ Bowes b KA Jamieson	5	9	0	0	55.6
JA Clarkson	c MJ Hay b FW Sheat	33	48	4	0	68.8
JR Lennox	lbw b IS Sodhi	4	38	0	0	10.5
W Clark	c KA Jamieson b CE McConchie	70	101	6	3	69.3
AY Patel	lbw b CE McConchie	18	47	0	0	38.3
TM Annand	not out	2*	13	0	0	15.4
RL Toole	c CE McConchie b IS Sodhi	1	4	0	0	25.0
Extras	b 7, lb 5, w 3, nb 3	18
Total	all out, 99.2 overs, run rate 3.32	330

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 330

1-23 CG Heaphy2-120 TJ Bettelheim3-143 D Foxcroft4-149 D Cleaver5-193 JA Clarkson6-212 JR Lennox7-271 BD Schmulian8-320 W Clark9-329 AY Patel10-330 RL Toole

Bowling to Central Stags
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Wd	Nb
KA Jamieson	17	3	39	3	2.29	77	2	0	0	0
SB Davey	12	2	34	1	2.83	52	2	0	2	3
AW McKenzie	9	1	28	0	3.11	36	1	0	0	0
IS Sodhi	28.2	3	86	2	3.04	120	3	3	0	0
FW Sheat	19	1	77	1	4.05	76	11	0	1	0
CE McConchie	11	0	45	3	4.09	40	4	0	0	0
MWT Boyle	3	0	9	0	3.00	10	0	0	0	0

CANCanterbury innings

15081.3 ov

Canterbury batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
CJ Bowes	c D Cleaver b AY Patel	16	41	1	0	39.0
RA Mariu	c W Clark b JA Clarkson	12	12	3	0	100.0
HM Nicholls	c D Cleaver b RL Toole	19	50	2	0	38.0
CE McConchie	b AY Patel	8	22	1	0	36.4
MWT Boyle	c D Cleaver b RL Toole	11	13	1	1	84.6
JJA Frew	c CG Heaphy b BD Schmulian	30	171	4	0	17.5
IS Sodhi	lbw b JA Clarkson	1	24	0	0	4.2
KA Jamieson	c CG Heaphy b AY Patel	12	30	1	0	40.0
SB Davey	c TJ Bettelheim b TM Annand	2	18	0	0	11.1
FW Sheat	b JR Lennox	20	58	2	0	34.5
AW McKenzie	not out	7*	50	1	0	14.0
Extras	b 7, lb 3, w 2	12
Total	all out, 81.3 overs, run rate 1.84	150

Did not batMJ Hay, MD Rae

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 330

1-15 RA Mariu2-41 CJ Bowes3-57 CE McConchie4-57 HM Nicholls5-68 MWT Boyle6-74 IS Sodhi7-101 KA Jamieson8-105 SB Davey9-139 FW Sheat10-150 JJA Frew

Bowling to Canterbury
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Wd
JA Clarkson	13	2	36	2	2.77	58	5	0	1
RL Toole	14	3	31	2	2.21	69	3	1	1
TM Annand	5	0	26	1	5.20	18	3	0	0
AY Patel	29	14	37	3	1.28	153	5	0	0
BD Schmulian	2.3	1	2	1	0.80	12	0	0	0
JR Lennox	16	12	7	1	0.44	90	0	0	0
D Foxcroft	2	1	1	0	0.50	11	0	0	0

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Upset

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Match facts

Format: Multi-day match
Competition: Plunket Shield
Toss: Central Stags, chose to bat
Umpires: CM Brown and KS Jagannathan
Match referee: G Stretch
Season: 2025/26

Conditions

The day's weather at the ground.

Day 1: 25 / 12°C, dry
Day 2: 26 / 16°C, dry
Day 3: 28 / 15°C, dry
Day 4: 30 / 17°C, dry

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