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Central Stags v Northern Districts

Central Stags won by an innings and 27 runs

Plunket Shield, Match 177 March 2026 to 10 March 2026McLean Park, Napier

Central Stagsbatted first

373104 ov

Northern Districts

82 & 26484 ov

Northern Districts won the toss and chose to field

CSCentral Stags innings

373104 ov

Central Stags batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
BD Schmulian	c TJG Pringle b CB Rowell	61	91	8	1	67.0
CG Heaphy	c RR O'Donnell b KDC Clarke	44	127	4	0	34.6
WA Young	c SC Kuggeleijn b CB Rowell	0	5	0	0	0.0
D Foxcroft	b SC Kuggeleijn	16	46	3	0	34.8
TC Bruce	c B Popli b KDC Clarke	20	34	3	0	58.8
D Cleaver	c JF Carter b SC Kuggeleijn	109	137	11	1	79.6
JA Clarkson	b JA Raval	30	53	3	0	56.6
BG Randell	c BJ Pomare b CB Rowell	6	22	1	0	27.3
TA Findlay	c BJ Pomare b SC Kuggeleijn	21	21	4	0	100.0
JR Lennox	b SC Kuggeleijn	27	83	4	0	32.5
RL Toole	not out	1*	8	0	0	12.5
Extras	b 10, lb 10, w 15, nb 3	38
Total	all out, 104 overs, run rate 3.59	373

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 380

1-88 BD Schmulian2-92 WA Young3-128 D Foxcroft4-153 CG Heaphy5-159 TC Bruce6-255 JA Clarkson7-278 BG Randell8-305 TA Findlay9-358 D Cleaver10-373 JR Lennox

Bowling to Central Stags
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Wd	Nb
SC Kuggeleijn	25	6	90	4	3.60	110	11	0	4	0
KDC Clarke	21	6	37	2	1.76	105	5	0	1	0
CB Rowell	17	2	77	3	4.53	66	10	1	0	2
JH Brown	24	1	74	0	3.08	99	7	0	2	1
TJG Pringle	11	2	45	0	4.09	45	6	0	0	0
JA Raval	6	1	30	1	5.00	20	2	1	0	0

NDNorthern Districts innings

8232.2 ov

Northern Districts batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
JA Raval	b BG Randell	6	9	1	0	66.7
HR Cooper	b BG Randell	1	13	0	0	7.7
B Popli	b RL Toole	17	64	1	0	26.6
JF Carter	c D Cleaver b BG Randell	0	1	0	0	0.0
RR O'Donnell	c CG Heaphy b BG Randell	0	1	0	0	0.0
KDC Clarke	b BG Randell	0	1	0	0	0.0
BJ Pomare	lbw b BG Randell	0	3	0	0	0.0
SC Kuggeleijn	b BG Randell	2	4	0	0	50.0
TJG Pringle	not out	36*	79	4	0	45.6
JH Brown	c D Foxcroft b JR Lennox	5	15	1	0	33.3
CB Rowell	lbw b TA Findlay	0	9	0	0	0.0
Extras	b 5, lb 3, w 2, nb 5	15
Total	all out, 32.2 overs, run rate 2.54	82

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 380

1-4 HR Cooper2-9 JA Raval3-9 JF Carter4-9 RR O'Donnell5-9 KDC Clarke6-13 BJ Pomare7-15 SC Kuggeleijn8-67 B Popli9-74 JH Brown10-82 CB Rowell

Bowling to Northern Districts
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	Wd	Nb
BG Randell	11	1	25	7	2.27	51	2	1	0
RL Toole	8	3	19	1	2.38	40	3	0	0
JA Clarkson	8	1	17	0	2.13	38	1	1	2
TA Findlay	3.2	0	9	1	2.70	15	1	0	3
JR Lennox	2	1	4	1	2.00	10	0	0	0

NDNorthern Districts innings

26484 ov

Northern Districts batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
HR Cooper	c CG Heaphy b RL Toole	7	10	0	0	70.0
JA Raval	b RL Toole	12	34	2	0	35.3
B Popli	b RL Toole	1	9	0	0	11.1
JF Carter	lbw b JR Lennox	20	47	2	0	42.6
RR O'Donnell	lbw b RL Toole	0	5	0	0	0.0
KDC Clarke	c TC Bruce b JR Lennox	103	173	14	0	59.5
BJ Pomare	c TC Bruce b JA Clarkson	27	115	2	0	23.5
SC Kuggeleijn	b RL Toole	4	11	1	0	36.4
TJG Pringle	c JA Clarkson b JR Lennox	21	55	3	0	38.2
JH Brown	not out	50*	52	6	1	96.2
CB Rowell	b JR Lennox	0	3	0	0	0.0
Extras	b 1, lb 7, w 1, nb 10	19
Total	all out, 84 overs, run rate 3.14	264

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 380

1-18 HR Cooper2-25 B Popli3-26 JA Raval4-26 RR O'Donnell5-76 JF Carter6-181 BJ Pomare7-190 SC Kuggeleijn8-193 KDC Clarke9-264 TJG Pringle10-264 CB Rowell

Bowling to Northern Districts
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Wd	Nb
BG Randell	8	0	31	0	3.88	34	4	0	0	2
RL Toole	20	10	32	5	1.60	104	3	0	0	0
JA Clarkson	14	2	46	1	3.29	63	6	0	0	3
TA Findlay	14	2	53	0	3.79	61	7	0	1	5
JR Lennox	20	5	57	4	2.85	92	6	1	0	0
BD Schmulian	6	0	30	0	5.00	20	4	0	0	0
D Foxcroft	2	0	7	0	3.50	6	0	0	0	0

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Match facts

Format: Multi-day match
Competition: Plunket Shield
Toss: Northern Districts, chose to field
Umpires: C Black and IC Soysa
Match referee: TL Anderson
Season: 2025/26

Conditions

The day's weather at the ground.

Day 1: 22 / 13°C, dry
Day 2: 24 / 14°C, dry
Day 3: 22 / 13°C, 1.3 mm rain
Day 4: 17 / 13°C, 0.3 mm rain

GET/v1/matches/2026-03-07-central-stags-v-northern-districts/scorecard200

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