Multi-dayMen

Canterbury v Wellington Firebirds

Canterbury won by 201 runs

Plunket Shield, Match 189 March 2026 to 12 March 2026Basin Reserve, Wellington

CAN

Canterburybatted first

336 & 297/3d41.3 ov

Wellington Firebirds

208 & 22453.4 ov

Wellington Firebirds won the toss and chose to field

CANCanterbury innings

33681.3 ov

Canterbury batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
TWM Latham	c PF Younghusband b MA Abbas	79	171	11	1	46.2
RA Mariu	c TA Blundell b LR Dudding	23	38	4	0	60.5
SJG Janett	c TA Blundell b LV van Beek	2	17	0	0	11.8
HM Nicholls	b NG Smith	44	73	7	0	60.3
MWT Boyle	c MA Abbas b LV van Beek	97	88	13	3	110.2
MJ Hay	lbw b NG Smith	1	9	0	0	11.1
LJ Carter	b MA Abbas	25	52	3	0	48.1
SB Davey	c LV van Beek b MA Abbas	11	14	1	1	78.6
FW Sheat	c NG Smith b MA Abbas	14	19	2	0	73.7
T Muller	not out	7*	10	1	0	70.0
MD Rae	b MA Abbas	5	7	1	0	71.4
Extras	b 10, lb 7, w 2, nb 9	28
Total	all out, 81.3 overs, run rate 4.12	336

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 340

1-45 RA Mariu2-56 SJG Janett3-167 HM Nicholls4-168 TWM Latham5-179 MJ Hay6-280 LJ Carter7-294 SB Davey8-322 MWT Boyle9-326 FW Sheat10-336 MD Rae

Bowling to Canterbury
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Wd	Nb
NG Smith	15	3	60	2	4.00	68	9	1	0	2
LR Dudding	15	8	27	1	1.80	78	5	0	0	0
LV van Beek	18	3	61	2	3.39	80	10	0	1	0
MA Abbas	16.3	2	69	5	4.18	71	11	1	1	0
NA Greenwood	10	0	56	0	5.60	36	4	1	0	6
PF Younghusband	7	0	46	0	6.57	20	4	2	0	1

WFWellington Firebirds innings

20854.5 ov

Wellington Firebirds batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
JM Tashkoff	c RA Mariu b FW Sheat	1	16	0	0	6.3
NA Greenwood	b MD Rae	103	133	16	1	77.4
GR Severin	c MD Rae b T Muller	25	51	4	0	49.0
NF Kelly	lbw b MD Rae	15	22	3	0	68.2
TB Robinson	c RA Mariu b FW Sheat	9	11	2	0	81.8
MA Abbas	c & b FW Sheat	0	6	0	0	0.0
TA Blundell	c TWM Latham b T Muller	6	23	1	0	26.1
NG Smith	c RA Mariu b MD Rae	13	18	3	0	72.2
LV van Beek	not out	12*	26	2	0	46.2
PF Younghusband	c MWT Boyle b SB Davey	0	7	0	0	0.0
LR Dudding	b FW Sheat	14	21	2	0	66.7
Extras	lb 2, w 3, nb 5	10
Total	all out, 54.5 overs, run rate 3.79	208

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 340

1-31 JM Tashkoff2-83 GR Severin3-114 NF Kelly4-135 TB Robinson5-139 MA Abbas6-166 TA Blundell7-166 NA Greenwood8-188 NG Smith9-189 PF Younghusband10-208 LR Dudding

Bowling to Wellington Firebirds
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Wd	Nb
FW Sheat	12.5	3	34	4	2.65	59	5	0	1	0
SB Davey	15	3	60	1	4.00	72	10	1	1	4
MD Rae	14	1	57	3	4.07	57	8	0	1	0
T Muller	11	1	48	2	4.36	48	10	0	0	1
MWT Boyle	2	0	7	0	3.50	6	0	0	0	0

CANCanterbury innings

297/3d41.3 ov

Canterbury batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
TWM Latham	not out	101*	111	10	1	91.0
RA Mariu	c TB Robinson b LV van Beek	31	40	6	0	77.5
SJG Janett	run out (JM Tashkoff)	40	46	8	0	87.0
HM Nicholls	c TA Blundell b JM Tashkoff	52	33	7	1	157.6
MWT Boyle	not out	63*	22	3	6	286.4
Extras	b 4, lb 1, w 2, nb 3	10
Total	3 wickets, 41.3 overs, run rate 7.16	297

Did not batMJ Hay, LJ Carter, SB Davey, FW Sheat, T Muller, MD Rae

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 340

1-54 RA Mariu2-114 SJG Janett3-212 HM Nicholls

Bowling to Canterbury
Bowler	O	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Wd	Nb
NG Smith	10	50	0	5.00	35	6	0	1	2
LR Dudding	5	26	0	5.20	21	5	0	0	0
MA Abbas	6	34	0	5.67	23	6	0	0	0
LV van Beek	6	30	1	5.00	22	4	0	0	0
PF Younghusband	8	65	0	8.13	17	6	3	0	0
NA Greenwood	4.3	48	0	10.67	8	4	2	1	1
JM Tashkoff	2	39	1	19.50	1	3	3	0	0

WFWellington Firebirds innings

22453.4 ov

Wellington Firebirds batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
JM Tashkoff	b FW Sheat	4	14	1	0	28.6
NA Greenwood	c RA Mariu b FW Sheat	20	34	4	0	58.8
PF Younghusband	c MJ Hay b FW Sheat	1	18	0	0	5.6
GR Severin	c MJ Hay b SB Davey	4	8	0	0	50.0
NF Kelly	b SB Davey	7	14	1	0	50.0
TB Robinson	c RA Mariu b SB Davey	5	11	1	0	45.5
MA Abbas	c SJG Janett b T Muller	12	18	1	0	66.7
TA Blundell	not out	98*	118	14	3	83.1
NG Smith	b FW Sheat	42	57	6	1	73.7
LV van Beek	c LJ Carter b MD Rae	6	14	0	0	42.9
LR Dudding	c FW Sheat b MD Rae	12	21	3	0	57.1
Extras	lb 1, w 7, nb 5	13
Total	all out, 53.4 overs, run rate 4.17	224

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 340

1-12 JM Tashkoff2-18 PF Younghusband3-32 GR Severin4-32 NA Greenwood5-44 TB Robinson6-47 NF Kelly7-85 MA Abbas8-164 NG Smith9-175 LV van Beek10-224 LR Dudding

Bowling to Wellington Firebirds
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Wd	Nb
FW Sheat	18	3	71	4	3.94	82	9	2	1	0
SB Davey	14	0	56	3	4.00	67	7	1	5	4
T Muller	7	1	38	1	5.43	29	6	0	0	1
MD Rae	14.4	2	58	2	3.95	65	9	1	1	0

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Match facts

Format: Multi-day match
Competition: Plunket Shield
Toss: Wellington Firebirds, chose to field
Umpires: JM Dempsey and WR Knights
Match referee: AL Gillies
Season: 2025/26

Conditions

The day's weather at the ground.

Day 1: 16 / 13°C, 1.8 mm rain
Day 2: 15 / 12°C, dry
Day 3: 17 / 11°C, dry
Day 4: 19 / 12°C, dry

GET/v1/matches/2026-03-09-canterbury-v-wellington-firebirds/scorecard200

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  "result": "Canterbury won by 201 runs",
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    { "team": "Canterbury", "runs": 297, "wickets": 3 },
    { "team": "Wellington Firebirds", "runs": 224, "wickets": 10 }
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