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Central Stags v Northern Districts

Central Stags won by 25 runs

Plunket Shield, Match 2327 March 2026 to 30 March 2026Seddon Park, Hamilton

Central Stagsbatted first

235 & 32799.2 ov

Northern Districts

279 & 25869.5 ov

Northern Districts won the toss and chose to field

CSCentral Stags innings

23561.3 ov

Central Stags batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
BD Schmulian	b ZN Gibson	1	6	0	0	16.7
CG Heaphy	run out (Snehith Reddy)	9	19	1	0	47.4
WA Young	c RR O'Donnell b SC Kuggeleijn	0	10	0	0	0.0
TC Bruce	c RR O'Donnell b JH Brown	103	152	9	2	67.8
D Foxcroft	c BJ Pomare b SC Kuggeleijn	2	11	0	0	18.2
D Cleaver	c RR O'Donnell b SC Kuggeleijn	76	95	13	2	80.0
JA Clarkson	c B Popli b TJG Pringle	2	17	0	0	11.8
BG Randell	c B Popli b ZN Gibson	1	10	0	0	10.0
AY Patel	c JA Raval b TJG Pringle	24	32	4	0	75.0
TA Findlay	c HR Cooper b TJG Pringle	1	9	0	0	11.1
RL Toole	not out	2*	8	0	0	25.0
Extras	b 7, lb 5, w 2	14
Total	all out, 61.3 overs, run rate 3.82	235

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 330

1-5 BD Schmulian2-8 WA Young3-14 CG Heaphy4-18 D Foxcroft5-154 D Cleaver6-175 JA Clarkson7-188 BG Randell8-217 TC Bruce9-226 TA Findlay10-235 AY Patel

Bowling to Central Stags
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Wd
SC Kuggeleijn	12	2	34	3	2.83	51	4	0	1
ZN Gibson	15	2	65	2	4.33	63	12	0	0
TJG Pringle	23.3	3	84	3	3.57	98	6	4	0
JH Brown	9	1	37	1	4.11	36	5	0	1
Snehith Reddy	2	0	3	0	1.50	8	0	0	0

NDNorthern Districts innings

279102.3 ov

Northern Districts batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
JA Raval	lbw b TA Findlay	11	43	1	0	25.6
HR Cooper	c D Cleaver b RL Toole	1	5	0	0	20.0
B Popli	c D Cleaver b TA Findlay	38	62	5	0	61.3
JF Carter	c CG Heaphy b JA Clarkson	37	114	4	0	32.5
RR O'Donnell	c BG Randell b AY Patel	8	29	1	0	27.6
ZN Gibson	c TC Bruce b JA Clarkson	42	81	6	0	51.9
Snehith Reddy	lbw b JA Clarkson	33	109	4	0	30.3
BJ Pomare	c D Cleaver b JA Clarkson	73	154	11	0	47.4
SC Kuggeleijn	c CG Heaphy b TA Findlay	11	14	1	1	78.6
TJG Pringle	not out	3*	7	0	0	42.9
JH Brown	c WA Young b TA Findlay	0	2	0	0	0.0
Extras	b 9, lb 4, w 4, nb 5	22
Total	all out, 102.3 overs, run rate 2.72	279

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 330

1-3 HR Cooper2-51 B Popli3-52 JA Raval4-78 RR O'Donnell5-143 JF Carter6-144 ZN Gibson7-256 Snehith Reddy8-276 SC Kuggeleijn9-278 BJ Pomare10-279 JH Brown

Bowling to Northern Districts
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Wd	Nb
BG Randell	14	4	38	0	2.71	68	6	0	0	1
RL Toole	19	2	66	1	3.47	81	8	0	2	1
JA Clarkson	19	9	30	4	1.58	98	4	0	0	0
TA Findlay	17.3	5	48	4	2.74	83	5	1	2	3
AY Patel	25	4	54	1	2.16	117	5	0	0	0
BD Schmulian	2	0	12	0	6.00	7	2	0	0	0
D Foxcroft	6	2	18	0	3.00	28	3	0	0	0

CSCentral Stags innings

32799.2 ov

Central Stags batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
CG Heaphy	lbw b Snehith Reddy	7	28	0	0	25.0
BD Schmulian	c JH Brown b ZN Gibson	7	20	1	0	35.0
AY Patel	c RR O'Donnell b JH Brown	53	83	4	2	63.9
WA Young	c JF Carter b TJG Pringle	65	126	4	1	51.6
D Foxcroft	c SC Kuggeleijn b ZN Gibson	91	155	6	2	58.7
D Cleaver	c HR Cooper b TJG Pringle	17	27	3	0	63.0
JA Clarkson	c & b TJG Pringle	10	21	1	0	47.6
BG Randell	c JA Raval b Snehith Reddy	13	46	0	0	28.3
TC Bruce	c & b ZN Gibson	11	14	1	1	78.6
TA Findlay	c BJ Pomare b ZN Gibson	34	71	3	1	47.9
RL Toole	not out	0*	5	0	0	0.0
Extras	b 11, lb 3, w 5	19
Total	all out, 99.2 overs, run rate 3.29	327

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 330

1-14 BD Schmulian2-15 CG Heaphy3-103 AY Patel4-171 WA Young5-199 D Cleaver6-221 JA Clarkson7-244 BG Randell8-257 TC Bruce9-321 D Foxcroft10-327 TA Findlay

Bowling to Central Stags
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Wd
SC Kuggeleijn	13	1	54	0	4.15	51	7	0	3
ZN Gibson	20.2	2	60	4	2.95	85	5	1	1
TJG Pringle	33	3	75	3	2.27	138	3	0	0
Snehith Reddy	18	4	75	2	4.17	73	6	4	0
JH Brown	9	1	32	1	3.56	37	1	2	1
JA Raval	6	0	17	0	2.83	22	1	0	0

NDNorthern Districts innings

25869.5 ov

Northern Districts batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
JA Raval	b RL Toole	9	30	1	0	30.0
SC Kuggeleijn	b BG Randell	26	15	2	2	173.3
HR Cooper	c D Cleaver b RL Toole	13	52	1	0	25.0
B Popli	b RL Toole	34	57	4	0	59.6
JF Carter	lbw b AY Patel	12	9	3	0	133.3
RR O'Donnell	c JA Clarkson b BD Schmulian	101	134	10	5	75.4
Snehith Reddy	b TA Findlay	2	9	0	0	22.2
BJ Pomare	c TC Bruce b AY Patel	19	49	2	0	38.8
TJG Pringle	b BD Schmulian	30	52	3	1	57.7
JH Brown	not out	6*	9	1	0	66.7
ZN Gibson	lbw b BD Schmulian	0	4	0	0	0.0
Extras	b 2, lb 2, w 1, nb 1	6
Total	all out, 69.5 overs, run rate 3.69	258

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 330

1-35 SC Kuggeleijn2-35 JA Raval3-80 HR Cooper4-93 B Popli5-101 JF Carter6-103 Snehith Reddy7-163 BJ Pomare8-251 RR O'Donnell9-252 TJG Pringle10-258 ZN Gibson

Bowling to Northern Districts
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Wd	Nb
BG Randell	5	2	16	1	3.20	23	1	1	0	0
RL Toole	15	3	42	3	2.80	72	6	1	0	0
JA Clarkson	8	1	35	0	4.38	33	3	1	0	1
AY Patel	27	1	100	2	3.70	113	8	5	0	0
D Foxcroft	4	1	20	0	5.00	15	3	0	0	0
TA Findlay	7	2	36	1	5.14	25	6	0	1	0
BD Schmulian	3.5	1	5	3	1.30	18	0	0	0	0

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Match facts

Format: Multi-day match
Competition: Plunket Shield
Toss: Northern Districts, chose to field
Umpires: JM Dempsey and WR Knights
Match referee: GB Troup
Season: 2025/26

Conditions

The day's weather at the ground.

Day 1: 24 / 17°C, 9.6 mm rain
Day 2: 23 / 15°C, 0.2 mm rain
Day 3: 22 / 15°C, 4.1 mm rain
Day 4: 22 / 17°C, 6 mm rain

GET/v1/matches/2026-03-27-central-stags-v-northern-districts/scorecard200

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  "result": "Central Stags won by 25 runs",
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