a31952	Central Districts v Northern Districts
	The Ford Trophy 2025/26
Venue	Pukekura Park, New Plymouth on 30th October 2025 (50-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Central Districts won the toss and decided to field
Result	Northern Districts won by 113 runs (Duckworth/Lewis method)
Points	Central Districts 0; Northern Districts 5 (Bonus 1)
Umpires	BF Bowden, GG Pennell
Referee	SRM Morris
Scorers	DJ Mitchell, I Poole (England)

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Northern Districts innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots	S-Rate
JF Carter	c Heaphy b Clarkson	1	5	8	-	-	4	20.00
+TL Seifert	c Cleaver b Toole	14	16	20	2	-	10	87.50
XE Bell	c Heaphy b Lennox	7	33	50	-	-	27	21.21
*RR O'Donnell	c Schmulian b Clarkson	27	22	32	5	-	13	122.73
BR Hampton	c Schmulian b Findlay	4	3	7	1	-	2	133.33
BJ Pomare	c Cleaver b Clarkson	55	58	70	3	4	33	94.83
KDC Clarke	not out	100	107	132	9	5	60	93.46
SC Kuggeleijn	c Lennox b Clarkson	11	27	24	1	-	19	40.74
TJG Pringle	c Foxcroft b Toole	34	19	28	1	3	5	178.95
JH Brown	not out	9	5	9	-	1	1	180.00
ZN Gibson	did not bat
Extras	(2 lb, 1 nb, 6 w)	9
Total	(8 wickets, innings closed, 49 overs)	271
Fall of wickets:
1-5 (Carter, 1.6 ov), 2-15 (Seifert, 4.3 ov), 3-51 (O'Donnell, 11.4 ov), 4-55 (Bell, 12.6 ov), 5-55 (Hampton, 13.1 ov), 6-139 (Pomare, 33.1 ov), 7-168 (Kuggeleijn, 39.4 ov), 8-239 (Pringle, 47.1 ov)

Central Districts bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s	S-Rate	Econ
Toole	10	2	51	2	-	-	34	7	-	30.00	5.10
Clarkson	10	1	42	4	3	-	44	5	1	15.00	4.20
Lennox	10	3	55	1	-	1	37	3	4	60.00	5.50
Findlay	10	0	76	1	3	-	37	5	7	60.00	7.60
Patel	5	0	29	0	-	-	11	1	1	-	5.80
Schmulian	4	0	16	0	-	-	11	1	-	-	4.00

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Central Districts innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots	S-Rate
+D Cleaver	c Carter b Clarke	12	26	23	2	-	20	46.15
BD Schmulian	c Bell b Clarke	5	13	31	-	-	8	38.46
D Foxcroft	b Gibson	16	24	44	2	-	17	66.67
TC Bruce	c Pomare b Clarke	0	1	1	-	-	1	0.00
CG Heaphy	retired hurt	58	97	120	5	2	65	59.79
JA Clarkson	c O'Donnell b Gibson	0	3	6	-	-	3	0.00
WJ Clark	b Gibson	1	15	15	-	-	14	6.67
TA Findlay	c Gibson b Pringle	4	16	20	-	-	14	25.00
AY Patel	run out (Gibson)	38	33	46	3	3	19	115.15
*JR Lennox	not out	13	15	20	2	-	8	86.67
RL Toole	c Gibson b Kuggeleijn	0	13	17	-	-	13	0.00
Extras	(1 lb, 8 w)	9
Total	(all out, 42.4 overs)	156
Fall of wickets:
1-19 (Cleaver, 5.5 ov), 2-24 (Schmulian, 7.2 ov), 3-24 (Bruce, 7.3 ov), 4-49 (Foxcroft, 15.4 ov), 5-49 (Clarkson, 17.1 ov), 6-55 (Clark, 21.3 ov), 7-70 (Findlay, 26.6 ov), 8-143 (Patel, 38.2 ov), 9-156 (Toole, 42.4 ov)

Northern Districts bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s	S-Rate	Econ
Kuggeleijn	6.4	2	22	1	-	-	30	3	-	40.00	3.30
Clarke	10	0	57	3	3	-	34	6	2	20.00	5.70
Brown	5	1	12	0	-	-	24	2	-	-	2.40
Gibson	7	2	10	3	4	-	36	-	-	14.00	1.43
Pringle	10	0	42	1	1	-	41	3	2	60.00	4.20
Hampton	4	1	12	0	-	-	17	-	1	-	3.00

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Notes
--> The match was reduced to 49 overs per side, Central Districts target was 270 runs
--> Northern Districts powerplay 1: overs 1 to 10 (45/2)
--> Central Districts powerplay 1: overs 1 to 10 (32/3)
--> Northern Districts innings: 50 in 11.2 overs
--> Northern Districts innings: 100 in 24.2 overs
--> Northern Districts innings: 150 in 35.2 overs
--> Northern Districts innings: 200 in 43.3 overs
--> Northern Districts innings: 250 in 47.6 overs
--> Central Districts innings: 50 in 18.4 overs
--> Central Districts innings: 100 in 33.3 overs
--> Central Districts innings: 150 in 40.1 overs
--> BJ Pomare 50 in 42 balls with 3 fours and 4 sixes
--> KDC Clarke passed his previous highest score of 45 in List A matches
--> KDC Clarke made his first century in List A matches
--> KDC Clarke 50 in 81 balls with 6 fours and 1 six
--> KDC Clarke 100 in 107 balls with 9 fours and 5 sixes
--> TJG Pringle passed his previous highest score of 27 in List A matches
--> CG Heaphy 50 in 92 balls with 5 fours and 1 six
--> RL Toole reached 50 wickets in List A matches when he dismissed TJG Pringle, his 2nd wicket in the Northern Districts innings
--> KDC Clarke reached 50 wickets in List A matches when he dismissed D Cleaver, his 1st wicket in the Central Districts innings
--> BJ Pomare (37) and KDC Clarke (10) added 50 in 74 balls for the Northern Districts 6th wicket
--> KDC Clarke (30) and TJG Pringle (20) added 50 in 31 balls for the Northern Districts 8th wicket
--> CG Heaphy (26) and AY Patel (25) added 50 in 50 balls for the Central Districts 8th wicket
--> CG Heaphy retired hurt in the Central Districts innings having scored 58 (team score 143/7) (38 overs)

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