a32205	Canterbury v Central Districts
	The Ford Trophy 2025/26 (Final)
Venue	Cello Basin Reserve, Wellington on 22nd February 2026 (50-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Canterbury won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Central Districts won by 6 wickets
Umpires	CA Black, BF Bowden
Referee	KR Pulley
Scorers	MV Frost, EP West

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Canterbury innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots	S-Rate
*HM Nicholls	lbw b Schaw	115	125	143	17	-	67	92.00
CJ Bowes	c Findlay b Clarkson	2	7	11	-	-	5	28.57
+TWM Latham	c Foxcroft b Randell	80	86	156	7	-	38	93.02
RA Mariu	c Randell b Toole	28	23	23	4	-	10	121.74
MWT Boyle	c Young b Clarkson	25	21	44	2	1	7	119.05
MJ Hay	c Schaw b Toole	7	12	14	1	-	8	58.33
LLB Harper	run out (Young->Heaphy)	6	6	10	1	-	3	100.00
AW McKenzie	not out	16	16	23	2	-	7	100.00
R Kapur	not out	3	4	7	-	-	1	75.00
FW Sheat	did not bat
MD Rae	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 7 lb, 8 w)	20
Total	(7 wickets, innings closed, 218 minutes, 50 overs)	302
Fall of wickets:
1-9 (Bowes, 2.4 ov), 2-194 (Nicholls, 34.2 ov), 3-237 (Mariu, 39.6 ov), 4-237 (Latham, 40.1 ov), 5-248 (Hay, 43.2 ov), 6-262 (Harper, 45.2 ov), 7-290 (Boyle, 48.2 ov)

Central Districts bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s	S-Rate	Econ
Clarkson	10	1	44	2	2	-	37	3	-	30.00	4.40
Randell	10	0	51	1	-	-	34	6	1	60.00	5.10
Findlay	4	0	33	0	-	-	8	5	-	-	8.25
Toole	10	0	65	2	1	-	28	10	-	30.00	6.50
Schaw	6	0	33	1	1	-	16	3	-	36.00	5.50
Lennox	6	0	45	0	-	-	13	6	-	-	7.50
Foxcroft	4	0	19	0	-	-	10	1	-	-	4.75

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Central Districts innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots	S-Rate
BD Schmulian	lbw b Sheat	13	8	15	3	-	4	162.50
+CG Heaphy	c Nicholls b Sheat	105	124	181	10	1	63	84.68
WA Young	c Hay b Boyle	157	132	178	15	4	49	118.94
D Foxcroft	not out	6	15	23	-	-	9	40.00
TC Bruce	b Rae	3	8	8	-	-	5	37.50
JA Clarkson	not out	0	0	2	-	-	0	0.00
AR Schaw	did not bat
BG Randell	did not bat
TA Findlay	did not bat
*JR Lennox	did not bat
RL Toole	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 10 lb, 4 w)	19
Total	(4 wickets, 205 minutes, 47.5 overs)	303
Fall of wickets:
1-19 (Schmulian, 3.4 ov), 2-276 (Heaphy, 42.3 ov), 3-296 (Young, 45.1 ov), 4-302 (Bruce, 46.6 ov)

Canterbury bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s	S-Rate	Econ
McKenzie	9	0	67	0	-	-	24	8	1	-	7.44
Sheat	9	1	38	2	2	-	34	5	-	27.00	4.22
Harper	8	0	49	0	-	-	17	2	2	-	6.12
Rae	10	0	55	1	1	-	27	4	1	60.00	5.50
Kapur	6	0	53	0	1	-	12	7	1	-	8.83
Boyle	5.5	0	26	1	-	-	16	2	-	35.00	4.46

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Notes
--> Canterbury powerplay 1: overs 1 to 10 (50/1)
--> Central Districts powerplay 1: overs 1 to 10 (61/1)
--> Canterbury innings: 50 in 9.6 overs
--> Canterbury innings: 100 in 19.3 overs
--> Canterbury innings: 150 in 28.3 overs
--> Canterbury innings: 200 in 35.2 overs
--> Canterbury innings: 250 in 43.4 overs
--> Canterbury innings: 300 in 49.4 overs
--> Central Districts innings: 50 in 8.4 overs
--> Central Districts innings: 100 in 18.3 overs
--> Central Districts innings: 150 in 28.2 overs
--> Central Districts innings: 200 in 33.3 overs
--> Central Districts innings: 250 in 39.4 overs
--> Central Districts innings: 300 in 46.3 overs
--> HM Nicholls 50 in 49 balls with 9 fours
--> HM Nicholls 100 in 112 balls with 15 fours
--> HM Nicholls passed 6000 runs in List A matches when he reached 6
--> TWM Latham 50 in 61 balls with 5 fours
--> TWM Latham passed 7500 runs in List A matches when he reached 43
--> CG Heaphy 50 in 59 balls with 7 fours
--> CG Heaphy 100 in 122 balls with 9 fours and 1 six
--> WA Young 50 in 72 balls with 4 fours
--> WA Young 100 in 101 balls with 9 fours and 2 sixes
--> WA Young passed his previous highest score of 136 in List A matches
--> WA Young 150 in 128 balls with 14 fours and 4 sixes
--> WA Young passed 5000 runs in List A matches when he reached 62
--> BG Randell reached 100 wickets in List A matches when he dismissed TWM Latham, his 1st wicket in the Canterbury innings
--> HM Nicholls (34) and TWM Latham (11) added 50 in 52 balls for the Canterbury 2nd wicket
--> HM Nicholls (64) and TWM Latham (29) added 100 in 106 balls for the Canterbury 2nd wicket
--> HM Nicholls (85) and TWM Latham (54) added 150 in 162 balls for the Canterbury 2nd wicket
--> CG Heaphy (26) and WA Young (13) added 50 in 42 balls for the Central Districts 2nd wicket
--> CG Heaphy (48) and WA Young (38) added 100 in 105 balls for the Central Districts 2nd wicket
--> CG Heaphy (61) and WA Young (73) added 150 in 153 balls for the Central Districts 2nd wicket
--> CG Heaphy (78) and WA Young (106) added 200 in 195 balls for the Central Districts 2nd wicket
--> CG Heaphy (99) and WA Young (135) added 250 in 230 balls for the Central Districts 2nd wicket

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