f63497 ps1759	Canterbury v Otago
	Plunket Shield 2025/26
Venue	Hagley Oval, Christchurch on 28th February, 1st, 2nd, 3rd March 2026 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Canterbury won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match still in progress
Umpires	JM Dempsey, GG Pennell
Referee	AC Duncan
Scorers	KF Fleet, JB Stuart
Close of play day 1	Otago (1) 267/8 (Chu 15*, Bacon 1*; 96 overs)
Close of play day 2
Close of play day 3

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Otago first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
JCT Boyle	c Nicholls b Davey	62	190	243	8	-	158
JM Cumming	c Hay b Sheat	58	72	104	9	-	49
TC Jones	lbw b Rae	57	107	159	6	-	76
TK Parkes	c Nicholls b Davey	43	77	106	8	-	62
*LI Georgeson	c Boyle b Sheat	11	58	68	2	-	53
+MW Chu	c Latham b Davey	19	51	82	3	-	42
TM Johnson	lbw b Davey	0	3	7	-	-	3
TC O'Connor	c Janett b Sheat	5	10	15	1	-	8
DK Ferns	c Hay b Cameron	7	16	20	1	-	13
MB Bacon	not out	13	21	37	-	-	12
JD McKay	c Carter b Rae	12	13	15	3	-	10
Extras	(4 lb, 1 nb, 4 w)	9
Total	(all out, 432 minutes, 102.5 overs)	296
Fall of wickets:
1-90 (Cumming, 24.6 ov), 2-182 (Boyle, 59.2 ov), 3-195 (Jones, 63.6 ov), 4-235 (Georgeson, 82.1 ov), 5-243 (Parkes, 85.4 ov), 6-243 (Johnson, 87.1 ov), 7-252 (O'Connor, 90.3 ov), 8-266 (Ferns, 94.5 ov), 9-277 (Chu, 99.3 ov), 10-296 (McKay, 102.5 ov)

Canterbury bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Sheat	23	9	59	3	1	-	111	7	-
Davey	23	9	48	4	-	1	118	6	-
Cameron	17	1	78	1	1	-	67	13	-
Rae	21.5	4	70	2	1	-	104	11	-
Boyle	16	6	35	0	-	-	74	4	-
Mariu	2	1	2	0	1	-	11	-	-

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Canterbury first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
TWM Latham	lbw b O'Connor	4	8	8	1	-	7
RA Mariu	c O'Connor b Bacon	33	39	64	6	-	29
SJG Janett	c Cumming b Georgeson	7	10	18	1	-	8
*HM Nicholls	not out	40	49	73	6	-	35
MWT Boyle	not out	11	32	36	2	-	27
+MJ Hay	still to bat
LJ Carter	still to bat
SB Davey	still to bat
FW Sheat	still to bat
CT Cameron	still to bat
MD Rae	still to bat
T Muller	still to bat
Extras	(5 lb, 5 w)	10
Total	(3 wickets, 101 minutes, 23 overs)	105
Fall of wickets:
1-7 (Latham, 1.6 ov), 2-26 (Janett, 6.1 ov), 3-73 (Mariu, 14.1 ov)

Otago bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Georgeson	5	1	14	1	-	-	25	2	-
O'Connor	6	1	31	1	-	-	27	5	-
Ferns	5	1	28	0	-	-	22	6	-
Bacon	4	0	16	1	1	-	19	1	-
McKay	3	0	11	0	-	-	13	2	-

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Notes
--> Day 1 Lunch: Otago (1) 110/1 (Boyle 35*, Jones 13*; 34 overs)
--> Day 1 Tea: Otago (1) 208/3 (Parkes 24*, Georgeson 1*; 67 overs)
--> Day 2 Lunch: Canterbury (1) 105/3 (Nicholls 40*, Boyle 11*; 23 overs)
--> Otago first innings: 50 in 17.2 overs
--> Otago first innings: 100 in 28.6 overs
--> Otago first innings: 150 in 46.3 overs
--> Otago first innings: 200 in 64.3 overs
--> Otago first innings: 250 in 90.2 overs
--> JCT Boyle (1) 50 in 152 balls with 6 fours
--> JM Cumming (1) 50 in 64 balls with 8 fours
--> TC Jones (1) 50 in 86 balls with 5 fours
--> JCT Boyle (10) and JM Cumming (42) added 50 in 104 balls for the Otago 1st wicket in the first innings
--> JCT Boyle (16) and TC Jones (31) added 50 in 115 balls for the Otago 2nd wicket in the first innings

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