f63498 ps1760	Central Districts v Wellington
	Plunket Shield 2025/26
Venue	McLean Park, Napier on 28th February, 1st, 2nd, 3rd March 2026 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Central Districts won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match still in progress
Umpires	WR Knights, IC Soysa (Sri Lanka)
Referee	GB Troup
Scorers	DJ Mitchell, DM Plummer
Close of play day 1	Wellington (1) 356/7 (Smith 25*, Younghusband 0*; 96 overs)
Close of play day 2	Central Districts (1) 251/7 (Schmulian 104*, Findlay 0*; 75 overs)
Close of play day 3	Wellington (2) 86/4 (Kelly 4*, Mohammad Abbas 0*; 25.1 overs)

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Wellington first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
JM Tashkoff	c Schmulian b Findlay	109	135	201	14	2	91
NA Greenwood	b Schmulian	143	206	316	16	3	139
GR Severin	run out (Lennox->Clarkson)	5	31	28	1	-	29
*NF Kelly	c Cleaver b Findlay	25	39	51	3	1	28
TB Robinson	lbw b Schmulian	11	35	42	1	-	27
Mohammad Abbas	c Foxcroft b Toole	17	70	78	1	-	60
+CR McLachlan	lbw b Schmulian	0	2	1	-	-	2
NG Smith	c Young b Randell	39	80	117	3	1	62
PF Younghusband	c Findlay b Toole	27	59	100	1	2	48
MW Snedden	lbw b Schmulian	2	32	32	-	-	30
JW Hartshorn	not out	1	4	13	-	-	3
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb, 12 nb, 5 w)	22
Total	(all out, 495 minutes, 113.3 overs)	401
Fall of wickets:
1-222 (Tashkoff, 46.1 ov), 2-236 (Severin, 52.5 ov), 3-282 (Kelly, 64.1 ov), 4-313 (Greenwood, 70.2 ov), 5-314 (Robinson, 74.3 ov), 6-314 (McLachlan, 74.5 ov), 7-348 (Mohammad Abbas, 91.3 ov), 8-373 (Smith, 103.4 ov), 9-382 (Snedden, 110.6 ov), 10-401 (Younghusband, 113.3 ov)

Central Districts bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Randell	20	4	71	1	1	1	85	8	-
Clarkson	15	1	46	0	-	-	69	6	-
Findlay	21	3	91	2	2	10	91	9	2
Toole	23.3	5	98	2	2	1	108	11	4
Lennox	22	4	63	0	-	-	99	4	3
Schmulian	12	2	27	4	-	-	57	2	-

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Central Districts first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
CG Heaphy	c Robinson b Smith	4	4	3	1	-	3
BD Schmulian	b Smith	117	209	381	11	-	140
WA Young	b Hartshorn	4	5	7	-	-	3
D Foxcroft	c Robinson b Smith	8	10	21	1	-	7
*TC Bruce	c Severin b Snedden	38	66	78	7	-	50
+D Cleaver	c sub (OT Jackson) b Hartshorn	0	3	6	-	-	3
JA Clarkson	c Tashkoff b Hartshorn	6	15	19	1	-	13
BG Randell	c Severin b Younghusband	66	161	183	6	-	122
TA Findlay	c sub (JRM Bassett-Graham) b Smith	16	36	43	3	-	29
JR Lennox	not out	12	24	41	1	1	20
RL Toole	run out (Severin->Hartshorn)	1	17	29	-	-	16
Extras	(7 b, 5 lb, 6 nb, 6 w)	24
Total	(all out, 410 minutes, 90.4 overs)	296
Fall of wickets:
1-4 (Heaphy, 0.4 ov), 2-9 (Young, 1.6 ov), 3-25 (Foxcroft, 6.1 ov), 4-77 (Bruce, 22.4 ov), 5-84 (Cleaver, 23.5 ov), 6-96 (Clarkson, 27.6 ov), 7-250 (Randell, 73.5 ov), 8-274 (Findlay, 83.2 ov), 9-285 (Schmulian, 85.2 ov), 10-296 (Toole, 90.4 ov)

Wellington bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Smith	17	4	61	4	-	2	81	11	-
Hartshorn	18.4	3	65	3	1	-	81	4	1
Snedden	17	4	36	1	1	1	85	4	-
Mohammad Abbas	13	2	50	0	-	1	52	7	-
Younghusband	24	1	71	1	-	2	98	5	-
Greenwood	1	0	1	0	-	-	5	-	-

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Wellington second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
JM Tashkoff	b Toole	33	36	59	7	-	24
NA Greenwood	c Cleaver b Toole	37	48	67	4	1	31
GR Severin	c Young b Findlay	6	19	34	1	-	17
*NF Kelly	not out	4	30	55	1	-	29
TB Robinson	b Toole	1	6	5	-	-	5
Mohammad Abbas	not out	0	13	20	-	-	13
+CR McLachlan	still to bat
NG Smith	still to bat
PF Younghusband	still to bat
MW Snedden	still to bat
JW Hartshorn	still to bat
Extras	(1 lb, 1 nb, 3 w)	5
Total	(4 wickets, 123 minutes, 25.1 overs)	86
Fall of wickets:
1-66 (Tashkoff, 12.6 ov), 2-72 (Greenwood, 14.2 ov), 3-84 (Severin, 19.5 ov), 4-85 (Robinson, 20.5 ov)

Central Districts bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Randell	4	0	15	0	-	-	19	3	-
Clarkson	3.1	0	19	0	-	-	13	4	-
Findlay	8	1	37	1	3	1	36	5	1
Toole	9	5	12	3	-	-	46	1	-
Lennox	1	0	2	0	-	-	4	-	-

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Notes
--> Day 1 Lunch: Wellington (1) 155/0 (Tashkoff 77*, Greenwood 75*; 34 overs)
--> Day 1 Tea: Wellington (1) 278/2 (Greenwood 125*, Kelly 23*; 62 overs)
--> Day 2 Lunch: Central Districts (1) 34/3 (Schmulian 3*, Bruce 9*; 10 overs)
--> Day 2 Tea: Central Districts (1) 116/6 (Schmulian 32*, Randell 12*; 37 overs)
--> Day 3 Lunch: Wellington (2) 62/0 (Tashkoff 32*, Greenwood 29*; 12 overs)
--> Day 3 Tea: Wellington (2) 86/4 (Kelly 4*, Mohammad Abbas 0*; 25.1 overs)
--> Wellington first innings: 50 in 13.4 overs
--> Wellington first innings: 100 in 21.4 overs
--> Wellington first innings: 150 in 30.5 overs
--> Wellington first innings: 200 in 42.1 overs
--> Wellington first innings: 250 in 56.2 overs
--> Wellington first innings: 300 in 68.4 overs
--> Wellington first innings: 350 in 92.2 overs
--> Wellington score at 110 overs in the first innings was 381-8
--> Wellington first innings: 400 in 113.2 overs
--> Central Districts first innings: 50 in 15.2 overs
--> Central Districts first innings: 100 in 29.5 overs
--> Central Districts first innings: 150 in 47.4 overs
--> Central Districts first innings: 200 in 59.3 overs
--> Central Districts first innings: 250 in 72.5 overs
--> Wellington second innings: 50 in 8.5 overs
--> JM Tashkoff (1) 50 in 63 balls with 7 fours
--> JM Tashkoff (1) 100 in 125 balls with 14 fours and 2 sixes
--> JM Tashkoff (1) equalled his previous highest score of 109 in First-Class matches
--> JM Tashkoff (1) equalled his previous highest score of 109 in Plunket Shield matches
--> NA Greenwood (1) 50 in 68 balls with 8 fours
--> NA Greenwood (1) passed his previous highest score of 80 in Plunket Shield matches
--> NA Greenwood (1) made his first century in Plunket Shield matches
--> NA Greenwood (1) passed his previous highest score of 80 in First-Class matches
--> NA Greenwood (1) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> NA Greenwood (1) 100 in 146 balls with 12 fours and 1 six
--> NA Greenwood (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 6
--> NA Greenwood (1) passed 1000 runs in Plunket Shield matches when he reached 6
--> BD Schmulian (1) 50 in 116 balls with 4 fours
--> BD Schmulian (1) 100 in 183 balls with 10 fours
--> BG Randell (1) 50 in 124 balls with 6 fours
--> BD Schmulian achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Wellington first innings (previous best was 4-34)
--> BD Schmulian achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Plunket Shield matches in the Wellington first innings (previous best was 4-34)
--> JM Tashkoff (21) and NA Greenwood (28) added 50 in 82 balls for the Wellington 1st wicket in the first innings
--> JM Tashkoff (43) and NA Greenwood (54) added 100 in 132 balls for the Wellington 1st wicket in the first innings
--> JM Tashkoff (74) and NA Greenwood (73) added 150 in 187 balls for the Wellington 1st wicket in the first innings
--> JM Tashkoff (104) and NA Greenwood (89) added 200 in 259 balls for the Wellington 1st wicket in the first innings
--> BD Schmulian (9) and TC Bruce (38) added 50 in 92 balls for the Central Districts 4th wicket in the first innings
--> BD Schmulian (21) and BG Randell (26) added 50 in 114 balls for the Central Districts 7th wicket in the first innings
--> BD Schmulian (51) and BG Randell (43) added 100 in 191 balls for the Central Districts 7th wicket in the first innings
--> BD Schmulian (73) and BG Randell (66) added 150 in 264 balls for the Central Districts 7th wicket in the first innings
--> JM Tashkoff (23) and NA Greenwood (26) added 50 in 53 balls for the Wellington 1st wicket in the second innings

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