f63510 ps1763	Wellington v Canterbury
	Plunket Shield 2025/26
Venue	Cello Basin Reserve, Wellington on 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th March 2026 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Wellington won the toss and decided to field
Result	Canterbury won by 201 runs
Points	Wellington 5 (Batting 1, Bowling 4); Canterbury 19 (Batting 3, Bowling 4)
Umpires	JM Dempsey, WR Knights
Referee	AL Gillies
Scorers	JL Manhire, KD Thwaites
Close of play day 1	Canterbury (1) 7/0 (Latham 1*, Mariu 4*; 3 overs)
Close of play day 2	Wellington (1) 50/1 (Greenwood 39*, Severin 6*; 14 overs)
Close of play day 3	Wellington (2) 18/2 (Greenwood 11*; 8.5 overs)

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Canterbury first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
TWM Latham	c Younghusband b Mohammad Abbas	79	171	220	11	1	139
RA Mariu	c Blundell b Dudding	23	38	63	4	-	30
SJG Janett	c Blundell b van Beek	2	17	20	-	-	15
*HM Nicholls	b Smith	44	73	128	7	-	56
MWT Boyle	c Mohammad Abbas b van Beek	97	88	132	13	3	49
+MJ Hay	lbw b Smith	1	9	13	-	-	8
LJ Carter	b Mohammad Abbas	25	52	78	3	-	38
SB Davey	c van Beek b Mohammad Abbas	11	14	10	1	1	11
FW Sheat	c Smith b Mohammad Abbas	14	19	30	2	-	13
T Muller	not out	7	10	16	1	-	6
MD Rae	b Mohammad Abbas	5	7	7	1	-	5
Extras	(10 b, 7 lb, 9 nb, 2 w)	28
Total	(all out, 364 minutes, 81.3 overs)	336
Fall of wickets:
1-45 (Mariu, 13.6 ov), 2-56 (Janett, 18.5 ov), 3-167 (Nicholls, 48.3 ov), 4-168 (Latham, 49.3 ov), 5-179 (Hay, 52.3 ov), 6-280 (Carter, 71.3 ov), 7-294 (Davey, 73.5 ov), 8-322 (Boyle, 78.1 ov), 9-326 (Sheat, 79.5 ov), 10-336 (Rae, 81.3 ov)

Wellington bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Smith	15	3	60	2	-	2	70	9	1
Dudding	15	8	27	1	-	-	80	5	-
van Beek	18	3	61	2	1	-	83	10	-
Mohammad Abbas	16.3	2	69	5	1	-	73	11	1
Greenwood	10	0	56	0	-	6	36	4	1
Younghusband	7	0	46	0	-	1	20	4	2

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Wellington first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
JM Tashkoff	c Mariu b Sheat	1	16	28	-	-	15
NA Greenwood	b Rae	103	133	201	16	1	88
GR Severin	c Rae b Muller	25	51	74	3	-	40
NF Kelly	lbw b Rae	15	22	31	3	-	17
TB Robinson	c Mariu b Sheat	9	11	14	2	-	8
Mohammad Abbas	c and b Sheat	0	6	9	-	-	6
*+TA Blundell	c Latham b Muller	6	23	35	1	-	20
NG Smith	c Mariu b Rae	13	18	29	3	-	14
LV van Beek	not out	12	26	52	2	-	20
PF Younghusband	c Boyle b Davey	0	7	6	-	-	7
LR Dudding	b Sheat	14	21	19	2	-	14
Extras	(2 lb, 5 nb, 3 w)	10
Total	(all out, 254 minutes, 54.5 overs)	208
Fall of wickets:
1-31 (Tashkoff, 6.1 ov), 2-83 (Severin, 22.3 ov), 3-114 (Kelly, 29.4 ov), 4-135 (Robinson, 32.4 ov), 5-139 (Mohammad Abbas, 34.4 ov), 6-166 (Blundell, 42.5 ov), 7-166 (Greenwood, 43.1 ov), 8-188 (Smith, 49.1 ov), 9-189 (Younghusband, 50.3 ov), 10-208 (Dudding, 54.5 ov)

Canterbury bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Sheat	12.5	3	34	4	1	-	59	4	-
Davey	15	3	60	1	1	4	72	10	1
Rae	14	1	57	3	1	-	58	8	-
Muller	11	1	48	2	-	1	49	10	-
Boyle	2	0	7	0	-	-	6	-	-

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Canterbury second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
TWM Latham	not out	101	111	176	10	1	55
RA Mariu	c Robinson b van Beek	31	40	56	6	-	30
SJG Janett	run out (Tashkoff)	40	46	49	8	-	34
*HM Nicholls	c Blundell b Tashkoff	52	33	47	7	1	10
MWT Boyle	not out	63	22	20	3	6	2
+MJ Hay	did not bat
LJ Carter	did not bat
SB Davey	did not bat
FW Sheat	did not bat
T Muller	did not bat
MD Rae	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb, 3 nb, 2 w)	10
Total	(3 wickets, declared, 176 minutes, 41.3 overs)	297
Fall of wickets:
1-54 (Mariu, 12.6 ov), 2-114 (Janett, 24.3 ov), 3-212 (Nicholls, 36.2 ov)

Wellington bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Smith	10	0	50	0	1	2	36	6	-
Dudding	5	0	26	0	-	-	21	5	-
Mohammad Abbas	6	0	34	0	-	-	23	6	-
van Beek	6	0	30	1	-	-	22	4	-
Younghusband	8	0	65	0	-	-	18	6	3
Greenwood	4.3	0	48	0	1	1	8	4	2
Tashkoff	2	0	39	1	-	-	1	3	3

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Wellington second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
JM Tashkoff	b Sheat	4	14	19	1	-	13
NA Greenwood	c Mariu b Sheat	20	34	56	4	-	27
PF Younghusband	c Hay b Sheat	1	18	19	-	-	17
GR Severin	c Hay b Davey	4	8	15	-	-	6
NF Kelly	b Davey	7	14	28	1	-	11
TB Robinson	c Mariu b Davey	5	11	16	1	-	9
Mohammad Abbas	c Janett b Muller	12	18	36	1	-	11
*+TA Blundell	not out	98	118	174	14	3	85
NG Smith	b Sheat	42	57	79	6	1	41
LV van Beek	c Carter b Rae	6	14	15	-	-	10
LR Dudding	c Sheat b Rae	12	21	51	3	-	18
Extras	(1 lb, 5 nb, 7 w)	13
Total	(all out, 257 minutes, 53.4 overs)	224
Fall of wickets:
1-12 (Tashkoff, 4.2 ov), 2-18 (Younghusband, 8.5 ov), 3-32 (Severin, 11.6 ov), 4-32 (Greenwood, 12.1 ov), 5-44 (Robinson, 15.2 ov), 6-47 (Kelly, 17.2 ov), 7-85 (Mohammad Abbas, 22.6 ov), 8-164 (Smith, 40.3 ov), 9-175 (van Beek, 43.6 ov), 10-224 (Dudding, 53.4 ov)

Canterbury bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Sheat	18	3	71	4	1	-	82	9	2
Davey	14	0	56	3	5	4	67	7	1
Muller	7	1	38	1	-	1	29	6	-
Rae	14.4	2	58	2	1	-	66	9	1

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Notes
--> Day 2 Lunch: Canterbury (1) 125/2 (Latham 57*, Nicholls 25*; 35 overs)
--> Day 2 Tea: Canterbury (1) 244/5 (Boyle 50*, Carter 19*; 66 overs)
--> Day 3 Lunch: Wellington (1) 175/7 (Smith 5*, van Beek 4*; 45 overs)
--> Day 3 Tea: Canterbury (2) 71/1 (Latham 35*, Janett 3*; 17 overs)
--> Day 4 Lunch: Wellington (2) 159/7 (Blundell 57*, Smith 40*; 39 overs)
--> Canterbury first innings: 50 in 14.4 overs
--> Canterbury first innings: 100 in 28.4 overs
--> Canterbury first innings: 150 in 44.5 overs
--> Canterbury first innings: 200 in 57.4 overs
--> Canterbury first innings: 250 in 66.3 overs
--> Canterbury first innings: 300 in 74.3 overs
--> Wellington first innings: 50 in 13.6 overs
--> Wellington first innings: 100 in 26.2 overs
--> Wellington first innings: 150 in 38.1 overs
--> Wellington first innings: 200 in 52.4 overs
--> Canterbury second innings: 50 in 11.4 overs
--> Canterbury second innings: 100 in 21.6 overs
--> Canterbury second innings: 150 in 29.6 overs
--> Canterbury second innings: 200 in 35.1 overs
--> Canterbury second innings: 250 in 38.2 overs
--> Wellington second innings: 50 in 18.2 overs
--> Wellington second innings: 100 in 28.1 overs
--> Wellington second innings: 150 in 37.2 overs
--> Wellington second innings: 200 in 50.3 overs
--> TWM Latham made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> TWM Latham made his last appearance in Plunket Shield matches
--> LV van Beek made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> LV van Beek made his last appearance in Plunket Shield matches
--> TWM Latham (1) 50 in 104 balls with 7 fours and 1 six
--> TWM Latham (1) passed 12500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 32
--> MWT Boyle (1) 50 in 60 balls with 9 fours
--> NA Greenwood (1) 50 in 68 balls with 9 fours and 1 six
--> NA Greenwood (1) 100 in 131 balls with 16 fours and 1 six
--> LV van Beek (1) passed 2000 runs in Plunket Shield matches when he reached 9
--> TWM Latham (2) 50 in 74 balls with 5 fours
--> TWM Latham (2) 100 in 111 balls with 10 fours and 1 six
--> HM Nicholls (2) 50 in 31 balls with 7 fours and 1 six
--> MWT Boyle (2) 50 in 17 balls with 3 fours and 5 sixes
--> TA Blundell (2) 50 in 66 balls with 10 fours
--> Mohammad Abbas achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches when he dismissed FW Sheat in the Canterbury first innings (previous best was 3-22)
--> Mohammad Abbas achieved his first five wickets in an innings in First-Class matches in the Canterbury first innings
--> Mohammad Abbas achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Plunket Shield matches when he dismissed FW Sheat in the Canterbury first innings (previous best was 3-22)
--> Mohammad Abbas achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Plunket Shield matches in the Canterbury first innings
--> TWM Latham (32) and HM Nicholls (15) added 50 in 72 balls for the Canterbury 3rd wicket in the first innings
--> TWM Latham (51) and HM Nicholls (44) added 100 in 167 balls for the Canterbury 3rd wicket in the first innings
--> MWT Boyle (32) and LJ Carter (17) added 50 in 71 balls for the Canterbury 6th wicket in the first innings
--> MWT Boyle (72) and LJ Carter (24) added 100 in 112 balls for the Canterbury 6th wicket in the first innings
--> NA Greenwood (25) and GR Severin (25) added 50 in 93 balls for the Wellington 2nd wicket in the first innings
--> TWM Latham (20) and RA Mariu (29) added 50 in 71 balls for the Canterbury 1st wicket in the second innings
--> TWM Latham (18) and SJG Janett (32) added 50 in 57 balls for the Canterbury 2nd wicket in the second innings
--> TWM Latham (18) and HM Nicholls (26) added 50 in 40 balls for the Canterbury 3rd wicket in the second innings
--> TWM Latham (11) and MWT Boyle (38) added 50 in 16 balls for the Canterbury 4th wicket in the second innings
--> TA Blundell (21) and NG Smith (30) added 50 in 75 balls for the Wellington 8th wicket in the second innings

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