f63529 ps1768	Northern Districts v Central Districts
	Plunket Shield 2025/26
Venue	Cobham Oval (New), Whangarei on 27th, 28th, 29th, 30th March 2026 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Northern Districts won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match still in progress
Umpires	JM Dempsey, WR Knights
Referee	GB Troup
Scorers	TM Hill, JJ Williams
Close of play day 1	Northern Districts (1) 93/4 (Carter 25*, Gibson 7*; 34 overs)
Close of play day 2	Central Districts (2) 15/1 (Heaphy 7*, Patel 1*; 9 overs)
Close of play day 3	Central Districts (2) 283/8 (Foxcroft 73*, Findlay 10*; 88 overs)

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Central Districts first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
BD Schmulian	b Gibson	1	6	7	-	-	5
CG Heaphy	run out (Devireddy)	9	19	32	1	-	13
WA Young	c O'Donnell b Kuggeleijn	0	10	14	-	-	10
*TC Bruce	c O'Donnell b Brown	103	152	211	9	2	95
D Foxcroft	c Pomare b Kuggeleijn	2	11	14	-	-	9
+D Cleaver	c O'Donnell b Kuggeleijn	76	95	120	13	2	68
JA Clarkson	c Popli b Pringle	2	17	20	-	-	15
BG Randell	c Popli b Gibson	1	10	19	-	-	9
AY Patel	c Raval b Pringle	24	32	47	4	-	22
TA Findlay	c Cooper b Pringle	1	9	12	-	-	8
RL Toole	not out	2	8	9	-	-	7
Extras	(7 b, 5 lb, 2 w)	14
Total	(all out, 257 minutes, 61.3 overs)	235
Fall of wickets:
1-5 (Schmulian, 1.3 ov), 2-8 (Young, 4.6 ov), 3-14 (Heaphy, 6.5 ov), 4-18 (Foxcroft, 10.1 ov), 5-154 (Cleaver, 40.3 ov), 6-175 (Clarkson, 45.4 ov), 7-188 (Randell, 50.1 ov), 8-217 (Bruce, 56.1 ov), 9-226 (Findlay, 59.2 ov), 10-235 (Patel, 61.3 ov)

Northern Districts bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Kuggeleijn	12	2	34	3	1	-	52	4	-
Gibson	15	2	65	2	-	-	63	12	-
Pringle	23.3	3	84	3	-	-	101	6	4
Brown	9	1	37	1	1	-	36	5	-
Devireddy	2	0	3	0	-	-	9	-	-

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Northern Districts first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
*JA Raval	lbw b Findlay	11	43	86	1	-	36
HR Cooper	c Cleaver b Toole	1	5	7	-	-	4
B Popli	c Cleaver b Findlay	38	62	69	5	-	45
JF Carter	c Heaphy b Clarkson	37	114	156	4	-	91
RR O'Donnell	c Randell b Patel	8	29	40	1	-	24
ZN Gibson	c Bruce b Clarkson	42	81	114	6	-	62
SR Devireddy	lbw b Clarkson	33	109	165	4	-	93
+BJ Pomare	c Cleaver b Clarkson	73	154	179	11	-	120
SC Kuggeleijn	c Heaphy b Findlay	11	14	16	1	1	11
TJG Pringle	not out	3	7	8	-	-	4
JH Brown	c Young b Findlay	0	2	2	-	-	2
Extras	(9 b, 4 lb, 5 nb, 4 w)	22
Total	(all out, 426 minutes, 102.3 overs)	279
Fall of wickets:
1-3 (Cooper, 1.2 ov), 2-51 (Popli, 17.3 ov), 3-52 (Raval, 19.4 ov), 4-78 (O'Donnell, 29.3 ov), 5-143 (Carter, 54.1 ov), 6-144 (Gibson, 56.3 ov), 7-256 (Devireddy, 97.1 ov), 8-276 (Kuggeleijn, 100.5 ov), 9-278 (Pomare, 101.6 ov), 10-279 (Brown, 102.3 ov)

Central Districts bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Randell	14	4	38	0	-	1	68	6	-
Toole	19	2	66	1	2	1	82	8	-
Clarkson	19	9	30	4	-	-	98	4	-
Findlay	17.3	5	48	4	2	3	86	5	1
Patel	25	4	54	1	-	-	120	5	-
Schmulian	2	0	12	0	-	-	7	2	-
Foxcroft	6	2	18	0	-	-	28	3	-

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Central Districts second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
CG Heaphy	lbw b Devireddy	7	28	39	-	-	23
BD Schmulian	c Brown b Gibson	7	20	29	1	-	17
AY Patel	c O'Donnell b Brown	53	83	112	4	2	56
WA Young	c Carter b Pringle	65	126	169	4	1	84
D Foxcroft	not out	73	132	220	4	2	83
+D Cleaver	c Cooper b Pringle	17	27	34	3	-	20
JA Clarkson	c and b Pringle	10	21	29	1	-	14
BG Randell	c Raval b Devireddy	13	46	45	-	-	36
*TC Bruce	c and b Gibson	11	14	13	1	1	11
TA Findlay	not out	10	31	28	1	-	24
RL Toole	still to bat
Extras	(11 b, 2 lb, 4 w)	17
Total	(8 wickets, 363 minutes, 88 overs)	283
Fall of wickets:
1-14 (Schmulian, 7.1 ov), 2-15 (Heaphy, 9.2 ov), 3-103 (Patel, 34.3 ov), 4-171 (Young, 49.4 ov), 5-199 (Cleaver, 57.5 ov), 6-221 (Clarkson, 65.3 ov), 7-244 (Randell, 77.4 ov), 8-257 (Bruce, 80.4 ov)

Northern Districts bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Kuggeleijn	13	1	54	0	3	-	52	7	-
Gibson	15	1	36	2	-	-	67	3	-
Pringle	28	3	57	3	-	-	119	1	-
Devireddy	17	4	74	2	-	-	70	6	4
Brown	9	1	32	1	1	-	37	1	2
Raval	6	0	17	0	-	-	23	1	-

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Notes
--> Day 1 Lunch: Central Districts (1) 132/4 (Bruce 55*, Cleaver 62*; 34 overs)
--> Day 1 Tea: Central Districts (1) 235/10 (Toole 2*; 61.3 overs)
--> Day 2 Lunch: Northern Districts (1) 152/6 (Devireddy 1*, Pomare 7*; 61 overs)
--> Day 2 Tea: Northern Districts (1) 239/6 (Devireddy 31*, Pomare 51*; 93 overs)
--> Day 3 Lunch: Central Districts (2) 138/3 (Young 49*, Foxcroft 11*; 42 overs)
--> Day 3 Tea: Central Districts (2) 230/6 (Foxcroft 51*, Randell 5*; 72 overs)
--> Central Districts first innings: 50 in 17.2 overs
--> Central Districts first innings: 100 in 28.5 overs
--> Central Districts first innings: 150 in 37.6 overs
--> Central Districts first innings: 200 in 51.6 overs
--> Northern Districts first innings: 50 in 15.2 overs
--> Northern Districts first innings: 100 in 37.1 overs
--> Northern Districts first innings: 150 in 59.5 overs
--> Northern Districts first innings: 200 in 81.3 overs
--> Northern Districts first innings: 250 in 94.5 overs
--> Central Districts second innings: 50 in 16.2 overs
--> Central Districts second innings: 100 in 33.2 overs
--> Central Districts second innings: 150 in 44.3 overs
--> Central Districts second innings: 200 in 58.2 overs
--> Central Districts second innings: 250 in 79.5 overs
--> SR Devireddy made his debut in First-Class matches
--> SR Devireddy made his debut in Plunket Shield matches
--> SR Devireddy made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> SR Devireddy made his last appearance in Plunket Shield matches
--> TC Bruce (1) 50 in 82 balls with 5 fours
--> TC Bruce (1) 100 in 145 balls with 9 fours and 2 sixes
--> D Cleaver (1) 50 in 59 balls with 8 fours and 2 sixes
--> BJ Pomare (1) 50 in 125 balls with 6 fours
--> BJ Pomare (1) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 71
--> BJ Pomare (1) passed 500 runs in Plunket Shield matches when he reached 71
--> WA Young (2) 50 in 103 balls with 4 fours
--> D Foxcroft (2) 50 in 93 balls with 3 fours and 1 six
--> AY Patel (2) 50 in 77 balls with 4 fours and 2 sixes
--> AY Patel (2) passed 1500 runs in Plunket Shield matches when he reached 2
--> AY Patel (2) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 3
--> JA Clarkson achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Northern Districts first innings (previous best was 4-33)
--> JA Clarkson achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Plunket Shield matches in the Northern Districts first innings (previous best was 4-33)
--> TA Findlay achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches when he dismissed SC Kuggeleijn in the Northern Districts first innings (previous best was 2-59)
--> TA Findlay achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Plunket Shield matches when he dismissed SC Kuggeleijn in the Northern Districts first innings (previous best was 2-59)
--> TC Bruce (20) and D Cleaver (30) added 50 in 61 balls for the Central Districts 5th wicket in the first innings
--> TC Bruce (38) and D Cleaver (60) added 100 in 123 balls for the Central Districts 5th wicket in the first innings
--> JF Carter (10) and ZN Gibson (35) added 50 in 115 balls for the Northern Districts 5th wicket in the first innings
--> SR Devireddy (15) and BJ Pomare (31) added 50 in 149 balls for the Northern Districts 7th wicket in the first innings
--> SR Devireddy (33) and BJ Pomare (56) added 100 in 230 balls for the Northern Districts 7th wicket in the first innings
--> AY Patel (32) and WA Young (13) added 50 in 80 balls for the Central Districts 3rd wicket in the second innings
--> WA Young (26) and D Foxcroft (17) added 50 in 60 balls for the Central Districts 4th wicket in the second innings

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