a32703	Otago v Central Districts
	The Ford Trophy 2026/27
Venue	University Oval, Dunedin on 1st November 2026 (50-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Central Districts won the toss and decided to field
Result	Otago won by 29 runs
Points	Otago 4; Central Districts 0
Umpires	SJ Kannan, GG Pennell
Referee	SB O'Connor
Scorers	MF Jones, LR Neilson

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Otago innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots	S-Rate
JM Cumming	c Bettelheim b Toole	42	60	103	3	1	36	70.00
JCT Boyle	c Cassidy b Gibson	2	9	14	-	-	7	22.22
+TK Parkes	c Cleaver b Mabin	26	33	41	5	-	23	78.79
*LI Georgeson	b Gibson	0	6	5	-	-	6	0.00
TC Jones	lbw b Patel	33	36	44	6	-	22	91.67
JT Todd	c Young b Gibson	35	39	48	4	1	21	89.74
TM Johnson	c Cleaver b Mabin	1	9	10	-	-	8	11.11
BNJ Lockrose	b Findlay	66	68	95	7	2	34	97.06
TC O'Connor	c Cleaver b Mabin	2	12	13	-	-	10	16.67
DK Ferns	c Gibson b Findlay	2	7	9	-	-	5	28.57
MB Bacon	not out	15	21	37	-	-	7	71.43
Extras	(4 lb, 1 nb, 4 w)	9
Total	(all out, 214 minutes, 49.5 overs)	233
Fall of wickets:
1-2 (Boyle, 3.3 ov), 2-59 (Parkes, 13.3 ov), 3-60 (Georgeson, 14.4 ov), 4-107 (Cumming, 23.4 ov), 5-107 (Jones, 24.1 ov), 6-114 (Johnson, 27.1 ov), 7-158 (Todd, 35.6 ov), 8-163 (O'Connor, 40.2 ov), 9-166 (Ferns, 41.6 ov), 10-233 (Lockrose, 49.5 ov)

Central Districts bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s	S-Rate	Econ
Toole	10	2	44	1	-	-	38	1	3	60.00	4.40
Gibson	10	1	39	3	-	-	36	4	-	20.00	3.90
Findlay	9.5	1	60	2	2	-	32	10	-	29.50	6.10
Mabin	10	0	54	3	-	1	31	8	-	20.00	5.40
Patel	10	2	32	1	2	-	41	2	1	60.00	3.20

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Central Districts innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots	S-Rate
WA Young	c Parkes b Ferns	26	31	26	4	-	20	83.87
TJ Bettelheim	c O'Connor b Bacon	3	16	14	-	-	13	18.75
BD Schmulian	run out (O'Connor)	47	84	131	3	-	50	55.95
*TC Bruce	c Jones b O'Connor	74	103	147	8	2	64	71.84
+D Cleaver	c O'Connor b Georgeson	2	8	8	-	-	6	25.00
SJ Cassidy	c Cumming b Ferns	24	27	37	1	1	12	88.89
JM Gibson	c O'Connor b Lockrose	1	3	4	-	-	2	33.33
AY Patel	c Parkes b O'Connor	1	2	2	-	-	1	50.00
TA Findlay	c Todd b Bacon	15	8	14	-	2	3	187.50
OE Mabin	c Cumming b Bacon	2	4	6	-	-	2	50.00
RL Toole	not out	1	1	2	-	-	0	100.00
Extras	(2 b, 3 lb, 3 w)	8
Total	(all out, 199 minutes, 47.5 overs)	204
Fall of wickets:
1-26 (Bettelheim, 5.6 ov), 2-30 (Young, 8.3 ov), 3-142 (Schmulian, 36.3 ov), 4-147 (Cleaver, 38.3 ov), 5-168 (Bruce, 42.5 ov), 6-171 (Gibson, 43.5 ov), 7-172 (Patel, 44.1 ov), 8-195 (Cassidy, 46.4 ov), 9-203 (Findlay, 47.2 ov), 10-204 (Mabin, 47.5 ov)

Otago bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s	S-Rate	Econ
O'Connor	10	2	52	2	1	-	40	5	3	30.00	5.20
Bacon	8.5	2	25	3	1	-	37	2	-	17.67	2.83
Ferns	9	1	30	2	1	-	36	1	1	27.00	3.33
Georgeson	10	0	34	1	-	-	37	3	-	60.00	3.40
Lockrose	10	0	58	1	-	-	23	5	1	60.00	5.80

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Notes
--> Otago powerplay 1: overs 1 to 10 (39/1)
--> Central Districts powerplay 1: overs 1 to 10 (30/2)
--> Otago innings: 50 in 11.3 overs
--> Otago innings: 100 in 21.4 overs
--> Otago innings: 150 in 34.1 overs
--> Otago innings: 200 in 47.2 overs
--> Central Districts innings: 50 in 15.2 overs
--> Central Districts innings: 100 in 28.1 overs
--> Central Districts innings: 150 in 39.3 overs
--> Central Districts innings: 200 in 46.6 overs
--> OE Mabin made his debut in List A matches
--> BNJ Lockrose passed his previous highest score of 32 in List A matches
--> BNJ Lockrose 50 in 62 balls with 4 fours and 2 sixes
--> TC Bruce 50 in 76 balls with 6 fours and 1 six
--> JM Cumming (26) and TK Parkes (25) added 50 in 51 balls for the Otago 2nd wicket
--> BNJ Lockrose (34) and MB Bacon (14) added 50 in 40 balls for the Otago 10th wicket
--> BD Schmulian (25) and TC Bruce (23) added 50 in 89 balls for the Central Districts 3rd wicket
--> BD Schmulian (43) and TC Bruce (51) added 100 in 149 balls for the Central Districts 3rd wicket

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