MatchesMen's First-classPlunket Shield 2025/26

Auckland Aces v Central Stags

match 1 · Fitzherbert Park, Palmerston North · 18 Nov 2025 – 20 Nov 2025

Auckland Aces won by an innings and 61 runs

Auckland Aces 1st innings406101.3 overs

Central Stags 1st innings19157 overs

Central Stags 2nd innings15453.1 overs

Auckland Aces 1st innings 406 (101.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
DN Phillips	c TC Bruce b RL Toole	17	26	4	0	65.4
SM Solia	c RL Toole b JA Clarkson	15	34	2	0	44.1
H Kannan	c AY Patel b W Clark	38	126	3	0	30.2
BJ Jacobs	c AY Patel b JR Lennox	94	115	14	0	81.7
CD Fletcher	lbw b JA Clarkson	44	119	3	2	37.0
LN Stackpole	c W Clark b TM Annand	148	112	11	9	132.1
SB Keene	lbw b AY Patel	15	34	1	0	44.1
J McKenzie	b RL Toole	6	19	1	0	31.6
RD Harrison	lbw b JA Clarkson	1	14	0	0	7.1
A Ashok	not out	4	11	1	0	36.4
RK Gulati	c D Cleaver b JA Clarkson	4	6	1	0	66.7
Extras		20
Total	all out, 101.3 overs	406

Fall of wickets: 33-1 (DN Phillips, 8.2 ov), 41-2 (SM Solia, 11.5 ov), 165-3 (H Kannan, 46.5 ov), 182-4 (BJ Jacobs, 52.3 ov), 374-5 (CD Fletcher, 87.1 ov), 383-6 (LN Stackpole, 88.4 ov), 393-7 (SB Keene, 94.2 ov), 398-8 (J McKenzie, 98.1 ov), 402-9 (RD Harrison, 99.3 ov), 406-10 (RK Gulati, 101.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Wd	Nb
RL Toole	25	5	103	2	4.12	113	1	0
JA Clarkson	19.3	4	63	4	3.23	88	0	2
TM Annand	13	0	58	1	4.46	54	1	2
W Clark	12	3	37	1	3.08	55	0	3
AY Patel	16	3	58	1	3.63	65	0	0
JR Lennox	9	0	41	1	4.56	30	0	0
D Foxcroft	7	1	35	0	5.00	29	0	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	33	50	DN Phillips 17, SM Solia 11
2	8	21	SM Solia 4, H Kannan 4
3	124	210	H Kannan 34, BJ Jacobs 81
4	17	34	BJ Jacobs 13, CD Fletcher 4
5	192	208	CD Fletcher 40, LN Stackpole 148
6	9	9	LN Stackpole 0, SB Keene 8
7	10	34	SB Keene 7, J McKenzie 2
8	5	23	J McKenzie 4, RD Harrison 1
9	4	8	RD Harrison 0, A Ashok 4
10	4	12	A Ashok 0, RK Gulati 4

Central Stags 1st innings 191 (57 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
BD Schmulian	b SB Keene	46	86	6	0	53.5
TJ Bettelheim	b SB Keene	0	3	0	0	0.0
D Foxcroft	lbw b J McKenzie	35	47	8	0	74.5
TC Bruce	c DN Phillips b SB Keene	23	24	4	0	95.8
D Cleaver	c CD Fletcher b RD Harrison	31	75	4	0	41.3
JA Clarkson	not out	37	84	6	0	44.0
W Clark	c BJ Jacobs b J McKenzie	0	9	0	0	0.0
AY Patel	c & b J McKenzie	1	3	0	0	33.3
JR Lennox	c BJ Jacobs b RD Harrison	0	11	0	0	0.0
TM Annand	c CD Fletcher b J McKenzie	0	3	0	0	0.0
RL Toole	b J McKenzie	0	2	0	0	0.0
Extras		18
Total	all out, 57 overs	191

Fall of wickets: 4-1 (TJ Bettelheim, 1.3 ov), 63-2 (D Foxcroft, 17.2 ov), 97-3 (TC Bruce, 23.5 ov), 130-4 (BD Schmulian, 27.5 ov), 175-5 (D Cleaver, 49.5 ov), 184-6 (W Clark, 52.6 ov), 188-7 (AY Patel, 54.1 ov), 190-8 (JR Lennox, 55.6 ov), 191-9 (TM Annand, 56.4 ov), 191-10 (RL Toole, 56.6 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Wd	Nb
J McKenzie	17	3	35	5	2.06	79	1	2
SB Keene	13	4	56	3	4.31	59	0	1
RD Harrison	13	3	39	2	3.00	61	0	2
RK Gulati	6	2	21	0	3.50	27	0	0
A Ashok	8	2	28	0	3.50	34	0	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	4	9	BD Schmulian 4, TJ Bettelheim 0
2	59	95	BD Schmulian 16, D Foxcroft 35
3	34	39	BD Schmulian 10, TC Bruce 23
4	33	24	BD Schmulian 16, D Cleaver 12
5	45	132	D Cleaver 19, JA Clarkson 23
6	9	19	JA Clarkson 9, W Clark 0
7	4	7	JA Clarkson 3, AY Patel 1
8	2	11	JA Clarkson 1, JR Lennox 0
9	1	4	JA Clarkson 1, TM Annand 0
10	0	2	JA Clarkson 0, RL Toole 0

Central Stags 2nd innings 154 (53.1 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
TJ Bettelheim	c DN Phillips b RK Gulati	62	107	8	0	57.9
BD Schmulian	b J McKenzie	0	2	0	0	0.0
D Foxcroft	b SB Keene	10	27	0	0	37.0
TC Bruce	c LN Stackpole b RD Harrison	8	13	2	0	61.5
D Cleaver	c DN Phillips b RK Gulati	16	57	1	0	28.1
JA Clarkson	c BJ Jacobs b A Ashok	0	6	0	0	0.0
W Clark	c SB Keene b RK Gulati	18	33	2	0	54.5
AY Patel	lbw b A Ashok	26	48	3	1	54.2
JR Lennox	b RK Gulati	2	13	0	0	15.4
TM Annand	c SB Keene b RK Gulati	6	9	1	0	66.7
RL Toole	not out	2	6	0	0	33.3
Extras		4
Total	all out, 53.1 overs	154

Fall of wickets: 1-1 (BD Schmulian, 0.3 ov), 19-2 (D Foxcroft, 6.1 ov), 40-3 (TC Bruce, 9.6 ov), 92-4 (D Cleaver, 31.2 ov), 97-5 (JA Clarkson, 34.1 ov), 99-6 (TJ Bettelheim, 35.4 ov), 138-7 (W Clark, 45.1 ov), 146-8 (JR Lennox, 49.4 ov), 146-9 (AY Patel, 50.6 ov), 154-10 (TM Annand, 53.1 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Nb
J McKenzie	6	0	20	1	3.33	25	1
SB Keene	6	1	30	1	5.00	26	0
RD Harrison	5	0	17	1	3.40	23	1
RK Gulati	21.1	6	46	5	2.17	103	0
A Ashok	15	4	39	2	2.60	69	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	1	3	TJ Bettelheim 1, BD Schmulian 0
2	18	34	TJ Bettelheim 6, D Foxcroft 10
3	21	23	TJ Bettelheim 13, TC Bruce 8
4	52	128	TJ Bettelheim 36, D Cleaver 16
5	5	17	TJ Bettelheim 5, JA Clarkson 0
6	2	9	TJ Bettelheim 1, W Clark 1
7	39	57	W Clark 17, AY Patel 22
8	8	27	AY Patel 4, JR Lennox 2
9	0	8	AY Patel 0, TM Annand 0
10	8	13	TM Annand 6, RL Toole 2

Match details

Toss: Auckland Aces, chose to bat
Ground: Fitzherbert Park, New Zealand
Season: 2025/26
Umpires: JM Dempsey, Kim Cotton
Match referee: TL Anderson
Source: Cricsheet match 1499324