MatchesMen's First-classPlunket Shield 2025/26

Wellington Firebirds v Central Stags

match 14 · McLean Park, Napier · 28 Feb 2026 – 3 Mar 2026

Match drawn

Wellington Firebirds 1st innings401113.3 overs

Central Stags 1st innings29690.4 overs

Wellington Firebirds 2nd innings244/8d85 overs

Wellington Firebirds 1st innings 401 (113.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
JM Tashkoff	c BD Schmulian b TA Findlay	109	135	14	2	80.7
NA Greenwood	b BD Schmulian	143	206	16	3	69.4
GR Severin	run out (JA Clarkson/JR Lennox)	5	31	1	0	16.1
NF Kelly	c D Cleaver b TA Findlay	25	39	3	1	64.1
TB Robinson	lbw b BD Schmulian	11	35	1	0	31.4
MA Abbas	c D Foxcroft b RL Toole	17	70	1	0	24.3
CR McLachlan	lbw b BD Schmulian	0	2	0	0	0.0
NG Smith	c WA Young b BG Randell	39	80	3	1	48.8
PF Younghusband	c TA Findlay b RL Toole	27	59	1	2	45.8
MW Snedden	lbw b BD Schmulian	2	32	0	0	6.3
JW Hartshorn	not out	1	4	0	0	25.0
Extras		22
Total	all out, 113.3 overs	401

Fall of wickets: 222-1 (JM Tashkoff, 46.1 ov), 236-2 (GR Severin, 52.5 ov), 282-3 (NF Kelly, 64.1 ov), 313-4 (NA Greenwood, 70.2 ov), 314-5 (TB Robinson, 74.3 ov), 314-6 (CR McLachlan, 74.5 ov), 348-7 (MA Abbas, 91.3 ov), 373-8 (NG Smith, 103.4 ov), 382-9 (MW Snedden, 110.6 ov), 401-10 (PF Younghusband, 113.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Wd	Nb
BG Randell	20	4	71	1	3.55	85	1	1
JA Clarkson	15	1	46	0	3.07	69	0	0
TA Findlay	21	3	91	2	4.33	90	2	10
RL Toole	23.3	5	98	2	4.17	108	2	1
JR Lennox	22	4	63	0	2.86	99	0	0
BD Schmulian	12	2	27	4	2.25	57	0	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	222	277	JM Tashkoff 109, NA Greenwood 101
2	14	40	NA Greenwood 6, GR Severin 5
3	46	68	NA Greenwood 20, NF Kelly 25
4	31	37	NA Greenwood 16, TB Robinson 10
5	1	25	TB Robinson 1, MA Abbas 0
6	0	2	MA Abbas 0, CR McLachlan 0
7	34	100	MA Abbas 17, NG Smith 17
8	25	73	NG Smith 22, PF Younghusband 3
9	9	44	PF Younghusband 7, MW Snedden 2
10	19	15	PF Younghusband 17, JW Hartshorn 1

Central Stags 1st innings 296 (90.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
CG Heaphy	c TB Robinson b NG Smith	4	4	1	0	100.0
BD Schmulian	b NG Smith	117	209	11	0	56.0
WA Young	b JW Hartshorn	4	5	0	0	80.0
D Foxcroft	c TB Robinson b NG Smith	8	10	1	0	80.0
TC Bruce	c GR Severin b MW Snedden	38	66	7	0	57.6
D Cleaver	c sub b JW Hartshorn	0	3	0	0	0.0
JA Clarkson	c JM Tashkoff b JW Hartshorn	6	15	1	0	40.0
BG Randell	c GR Severin b PF Younghusband	66	161	6	0	41.0
TA Findlay	c JRM Bassett-Graham b NG Smith	16	36	3	0	44.4
JR Lennox	not out	12	24	1	1	50.0
RL Toole	run out (GR Severin/JW Hartshorn)	1	17	0	0	5.9
Extras		24
Total	all out, 90.4 overs	296

Fall of wickets: 4-1 (CG Heaphy, 0.4 ov), 9-2 (WA Young, 1.6 ov), 25-3 (D Foxcroft, 6.1 ov), 77-4 (TC Bruce, 22.4 ov), 84-5 (D Cleaver, 23.5 ov), 96-6 (JA Clarkson, 27.6 ov), 250-7 (BG Randell, 73.5 ov), 274-8 (TA Findlay, 83.2 ov), 285-9 (BD Schmulian, 85.2 ov), 296-10 (RL Toole, 90.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Wd	Nb
NG Smith	17	4	61	4	3.59	78	0	2
JW Hartshorn	18.4	3	65	3	3.48	80	5	0
MW Snedden	17	4	36	1	2.12	83	1	1
MA Abbas	13	2	50	0	3.85	49	0	1
PF Younghusband	24	1	71	1	2.96	98	0	2
NA Greenwood	1	0	1	0	1.00	5	0	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	4	4	CG Heaphy 4, BD Schmulian 0
2	5	8	BD Schmulian 1, WA Young 4
3	16	25	BD Schmulian 2, D Foxcroft 8
4	52	99	BD Schmulian 10, TC Bruce 38
5	7	7	BD Schmulian 7, D Cleaver 0
6	12	25	BD Schmulian 6, JA Clarkson 6
7	154	275	BD Schmulian 77, BG Randell 66
8	24	57	BD Schmulian 8, TA Findlay 16
9	11	12	BD Schmulian 6, JR Lennox 5
10	11	32	JR Lennox 7, RL Toole 1

Wellington Firebirds 2nd innings 244/8d (85 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
JM Tashkoff	b RL Toole	33	36	7	0	91.7
NA Greenwood	c D Cleaver b RL Toole	37	48	4	1	77.1
GR Severin	c WA Young b TA Findlay	6	19	1	0	31.6
NF Kelly	c JA Clarkson b JR Lennox	27	76	4	1	35.5
TB Robinson	b RL Toole	1	6	0	0	16.7
MA Abbas	c WA Young b BG Randell	26	36	2	2	72.2
NG Smith	not out	62	153	4	0	40.5
CR McLachlan	c BD Schmulian b JR Lennox	21	26	3	0	80.8
PF Younghusband	c D Cleaver b JR Lennox	22	52	3	0	42.3
MW Snedden	not out	0	61	0	0	0.0
Extras		9
Total	8 wickets declared, 85 overs	244

Did not bat: JW Hartshorn

Fall of wickets: 66-1 (JM Tashkoff, 12.6 ov), 72-2 (NA Greenwood, 14.2 ov), 84-3 (GR Severin, 19.5 ov), 85-4 (TB Robinson, 20.5 ov), 135-5 (NF Kelly, 35.5 ov), 139-6 (MA Abbas, 38.2 ov), 166-7 (CR McLachlan, 47.3 ov), 214-8 (PF Younghusband, 63.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Wd	Nb
BG Randell	8	1	32	1	4.00	35	0	0
JA Clarkson	6	0	36	0	6.00	22	0	0
TA Findlay	10	1	41	1	4.10	47	4	2
RL Toole	15	6	37	3	2.47	74	0	1
JR Lennox	27	6	60	3	2.22	124	0	0
BD Schmulian	14	3	28	0	2.00	68	1	0
D Foxcroft	5	2	9	0	1.80	24	0	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	66	78	JM Tashkoff 33, NA Greenwood 32
2	6	8	NA Greenwood 5, GR Severin 0
3	12	33	GR Severin 6, NF Kelly 4
4	1	6	NF Kelly 0, TB Robinson 1
5	50	90	NF Kelly 23, MA Abbas 25
6	4	15	MA Abbas 1, NG Smith 3
7	27	55	NG Smith 6, CR McLachlan 21
8	48	98	NG Smith 26, PF Younghusband 22
Unbroken	30	127	NG Smith 27, MW Snedden 0

Match details

Toss: Central Stags, chose to field
Ground: McLean Park, New Zealand
Season: 2025/26
Umpires: IC Soysa, WR Knights
Match referee: GB Troup
Source: Cricsheet match 1499337