MatchesMen's First-classPlunket Shield 2025/26

Canterbury v Wellington Firebirds

match 18 · Basin Reserve, Wellington · 9 Mar 2026 – 12 Mar 2026

Canterbury won by 201 runs

Canterbury 1st innings33681.3 overs

Wellington Firebirds 1st innings20854.5 overs

Canterbury 2nd innings297/3d41.3 overs

Wellington Firebirds 2nd innings22453.4 overs

Canterbury 1st innings 336 (81.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
TWM Latham	c PF Younghusband b MA Abbas	79	171	11	1	46.2
RA Mariu	c TA Blundell b LR Dudding	23	38	4	0	60.5
SJG Janett	c TA Blundell b LV van Beek	2	17	0	0	11.8
HM Nicholls	b NG Smith	44	73	7	0	60.3
MWT Boyle	c MA Abbas b LV van Beek	97	88	13	3	110.2
MJ Hay	lbw b NG Smith	1	9	0	0	11.1
LJ Carter	b MA Abbas	25	52	3	0	48.1
SB Davey	c LV van Beek b MA Abbas	11	14	1	1	78.6
FW Sheat	c NG Smith b MA Abbas	14	19	2	0	73.7
T Muller	not out	7	10	1	0	70.0
MD Rae	b MA Abbas	5	7	1	0	71.4
Extras		28
Total	all out, 81.3 overs	336

Fall of wickets: 45-1 (RA Mariu, 13.6 ov), 56-2 (SJG Janett, 18.5 ov), 167-3 (HM Nicholls, 48.3 ov), 168-4 (TWM Latham, 49.3 ov), 179-5 (MJ Hay, 52.3 ov), 280-6 (LJ Carter, 71.3 ov), 294-7 (SB Davey, 73.5 ov), 322-8 (MWT Boyle, 78.1 ov), 326-9 (FW Sheat, 79.5 ov), 336-10 (MD Rae, 81.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Wd	Nb
NG Smith	15	3	60	2	4.00	68	0	2
LR Dudding	15	8	27	1	1.80	78	0	0
LV van Beek	18	3	61	2	3.39	80	1	0
MA Abbas	16.3	2	69	5	4.18	71	1	0
NA Greenwood	10	0	56	0	5.60	36	0	6
PF Younghusband	7	0	46	0	6.57	20	0	1

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	45	84	TWM Latham 19, RA Mariu 23
2	11	29	TWM Latham 0, SJG Janett 2
3	111	178	TWM Latham 60, HM Nicholls 44
4	1	6	TWM Latham 0, MWT Boyle 0
5	11	18	MWT Boyle 8, MJ Hay 1
6	101	114	MWT Boyle 72, LJ Carter 25
7	14	14	MWT Boyle 1, SB Davey 11
8	28	26	MWT Boyle 16, FW Sheat 12
9	4	10	FW Sheat 2, T Muller 2
10	10	10	T Muller 5, MD Rae 5

Wellington Firebirds 1st innings 208 (54.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
JM Tashkoff	c RA Mariu b FW Sheat	1	16	0	0	6.3
NA Greenwood	b MD Rae	103	133	16	1	77.4
GR Severin	c MD Rae b T Muller	25	51	4	0	49.0
NF Kelly	lbw b MD Rae	15	22	3	0	68.2
TB Robinson	c RA Mariu b FW Sheat	9	11	2	0	81.8
MA Abbas	c & b FW Sheat	0	6	0	0	0.0
TA Blundell	c TWM Latham b T Muller	6	23	1	0	26.1
NG Smith	c RA Mariu b MD Rae	13	18	3	0	72.2
LV van Beek	not out	12	26	2	0	46.2
PF Younghusband	c MWT Boyle b SB Davey	0	7	0	0	0.0
LR Dudding	b FW Sheat	14	21	2	0	66.7
Extras		10
Total	all out, 54.5 overs	208

Fall of wickets: 31-1 (JM Tashkoff, 6.1 ov), 83-2 (GR Severin, 22.3 ov), 114-3 (NF Kelly, 29.4 ov), 135-4 (TB Robinson, 32.4 ov), 139-5 (MA Abbas, 34.4 ov), 166-6 (TA Blundell, 42.5 ov), 166-7 (NA Greenwood, 43.1 ov), 188-8 (NG Smith, 49.1 ov), 189-9 (PF Younghusband, 50.3 ov), 208-10 (LR Dudding, 54.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Wd	Nb
FW Sheat	12.5	3	34	4	2.65	59	1	0
SB Davey	15	3	60	1	4.00	72	1	4
MD Rae	14	1	57	3	4.07	57	1	0
T Muller	11	1	48	2	4.36	48	0	1
MWT Boyle	2	0	7	0	3.50	6	0	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	31	37	JM Tashkoff 1, NA Greenwood 27
2	52	98	NA Greenwood 25, GR Severin 25
3	31	43	NA Greenwood 15, NF Kelly 15
4	21	18	NA Greenwood 12, TB Robinson 9
5	4	12	NA Greenwood 4, MA Abbas 0
6	27	49	NA Greenwood 20, TA Blundell 6
7	0	2	NA Greenwood 0, NG Smith 0
8	22	36	NG Smith 13, LV van Beek 8
9	1	8	LV van Beek 0, PF Younghusband 0
10	19	26	LV van Beek 4, LR Dudding 14

Canterbury 2nd innings 297/3d (41.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
TWM Latham	not out	101	111	10	1	91.0
RA Mariu	c TB Robinson b LV van Beek	31	40	6	0	77.5
SJG Janett	run out (JM Tashkoff)	40	46	8	0	87.0
HM Nicholls	c TA Blundell b JM Tashkoff	52	33	7	1	157.6
MWT Boyle	not out	63	22	3	6	286.4
Extras		10
Total	3 wickets declared, 41.3 overs	297

Did not bat: MD Rae, FW Sheat, MJ Hay, LJ Carter, T Muller, SB Davey

Fall of wickets: 54-1 (RA Mariu, 12.6 ov), 114-2 (SJG Janett, 24.3 ov), 212-3 (HM Nicholls, 36.2 ov)

Bowler	O	R	W	Econ	Dots	Wd	Nb
NG Smith	10	50	0	5.00	35	1	2
LR Dudding	5	26	0	5.20	21	0	0
MA Abbas	6	34	0	5.67	23	0	0
LV van Beek	6	30	1	5.00	22	0	0
PF Younghusband	8	65	0	8.13	17	0	0
NA Greenwood	4.3	48	0	10.67	8	1	1
JM Tashkoff	2	39	1	19.50	1	0	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	54	78	TWM Latham 21, RA Mariu 31
2	60	69	TWM Latham 20, SJG Janett 40
3	98	71	TWM Latham 39, HM Nicholls 52
Unbroken	85	31	TWM Latham 21, MWT Boyle 63

Wellington Firebirds 2nd innings 224 (53.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
JM Tashkoff	b FW Sheat	4	14	1	0	28.6
NA Greenwood	c RA Mariu b FW Sheat	20	34	4	0	58.8
PF Younghusband	c MJ Hay b FW Sheat	1	18	0	0	5.6
GR Severin	c MJ Hay b SB Davey	4	8	0	0	50.0
NF Kelly	b SB Davey	7	14	1	0	50.0
TB Robinson	c RA Mariu b SB Davey	5	11	1	0	45.5
MA Abbas	c SJG Janett b T Muller	12	18	1	0	66.7
TA Blundell	not out	98	118	14	3	83.1
NG Smith	b FW Sheat	42	57	6	1	73.7
LV van Beek	c LJ Carter b MD Rae	6	14	0	0	42.9
LR Dudding	c FW Sheat b MD Rae	12	21	3	0	57.1
Extras		13
Total	all out, 53.4 overs	224

Fall of wickets: 12-1 (JM Tashkoff, 4.2 ov), 18-2 (PF Younghusband, 8.5 ov), 32-3 (GR Severin, 11.6 ov), 32-4 (NA Greenwood, 12.1 ov), 44-5 (TB Robinson, 15.2 ov), 47-6 (NF Kelly, 17.2 ov), 85-7 (MA Abbas, 22.6 ov), 164-8 (NG Smith, 40.3 ov), 175-9 (LV van Beek, 43.6 ov), 224-10 (LR Dudding, 53.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Wd	Nb
FW Sheat	18	3	71	4	3.94	82	1	0
SB Davey	14	0	56	3	4.00	67	5	4
T Muller	7	1	38	1	5.43	29	0	1
MD Rae	14.4	2	58	2	3.95	65	1	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	12	26	JM Tashkoff 4, NA Greenwood 6
2	6	27	NA Greenwood 5, PF Younghusband 1
3	14	19	NA Greenwood 9, GR Severin 4
4	0	1	NA Greenwood 0, NF Kelly 0
5	12	19	NF Kelly 6, TB Robinson 5
6	3	12	NF Kelly 1, MA Abbas 2
7	38	34	MA Abbas 10, TA Blundell 26
8	79	105	TA Blundell 34, NG Smith 42
9	11	21	TA Blundell 5, LV van Beek 6
10	49	58	TA Blundell 33, LR Dudding 12

Match details

Toss: Wellington Firebirds, chose to field
Ground: Basin Reserve, New Zealand
Season: 2025/26
Umpires: JM Dempsey, WR Knights
Match referee: AL Gillies
Source: Cricsheet match 1499341