MatchesMen's First-classPlunket Shield 2025/26

Canterbury v Central Stags

match 20 · Mainpower Oval, Rangiora · 18 Mar 2026 – 21 Mar 2026

Canterbury won by 279 runs

Canterbury 1st innings33487.2 overs

Central Stags 1st innings22178.1 overs

Canterbury 2nd innings325/9d95.1 overs

Central Stags 2nd innings15947.3 overs

Canterbury 1st innings 334 (87.2 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
RA Mariu	b RL Toole	52	69	10	0	75.4
SJG Janett	b RL Toole	0	9	0	0	0.0
HM Nicholls	c TC Bruce b TA Findlay	68	87	9	0	78.2
MWT Boyle	c BG Randell b TA Findlay	75	113	11	1	66.4
MJ Hay	c D Cleaver b BG Randell	85	163	9	0	52.1
LJ Carter	b AY Patel	11	35	1	0	31.4
JJA Frew	c W Clark b AY Patel	0	7	0	0	0.0
SB Davey	lbw b AY Patel	0	3	0	0	0.0
FW Sheat	c AY Patel b RL Toole	15	27	2	0	55.6
T Muller	not out	3	4	0	0	75.0
MD Rae	c D Cleaver b RL Toole	7	8	1	0	87.5
Extras		18
Total	all out, 87.2 overs	334

Fall of wickets: 3-1 (SJG Janett, 3.3 ov), 104-2 (RA Mariu, 20.4 ov), 164-3 (HM Nicholls, 35.5 ov), 251-4 (MWT Boyle, 62.6 ov), 292-5 (LJ Carter, 75.6 ov), 296-6 (JJA Frew, 77.3 ov), 296-7 (SB Davey, 77.6 ov), 322-8 (MJ Hay, 84.5 ov), 324-9 (FW Sheat, 85.3 ov), 334-10 (MD Rae, 87.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Wd	Nb
BG Randell	16	4	58	1	3.63	69	1	0
RL Toole	18.2	2	87	4	4.75	71	0	0
TM Annand	17	2	46	0	2.71	78	3	0
TA Findlay	16	3	59	2	3.69	69	2	1
AY Patel	16	1	61	3	3.81	68	0	0
D Foxcroft	2	1	4	0	2.00	9	0	0
BD Schmulian	2	0	8	0	4.00	8	0	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	3	21	RA Mariu 2, SJG Janett 0
2	101	103	RA Mariu 50, HM Nicholls 46
3	60	91	HM Nicholls 22, MWT Boyle 36
4	87	163	MWT Boyle 39, MJ Hay 43
5	41	78	MJ Hay 27, LJ Carter 11
6	4	9	MJ Hay 2, JJA Frew 0
7	0	3	MJ Hay 0, SB Davey 0
8	26	41	MJ Hay 13, FW Sheat 13
9	2	4	FW Sheat 2, T Muller 0
10	10	11	T Muller 3, MD Rae 7

Central Stags 1st innings 221 (78.1 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
BD Schmulian	c MJ Hay b T Muller	55	162	9	0	34.0
CG Heaphy	c MJ Hay b FW Sheat	3	14	0	0	21.4
WA Young	c MJ Hay b T Muller	22	36	3	1	61.1
D Foxcroft	b MD Rae	0	4	0	0	0.0
TC Bruce	b T Muller	2	5	0	0	40.0
D Cleaver	c & b MWT Boyle	67	97	6	3	69.1
BG Randell	c HM Nicholls b FW Sheat	19	47	2	0	40.4
AY Patel	b MD Rae	31	60	3	0	51.7
TA Findlay	c RA Mariu b MD Rae	6	12	1	0	50.0
TM Annand	b MD Rae	8	19	2	0	42.1
RL Toole	not out	3	13	0	0	23.1
Extras		5
Total	all out, 78.1 overs	221

Fall of wickets: 3-1 (CG Heaphy, 4.3 ov), 36-2 (WA Young, 15.6 ov), 39-3 (D Foxcroft, 18.3 ov), 44-4 (TC Bruce, 19.4 ov), 141-5 (D Cleaver, 49.4 ov), 159-6 (BD Schmulian, 56.4 ov), 187-7 (BG Randell, 67.1 ov), 200-8 (TA Findlay, 70.1 ov), 211-9 (TM Annand, 74.4 ov), 221-10 (AY Patel, 78.1 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Wd
FW Sheat	17	5	53	2	3.12	83	1
SB Davey	14	9	9	0	0.64	78	0
MD Rae	20.1	2	73	4	3.62	90	1
T Muller	18	4	45	3	2.50	88	1
MWT Boyle	8	1	38	1	4.75	35	0
RA Mariu	1	0	1	0	1.00	4	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	3	27	BD Schmulian 0, CG Heaphy 3
2	33	69	BD Schmulian 11, WA Young 22
3	3	15	BD Schmulian 3, D Foxcroft 0
4	5	7	BD Schmulian 3, TC Bruce 2
5	97	180	BD Schmulian 28, D Cleaver 67
6	18	42	BD Schmulian 10, BG Randell 8
7	28	63	BG Randell 11, AY Patel 16
8	13	18	AY Patel 7, TA Findlay 6
9	11	27	AY Patel 2, TM Annand 8
10	10	21	AY Patel 6, RL Toole 3

Canterbury 2nd innings 325/9d (95.1 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
RA Mariu	b RL Toole	26	63	3	0	41.3
SJG Janett	c D Cleaver b TM Annand	49	117	6	0	41.9
HM Nicholls	lbw b RL Toole	66	104	5	0	63.5
MWT Boyle	b AY Patel	2	6	0	0	33.3
MJ Hay	c WA Young b TM Annand	2	16	0	0	12.5
LJ Carter	c D Foxcroft b RL Toole	77	107	8	0	72.0
JJA Frew	c AY Patel b RL Toole	53	96	5	1	55.2
SB Davey	c CG Heaphy b BG Randell	15	21	2	0	71.4
FW Sheat	not out	12	26	0	0	46.2
T Muller	c D Cleaver b RL Toole	7	15	1	0	46.7
Extras		16
Total	9 wickets declared, 95.1 overs	325

Did not bat: MD Rae

Fall of wickets: 61-1 (RA Mariu, 20.6 ov), 117-2 (SJG Janett, 39.4 ov), 120-3 (MWT Boyle, 40.5 ov), 133-4 (MJ Hay, 45.5 ov), 164-5 (HM Nicholls, 53.1 ov), 288-6 (JJA Frew, 84.3 ov), 291-7 (LJ Carter, 86.2 ov), 305-8 (SB Davey, 89.6 ov), 325-9 (T Muller, 95.1 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Wd
BG Randell	16	6	39	1	2.44	80	0
RL Toole	24.1	4	82	5	3.39	112	6
TM Annand	12	2	32	2	2.67	52	0
TA Findlay	7	0	25	0	3.57	29	0
AY Patel	27	2	92	1	3.41	107	0
D Foxcroft	5	0	27	0	5.40	15	0
BD Schmulian	4	0	18	0	4.50	15	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	61	126	RA Mariu 26, SJG Janett 30
2	56	112	SJG Janett 19, HM Nicholls 35
3	3	7	HM Nicholls 1, MWT Boyle 2
4	13	30	HM Nicholls 11, MJ Hay 2
5	31	44	HM Nicholls 19, LJ Carter 11
6	124	188	LJ Carter 65, JJA Frew 53
7	3	11	LJ Carter 1, SB Davey 2
8	14	22	SB Davey 13, FW Sheat 1
9	20	31	FW Sheat 11, T Muller 7

Central Stags 2nd innings 159 (47.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
CG Heaphy	c RA Mariu b SB Davey	23	61	1	0	37.7
BD Schmulian	lbw b FW Sheat	0	6	0	0	0.0
WA Young	c MJ Hay b MD Rae	20	59	2	0	33.9
D Cleaver	lbw b FW Sheat	78	82	15	0	95.1
TC Bruce	c RA Mariu b SB Davey	9	10	1	0	90.0
D Foxcroft	c SJG Janett b MD Rae	5	18	0	0	27.8
BG Randell	c MJ Hay b T Muller	0	5	0	0	0.0
AY Patel	c JJA Frew b FW Sheat	11	26	1	0	42.3
TA Findlay	lbw b FW Sheat	0	1	0	0	0.0
TM Annand	st MJ Hay b MWT Boyle	8	16	1	0	50.0
RL Toole	not out	0	3	0	0	0.0
Extras		5
Total	all out, 47.3 overs	159

Fall of wickets: 1-1 (BD Schmulian, 2.3 ov), 37-2 (CG Heaphy, 19.1 ov), 57-3 (WA Young, 24.1 ov), 67-4 (TC Bruce, 25.5 ov), 112-5 (D Foxcroft, 34.3 ov), 113-6 (BG Randell, 35.3 ov), 144-7 (AY Patel, 42.3 ov), 144-8 (TA Findlay, 42.4 ov), 157-9 (D Cleaver, 46.3 ov), 159-10 (TM Annand, 47.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Wd	Nb
FW Sheat	14	2	43	4	3.07	63	0	0
SB Davey	12	2	39	2	3.25	54	0	2
MD Rae	10	0	35	2	3.50	42	1	0
T Muller	8	2	29	1	3.63	37	0	0
MWT Boyle	3.3	0	11	1	3.14	15	0	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	1	15	CG Heaphy 1, BD Schmulian 0
2	36	100	CG Heaphy 22, WA Young 13
3	20	30	WA Young 7, D Cleaver 13
4	10	10	D Cleaver 0, TC Bruce 9
5	45	52	D Cleaver 37, D Foxcroft 5
6	1	6	D Cleaver 1, BG Randell 0
7	31	42	D Cleaver 20, AY Patel 11
8	0	1	D Cleaver 0, TA Findlay 0
9	13	23	D Cleaver 7, TM Annand 6
10	2	6	TM Annand 2, RL Toole 0

Match details

Toss: Central Stags, chose to field
Ground: Mainpower Oval, New Zealand
Season: 2025/26
Umpires: Damian Morrow, GG Pennell
Match referee: G Stretch
Source: Cricsheet match 1499343