Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Henry Cooper	c †Cleaver b Tickner	20	40	51	3	0	50.00
Tim Seifert	c †Cleaver b Tickner	7	22	39	0	0	31.81
Bharat Popli	c †Cleaver b Tickner	62	132	207	7	0	46.96
Joe Carter (c)	lbw b Tickner	0	5	8	0	0	0.00
Mitchell Santner	c Smith b Ludick	13	24	35	1	1	54.16
Katene Clarke	c †Cleaver b Toole	12	58	74	2	0	20.68
Peter David Bocock †	c sub (JR Lennox) b Ludick	6	25	41	1	0	24.00
Scott Kuggeleijn	b Schmulian	60	96	127	5	1	62.50
Ish Sodhi	c & b Bruce	48	74	95	4	3	64.86
Brett Randell	not out	1	30	53	0	0	3.33
James Baker	c †Cleaver b Rance	32	40	49	4	1	80.00
Extras	(b 1, lb 2, nb 3, w 4)	10
Total	90.3 Ov (RR: 2.99)	271
Fall of wickets: 1-22 (Tim Seifert, 9.1 ov), 2-27 (Henry Cooper, 11.4 ov), 3-31 (Joe Carter, 13.3 ov), 4-59 (Mitchell Santner, 20.5 ov), 5-91 (Katene Clarke, 38.3 ov), 6-105 (Peter David Bocock, 46.4 ov), 7-142 (Bharat Popli, 55.4 ov), 8-230 (Scott Kuggeleijn, 77.6 ov), 9-236 (Ish Sodhi, 78.5 ov), 10-271 (James Baker, 90.3 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Seth Rance	21.3	5	49	1	2.27	-	-	-	2	1
Blair Tickner	20	4	59	4	2.95	-	-	-	1	0
Raymond Toole	16	2	41	1	2.56	-	-	-	0	0
Willem Ludick	17	3	51	2	3.00	-	-	-	1	2
Brad Schmulian	9	2	44	1	4.88	-	-	-	0	0
Tom Bruce	7	1	24	1	3.42	-	-	-	0	0

Central Districts 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
George Worker	b Kuggeleijn	0	2	1	0	0	0.00
Greg Hay (c)	c †Bocock b Randell	69	151	229	9	0	45.69
Will Young	lbw b Baker	68	128	187	10	0	53.12
Ben Smith	c Clarke b Santner	35	124	152	2	0	28.22
Tom Bruce	c Sodhi b Kuggeleijn	6	19	33	0	0	31.57
Dane Cleaver †	c Seifert b Santner	201	223	345	18	8	90.13
Brad Schmulian	c Clarke b Santner	22	73	101	1	0	30.13
Willem Ludick	c Bharat Popli b Sodhi	22	43	51	5	0	51.16
Blair Tickner	c Bharat Popli b Sodhi	26	83	95	2	0	31.32
Seth Rance	c Sodhi b Santner	0	4	7	0	0	0.00
Raymond Toole	not out	0	5	11	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 6, lb 9, nb 10, w 8)	33
Total	140.5 Ov (RR: 3.42)	482
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (George Worker, 0.2 ov), 2-141 (Will Young, 41.5 ov), 3-163 (Greg Hay, 51.2 ov), 4-173 (Tom Bruce, 59.2 ov), 5-230 (Ben Smith, 78.3 ov), 6-311 (Brad Schmulian, 100.3 ov), 7-365 (Willem Ludick, 113.2 ov), 8-460 (Blair Tickner, 137.3 ov), 9-467 (Seth Rance, 138.3 ov), 10-482 (Dane Cleaver, 140.5 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Scott Kuggeleijn	28	4	141	2	5.03	-	-	-	3	3
James Baker	22	2	81	1	3.68	-	-	-	0	5
Brett Randell	23	5	52	1	2.26	-	-	-	5	2
Ish Sodhi	23	1	82	2	3.56	-	-	-	0	0
Mitchell Santner	44.5	8	111	4	2.47	-	-	-	0	0

Northern Districts 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Tim Seifert	c †Cleaver b Rance	30	35	47	4	0	85.71
Henry Cooper	c †Cleaver b Tickner	6	3	6	1	0	200.00
Bharat Popli	c Bruce b Ludick	38	94	161	4	0	40.42
Joe Carter (c)	lbw b Ludick	32	82	109	4	0	39.02
Mitchell Santner	c Toole b Schmulian	14	30	52	2	0	46.66
Katene Clarke	st †Cleaver b Schmulian	26	75	93	3	0	34.66
Peter David Bocock †	lbw b Schmulian	21	67	81	1	0	31.34
Scott Kuggeleijn	b Bruce	33	56	72	1	3	58.92
Ish Sodhi	c †Cleaver b Tickner	57	97	159	5	1	58.76
Brett Randell	c Young b Toole	9	34	40	1	0	26.47
James Baker	not out	12	57	75	1	0	21.05
Extras	(lb 1, nb 2, w 2)	5
Total	104.4 Ov (RR: 2.70)	283
Fall of wickets: 1-8 (Henry Cooper, 1.3 ov), 2-52 (Tim Seifert, 10.3 ov), 3-106 (Joe Carter, 34.4 ov), 4-107 (Bharat Popli, 36.3 ov), 5-138 (Mitchell Santner, 45.4 ov), 6-165 (Katene Clarke, 59.4 ov), 7-174 (Peter David Bocock, 67.1 ov), 8-216 (Scott Kuggeleijn, 77.5 ov), 9-244 (Brett Randell, 87.3 ov), 10-283 (Ish Sodhi, 104.4 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Seth Rance	7	1	21	1	3.00	-	-	-	0	0
Blair Tickner	25.4	4	72	2	2.80	-	-	-	0	1
Raymond Toole	22	9	43	1	1.95	-	-	-	0	0
Brad Schmulian	24	4	63	3	2.62	-	-	-	0	0
Willem Ludick	20	4	49	2	2.45	-	-	-	2	1
George Worker	2	0	11	0	5.50	-	-	-	0	0
Tom Bruce	4	0	23	1	5.75	-	-	-	0	0

Central Districts 2nd Innings (T: 73 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
George Worker	c Randell b Kuggeleijn	5	5	7	0	0	100.00
Dane Cleaver †	c Santner b Randell	38	18	36	2	3	211.11
Will Young	not out	17	11	41	0	1	154.54
Tom Bruce	not out	13	8	11	1	1	162.50
Extras		0
Total	7 Ov (RR: 10.42)	73/2
Did not bat: Ben Smith, Greg Hay (c), Brad Schmulian, Willem Ludick, Blair Tickner, Seth Rance, Raymond Toole
Fall of wickets: 1-7 (George Worker, 1.1 ov), 2-57 (Dane Cleaver, 5.2 ov)

Bowling	O	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Mitchell Santner	3	30	0	10.00	-	-	-
Scott Kuggeleijn	3	38	1	12.66	-	-	-
Brett Randell	1	5	1	5.00	-	-	-

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Close of Play

Sat, 22 Feb - day 1 - Northern Dis 1st innings 238/9 (Brett Randell 0*, James Baker 2*, 81 ov)

Sun, 23 Feb - day 2 - Central D 1st innings 196/4 (Ben Smith 21*, Dane Cleaver 12*, 65.5 ov)

Mon, 24 Feb - day 3 - Northern Dis 2nd innings 64/2 (Bharat Popli 20*, Joe Carter 7*, 19 ov)

Tue, 25 Feb - day 4 - Central D 2nd innings 73/2 (7 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

Day 1

Northern Districts 1st innings:
Northern Districts: 50 runs in 19.0 overs (114 balls, 85 mins, 0 extras)
Lunch: Northern Districts - 78/4 in 31.0 overs (B Popli 35, KD Clarke 1)
Northern Districts: 100 runs in 42.3 overs (256 balls, 190 mins, 3 extras)
B Popli: 50 off 118 balls, 183 mins (5 x 4)
Northern Districts: 150 runs in 57.0 overs (344 balls, 254 mins, 6 extras)
Tea: Northern Districts - 156/7 in 61.0 overs (SC Kuggeleijn 26, IS Sodhi 4)
8th Wicket: 50 runs in 91 balls, 63 mins (SC Kuggeleijn 31, IS Sodhi 17, extras 2)
SC Kuggeleijn: 50 off 79 balls, 106 mins (5 x 4, 1 x 6)
Northern Districts: 200 runs in 74.5 overs (452 balls, 327 mins, 8 extras)
New Ball Taken: Northern Districts - 236/9 after 80.0 overs (BG Randell 0, JD Baker 0)
Bad Light: Northern Districts - 238/9 in 81.0 overs (BG Randell 0, JD Baker 2)
End of Day: Northern Districts - 238/9 in 81.0 overs (BG Randell 0, JD Baker 2)

Day 2

Northern Districts: 250 runs in 86.1 overs (520 balls, 374 mins, 9 extras)
End of 110 over bonus points: Northern Districts 271 (90.3) (Northern Districts 2 batting points, Central Districts 4 bowling points)
Central Districts 1st innings:
2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 101 balls, 76 mins (GR Hay 25, WA Young 20, extras 8)
Central Districts: 50 runs in 16.4 overs (103 balls, 78 mins, 8 extras)
Lunch: Central Districts - 64/1 in 20.0 overs (GR Hay 35, WA Young 21)
Ground Delay: Central Districts - 64/1 in 20.0 overs (GR Hay 35, WA Young 21)
GR Hay: 50 off 98 balls, 138 mins (7 x 4)
2nd Wicket: 100 runs in 187 balls, 138 mins (GR Hay 51, WA Young 41, extras 10)
Central Districts: 100 runs in 30.4 overs (188 balls, 139 mins, 10 extras)
WA Young: 50 off 94 balls, 147 mins (7 x 4)
Central Districts: 150 runs in 45.5 overs (280 balls, 206 mins, 13 extras)
Tea: Central Districts - 155/2 in 48.0 overs (GR Hay 66, BS Smith 8)
Bad Light: Central Districts - 196/4 in 65.5 overs (BS Smith 21, D Cleaver 12)
End of Day: Central Districts - 196/4 in 65.5 overs (BS Smith 21, D Cleaver 12)

Day 3

Central Districts: 200 runs in 68.0 overs (413 balls, 300 mins, 20 extras)
5th Wicket: 50 runs in 98 balls, 67 mins (BS Smith 15, D Cleaver 24, extras 11)
New Ball Taken: Central Districts - 242/5 after 81.0 overs (D Cleaver 30, BD Schmulian 10)
Central Districts: 250 runs in 82.0 overs (498 balls, 358 mins, 24 extras)
D Cleaver: 50 off 86 balls, 126 mins (9 x 4)
6th Wicket: 50 runs in 69 balls, 52 mins (D Cleaver 29, BD Schmulian 17, extras 4)
Central Districts: 300 runs in 94.1 overs (575 balls, 416 mins, 28 extras)
Lunch: Central Districts - 307/5 in 99.0 overs (D Cleaver 78, BD Schmulian 22)
D Cleaver: 100 off 138 balls, 207 mins (14 x 4, 1 x 6)
Central Districts: 350 runs in 108.2 overs (660 balls, 477 mins, 30 extras)
End of 110 over bonus points: Central Districts 353/6 (Central Districts 4 batting points, Northern Districts 2 bowling points)
7th Wicket: 50 runs in 71 balls, 47 mins (D Cleaver 29, WC Ludick 22, extras 1)
Central Districts: 400 runs in 124.2 overs (756 balls, 533 mins, 30 extras)
8th Wicket: 50 runs in 80 balls, 51 mins (D Cleaver 31, BM Tickner 19, extras 1)
D Cleaver: 150 off 190 balls, 289 mins (17 x 4, 3 x 6)
Tea: Central Districts - 436/7 in 130.0 overs (D Cleaver 163, BM Tickner 20)
Central Districts: 450 runs in 135.1 overs (821 balls, 581 mins, 31 extras)
D Cleaver: 200 off 222 balls, 342 mins (18 x 4, 8 x 6)
Northern Districts 2nd innings:
Northern Districts: 50 runs in 9.5 overs (60 balls, 43 mins, 1 extra)
End of Day: Northern Districts - 64/2 in 19.0 overs (B Popli 20, JF Carter 7)

Day 4

3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 134 balls, 101 mins (B Popli 19, JF Carter 32, extras 0)
Northern Districts: 100 runs in 32.5 overs (198 balls, 148 mins, 1 extra)
Lunch: Northern Districts - 141/5 in 51.0 overs (KD Clarke 17, PD Bocock 2)
Northern Districts: 150 runs in 53.5 overs (325 balls, 238 mins, 2 extras)
Northern Districts: 200 runs in 76.1 overs (459 balls, 325 mins, 3 extras)
New Ball Taken: Northern Districts - 226/8 after 80.0 overs (IS Sodhi 22, BG Randell 1)
Tea: Northern Districts - 232/8 in 84.0 overs (IS Sodhi 24, BG Randell 5)
Northern Districts: 250 runs in 92.3 overs (557 balls, 397 mins, 4 extras)
IS Sodhi: 50 off 87 balls, 147 mins (5 x 4)
Central Districts 2nd innings:
Central Districts: 50 runs in 4.5 overs (29 balls, 31 mins, 0 extras)
2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 24 balls, 26 mins (D Cleaver 36, WA Young 14, extras 0)

Match Details

McLean Park, Napier
Toss	Central Districts, elected to field first
Series	Plunket Shield
Season	2019/20
Hours of play (local time)	10.30am start, Lunch 12.30-1.10pm, Tea 3.10-3.30pm, Close 5.30pm
Match days	22,23,24,25 February 2020 - day (4-day match)
FC debut	Katene Clarke
Umpires	Donovan Koch Shaun Haig
Match Referee	Richard Hayward
Points	Central Districts 20, Northern Districts 4

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Central D Innings

Player Name		R	B
GH Worker	caught	5	5
D Cleaver	caught	38	18
WA Young	not out	17	11
TC Bruce	not out	13	8
Total	73(2 wkts; 7 ovs)

Player Name	O	R	W	Econ
MJ Santner	3	30	0	10
SC Kuggeleijn	3	38	1	12.66
BG Randell	1	5	1	5

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	7	George Worker	Dane Cleaver
2nd	50	Dane Cleaver	Will Young
3rd	16	Will Young	Tom Bruce

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Plunket Shield

Team	M	W	L	D	PT
WELL	6	4	1	1	83
CD	6	2	3	1	57
OTAGO	6	2	1	2	55
AUCK	6	2	1	2	54
CANT	6	1	3	2	45
ND	6	1	3	2	42

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