Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Curtis Heaphy	b Davey	119	249	362	13	0	47.79
Taylor Bettelheim	c Sheat b Rae	13	45	65	2	0	28.88
Brad Schmulian	c †Hay b Davey	39	54	78	6	0	72.22
Dean Foxcroft	c †Hay b Rae	10	25	38	0	0	40.00
Dane Cleaver (c)†	b Rae	7	16	28	1	0	43.75
Josh Clarkson	c †Hay b Jamieson	0	9	15	0	0	0.00
William Clark	b McKenzie	3	11	13	0	0	27.27
Ajaz Patel	c Mariu b Sodhi	11	49	54	0	0	22.44
Jayden Lennox	c Jamieson b McConchie	2	37	32	0	0	5.40
Tyler Annand	not out	18	18	42	4	0	100.00
Raymond Toole	c †Hay b Jamieson	3	6	6	0	0	50.00
Extras	(b 4, lb 4, nb 6)	14
Total	85.3 Ov (RR: 2.79, 368 Mins)	239
Fall of wickets: 1-37 (Taylor Bettelheim, 14.5 ov), 2-98 (Brad Schmulian, 32.4 ov), 3-117 (Dean Foxcroft, 40.4 ov), 4-135 (Dane Cleaver, 46.4 ov), 5-138 (Josh Clarkson, 49.4 ov), 6-141 (William Clark, 52.4 ov), 7-170 (Ajaz Patel, 67.1 ov), 8-193 (Jayden Lennox, 76.4 ov), 9-236 (Curtis Heaphy, 84.2 ov), 10-239 (Raymond Toole, 85.3 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Kyle Jamieson	12.3	4	27	2	2.16	62	4	0	0	0
49.4 to JA Clarkson, . 138/5 85.3 to RL Toole, . 239/10
Sean Davey	14	2	44	2	3.14	66	5	0	0	5
32.4 to BD Schmulian, . 98/2 84.2 to CG Heaphy, . 236/9
Michael Rae	17	2	65	3	3.82	69	6	0	0	0
14.5 to TJ Bettelheim, . 37/1 40.4 to D Foxcroft, . 117/3 46.4 to D Cleaver, . 135/4
Angus McKenzie	14	4	33	1	2.35	63	4	0	0	0
52.4 to W Clark, . 141/6
Ish Sodhi	21	3	41	1	1.95	100	3	0	0	1
67.1 to AY Patel, . 170/7
Cole McConchie	7	2	21	1	3.00	34	4	0	0	0
76.4 to JR Lennox, . 193/8

Canterbury 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Chad Bowes	c †Cleaver b Clarkson	33	61	73	3	1	54.09
Rhys Mariu	b Toole	0	9	13	0	0	0.00
Angus McKenzie	c †Cleaver b Patel	27	73	141	3	0	36.98
Henry Nicholls (c)	run out (Lennox/†Cleaver)	2	5	7	0	0	40.00
Cole McConchie	c †Cleaver b Clarkson	0	3	3	0	0	0.00
Matthew Boyle	c †Cleaver b Toole	0	3	5	0	0	0.00
Mitchell Hay †	lbw b Clarkson	7	26	41	1	0	26.92
Ish Sodhi	c †Cleaver b Toole	14	47	55	1	0	29.78
Kyle Jamieson	c Clark b Patel	3	9	14	0	0	33.33
Sean Davey	c †Cleaver b Clarkson	14	39	51	2	0	35.89
Michael Rae	not out	19	23	34	2	1	82.60
Extras	(lb 2, nb 2, w 1)	5
Total	49.2 Ov (RR: 2.51, 221 Mins)	124
Fall of wickets: 1-3 (Rhys Mariu, 3.2 ov), 2-49 (Chad Bowes, 16.6 ov), 3-52 (Henry Nicholls, 18.2 ov), 4-52 (Cole McConchie, 18.5 ov), 5-53 (Matthew Boyle, 19.4 ov), 6-68 (Mitchell Hay, 28.2 ov), 7-79 (Angus McKenzie, 32.5 ov), 8-85 (Kyle Jamieson, 36.1 ov), 9-89 (Ish Sodhi, 41.3 ov), 10-124 (Sean Davey, 49.2 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Josh Clarkson	13.2	3	33	4	2.47	66	3	1	0	0
16.6 to CJ Bowes, . 49/2 18.5 to CE McConchie, . 52/4 28.2 to MJ Hay, . 68/6 49.2 to SB Davey, . 124/10
Raymond Toole	15	3	44	3	2.93	68	4	0	1	2
3.2 to RA Mariu, . 3/1 19.4 to MWT Boyle, . 53/5 41.3 to IS Sodhi, . 89/9
Ajaz Patel	13	4	37	2	2.84	61	4	1	0	0
32.5 to AW McKenzie, . 79/7 36.1 to KA Jamieson, . 85/8
Tyler Annand	6	4	5	0	0.83	34	1	0	0	0
Jayden Lennox	2	1	3	0	1.50	10	0	0	0	0

Central Districts 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Taylor Bettelheim	c Jamieson b McConchie	50	95	132	5	0	52.63
Curtis Heaphy	lbw b Jamieson	17	44	46	1	0	38.63
Brad Schmulian	c Sheat b Davey	93	175	294	5	0	53.14
Dean Foxcroft	lbw b Jamieson	19	25	26	2	0	76.00
Dane Cleaver (c)†	c Bowes b Jamieson	5	9	10	0	0	55.55
Josh Clarkson	c †Hay b Sheat	33	48	50	4	0	68.75
Jayden Lennox	lbw b Sodhi	4	38	50	0	0	10.52
William Clark	c Jamieson b McConchie	70	101	128	6	3	69.30
Ajaz Patel	lbw b McConchie	18	47	72	0	0	38.29
Tyler Annand	not out	2	13	18	0	0	15.38
Raymond Toole	c McConchie b Sodhi	1	4	3	0	0	25.00
Extras	(b 7, lb 5, nb 3, w 3)	18
Total	99.2 Ov (RR: 3.32, 419 Mins)	330
Fall of wickets: 1-23 (Curtis Heaphy, 10.4 ov), 2-120 (Taylor Bettelheim, 31.1 ov), 3-143 (Dean Foxcroft, 36.3 ov), 4-149 (Dane Cleaver, 38.3 ov), 5-193 (Josh Clarkson, 50.6 ov), 6-212 (Jayden Lennox, 63.4 ov), 7-271 (Brad Schmulian, 81.4 ov), 8-320 (William Clark, 94.4 ov), 9-329 (Ajaz Patel, 98.4 ov), 10-330 (Raymond Toole, 99.2 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Kyle Jamieson	17	3	39	3	2.29	79	2	0	0	0
10.4 to CG Heaphy, . 23/1 36.3 to D Foxcroft, . 143/3 38.3 to D Cleaver, . 149/4
Sean Davey	12	2	34	1	2.83	52	2	0	2	3
81.4 to BD Schmulian, . 271/7
Angus McKenzie	9	1	28	0	3.11	36	1	0	0	0
Ish Sodhi	28.2	3	86	2	3.03	123	3	3	0	0
63.4 to JR Lennox, . 212/6 99.2 to RL Toole, . 330/10
Fraser Sheat	19	1	77	1	4.05	78	11	0	1	0
50.6 to JA Clarkson, . 193/5
Cole McConchie	11	0	45	3	4.09	40	4	0	0	0
31.1 to TJ Bettelheim, . 120/2 94.4 to W Clark, . 320/8 98.4 to AY Patel, . 329/9
Matthew Boyle	3	0	9	0	3.00	10	0	0	0	0

Canterbury 2nd Innings (T: 446 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Chad Bowes	c †Cleaver b Patel	16	41	65	1	0	39.02
Rhys Mariu	c Clark b Clarkson	12	12	14	3	0	100.00
Henry Nicholls (c)	c †Cleaver b Toole	19	50	79	2	0	38.00
Cole McConchie	b Patel	8	22	22	1	0	36.36
Matthew Boyle	c †Cleaver b Toole	11	13	16	1	1	84.61
Jesse Frew	c Heaphy b Schmulian	30	171	209	4	0	17.54
Ish Sodhi	lbw b Clarkson	1	24	33	0	0	4.16
Kyle Jamieson	c Heaphy b Patel	12	30	37	1	0	40.00
Sean Davey	c Bettelheim b Annand	2	18	15	0	0	11.11
Fraser Sheat	b Lennox	20	58	62	2	0	34.48
Angus McKenzie	not out	7	50	49	1	0	14.00
Extras	(b 7, lb 3, w 2)	12
Total	81.3 Ov (RR: 1.84, 303 Mins)	150
Fall of wickets: 1-15 (Rhys Mariu, 2.6 ov), 2-41 (Chad Bowes, 14.2 ov), 3-57 (Cole McConchie, 20.3 ov), 4-57 (Henry Nicholls, 21.2 ov), 5-68 (Matthew Boyle, 23.4 ov), 6-74 (Ish Sodhi, 31.3 ov), 7-101 (Kyle Jamieson, 42.2 ov), 8-105 (Sean Davey, 46.2 ov), 9-139 (Fraser Sheat, 65.5 ov), 10-150 (Jesse Frew, 81.3 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Josh Clarkson	13	2	36	2	2.76	60	5	0	1	0
2.6 to RA Mariu, . 15/1 31.3 to IS Sodhi, . 74/6
Raymond Toole	14	3	31	2	2.21	69	3	1	1	0
21.2 to HM Nicholls, . 57/4 23.4 to MWT Boyle, . 68/5
Tyler Annand	5	0	26	1	5.20	18	3	0	0	0
46.2 to SB Davey, . 105/8
Ajaz Patel	29	14	37	3	1.27	154	5	0	0	0
14.2 to CJ Bowes, . 41/2 20.3 to CE McConchie, . 57/3 42.2 to KA Jamieson, . 101/7
Brad Schmulian	2.3	1	2	1	0.80	13	0	0	0	0
81.3 to JJA Frew, . 150/10
Jayden Lennox	16	12	7	1	0.43	91	0	0	0	0
65.5 to FW Sheat, . 139/9
Dean Foxcroft	2	1	1	0	0.50	11	0	0	0	0

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Fri, 05 Dec - day 1 - Canterbury 1st innings 13/1 (Chad Bowes 6*, Angus McKenzie 6*, 8 ov)

Sat, 06 Dec - day 2 - Central D 2nd innings 194/5 (Brad Schmulian 61*, Jayden Lennox 0*, 52 ov)

Sun, 07 Dec - day 3 - Canterbury 2nd innings 127/8 (Jesse Frew 24*, Fraser Sheat 13*, 55 ov)

Mon, 08 Dec - day 4 - Canterbury 2nd innings 150 (81.3 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

Day 1

Central Districts 1st innings:
Drinks (11:35 to 11:37): Central Districts - 37/1 in 14.5 overs, CG Heaphy 23 (44), BD Schmulian 0 (0)
Central Districts: 50 runs in 16.2 overs, 73 minutes, 2 extras
2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 95 balls, 67 minutes, CG Heaphy 10 (49), BD Schmulian 35 (46), 5 extras
Lunch (12:54 to 13:34): Central Districts - 98/2 in 32.4 overs, CG Heaphy 38 (102), D Foxcroft 0 (0)
Central Districts: 100 runs in 34.5 overs, 152 minutes, 9 extras
CG Heaphy: 50 runs in 126 balls, 186 minutes (5x4)
Drinks (14:35 to 14:38): Central Districts - 133/3 in 46.0 overs, CG Heaphy 55 (144), D Cleaver 6 (14)
Central Districts: 150 runs in 56.5 overs, 256 minutes, 10 extras
Tea (15:40 to 16:01): Central Districts - 153/6 in 61.0 overs, CG Heaphy 64 (176), AY Patel 7 (36)
CG Heaphy: 100 runs in 225 balls, 334 minutes (10x4)
Central Districts: 200 runs in 78.3 overs, 335 minutes, 14 extras
New Ball Taken: Central Districts - 216/8 after 80.0 overs, CG Heaphy 111 (228), TM Annand 6 (12), 14 extras
End of 110 over bonus points: Central Districts 239 (85.3) (Central Districts 1 batting point, Canterbury 4 bowling points)
Canterbury 1st innings:
End of Day (18:25): Canterbury - 13/1 in 8.0 overs, CJ Bowes 6 (27), AW McKenzie 6 (13)

Day 2

Canterbury: 50 runs in 17.1 overs, 74 minutes, 1 extra
Drinks (11:41 to 11:45): Canterbury - 65/5 in 23.0 overs, AW McKenzie 22 (47), MJ Hay 7 (11)
Lunch (12:51 to 13:31): Canterbury - 85/8 in 38.0 overs, IS Sodhi 12 (35), SB Davey 0 (5)
Canterbury: 100 runs in 43.3 overs, 197 minutes, 5 extras
End of 110 over bonus points: Canterbury 124 (49.2) (Canterbury 0 batting points, Central Districts 4 bowling points)
Central Districts 2nd innings:
From the start of Central Districts 2nd Innings MD Rae was replaced in the Canterbury team by FW Sheat. Rae was called into the New Zealand Test squad for the 2nd Test versus West Indies.
Tea (15:41 to 16:01): Central Districts - 48/1 in 17.0 overs, TJ Bettelheim 18 (44), BD Schmulian 10 (14)
Central Districts: 50 runs in 17.2 overs, 74 minutes, 3 extras
2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 73 balls, 50 minutes, TJ Bettelheim 33 (53), BD Schmulian 15 (20), 2 extras
Central Districts: 100 runs in 27.5 overs, 118 minutes, 8 extras
TJ Bettelheim: 50 runs in 94 balls, 129 minutes (5x4)
BD Schmulian: 50 runs in 58 balls, 120 minutes (4x4)
Central Districts: 150 runs in 39.0 overs, 172 minutes, 8 extras
End of Day (18:32): Central Districts - 194/5 in 52.0 overs, BD Schmulian 61 (86), JR Lennox 0 (5)
From the start of day 3 JJA Frew replaced MJ Hay in the Canterbury team. Hay was called into the New Zealand Test squad.

Day 3

Central Districts: 200 runs in 55.2 overs, 240 minutes, 11 extras
Drinks (11:41 to 11:45): Central Districts - 222/6 in 70.0 overs, BD Schmulian 76 (138), WJ Clark 7 (23)
Central Districts: 250 runs in 76.4 overs, 322 minutes, 11 extras
7th Wicket: 50 runs in 95 balls, 59 minutes, BD Schmulian 18 (44), WJ Clark 33 (51), 1 extra
New Ball Taken: Central Districts - 266/6 after 80.0 overs, BD Schmulian 92 (168), WJ Clark 34 (53), 12 extras
Lunch (12:50 to 13:31): Central Districts - 285/7 in 87.0 overs, WJ Clark 48 (77), AY Patel 3 (12)
WJ Clark: 50 runs in 83 balls, 100 minutes (4x4, 2x6)
Central Districts: 300 runs in 90.4 overs, 382 minutes, 16 extras
Tea (15:38 to 16:01): Canterbury - 41/2 in 14.2 overs, HM Nicholls 11 (33), CE McConchie 0 (0)
Canterbury: 50 runs in 16.4 overs, 73 minutes, 2 extras
Drinks (17:00 to 17:03): Canterbury - 71/5 in 29.0 overs, JJA Frew 0 (16), IS Sodhi 1 (20)
Canterbury: 100 runs in 40.0 overs, 168 minutes, 8 extras
Central Districts claimed the extra half hour
End of Day (18:35): Canterbury - 127/8 in 55.0 overs, JJA Frew 24 (94), FW Sheat 13 (26)

Match Details

McLean Park, Napier
Toss	Central Districts, elected to bat first
Series	Plunket Shield
Season	2025/26
Hours of play (local time)	10.30 start, Lunch 12.30-13.10, Tea 15.10-15.30, Close 17.30
Match days	5,6,7,8 December 2025 - day (4-day match)
CANT Player Replacement	Substitute: Fraser Sheat in, Michael Rae out (3rd innings, 65.5 ov) Substitute: Jesse Frew in, Mitchell Hay out (2nd innings, 52.1 ov)
Umpires	Chris Brown Kannan Jagannathan
Match Referee	Greg Stretch
Points	Central Districts 17, Canterbury 4

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Canterbury Innings

Player Name		R	B
CJ Bowes	caught	16	41
RA Mariu	caught	12	12
HM Nicholls	caught	19	50
CE McConchie	bowled	8	22
MWT Boyle	caught	11	13
JJA Frew	caught	30	171
IS Sodhi	lbw	1	24
KA Jamieson	caught	12	30
SB Davey	caught	2	18
FW Sheat	bowled	20	58
AW McKenzie	not out	7	50
Extras	(b 7, lb 3, w 2)
Total	150(10 wkts; 81.3 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
JA Clarkson	13	2	36	2	2.76
RL Toole	14	3	31	2	2.21
TM Annand	5	0	26	1	5.2
AY Patel	29	14	37	3	1.27
BD Schmulian	2.3	1	2	1	0.8
JR Lennox	16	12	7	1	0.43
D Foxcroft	2	1	1	0	0.5

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	15	Chad Bowes	Rhys Mariu
2nd	26	Chad Bowes	Henry Nicholls
3rd	16	Cole McConchie	Henry Nicholls
4th	0	Henry Nicholls	Matthew Boyle
5th	11	Jesse Frew	Matthew Boyle
6th	6	Ish Sodhi	Jesse Frew
7th	27	Kyle Jamieson	Jesse Frew
8th	4	Sean Davey	Jesse Frew
9th	34	Fraser Sheat	Jesse Frew
10th	11	Angus McKenzie	Jesse Frew

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Plunket Shield

Team	M	W	L	D	PT
AUCK	4	2	1	1	49
CANT	4	2	1	1	48
ND	4	2	1	1	47
CD	4	2	1	1	40
OTAGO	4	1	1	2	40
WELL	4	0	4	0	18

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