Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Hamish Rutherford (c)	b Randell	4	16	17	0	0	25.00
Jacob Cumming	c Bruce b Toole	43	87	121	5	1	49.42
Dean Foxcroft	b Toole	70	97	152	10	0	72.16
Thorn Parkes	c Heaphy b Patel	15	43	63	1	0	34.88
Dale Phillips	c Bruce b Toole	4	6	7	0	0	66.66
Jake Gibson	c Hay b Small	68	92	156	9	0	73.91
Max Chu †	lbw b Small	16	25	27	2	0	64.00
Ben Lockrose	st †Cleaver b Patel	6	30	37	1	0	20.00
Jacob Duffy	c †Cleaver b Toole	10	28	24	1	0	35.71
Andrew Hazeldine	b Randell	16	11	23	2	1	145.45
Michael Rae	not out	7	24	36	0	0	29.16
Extras	(b 4, lb 1, nb 2, w 2)	9
TOTAL	76.1 Ov (RR: 3.51, 334 Mins)	268
Fall of wickets: 1-10 (Hamish Rutherford, 4.1 ov), 2-91 (Jacob Cumming, 27.3 ov), 3-131 (Dean Foxcroft, 38.4 ov), 4-139 (Dale Phillips, 40.2 ov), 5-143 (Thorn Parkes, 41.5 ov), 6-168 (Max Chu, 48.1 ov), 7-186 (Ben Lockrose, 57.3 ov), 8-200 (Jacob Duffy, 63.5 ov), 9-227 (Andrew Hazeldine, 68.4 ov), 10-268 (Jake Gibson, 76.1 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Brett Randell	18	5	55	2	3.05	-	-	-	0	0
Raymond Toole	20	3	78	4	3.90	-	-	-	1	0
Josh Clarkson	5	0	32	0	6.40	-	-	-	0	2
Bevan Small	15.1	1	62	2	4.08	-	-	-	1	0
Ajaz Patel	18	6	36	2	2.00	-	-	-	0	0

Central Districts 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Jack Boyle	c †Chu b Lockrose	117	240	297	12	1	48.75
Curtis Heaphy	c Cumming b Rae	7	23	42	0	0	30.43
Greg Hay (c)	c Parkes b Hazeldine	21	57	87	3	0	36.84
Brad Schmulian	c †Chu b Rae	24	36	60	2	0	66.66
Tom Bruce	c †Chu b Duffy	13	17	33	1	0	76.47
Dane Cleaver †	c Phillips b Duffy	48	99	164	2	1	48.48
Ajaz Patel	c †Chu b Rae	40	72	102	8	0	55.55
Josh Clarkson	c †Chu b Hazeldine	62	50	97	11	0	124.00
Bevan Small	c †Chu b Lockrose	13	15	21	0	1	86.66
Brett Randell	retired hurt	17	31	43	2	1	54.83
Raymond Toole	lbw b Lockrose	2	12	17	0	0	16.66
Toby Findlay	not out	0	0	2	0	0	-
Extras	(b 3, lb 4, nb 2, w 8)	17
TOTAL	108.2 Ov (RR: 3.51, 485 Mins)	381
Fall of wickets: 1-13 (Curtis Heaphy, 9.5 ov), 2-64 (Greg Hay, 31.5 ov), 3-127 (Brad Schmulian, 44.6 ov), 4-157 (Tom Bruce, 52.6 ov), 5-216 (Jack Boyle, 69.2 ov), 6-283 (Dane Cleaver, 88.6 ov), 7-289 (Ajaz Patel, 91.2 ov), 8-319 (Bevan Small, 95.5 ov), 8-361* (Brett Randell, retired not out), 9-381 (Raymond Toole, 107.6 ov), 10-381 (Josh Clarkson, 108.2 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Jacob Duffy	27	9	50	2	1.85	-	-	-	1	0
Andrew Hazeldine	18.2	1	90	2	4.90	-	-	-	2	1
Michael Rae	19	4	81	3	4.26	-	-	-	1	0
Jake Gibson	13	2	50	0	3.84	-	-	-	0	1
Ben Lockrose	23	3	73	3	3.17	-	-	-	0	0
Dean Foxcroft	8	3	30	0	3.75	-	-	-	0	0

Otago 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Hamish Rutherford (c)	run out (Findlay)	7	9	17	1	0	77.77
Jacob Cumming	c †Cleaver b Toole	59	119	145	8	0	49.57
Dean Foxcroft	c Schmulian b Patel	25	46	72	3	0	54.34
Thorn Parkes	c Hay b Patel	115	193	279	9	0	59.58
Dale Phillips	lbw b Findlay	33	44	57	5	0	75.00
Jake Gibson	c †Cleaver b Patel	1	10	11	0	0	10.00
Max Chu †	lbw b Patel	2	3	4	0	0	66.66
Ben Lockrose	c Heaphy b Schmulian	3	25	25	0	0	12.00
Jacob Duffy	c Findlay b Patel	8	43	36	1	0	18.60
Andrew Hazeldine	lbw b Patel	14	37	39	3	0	37.83
Michael Rae	not out	22	13	50	5	0	169.23
Extras	(b 2, lb 4, nb 1, w 4)	11
TOTAL	90.1 Ov (RR: 3.32, 369 Mins)	300
Fall of wickets: 1-12 (Hamish Rutherford, 3.5 ov), 2-70 (Dean Foxcroft, 20.1 ov), 3-122 (Jacob Cumming, 35.4 ov), 4-166 (Dale Phillips, 49.5 ov), 5-169 (Jake Gibson, 52.2 ov), 6-171 (Max Chu, 52.5 ov), 7-182 (Ben Lockrose, 59.5 ov), 8-207 (Jacob Duffy, 70.6 ov), 9-243 (Andrew Hazeldine, 80.6 ov), 10-300 (Thorn Parkes, 90.1 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Raymond Toole	18	3	72	1	4.00	-	-	-	2	1
Bevan Small	4	0	21	0	5.25	-	-	-	0	0
Josh Clarkson	5	0	23	0	4.60	-	-	-	1	0
Ajaz Patel	39.1	9	95	6	2.42	-	-	-	1	0
Brad Schmulian	17	3	44	1	2.58	-	-	-	0	0
Toby Findlay	7	0	39	1	5.57	-	-	-	0	0

Central Districts 2nd Innings (T: 188 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Curtis Heaphy	b Foxcroft	35	71	119	3	0	49.29
Jack Boyle	c Parkes b Duffy	1	8	10	0	0	12.50
Greg Hay (c)	run out (Gibson/†Chu)	22	30	44	2	0	73.33
Brad Schmulian	c Phillips b Foxcroft	61	60	100	8	0	101.66
Tom Bruce	not out	33	54	69	5	0	61.11
Dane Cleaver †	c Gibson b Foxcroft	5	12	18	0	0	41.66
Josh Clarkson	not out	30	15	14	1	4	200.00
Extras	(b 1, w 2)	3
TOTAL	41.4 Ov (RR: 4.56, 188 Mins)	190/5
Did not bat: Ajaz Patel, Bevan Small, Raymond Toole, Toby Findlay
Fall of wickets: 1-5 (Jack Boyle, 2.2 ov), 2-40 (Greg Hay, 11.4 ov), 3-108 (Curtis Heaphy, 24.4 ov), 4-134 (Brad Schmulian, 34.3 ov), 5-154 (Dane Cleaver, 38.1 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD
Jacob Duffy	5	0	21	1	4.20	-	-	-	0
Andrew Hazeldine	6	1	28	0	4.66	-	-	-	2
Ben Lockrose	14.4	1	74	0	5.04	-	-	-	0
Michael Rae	7	0	32	0	4.57	-	-	-	0
Dean Foxcroft	9	2	34	3	3.77	-	-	-	0

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Tue, 21 Mar - day 1 - Otago 1st innings 195/7 (Jake Gibson 22*, Jacob Duffy 6*, 62.2 ov)

Wed, 22 Mar - day 2 - Central D 1st innings 225/5 (Dane Cleaver 23*, Ajaz Patel 7*, 76 ov)

Thu, 23 Mar - day 3 - Otago 2nd innings 182/7 (Thorn Parkes 50*, 59.5 ov)

Fri, 24 Mar - day 4 - Central D 2nd innings 190/5 (41.4 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

Day 1

Otago 1st innings:
Rain (10:00 to 10:24): Pre Start
Ground Delay (10:24 to 11:18): Pre Start
Rain (11:18 to 11:27): Pre Start
Ground Delay (11:27 to 12:10): Pre Start
Lunch (12:10 to 12:50): Pre Start
Ground Delay (12:52 to 13:18): Pre Start
Hours of Play Day 1 :1.30 PM-3.50 PM 4.10 PM-6.30 PM 70 overs minimum
Otago: 50 runs in 15.1 overs, 67 minutes, 1 extra
2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 78 balls, 58 minutes, JM Cumming 26 (40), D Foxcroft 24 (38), 2 extras
Otago: 100 runs in 31.1 overs, 136 minutes, 3 extras
Tea (15:53 to 16:13): Otago - 104/2 in 32.0 overs, D Foxcroft 46 (73), TK Parkes 8 (18)
D Foxcroft: 50 runs in 77 balls, 130 minutes (6x4)
Otago: 150 runs in 45.0 overs, 196 minutes, 3 extras
Rain (18:20 to 18:25): Otago - 195/7 in 62.2 overs, JM Gibson 22 (51), JA Duffy 6 (21)
End of Day (18:25): Otago - 195/7 in 62.2 overs, JM Gibson 22 (51), JA Duffy 6 (21)

Day 2

Otago : 200 runs in 63.4 overs, 272 minutes, 9 extras
Otago : 250 runs in 72.4 overs, 317 minutes, 9 extras
End of 110 over bonus points: Otago 268 (76.1) (Otago 2 batting points, Central Districts 4 bowling points)
Central Distrcits Innings:
Lunch (13:22 to 14:02): Central - 21/1 in 16.0 overs, JCT Boyle 8 (55), GR Hay 4 (18)
2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 127 balls, 83 minutes, JCT Boyle 27 (75), GR Hay 21 (52), 3 extras
Tea (16:10 to 16:30): Central Districts - 129/3 in 46.0 overs, JCT Boyle 72 (158), TC Bruce 1 (2)
JCT Boyle: 100 runs in 225 balls, 268 minutes (12x4)
End of Day (18:53): Central Distrcits - 225/5 in 76.0 overs, D Cleaver 23 (60), AY Patel 7 (24)

Day 3

Ground Delay (10:25 to 10:58): Central Districts - 225/5 in 76.0 overs, D Cleaver 23 (60), AY Patel 7 (24)
New Ball Taken: Central Districts - 247/5 after 80.0 overs, D Cleaver 37 (71), AY Patel 12 (38), 16 extras
Central Districts: 250 runs in 81.2 overs, 344 minutes, 16 extras
Injury (11:27 to 11:31): Central Districts - 254/5 in 82.1 overs, D Cleaver 39 (78), AY Patel 17 (44)
6th Wicket: 50 runs in 96 balls, 67 minutes, D Cleaver 23 (42), AY Patel 24 (54), 3 extras
Ball Change (11:50 to 11:54): Central Districts - 273/5 in 86.3 overs, D Cleaver 46 (91), AY Patel 28 (57)
Central Districts: 300 runs in 93.2 overs, 409 minutes, 17 extras
Injury (12:52 to 12:55): Central Districts - 336/8 in 98.3 overs, JA Clarkson 36 (30), BG Randell 0 (4)
Ball Change (13:05 to 13:06): Central Districts - 349/8 in 100.0 overs, JA Clarkson 41 (32), BG Randell 8 (11)
Replacement Ball: Central Districts - 349/8 after 100.0 overs, JA Clarkson 41 (32), BG Randell 8 (11), 17 extras
Central Districts: 350 runs in 100.1 overs, 448 minutes, 17 extras
Injury (13:10 to 13:11): Central Districts - 351/8 in 101.0 overs, JA Clarkson 42 (33), BG Randell 9 (16)
BG Randell retired hurt at 361/8 (17. 103.6 overs)
Lunch (13:23 to 14:01): Central Districts - 361/8 in 104.0 overs, JA Clarkson 44 (36), RL Toole 0 (0)
JA Clarkson: 50 runs in 42 balls, 79 minutes (9x4)
Central Districts substituted TA Findlay for BG Randell (Concussion)
End of 110 over bonus points: Central Districts 381 (108.2) (Central Districts 4 batting points, Otago Volts 4 bowling points)
Otago 2nd innings:
Otago: 50 runs in 11.4 overs, 52 minutes, 1 extra
Injury (15:34 to 15:35): Otago - 55/1 in 13.0 overs, JM Cumming 27 (44), D Foxcroft 20 (25)
2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 82 balls, 61 minutes, JM Cumming 30 (41), D Foxcroft 23 (41), 0 extras
Tea (16:12 to 16:33): Otago - 74/2 in 22.0 overs, JM Cumming 36 (72), TK Parkes 4 (5)
JM Cumming: 50 runs in 97 balls, 120 minutes (7x4)
Otago: 100 runs in 29.3 overs, 121 minutes, 2 extras
3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 90 balls, 53 minutes, JM Cumming 23 (50), TK Parkes 29 (40), 0 extras
Otago: 150 runs in 47.1 overs, 192 minutes, 2 extras
TK Parkes: 50 runs in 103 balls, 151 minutes (4x4)
End of Day (19:00): Otago - 182/7 in 59.5 overs, TK Parkes 50 (103)

Day 4

Ground Delay (09:57 to 10:58): Otago - 182/7 in 59.5 overs, TK Parkes 50 (103), JA Duffy 0 (0)
Otago: 200 runs in 68.3 overs, 270 minutes, 3 extras
New Ball Taken: Otago - 243/8 after 80.4 overs, TK Parkes 86 (150), ATE Hazeldine 14 (35), 5 extras
AY Patel: 5 wickets (35-9-65-5)
Otago: 250 runs in 81.5 overs, 324 minutes, 7 extras
TK Parkes: 100 runs in 163 balls, 243 minutes (8x4)
10th Wicket: 50 runs in 47 balls, 39 minutes, TK Parkes 23 (35), MD Rae 22 (12), 5 extras
Otago: 300 runs in 90.0 overs, 366 minutes, 11 extras
Lunch (13:05 to 13:43): Otago - 300/10 in 90.1 overs, TK Parkes 115 (193), MD Rae 22 (13)
Central Districts 2nd innings:
Ball Change (14:44 to 14:46): Central Districts - 44/2 in 12.3 overs, CG Heaphy 18 (35), BD Schmulian 2 (2)
Central Districts: 50 runs in 14.3 overs, 70 minutes, 1 extra
3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 46 balls, 39 minutes, CG Heaphy 8 (18), BD Schmulian 41 (28), 1 extra
Central Districts: 100 runs in 23.0 overs, 111 minutes, 2 extras
BD Schmulian: 50 runs in 41 balls, 67 minutes (8x4)
Tea (16:12 to 16:32): Central Districts - 129/3 in 33.0 overs, BD Schmulian 58 (53), TC Bruce 10 (36)
Central Districts: 150 runs in 37.3 overs, 169 minutes, 3 extras

Match Details

Fitzherbert Park, Palmerston North
Toss	Central Districts, elected to field first
Series	Plunket Shield
Season	2022/23
Match days	21,22,23,24 March 2023 - day (4-day match)
CD Player Replacement	Substitute: Toby Findlay in, Brett Randell out (2nd innings, 104 ov)
FC debut	Toby Findlay
Umpires	Eugene Sanders John Dempsey
Match Referee	Kevin Pulley
Points	Central Districts 20, Otago 6

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Central D Innings

Player Name		R	B
CG Heaphy	bowled	35	71
JCT Boyle	caught	1	8
GR Hay	run out	22	30
BD Schmulian	caught	61	60
TC Bruce	not out	33	54
D Cleaver	caught	5	12
JA Clarkson	not out	30	15
Extras	(b 1, w 2)
Total	190(5 wkts; 41.4 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
JA Duffy	5	0	21	1	4.2
ATE Hazeldine	6	1	28	0	4.66
BNJ Lockrose	14.4	1	74	0	5.04
MD Rae	7	0	32	0	4.57
D Foxcroft	9	2	34	3	3.77

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	5	Jack Boyle	Curtis Heaphy
2nd	35	Greg Hay	Curtis Heaphy
3rd	68	Brad Schmulian	Curtis Heaphy
4th	26	Brad Schmulian	Tom Bruce
5th	20	Dane Cleaver	Tom Bruce
6th	36	Tom Bruce	Josh Clarkson

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Plunket Shield

Team	M	W	L	D	PT
CD	8	5	2	1	101
CANT	8	4	1	3	101
ND	8	3	4	1	82
AUCK	8	2	3	3	66
WELL	8	2	4	2	64
OTAGO	8	1	3	4	53

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