Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Henry Cooper	c Bruce b Bracewell	29	56	73	5	0	51.78
Jeet Raval (c)	c Randell b Schmulian	119	197	254	13	1	60.40
Bharat Popli	c †Cleaver b Randell	105	189	302	12	0	55.55
Tim Seifert †	c & b Patel	5	11	11	1	0	45.45
Mitchell Santner	c Heaphy b Clarkson	136	176	226	18	4	77.27
Tim Pringle	c Schmulian b Bracewell	10	34	45	0	0	29.41
Katene Clarke	c †Cleaver b Toole	1	9	13	0	0	11.11
Colin de Grandhomme	not out	54	54	100	4	3	100.00
Brett Hampton	c Bruce b Schmulian	40	29	36	6	2	137.93
Kristian Clarke	b Schmulian	0	2	2	0	0	0.00
Joe Walker	c Heaphy b Patel	1	3	5	0	0	33.33
Extras	(lb 9, nb 2, w 2)	13
Total	126.2 Ov (RR: 4.06, 536 Mins)	513
Fall of wickets: 1-53 (Henry Cooper, 17.4 ov), 2-215 (Jeet Raval, 60.3 ov), 3-222 (Tim Seifert, 63.4 ov), 4-333 (Bharat Popli, 90.6 ov), 5-362 (Tim Pringle, 101.4 ov), 6-372 (Katene Clarke, 104.3 ov), 7-453 (Mitchell Santner, 116.6 ov), 8-512 (Brett Hampton, 125.3 ov), 9-512 (Kristian Clarke, 125.5 ov), 10-513 (Joe Walker, 126.2 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Doug Bracewell	25	5	86	2	3.44	-	-	-	0	1
Brett Randell	21	4	77	1	3.66	-	-	-	0	1
Raymond Toole	26	10	76	1	2.92	-	-	-	1	0
Josh Clarkson	14	1	77	1	5.50	-	-	-	1	0
Ajaz Patel	27.2	3	134	2	4.90	-	-	-	0	0
Brad Schmulian	12	0	45	3	3.75	-	-	-	0	0
Tom Bruce	1	0	9	0	9.00	-	-	-	0	0

Central Districts 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Curtis Heaphy	c Bharat Popli b KDC Clarke	6	14	14	0	0	42.85
Ben Smith	lbw b de Grandhomme	4	17	21	1	0	23.52
Greg Hay (c)	b Walker	15	55	67	1	0	27.27
Brad Schmulian	c KDC Clarke b Santner	108	243	352	6	0	44.44
Dane Cleaver †	c Raval b Hampton	12	9	9	3	0	133.33
Tom Bruce	c †Seifert b Santner	67	120	153	2	3	55.83
Doug Bracewell	c Raval b Santner	0	1	2	0	0	0.00
Josh Clarkson	run out (Santner)	13	15	25	2	0	86.66
Brett Randell	c Bharat Popli b Santner	5	19	22	0	0	26.31
Ajaz Patel	c Cooper b Santner	3	18	18	0	0	16.66
Raymond Toole	not out	6	37	58	1	0	16.21
Extras	(b 2, lb 2, nb 1, w 1)	6
Total	91.1 Ov (RR: 2.68, 373 Mins)	245
Fall of wickets: 1-10 (Curtis Heaphy, 4.2 ov), 2-10 (Ben Smith, 5.5 ov), 3-45 (Greg Hay, 21.1 ov), 4-58 (Dane Cleaver, 22.6 ov), 5-183 (Tom Bruce, 63.1 ov), 6-183 (Doug Bracewell, 63.2 ov), 7-204 (Josh Clarkson, 68.2 ov), 8-215 (Brett Randell, 73.2 ov), 9-225 (Ajaz Patel, 77.5 ov), 10-245 (Brad Schmulian, 91.1 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Kristian Clarke	12	4	33	1	2.75	-	-	-	1	0
Colin de Grandhomme	6	3	8	1	1.33	-	-	-	0	0
Brett Hampton	12	2	39	1	3.25	-	-	-	0	1
Joe Walker	23	2	53	1	2.30	-	-	-	0	0
Tim Pringle	12	0	57	0	4.75	-	-	-	0	0
Mitchell Santner	26.1	3	51	5	1.94	-	-	-	0	0

Northern Districts 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Jeet Raval (c)	b Randell	19	26	32	4	0	73.07
Henry Cooper	c Bruce b Bracewell	5	24	41	1	0	20.83
Bharat Popli	c Schmulian b Bruce	70	64	112	8	2	109.37
Tim Seifert †	c †Cleaver b Randell	7	7	14	1	0	100.00
Mitchell Santner	c sub (JR Lennox) b Toole	41	36	54	4	2	113.88
Katene Clarke	c †Cleaver b Schmulian	20	13	18	0	2	153.84
Colin de Grandhomme	c Patel b Schmulian	15	9	10	1	1	166.66
Brett Hampton	not out	2	3	5	0	0	66.66
Extras	(b 10, lb 1, w 4)	15
Total	30.2 Ov (RR: 6.39, 145 Mins)	194/7d
Did not bat: Kristian Clarke, Tim Pringle, Joe Walker
Fall of wickets: 1-25 (Jeet Raval, 7.2 ov), 2-25 (Henry Cooper, 8.6 ov), 3-45 (Tim Seifert, 11.6 ov), 4-122 (Mitchell Santner, 22.6 ov), 5-167 (Katene Clarke, 27.2 ov), 6-192 (Colin de Grandhomme, 29.3 ov), 7-194 (Bharat Popli, 30.2 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD
Doug Bracewell	8	1	24	1	3.00	-	-	-	1
Brett Randell	7	2	26	2	3.71	-	-	-	1
Ajaz Patel	6	0	57	0	9.50	-	-	-	0
Raymond Toole	5	0	39	1	7.80	-	-	-	1
Tom Bruce	2.2	0	18	1	7.71	-	-	-	0
Brad Schmulian	2	0	19	2	9.50	-	-	-	1

Central Districts 2nd Innings (T: 463 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Curtis Heaphy	b Walker	22	93	106	2	0	23.65
Ben Smith	b Santner	4	40	57	0	0	10.00
Greg Hay (c)	c & b Pringle	150	310	403	15	0	48.38
Brad Schmulian	c †Seifert b KDC Clarke	13	31	39	0	0	41.93
Dane Cleaver †	b KDC Clarke	1	7	7	0	0	14.28
Tom Bruce	lbw b Santner	161	256	384	15	2	62.89
Doug Bracewell	c Bharat Popli b Santner	50	33	42	2	4	151.51
Josh Clarkson	c Santner b Pringle	0	4	7	0	0	0.00
Ajaz Patel	run out (de Grandhomme/Santner)	1	1	6	0	0	100.00
Brett Randell	c Santner b Pringle	0	4	7	0	0	0.00
Raymond Toole	not out	0	6	15	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 12, lb 8, nb 3, w 2)	25
Total	130.2 Ov (RR: 3.27, 538 Mins)	427
Fall of wickets: 1-18 (Ben Smith, 14.6 ov), 2-45 (Curtis Heaphy, 27.5 ov), 3-72 (Brad Schmulian, 38.3 ov), 4-74 (Dane Cleaver, 40.2 ov), 5-344 (Greg Hay, 115.4 ov), 6-414 (Doug Bracewell, 124.4 ov), 7-419 (Josh Clarkson, 125.4 ov), 8-421 (Ajaz Patel, 126.3 ov), 9-425 (Brett Randell, 127.4 ov), 10-427 (Tom Bruce, 130.2 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Kristian Clarke	18	7	38	2	2.11	-	-	-	1	0
Colin de Grandhomme	13	3	41	0	3.15	-	-	-	0	0
Mitchell Santner	36.2	7	102	3	2.80	-	-	-	0	1
Brett Hampton	10	3	21	0	2.10	-	-	-	0	1
Joe Walker	27	2	112	1	4.14	-	-	-	0	1
Tim Pringle	25	1	92	3	3.68	-	-	-	0	0
Jeet Raval	1	0	1	0	1.00	-	-	-	0	0

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Close of Play

Sun, 05 Mar - day 1 - Northern Dis 1st innings 346/4 (Mitchell Santner 75*, Tim Pringle 6*, 96 ov)

Mon, 06 Mar - day 2 - Central D 1st innings 190/6 (Brad Schmulian 79*, Josh Clarkson 5*, 65 ov)

Tue, 07 Mar - day 3 - Central D 2nd innings 71/2 (Greg Hay 27*, Brad Schmulian 13*, 36 ov)

Wed, 08 Mar - day 4 - Central D 2nd innings 427 (130.2 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

Day 1

Northern Districts 1st innings:
Ground Delay (10:29 to 10:59): Pre Start
Play to start at 11am
1st Wicket: 50 runs in 96 balls, 66 minutes, HR Cooper 29 (49), JA Raval 20 (47), 1 extra
Northern Districts: 50 runs in 16.0 overs, 66 minutes, 1 extra
JA Raval: 50 runs in 77 balls, 114 minutes (7x4)
Northern Districts: 100 runs in 31.3 overs, 135 minutes, 3 extras
2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 91 balls, 65 minutes, JA Raval 33 (43), B Popli 16 (48), 2 extras
Lunch (13:23 to 14:03): Northern Districts - 110/1 in 34.0 overs, JA Raval 57 (98), B Popli 21 (50)
Break in Play (14:13 to 14:14): Northern Districts - 111/1 in 36.3 overs, JA Raval 57 (106), B Popli 22 (57)
2nd Wicket: 100 runs in 171 balls, 120 minutes, JA Raval 57 (92), B Popli 40 (79), 3 extras
Northern Districts: 150 runs in 46.1 overs, 194 minutes, 4 extras
JA Raval: 100 runs in 163 balls, 213 minutes (12x4, 1x6)
B Popli: 50 runs in 97 balls, 162 minutes (5x4)
Northern Districts: 200 runs in 56.2 overs, 237 minutes, 6 extras
2nd Wicket: 150 runs in 241 balls, 167 minutes, JA Raval 92 (140), B Popli 53 (101), 5 extras
Injury (15:59 to 16:00): Northern Districts - 216/2 in 62.1 overs, B Popli 61 (114), TL Seifert 1 (7)
Tea (16:11 to 16:30): Northern Districts - 229/3 in 65.0 overs, B Popli 64 (120), MJ Santner 6 (7)
Northern Districts: 250 runs in 72.2 overs, 300 minutes, 6 extras
4th Wicket: 50 runs in 85 balls, 55 minutes, B Popli 14 (27), MJ Santner 35 (58), 1 extra
New Ball Taken: Northern Districts - 288/3 after 80.0 overs, B Popli 82 (150), MJ Santner 46 (67), 7 extras
MJ Santner: 50 runs in 72 balls, 66 minutes (4x4, 3x6)
Northern Districts: 300 runs in 82.1 overs, 339 minutes, 7 extras
4th Wicket: 100 runs in 155 balls, 102 minutes, B Popli 32 (62), MJ Santner 67 (93), 1 extra
B Popli: 100 runs in 183 balls, 296 minutes (11x4)
End of Day (18:36): Northern Districts - 346/4 in 96.0 overs, MJ Santner 75 (106), TJG Pringle 6 (18)

Day 2

Northern Districts Men: 350 runs in 96.4 overs, 400 minutes, 7 extras
Northern Districts Men: 400 runs in 108.1 overs, 453 minutes, 12 extras
MJ Santner: 100 runs in 145 balls, 188 minutes (13x4, 3x6)
End of 110 over bonus points: Northern Districts Men 413/6 (Northern Districts Men 4 batting points, Central Districts 2 bowling points)
7th Wicket: 50 runs in 44 balls, 32 minutes, MJ Santner 21 (22), C de Grandhomme 29 (22), 0 extras
Northern Districts Men: 450 runs in 116.4 overs, 490 minutes, 13 extras
C de Grandhomme: 50 runs in 48 balls, 80 minutes (4x4, 3x6)
Northern Districts Men: 500 runs in 124.3 overs, 523 minutes, 13 extras
8th Wicket: 50 runs in 48 balls, 32 minutes, C de Grandhomme 18 (21), BR Hampton 36 (27), 0 extras
Lunch (12:48 to 13:26): Northern Districts Men - 513/10 in 126.2 overs, C de Grandhomme 54 (54), JG Walker 1 (3)
Central Districts innings:
Central Districts: 50 runs in 22.2 overs, 87 minutes, 1 extra
Tea: Central Districts - 93/4 in 34.0 overs, BD Schmulian 41 (76), TC Bruce 14 (33)
Central Districts: 100 runs in 35.2 overs, 140 minutes, 1 extra
BD Schmulian: 50 runs in 91 balls, 124 minutes (5x4)
5th Wicket: 50 runs in 88 balls, 56 minutes, BD Schmulian 33 (52), TC Bruce 18 (36), 0 extras
Central Districts: 150 runs in 48.4 overs, 190 minutes, 2 extras
TC Bruce: 50 runs in 84 balls, 105 minutes (2x4, 3x6)
5th Wicket: 100 runs in 169 balls, 108 minutes, BD Schmulian 45 (82), TC Bruce 54 (87), 1 extra
End of Day (18:07): Central Districts - 190/6 in 65.0 overs, BD Schmulian 79 (166), JA Clarkson 5 (8)

Day 3

Central Districts: 200 runs in 66.5 overs, 266 minutes, 3 extras
BD Schmulian: 100 runs in 224 balls, 321 minutes (6x4)
New Ball Taken: Central Districts - 231/9 after 85.1 overs, BD Schmulian 101 (225), RL Toole 0 (19), 5 extras
MJ Santner: 5 wickets (26.1-3-51-5)
End of 110 over bonus points: Central Stags 245 (91.1) (Central Stags 1 batting point, Northern Districts Men 4 bowling points)
Northern Districts 2nd innings:
Lunch: Northern Districts Men - 15/0 in 4.0 overs, JA Raval 14 (20), HR Cooper 0 (4)
Northern Districts: 50 runs in 14.1 overs, 66 minutes, 2 extras
4th Wicket: 50 runs in 50 balls, 40 minutes, B Popli 25 (26), MJ Santner 20 (24), 5 extras
Northern Districts: 100 runs in 21.0 overs, 99 minutes, 7 extras
B Popli: 50 runs in 52 balls, 84 minutes (7x4, 1x6)
Northern Districts: 150 runs in 26.0 overs, 123 minutes, 11 extras
Tea: Northern Districts Men - 194/7 in 30.2 overs, B Popli 70 (64), BR Hampton 2 (3)
Central Districts 2nd innings:
Central Districts: 50 runs in 30.1 overs, 115 minutes, 5 extras
End of Day : Central Districts - 71/2 in 36.0 overs, GR Hay 27 (59), BD Schmulian 13 (26)

Day 4

Central Districts: 100 runs in 46.5 overs, 182 minutes, 6 extras
GR Hay: 50 runs in 113 balls, 153 minutes (4x4)
5th Wicket: 50 runs in 83 balls, 58 minutes, GR Hay 23 (40), TC Bruce 28 (43), 0 extras
Central Districts: 150 runs in 60.3 overs, 235 minutes, 6 extras
TC Bruce: 50 runs in 75 balls, 105 minutes (6x4, 1x6)
5th Wicket: 100 runs in 183 balls, 117 minutes, GR Hay 46 (92), TC Bruce 54 (91), 0 extras
Lunch (12:50 to 13:31): Central Districts - 174/4 in 72.0 overs, GR Hay 74 (171), TC Bruce 54 (92)
New Ball Taken: Central Districts - 193/4 after 80.0 overs, GR Hay 84 (202), TC Bruce 63 (109), 6 extras
Central Districts: 200 runs in 82.0 overs, 311 minutes, 6 extras
5th Wicket: 150 runs in 284 balls, 181 minutes, GR Hay 68 (151), TC Bruce 82 (133), 0 extras
GR Hay: 100 runs in 231 balls, 282 minutes (10x4)
Central Districts: 250 runs in 98.0 overs, 377 minutes, 10 extras
TC Bruce: 100 runs in 181 balls, 246 minutes (12x4, 1x6)
5th Wicket: 200 runs in 378 balls, 249 minutes, GR Hay 92 (197), TC Bruce 103 (181), 8 extras
Tea (15:42 to 16:02): Central Districts - 280/4 in 104.0 overs, GR Hay 121 (273), TC Bruce 105 (183)
Central Districts: 300 runs in 107.0 overs, 419 minutes, 15 extras
5th Wicket: 250 runs in 429 balls, 287 minutes, GR Hay 112 (225), TC Bruce 129 (204), 10 extras
GR Hay: 150 runs in 309 balls, 401 minutes (15x4)
Central Districts: 350 runs in 117.0 overs, 467 minutes, 16 extras
TC Bruce: 150 runs in 227 balls, 325 minutes (15x4, 2x6)
6th Wicket: 50 runs in 43 balls, 34 minutes, TC Bruce 14 (17), DAJ Bracewell 34 (26), 4 extras
Central Districts: 400 runs in 123.2 overs, 497 minutes, 20 extras
DAJ Bracewell: 50 runs in 32 balls, 37 minutes (2x4, 4x6)

Match Details

Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui
Toss	Northern Districts, elected to bat first
Series	Plunket Shield
Season	2022/23
Match days	5,6,7,8 March 2023 - day (4-day match)
Umpires	Kannan Jagannathan Tim Parlane
Match Referee	Richard Hayward
Points	Northern Districts 20, Central Districts 3

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Central D Innings

Player Name		R	B
CG Heaphy	bowled	22	93
BS Smith	bowled	4	40
GR Hay	caught	150	310
BD Schmulian	caught	13	31
D Cleaver	bowled	1	7
TC Bruce	lbw	161	256
DAJ Bracewell	caught	50	33
JA Clarkson	caught	0	4
AY Patel	run out	1	1
BG Randell	caught	0	4
RL Toole	not out	0	6
Extras	(b 12, lb 8, nb 3, w 2)
Total	427(10 wkts; 130.2 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
KDC Clarke	18	7	38	2	2.11
C de Grandhomme	13	3	41	0	3.15
MJ Santner	36.2	7	102	3	2.8 (1 nb)
BR Hampton	10	3	21	0	2.1 (1 nb)
JG Walker	27	2	112	1	4.14 (1 nb)
TJG Pringle	25	1	92	3	3.68
JA Raval	1	0	1	0	1

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	18	Ben Smith	Curtis Heaphy
2nd	27	Greg Hay	Curtis Heaphy
3rd	27	Greg Hay	Brad Schmulian
4th	2	Greg Hay	Dane Cleaver
5th	270	Greg Hay	Tom Bruce
6th	70	Doug Bracewell	Tom Bruce
7th	5	Tom Bruce	Josh Clarkson
8th	2	Ajaz Patel	Tom Bruce
9th	4	Tom Bruce	Brett Randell
10th	2	Tom Bruce	Raymond Toole

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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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