Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Troy Johnson	c Foulkes b Sheat	14	31	50	3	0	45.16
Nick Greenwood	lbw b Rae	79	130	179	12	2	60.76
Gareth Severin	c †Hay b Rae	7	12	21	0	0	58.33
Nick Kelly (c)	c Carter b Foulkes	52	96	135	9	0	54.16
Muhammad Abbas	c Nuttall b Rippon	57	98	146	7	0	58.16
Callum McLachlan †	c Carter b Rippon	19	49	53	2	0	38.77
Nathan Smith	c McConchie b Sheat	49	75	96	7	0	65.33
Peter Younghusband	not out	13	68	112	2	0	19.11
Ben Sears	b Foulkes	5	43	45	0	0	11.62
Michael Snedden	c †Hay b Foulkes	0	6	9	0	0	0.00
James Hartshorn	c Rippon b Foulkes	18	23	25	2	0	78.26
Extras	(b 1, lb 6, nb 2, w 3)	12
Total	104.5 Ov (RR: 3.10, 438 Mins)	325
Fall of wickets: 1-41 (Troy Johnson, 10.4 ov), 2-60 (Gareth Severin, 15.2 ov), 3-137 (Nick Greenwood, 41.1 ov), 4-162 (Nick Kelly, 47.3 ov), 5-190 (Callum McLachlan, 60.1 ov), 6-259 (Muhammad Abbas, 78.1 ov), 7-294 (Nathan Smith, 85.2 ov), 8-307 (Ben Sears, 96.6 ov), 9-307 (Michael Snedden, 98.6 ov), 10-325 (James Hartshorn, 104.5 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Fraser Sheat	24	9	49	2	2.04	-	-	-	0	0
Ed Nuttall	17	1	80	0	4.70	-	-	-	0	2
Michael Rae	20	2	77	2	3.85	-	-	-	0	0
Angus McKenzie	18	8	32	0	1.77	-	-	-	1	0
Zakary Foulkes	14.5	3	43	4	2.89	-	-	-	0	0
Michael Rippon	8	0	26	2	3.25	-	-	-	0	0
Cole McConchie	3	0	11	0	3.66	-	-	-	0	0

Canterbury 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Zakary Foulkes	c †McLachlan b Sears	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
Dylan Hunter	c Kelly b Smith	17	47	78	2	0	36.17
Cole McConchie (c)	c †McLachlan b Smith	7	15	17	0	0	46.66
Leo Carter	c Kelly b Sears	1	4	11	0	0	25.00
Matthew Boyle	lbw b Snedden	25	53	70	5	0	47.16
Mitchell Hay †	c & b Sears	13	30	46	3	0	43.33
Michael Rippon	c Johnson b Smith	31	40	61	4	1	77.50
Angus McKenzie	c Kelly b Younghusband	22	51	86	4	0	43.13
Fraser Sheat	c Smith b Younghusband	20	28	36	4	0	71.42
Michael Rae	c Hartshorn b Younghusband	0	3	3	0	0	0.00
Ed Nuttall	not out	2	5	9	0	0	40.00
Extras	(b 4, lb 8, nb 6)	18
Total	45.1 Ov (RR: 3.45)	156
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Zakary Foulkes, 0.1 ov), 2-9 (Cole McConchie, 3.5 ov), 3-10 (Leo Carter, 6.1 ov), 4-48 (Dylan Hunter, 16.4 ov), 5-60 (Matthew Boyle, 21.5 ov), 6-80 (Mitchell Hay, 26.4 ov), 7-117 (Michael Rippon, 34.5 ov), 8-153 (Fraser Sheat, 43.1 ov), 9-153 (Michael Rae, 43.4 ov), 10-156 (Angus McKenzie, 45.1 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Ben Sears	12	2	41	3	3.41	-	-	-	0
Nathan Smith	12	3	30	3	2.50	-	-	-	5
Michael Snedden	8	0	38	1	4.75	-	-	-	1
James Hartshorn	11	3	30	0	2.72	-	-	-	0
Peter Younghusband	2.1	0	5	3	2.30	-	-	-	0

Wellington 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Troy Johnson	c Foulkes b Sheat	7	25	29	1	0	28.00
Nick Greenwood	c †Hay b Foulkes	10	34	53	1	0	29.41
Gareth Severin	b Foulkes	7	37	58	1	0	18.91
Nick Kelly (c)	c Boyle b Foulkes	0	9	11	0	0	0.00
Muhammad Abbas	c †Hay b Sheat	41	57	94	9	0	71.92
Callum McLachlan †	c †Hay b McKenzie	8	8	13	1	0	100.00
Nathan Smith	c McKenzie b Rae	14	15	23	3	0	93.33
Peter Younghusband	c †Hay b Sheat	10	21	25	1	0	47.61
Ben Sears	c Hunter b Sheat	13	17	19	3	0	76.47
Michael Snedden	not out	13	16	33	2	0	81.25
James Hartshorn	run out (Carter/†Hay/Sheat)	16	13	22	2	0	123.07
Extras	(lb 4, nb 1, w 1)	6
Total	41.5 Ov (RR: 3.46, 193 Mins)	145
Fall of wickets: 1-17 (Troy Johnson, 7.1 ov), 2-28 (Nick Greenwood, 12.2 ov), 3-28 (Nick Kelly, 14.5 ov), 4-37 (Gareth Severin, 20.4 ov), 5-53 (Callum McLachlan, 23.4 ov), 6-87 (Nathan Smith, 28.3 ov), 7-103 (Peter Younghusband, 33.3 ov), 8-104 (Muhammad Abbas, 35.3 ov), 9-117 (Ben Sears, 37.5 ov), 10-145 (James Hartshorn, 41.5 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Michael Rae	10	1	44	1	4.40	-	-	-	0	0
Fraser Sheat	13.5	2	50	4	3.61	-	-	-	1	0
Zakary Foulkes	11	4	34	3	3.09	-	-	-	0	1
Angus McKenzie	7	3	13	1	1.85	-	-	-	0	0

Canterbury 2nd Innings (T: 315 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Zakary Foulkes	b Smith	19	51	61	3	0	37.25
Dylan Hunter	c †McLachlan b Muhammad Abbas	28	91	138	1	0	30.76
Cole McConchie (c)	c Kelly b Smith	0	4	6	0	0	0.00
Leo Carter	c †McLachlan b Muhammad Abbas	31	67	84	4	0	46.26
Matthew Boyle	c & b Younghusband	0	4	6	0	0	0.00
Mitchell Hay †	hit wicket b Sears	44	55	91	3	4	80.00
Michael Rippon	st †McLachlan b Younghusband	0	3	3	0	0	0.00
Angus McKenzie	c Johnson b Younghusband	4	16	17	0	0	25.00
Fraser Sheat	b Smith	13	26	33	1	0	50.00
Michael Rae	c †McLachlan b Sears	17	17	18	2	1	100.00
Ed Nuttall	not out	0	4	10	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 11, lb 8, nb 9, w 1)	29
Total	54.5 Ov (RR: 3.37, 237 Mins)	185
Fall of wickets: 1-45 (Zakary Foulkes, 14.6 ov), 2-49 (Cole McConchie, 16.1 ov), 3-101 (Dylan Hunter, 32.4 ov), 4-102 (Matthew Boyle, 33.5 ov), 5-103 (Leo Carter, 34.6 ov), 6-104 (Michael Rippon, 35.4 ov), 7-113 (Angus McKenzie, 39.6 ov), 8-138 (Fraser Sheat, 48.4 ov), 9-164 (Michael Rae, 52.5 ov), 10-185 (Mitchell Hay, 54.5 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Ben Sears	9.5	1	36	2	3.66	-	-	-	0	0
Nathan Smith	14	1	39	3	2.78	-	-	-	0	1
Michael Snedden	7	1	16	0	2.28	-	-	-	0	5
James Hartshorn	7	3	18	0	2.57	-	-	-	0	0
Muhammad Abbas	6	1	14	2	2.33	-	-	-	1	3
Peter Younghusband	11	1	43	3	3.90	-	-	-	0	0

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Fri, 20 Oct - day 1 - Wellington 1st innings 306/7 (Peter Younghusband 12*, Ben Sears 5*, 96 ov)

Sat, 21 Oct - day 2 - Wellington 2nd innings 91/6 (Muhammad Abbas 36*, Peter Younghusband 4*, 30 ov)

Sun, 22 Oct - day 3 - Canterbury 2nd innings 185 (54.5 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

Day 1

Wellington 1st innings:
Injury (11:11 to 11:14): Wellington - 33/0 in 9.2 overs, TM Johnson 14 (27), NA Greenwood 18 (30)
Wellington: 50 runs in 12.4 overs, 60 minutes, 1 extra
Injury (12:32 to 12:34): Wellington - 82/2 in 27.1 overs, NA Greenwood 39 (83), NF Kelly 21 (38)
NA Greenwood: 50 runs in 100 balls, 141 minutes (10x4)
Wellington: 100 runs in 31.5 overs, 142 minutes, 1 extra
Lunch (12:53 to 13:34): Wellington - 103/2 in 32.0 overs, NA Greenwood 52 (101), NF Kelly 29 (49)
3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 117 balls, 80 minutes, NA Greenwood 17 (62), NF Kelly 33 (55), 0 extras
Wellington: 150 runs in 44.5 overs, 196 minutes, 1 extra
NF Kelly: 50 runs in 89 balls, 123 minutes (9x4)
Tea (15:41 to 16:02): Wellington - 199/5 in 62.0 overs, MA Abbas 19 (47), NG Smith 4 (8)
Wellington: 200 runs in 62.1 overs, 270 minutes, 5 extras
6th Wicket: 50 runs in 82 balls, 50 minutes, MA Abbas 28 (36), NG Smith 20 (46), 2 extras
MA Abbas: 50 runs in 91 balls, 140 minutes (7x4)
Wellington: 250 runs in 76.3 overs, 320 minutes, 8 extras
New Ball Taken: Wellington - 262/6 after 80.0 overs, NG Smith 22 (55), PF Younghusband 2 (10), 10 extras
Wellington: 300 runs in 92.4 overs, 386 minutes, 12 extras
End of Day (18:10): Wellington - 306/7 in 96.0 overs, PF Younghusband 12 (47), BV Sears 5 (40)

Day 2

End of 110 over bonus points: Wellington Firebirds 325 (104.5) (Wellington Firebirds 3 batting points, Canterbury 4 bowling points)
Canterbury 1st innings:
Canterbury: 50 runs in 16.5 overs, 80 minutes, 6 extras
Lunch (12:52 to 13:34): Canterbury - 60/4 in 20.0 overs, MWT Boyle 25 (48), MJ Hay 4 (8)
Injury (13:45 to 13:47): Canterbury - 63/5 in 22.1 overs, MJ Hay 5 (15), MJG Rippon 2 (1)
Canterbury: 100 runs in 32.0 overs, 149 minutes, 8 extras
Canterbury: 150 runs in 43.0 overs, 197 minutes, 18 extras
Tea (15:33 to 15:52): Canterbury - 156/10 in 45.1 overs, AW McKenzie 22 (51), EJ Nuttall 2 (5)
End of 110 over bonus points: Canterbury 156 (45.1) (Canterbury 0 batting points, Wellington Firebirds 4 bowling points)
Wellington 2nd innings:
Wellington: 50 runs in 22.5 overs, 98 minutes, 4 extras
End of Day (18:06): Wellington - 91/6 in 30.0 overs, MA Abbas 36 (44), PF Younghusband 4 (8)

Day 3

Ground Delay: Wellington - 91/6 in 30.0 overs, MA Abbas 36 (44), PF Younghusband 4 (8)
Wellington: 100 runs in 32.0 overs, 145 minutes, 6 extras
Lunch: Canterbury - 30/0 in 10.0 overs, ZG Foulkes 15 (35), DJ Hunter 2 (28)
Canterbury: 50 runs in 16.2 overs, 68 minutes, 20 extras
3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 96 balls, 66 minutes, DJ Hunter 18 (40), LJ Carter 29 (56), 4 extras
Canterbury: 100 runs in 31.5 overs, 134 minutes, 24 extras
Tea: Canterbury - 106/6 in 37.0 overs, MJ Hay 1 (2), AW McKenzie 1 (9)
Canterbury: 150 runs in 50.5 overs, 217 minutes, 29 extras

Match Details

Basin Reserve, Wellington
Toss	Canterbury, elected to field first
Series	Plunket Shield
Season	2023/24
Match days	20,21,22 October 2023 - day (4-day match)
FC debut	Dylan Hunter
Umpires	Kim Cotton Shaun Haig
Match Referee	Sue Morris
Points	Wellington 19, Canterbury 4

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Canterbury Innings

Player Name		R	B
ZGF Foulkes	bowled	19	51
DJ Hunter	caught	28	91
CE McConchie	caught	0	4
LJ Carter	caught	31	67
MWT Boyle	caught	0	4
MJ Hay	hit wicket	44	55
MJG Rippon	stumped	0	3
AW McKenzie	caught	4	16
FW Sheat	bowled	13	26
MD Rae	caught	17	17
EJ Nuttall	not out	0	4
Extras	(b 11, lb 8, nb 9, w 1)
Total	185(10 wkts; 54.5 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
BV Sears	9.5	1	36	2	3.66
NG Smith	14	1	39	3	2.78 (1 nb)
MW Snedden	7	1	16	0	2.28 (5 nb)
JW Hartshorn	7	3	18	0	2.57
Muhammad Abbas	6	1	14	2	2.33 (3 nb)
PF Younghusband	11	1	43	3	3.9

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	45	Zakary Foulkes	Dylan Hunter
2nd	4	Cole McConchie	Dylan Hunter
3rd	52	Leo Carter	Dylan Hunter
4th	1	Leo Carter	Matthew Boyle
5th	1	Leo Carter	Mitchell Hay
6th	1	Michael Rippon	Mitchell Hay
7th	9	Angus McKenzie	Mitchell Hay
8th	25	Fraser Sheat	Mitchell Hay
9th	26	Michael Rae	Mitchell Hay
10th	21	Ed Nuttall	Mitchell Hay

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Plunket Shield

Team	M	W	L	D	PT
WELL	8	4	0	4	94
ND	8	4	1	3	91
CD	8	3	2	3	85
CANT	8	3	3	2	84
OTAGO	8	1	5	2	54
AUCK	8	1	5	2	51

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