f63290 ps1747	Central Districts v Auckland
	Plunket Shield 2025/26
Venue	Fitzherbert Park, Palmerston North on 18th, 19th, 20th November 2025 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Auckland won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Auckland won by an innings and 61 runs
Points	Central Districts 4 (Bowling 4); Auckland 20 (Batting 4, Bowling 4)
Umpires	KD Cotton, JM Dempsey
Referee	TL Anderson
Scorers	DJ Mitchell, EP West
Close of play day 1	Auckland (1) 393/7 (McKenzie 2*, Harrison 0*; 96 overs)
Close of play day 2	Central Districts (1) 175/4 (Cleaver 31*, Clarkson 23*; 49 overs)

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Auckland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
DN Phillips	c Bruce b Toole	17	26	34	4	-	21
*SM Solia	c Toole b Clarkson	15	34	50	2	-	28
HA Kannan	c Patel b Clark	38	126	165	3	-	103
B Jacobs	c Patel b Lennox	94	115	175	14	-	68
+CD Fletcher	lbw b Clarkson	44	119	162	3	2	95
LN Stackpole	c Clark b Annand	148	112	144	11	9	58
SB Keene	lbw b Patel	15	34	33	1	-	27
JJ McKenzie	b Toole	6	19	40	1	-	16
RD Harrison	lbw b Clarkson	1	14	22	-	-	13
A Ashok	not out	4	11	15	1	-	10
RK Gulati	c Cleaver b Clarkson	4	6	8	1	-	5
Extras	(4 b, 7 lb, 7 nb, 2 w)	20
Total	(all out, 429 minutes, 101.3 overs)	406
Fall of wickets:
1-33 (Phillips, 8.2 ov), 2-41 (Solia, 11.5 ov), 3-165 (Kannan, 46.5 ov), 4-182 (Jacobs, 52.3 ov), 5-374 (Fletcher, 87.1 ov), 6-383 (Stackpole, 88.4 ov), 7-393 (Keene, 94.2 ov), 8-398 (McKenzie, 98.1 ov), 9-402 (Harrison, 99.3 ov), 10-406 (Gulati, 101.3 ov)

Central Districts bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Toole	25	5	103	2	1	-	114	16	3
Clarkson	19.3	4	63	4	-	2	90	9	-
Annand	13	0	58	1	1	2	54	6	2
Clark	12	3	37	1	-	3	55	3	-
Patel	16	3	58	1	-	-	66	3	2
Lennox	9	0	41	1	-	-	30	3	1
Foxcroft	7	1	35	0	-	-	29	1	3

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Central Districts first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
BD Schmulian	b Keene	46	86	126	6	-	64
TJ Bettelheim	b Keene	0	3	7	-	-	3
D Foxcroft	lbw b McKenzie	35	47	72	8	-	37
*TC Bruce	c Phillips b Keene	23	24	26	4	-	16
+D Cleaver	c Fletcher b Harrison	31	75	108	4	-	58
JA Clarkson	not out	37	84	128	6	-	66
WJ Clark	c Jacobs b McKenzie	0	9	15	-	-	9
AY Patel	c and b McKenzie	1	3	6	-	-	2
JR Lennox	c Jacobs b Harrison	0	11	9	-	-	11
TM Annand	c Fletcher b McKenzie	0	3	3	-	-	3
RL Toole	b McKenzie	0	2	2	-	-	2
Extras	(4 b, 8 lb, 5 nb, 1 w)	18
Total	(all out, 255 minutes, 57 overs)	191
Fall of wickets:
1-4 (Bettelheim, 1.3 ov), 2-63 (Foxcroft, 17.2 ov), 3-97 (Bruce, 23.5 ov), 4-130 (Schmulian, 27.5 ov), 5-175 (Cleaver, 49.5 ov), 6-184 (Clark, 52.6 ov), 7-188 (Patel, 54.1 ov), 8-190 (Lennox, 55.6 ov), 9-191 (Annand, 56.4 ov), 10-191 (Toole, 56.6 ov)

Auckland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
McKenzie	17	3	35	5	1	2	84	4	-
Keene	13	4	56	3	-	1	60	11	-
Harrison	13	3	39	2	-	2	61	6	-
Gulati	6	2	21	0	-	-	27	3	-
Ashok	8	2	28	0	-	-	34	4	-

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Central Districts second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
TJ Bettelheim	c Phillips b Gulati	62	107	143	8	-	78
BD Schmulian	b McKenzie	0	2	2	-	-	2
D Foxcroft	b Keene	10	27	27	-	-	22
*TC Bruce	c Stackpole b Harrison	8	13	16	2	-	11
+D Cleaver	c Phillips b Gulati	16	57	77	1	-	47
JA Clarkson	c Jacobs b Ashok	0	6	9	-	-	6
WJ Clark	c Keene b Gulati	18	33	37	2	-	22
AY Patel	lbw b Ashok	26	48	53	3	1	37
JR Lennox	b Gulati	2	13	14	-	-	12
TM Annand	c Keene b Gulati	6	9	13	1	-	7
RL Toole	not out	2	6	7	-	-	5
Extras	(2 b, 2 nb)	4
Total	(all out, 205 minutes, 53.1 overs)	154
Fall of wickets:
1-1 (Schmulian, 0.3 ov), 2-19 (Foxcroft, 6.1 ov), 3-40 (Bruce, 9.6 ov), 4-92 (Cleaver, 31.2 ov), 5-97 (Clarkson, 34.1 ov), 6-99 (Bettelheim, 35.4 ov), 7-138 (Clark, 45.1 ov), 8-146 (Lennox, 49.4 ov), 9-146 (Patel, 50.6 ov), 10-154 (Annand, 53.1 ov)

Auckland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
McKenzie	6	0	20	1	-	1	25	1	-
Keene	6	1	30	1	-	-	26	4	-
Harrison	5	0	17	1	-	1	23	3	-
Gulati	21.1	6	46	5	-	-	104	6	-
Ashok	15	4	39	2	-	-	69	3	1

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for four days but completed in three.
--> Day 1 Lunch: Auckland (1) 122/2 (Kannan 25*, Jacobs 53*; 34 overs)
--> Day 1 Tea: Auckland (1) 246/4 (Fletcher 16*, Stackpole 52*; 64 overs)
--> Day 2 Lunch: Central Districts (1) 97/3 (Schmulian 30*; 23.5 overs)
--> There was no play between lunch and tea on the 2nd day
--> Day 3 Lunch: Central Districts (2) 67/3 (Bettelheim 42*, Cleaver 5*; 19 overs)
--> Auckland first innings: 50 in 14.5 overs
--> Auckland first innings: 100 in 27.1 overs
--> Auckland first innings: 150 in 39.4 overs
--> Auckland first innings: 200 in 55.4 overs
--> Auckland first innings: 250 in 64.4 overs
--> Auckland first innings: 300 in 73.4 overs
--> Auckland first innings: 350 in 84.2 overs
--> Auckland first innings: 400 in 98.5 overs
--> Central Districts first innings: 50 in 14.2 overs
--> Central Districts first innings: 100 in 23.6 overs
--> Central Districts first innings: 150 in 34.6 overs
--> Central Districts second innings: 50 in 12.4 overs
--> Central Districts second innings: 100 in 36.3 overs
--> Central Districts second innings: 150 in 51.4 overs
--> HA Kannan made his debut in First-Class matches
--> HA Kannan made his debut in Plunket Shield matches
--> TJ Bettelheim made his debut in First-Class matches
--> TJ Bettelheim made his debut in Plunket Shield matches
--> B Jacobs (1) 50 in 58 balls with 9 fours
--> LN Stackpole (1) 50 in 34 balls with 4 fours and 4 sixes
--> LN Stackpole (1) passed his previous highest score of 87 in First-Class matches
--> LN Stackpole (1) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> LN Stackpole (1) passed his previous highest score of 87 in Plunket Shield matches
--> LN Stackpole (1) made his first century in Plunket Shield matches
--> LN Stackpole (1) 100 in 74 balls with 6 fours and 7 sixes
--> D Cleaver (1) passed 5000 runs in Plunket Shield matches when he reached 31
--> TJ Bettelheim (2) 50 in 77 balls with 6 fours
--> JA Clarkson achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Plunket Shield matches when he dismissed RD Harrison in the Auckland first innings (previous best was 2-25)
--> JJ McKenzie achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches when he dismissed AY Patel in the Central Districts first innings (previous best was 2-31)
--> JJ McKenzie achieved his first five wickets in an innings in First-Class matches in the Central Districts first innings
--> JJ McKenzie achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Plunket Shield matches when he dismissed AY Patel in the Central Districts first innings (previous best was 2-31)
--> JJ McKenzie achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Plunket Shield matches in the Central Districts first innings
--> RK Gulati achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches when he dismissed WJ Clark in the Central Districts second innings (previous best was 2-61)
--> RK Gulati achieved his first five wickets in an innings in First-Class matches in the Central Districts second innings
--> RK Gulati achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Plunket Shield matches when he dismissed WJ Clark in the Central Districts second innings (previous best was 2-61)
--> RK Gulati achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Plunket Shield matches in the Central Districts second innings
--> HA Kannan (12) and B Jacobs (36) added 50 in 81 balls for the Auckland 3rd wicket in the first innings
--> HA Kannan (23) and B Jacobs (68) added 100 in 157 balls for the Auckland 3rd wicket in the first innings
--> CD Fletcher (10) and LN Stackpole (42) added 50 in 38 balls for the Auckland 5th wicket in the first innings
--> CD Fletcher (19) and LN Stackpole (83) added 100 in 106 balls for the Auckland 5th wicket in the first innings
--> CD Fletcher (33) and LN Stackpole (117) added 150 in 160 balls for the Auckland 5th wicket in the first innings
--> BD Schmulian (8) and D Foxcroft (35) added 50 in 81 balls for the Central Districts 2nd wicket in the first innings
--> TJ Bettelheim (36) and D Cleaver (14) added 50 in 114 balls for the Central Districts 4th wicket in the second innings

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