f63322 ps1753	Central Districts v Canterbury
	Plunket Shield 2025/26
Venue	McLean Park, Napier on 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th December 2025 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Central Districts won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match still in progress
Umpires	CM Brown, SJ Kannan
Referee	GB Stretch
Scorers	DM Plummer, EP West
Close of play day 1	Canterbury (1) 13/1 (Bowes 6*, McKenzie 6*; 8 overs)
Close of play day 2
Close of play day 3

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Central Districts first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
CG Heaphy	b Davey	119	249	353	13	-	181
TJ Bettelheim	c sub (FW Sheat) b Rae	13	45	65	2	-	40
BD Schmulian	c Hay b Davey	39	54	77	6	-	37
D Foxcroft	c Hay b Rae	10	25	35	-	-	19
*+D Cleaver	b Rae	7	16	24	1	-	12
JA Clarkson	c Hay b Jamieson	0	9	13	-	-	9
WJ Clark	b McKenzie	3	11	13	-	-	9
AY Patel	c Mariu b Sodhi	11	49	54	-	-	40
JR Lennox	c Jamieson b McConchie	2	37	31	-	-	36
TM Annand	not out	18	18	39	4	-	13
RL Toole	c Hay b Jamieson	3	6	5	-	-	4
Extras	(5 b, 3 lb, 6 nb)	14
Total	(all out, 359 minutes, 85.3 overs)	239
Fall of wickets:
1-37 (Bettelheim, 14.5 ov), 2-98 (Schmulian, 32.4 ov), 3-117 (Foxcroft, 40.3 ov), 4-135 (Cleaver, 46.4 ov), 5-138 (Clarkson, 49.4 ov), 6-141 (Clark, 52.4 ov), 7-170 (Patel, 67.1 ov), 8-193 (Lennox, 76.4 ov), 9-236 (Heaphy, 84.2 ov), 10-239 (Toole, 85.3 ov)

Canterbury bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Jamieson	12.3	4	27	2	-	-	62	4	-
Davey	14	2	44	2	-	5	66	5	-
Rae	17	1	65	3	-	-	68	7	-
McKenzie	14	4	33	1	-	-	64	3	-
Sodhi	21	3	41	1	-	1	100	3	-
McConchie	7	2	21	1	-	-	34	4	-

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Canterbury first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
CJ Bowes	not out	6	27	35	-	-	22
RA Mariu	b Toole	0	9	14	-	-	9
AW McKenzie	not out	6	13	20	1	-	11
*HM Nicholls	still to bat
CE McConchie	still to bat
MWT Boyle	still to bat
+MJ Hay	still to bat
IS Sodhi	still to bat
KA Jamieson	still to bat
SB Davey	still to bat
MD Rae	still to bat
Extras	(1 nb)	1
Total	(1 wicket, 35 minutes, 8 overs)	13
Fall of wickets:
1-3 (Mariu, 3.2 ov)

Central Districts bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Clarkson	3	1	7	0	-	-	15	1	-
Toole	4	1	5	1	-	1	21	-	-
Patel	1	0	1	0	-	-	5	-	-

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Notes
--> Day 1 Lunch: Central Districts (1) 98/2 (Heaphy 38*; 32.4 overs)
--> Day 1 Tea: Central Districts (1) 153/6 (Heaphy 64*, Patel 7*; 61 overs)
--> Central Districts first innings: 50 in 16.2 overs
--> Central Districts first innings: 100 in 34.5 overs
--> Central Districts first innings: 150 in 56.5 overs
--> Central Districts first innings: 200 in 78.3 overs
--> CG Heaphy (1) 50 in 126 balls with 5 fours
--> CG Heaphy (1) 100 in 225 balls with 10 fours
--> CG Heaphy (1) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 7
--> D Cleaver (1) passed 5500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 4
--> CG Heaphy (10) and BD Schmulian (35) added 50 in 95 balls for the Central Districts 2nd wicket in the first innings

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