f63352 ps1757	Otago v Central Districts
	Plunket Shield 2025/26
Venue	University Oval, Dunedin on 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th December 2025 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Central Districts won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Points	Otago 8 (Batting 4, Bowling 4); Central Districts 3 (Batting 1, Bowling 2)
Umpires	SB Haig, SJ Kannan
Referee	SB O'Connor
Scorers	MF Jones, LR Neilson
Close of play day 1	Otago (1) 287/6 (Chu 104*, Lockrose 1*; 96 overs)
Close of play day 2	Central Districts (2) 18/0 (Heaphy 10*, Bettelheim 8*; 7 overs)
Close of play day 3	Central Districts (2) 197/3 (Heaphy 68*, Cleaver 5*; 65 overs)

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Otago first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
JCT Boyle	c Clark b Annand	6	38	61	-	-	32
JM Cumming	c Mabin b Toole	30	42	54	4	-	30
TC Jones	c Schmulian b Annand	10	13	22	2	-	9
TK Parkes	c Clark b Mabin	3	22	43	-	-	19
TM Johnson	c Heaphy b Toole	37	71	100	7	-	57
+MW Chu	c Annand b Patel	151	245	389	13	3	163
*LI Georgeson	c Cleaver b Annand	80	181	208	10	-	139
BNJ Lockrose	not out	72	89	113	11	2	63
DK Ferns	not out	6	3	7	1	-	0
JD McKay	did not bat
TJ Hart	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 3 lb, 8 nb, 9 w)	21
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 502 minutes, 116 overs)	416
Fall of wickets:
1-40 (JM Cumming, 11.5 ov), 2-40 (Boyle, 12.6 ov), 3-51 (Jones, 16.2 ov), 4-60 (Parkes, 22.4 ov), 5-120 (Johnson, 39.3 ov), 6-284 (Georgeson, 92.3 ov), 7-390 (Chu, 113.6 ov)

Central Districts bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Clarkson	20	2	103	0	5	3	73	12	1
Toole	28	6	88	2	2	3	135	10	1
Annand	24	4	85	3	1	-	110	12	2
Mabin	13	3	34	1	-	-	60	3	1
Patel	19	1	69	1	-	-	75	8	-
Foxcroft	8	0	14	0	-	-	36	-	-
Schmulian	1	0	3	0	-	-	3	-	-
Clark	3	0	16	0	1	2	15	3	-

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Central Districts first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
TJ Bettelheim	lbw b Georgeson	0	1	1	-	-	1
CG Heaphy	c Lockrose b McKay	65	150	242	8	-	118
BD Schmulian	c Chu b Ferns	15	17	17	1	-	11
D Foxcroft	c Johnson b Ferns	94	120	170	11	5	89
*+D Cleaver	b Ferns	0	12	15	-	-	12
JA Clarkson	lbw b Lockrose	1	4	4	-	-	3
WJ Clark	b Ferns	1	7	6	-	-	6
OE Mabin	c Georgeson b Lockrose	6	5	5	1	-	3
AY Patel	c Georgeson b Lockrose	0	3	7	-	-	3
TM Annand	b McKay	22	28	39	4	1	23
RL Toole	not out	7	25	31	1	-	21
Extras	(10 lb, 1 nb, 2 w)	13
Total	(all out, 274 minutes, 61.5 overs)	224
Fall of wickets:
1-0 (Bettelheim, 0.1 ov), 2-21 (Schmulian, 3.6 ov), 3-176 (Foxcroft, 43.3 ov), 4-176 (Cleaver, 47.3 ov), 5-177 (Clarkson, 48.2 ov), 6-178 (Clark, 49.3 ov), 7-185 (Mabin, 50.4 ov), 8-189 (Patel, 52.2 ov), 9-193 (Heaphy, 53.5 ov), 10-224 (Annand, 61.5 ov)

Otago bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Georgeson	11	0	55	1	-	-	46	5	2
Ferns	15	3	57	4	-	-	69	8	1
McKay	11.5	2	47	2	2	1	55	7	1
Hart	7	1	15	0	-	-	35	1	1
Lockrose	16	4	38	3	-	-	80	5	1
Johnson	1	0	2	0	-	-	4	-	-

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Central Districts second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
CG Heaphy	c Chu b McKay	81	226	352	9	-	177
TJ Bettelheim	c Georgeson b Ferns	12	38	60	3	-	35
BD Schmulian	c Parkes b McKay	78	100	162	12	-	70
D Foxcroft	c JM Cumming b Georgeson	27	36	56	4	-	24
*+D Cleaver	not out	93	114	187	13	1	74
JA Clarkson	c sub (ZAJ Cumming) b Georgeson	0	8	12	-	-	8
WJ Clark	c JM Cumming b Ferns	2	13	12	-	-	11
JR Lennox	c Lockrose b Georgeson	39	55	59	5	-	37
OE Mabin	c Boyle b Ferns	0	12	16	-	-	12
TM Annand	not out	2	6	12	-	-	5
RL Toole	did not bat
Extras	(8 b, 1 lb, 2 nb, 6 w)	17
Total	(8 wickets, 468 minutes, 101 overs)	351
Fall of wickets:
1-27 (Bettelheim, 12.5 ov), 2-147 (Schmulian, 48.1 ov), 3-191 (Foxcroft, 60.4 ov), 4-238 (Heaphy, 75.6 ov), 5-242 (Clarkson, 79.2 ov), 6-253 (Clark, 82.1 ov), 7-324 (Lennox, 94.2 ov), 8-338 (Mabin, 97.6 ov)

Otago bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
McKay	23	3	96	2	2	1	99	15	-
Georgeson	27	10	79	3	3	1	130	12	-
Lockrose	21	2	60	0	-	-	94	6	-
Johnson	2	1	4	0	-	-	11	1	-
Boyle	2	0	9	0	-	-	9	-	1
Ferns	23	3	82	3	1	-	97	10	-
Hart	3	0	12	0	-	-	12	2	-

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Notes
--> Central Districts full substitute: JR Lennox for AY Patel (after 7 overs of the Central Districts second innings) (called up to international squad)
--> Day 1 Lunch: Otago (1) 91/4 (Johnson 20*, Chu 18*; 31 overs)
--> Day 1 Tea: Otago (1) 173/5 (Chu 58*, Georgeson 23*; 61 overs)
--> Day 2 Lunch: Central Districts (1) 35/2 (Heaphy 11*, Foxcroft 9*; 7 overs)
--> Day 2 Tea: Central Districts (1) 136/2 (Heaphy 37*, Foxcroft 73*; 36 overs)
--> Day 3 Lunch: Central Districts (2) 91/1 (Heaphy 30*, Schmulian 47*; 34 overs)
--> Day 3 Tea: Central Districts (2) 191/3 (Heaphy 67*, Cleaver 0*; 63 overs)
--> Day 4 Lunch: Central Districts (2) 324/7 (Cleaver 70*; 94.2 overs)
--> There was no play between lunch and tea on the 4th day
--> Otago first innings: 50 in 16.1 overs
--> Otago first innings: 100 in 34.3 overs
--> Otago first innings: 150 in 52.2 overs
--> Otago first innings: 200 in 66.4 overs
--> Otago first innings: 250 in 85.6 overs
--> Otago first innings: 300 in 101.2 overs
--> Otago first innings: 350 in 109.2 overs
--> Otago score at 110 overs in the first innings was 359-6
--> Otago first innings: 400 in 114.4 overs
--> Central Districts first innings: 50 in 10.5 overs
--> Central Districts first innings: 100 in 23.2 overs
--> Central Districts first innings: 150 in 37.5 overs
--> OE Mabin made his debut in First-Class matches
--> OE Mabin made his debut in Plunket Shield matches
--> MW Chu (1) 50 in 96 balls with 5 fours and 1 six
--> MW Chu (1) 100 in 192 balls with 10 fours and 1 six
--> MW Chu (1) passed his previous highest score of 130 in Plunket Shield matches
--> MW Chu (1) passed his previous highest score of 130 in First-Class matches
--> MW Chu (1) 150 in 243 balls with 13 fours and 3 sixes
--> LI Georgeson (1) 50 in 141 balls with 5 fours
--> LI Georgeson (1) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 60
--> BNJ Lockrose (1) 50 in 78 balls with 8 fours and 1 six
--> BNJ Lockrose (1) passed his previous highest score of 70 in Plunket Shield matches
--> BNJ Lockrose (1) passed his previous highest score of 70 in First-Class matches
--> CG Heaphy (1) 50 in 116 balls with 6 fours
--> D Foxcroft (1) 50 in 47 balls with 8 fours and 2 sixes
--> TM Annand achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches when he dismissed LI Georgeson in the Otago first innings (previous best was 2-70)
--> TM Annand achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Plunket Shield matches when he dismissed LI Georgeson in the Otago first innings (previous best was 2-70)
--> BNJ Lockrose achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Central Districts first innings (previous best was 3-73)
--> BNJ Lockrose achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Plunket Shield matches in the Central Districts first innings (previous best was 3-73)
--> TM Johnson (21) and MW Chu (30) added 50 in 82 balls for the Otago 5th wicket in the first innings
--> MW Chu (26) and LI Georgeson (22) added 50 in 118 balls for the Otago 6th wicket in the first innings
--> MW Chu (53) and LI Georgeson (41) added 100 in 228 balls for the Otago 6th wicket in the first innings
--> MW Chu (66) and LI Georgeson (72) added 150 in 301 balls for the Otago 6th wicket in the first innings
--> MW Chu (35) and BNJ Lockrose (18) added 50 in 88 balls for the Otago 7th wicket in the first innings
--> MW Chu (48) and BNJ Lockrose (48) added 100 in 125 balls for the Otago 7th wicket in the first innings
--> CG Heaphy (12) and D Foxcroft (37) added 50 in 72 balls for the Central Districts 3rd wicket in the first innings
--> CG Heaphy (25) and D Foxcroft (65) added 100 in 146 balls for the Central Districts 3rd wicket in the first innings

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