f63518 ps1764	Canterbury v Central Districts
	Plunket Shield 2025/26
Venue	MainPower Oval, Rangiora on 18th, 19th, 20th, 21st March 2026 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Central Districts won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match still in progress
Umpires	DR Morrow, GG Pennell
Referee	GB Stretch
Scorers	JP Larsen, GE McGowan
Close of play day 1	Central Districts (1) 1/0 (Schmulian 0*, Heaphy 1*; 2 overs)
Close of play day 2	Canterbury (2) 46/0 (Mariu 22*, Janett 19*; 17 overs)
Close of play day 3

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Canterbury first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
RA Mariu	b Toole	52	69	102	10	-	51
SJG Janett	b Toole	0	9	17	-	-	9
*HM Nicholls	c Bruce b Findlay	68	87	157	8	-	56
MWT Boyle	c Randell b Findlay	75	113	186	11	1	81
+MJ Hay	c Cleaver b Randell	85	163	207	9	-	114
LJ Carter	b Patel	11	35	55	1	-	29
JJA Frew	c Clark b Patel	0	7	8	-	-	7
SB Davey	lbw b Patel	0	3	2	-	-	3
FW Sheat	c Patel b Toole	15	27	31	2	-	22
T Muller	not out	3	4	13	-	-	1
MD Rae	c Cleaver b Toole	7	8	9	1	-	4
Extras	(11 lb, 1 nb, 6 w)	18
Total	(all out, 397 minutes, 87.2 overs)	334
Fall of wickets:
1-3 (Janett, 3.3 ov), 2-104 (Mariu, 20.4 ov), 3-164 (Nicholls, 35.5 ov), 4-251 (Boyle, 62.6 ov), 5-292 (Carter, 75.6 ov), 6-296 (Frew, 77.3 ov), 7-296 (Davey, 77.6 ov), 8-322 (Hay, 84.5 ov), 9-324 (Sheat, 85.3 ov), 10-334 (Rae, 87.2 ov)

Central Districts bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Randell	16	4	58	1	1	-	71	9	-
Toole	18.2	2	87	4	-	-	73	11	-
Annand	17	2	46	0	3	-	79	6	-
Findlay	16	3	59	2	2	1	69	6	-
Patel	16	1	61	3	-	-	68	9	1
Foxcroft	2	1	4	0	-	-	9	-	-
Schmulian	2	0	8	0	-	-	8	1	-

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Central Districts first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
BD Schmulian	c Hay b Muller	55	162	249	9	-	138
CG Heaphy	c Hay b Sheat	3	14	21	-	-	11
WA Young	c Hay b Muller	22	36	50	3	1	29
D Foxcroft	b Rae	0	4	10	-	-	4
*TC Bruce	b Muller	2	5	6	-	-	4
+D Cleaver	b Boyle	67	97	128	6	3	76
BG Randell	c Nicholls b Sheat	19	47	68	2	-	38
AY Patel	b Rae	31	60	90	3	-	43
TA Findlay	c Mariu b Rae	6	12	12	1	-	9
TM Annand	b Rae	8	19	20	2	-	17
RL Toole	not out	3	13	15	-	-	11
Extras	(1 b, 1 lb, 3 w)	5
Total	(all out, 339 minutes, 78.1 overs)	221
Fall of wickets:
1-3 (Heaphy, 4.3 ov), 2-36 (Young, 15.6 ov), 3-39 (Foxcroft, 18.3 ov), 4-44 (Bruce, 19.4 ov), 5-141 (Cleaver, 49.4 ov), 6-159 (Schmulian, 56.4 ov), 7-187 (Randell, 67.1 ov), 8-200 (Findlay, 70.1 ov), 9-211 (Annand, 74.4 ov), 10-221 (Patel, 78.1 ov)

Canterbury bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Sheat	17	5	53	2	1	-	83	8	1
Davey	14	9	9	0	-	-	78	1	-
Rae	20.1	2	73	4	1	-	91	8	-
Muller	18	4	45	3	1	-	88	5	1
Boyle	8	1	38	1	-	-	35	4	2
Mariu	1	0	1	0	-	-	5	-	-

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Canterbury second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
RA Mariu	not out	22	50	74	2	-	40
SJG Janett	not out	19	52	74	2	-	44
*HM Nicholls	still to bat
MWT Boyle	still to bat
+MJ Hay	still to bat
LJ Carter	still to bat
JJA Frew	still to bat
SB Davey	still to bat
FW Sheat	still to bat
T Muller	still to bat
MD Rae	still to bat
Extras	(4 b, 1 w)	5
Total	(no wicket, 73 minutes, 17 overs)	46

Central Districts bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Randell	5	2	11	0	-	-	26	2	-
Toole	6	2	19	0	1	-	29	1	-
Annand	2	1	1	0	-	-	11	-	-
Findlay	2	0	7	0	-	-	9	1	-
Patel	2	0	4	0	-	-	9	-	-

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Notes
--> Day 1 Lunch: Canterbury (1) 138/2 (Nicholls 58*, Boyle 20*; 29 overs)
--> Day 1 Tea: Canterbury (1) 242/3 (Boyle 74*, Hay 40*; 60 overs)
--> Day 2 Lunch: Central Districts (1) 81/4 (Schmulian 26*, Cleaver 28*; 34 overs)
--> Day 2 Tea: Central Districts (1) 183/6 (Randell 19*, Patel 12*; 66 overs)
--> Canterbury first innings: 50 in 11.6 overs
--> Canterbury first innings: 100 in 20.2 overs
--> Canterbury first innings: 150 in 30.5 overs
--> Canterbury first innings: 200 in 48.2 overs
--> Canterbury first innings: 250 in 61.5 overs
--> Canterbury first innings: 300 in 81.1 overs
--> Central Districts first innings: 50 in 20.6 overs
--> Central Districts first innings: 100 in 38.5 overs
--> Central Districts first innings: 150 in 54.5 overs
--> Central Districts first innings: 200 in 69.6 overs
--> RA Mariu (1) 50 in 68 balls with 10 fours
--> HM Nicholls (1) 50 in 52 balls with 7 fours
--> MWT Boyle (1) 50 in 73 balls with 9 fours
--> MJ Hay (1) 50 in 107 balls with 6 fours
--> MJ Hay (1) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 33
--> BD Schmulian (1) 50 in 157 balls with 8 fours
--> D Cleaver (1) 50 in 76 balls with 6 fours and 1 six
--> RA Mariu (9) and HM Nicholls (37) added 50 in 51 balls for the Canterbury 2nd wicket in the first innings
--> RA Mariu (50) and HM Nicholls (46) added 100 in 103 balls for the Canterbury 2nd wicket in the first innings
--> HM Nicholls (19) and MWT Boyle (29) added 50 in 67 balls for the Canterbury 3rd wicket in the first innings
--> MWT Boyle (22) and MJ Hay (28) added 50 in 101 balls for the Canterbury 4th wicket in the first innings
--> BD Schmulian (13) and D Cleaver (39) added 50 in 111 balls for the Central Districts 5th wicket in the first innings

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