nza579	Central Districts A v Northern Districts A
	National Provincial A matches 2025/26
Venue	Nelson Park, Napier on 11th, 12th, 13th November 2025 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Players	12 per side (11 to bat and field)
Toss	Northern Districts A won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match still in progress
Umpires	TS Shirriffs, GM Walklin
Scorers	CSL McQuaid, DJ Mitchell
Close of play day 1	Central Districts A (1) 83/0 (Bettelheim 32*, Jonas 38*; 28 overs)
Close of play day 2

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Northern Districts A first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
JA Raval	c Jonas b Gard	37	101	176	5	-	82
SK Patel	c Wiggins b Mabin	30	61	91	3	1	48
B Popli	c Gard b Harris	15	49	57	2	-	42
*KD Clarke	b Harris	2	5	4	-	-	4
OJ White	b Mowat	8	20	32	-	-	15
+SK Heath	c Bettelheim b Gard	20	29	44	4	-	22
RZG Somani	not out	46	70	111	7	1	53
EN Price	c Wiggins b Carr	22	21	23	4	-	12
JJ Naylor	c Bettelheim b Mabin	7	7	11	1	-	5
BD Bell	lbw b Annand	5	23	29	-	-	20
RT Benefield	c Wiggins b Annand	3	8	10	-	-	7
S Khawrin	did not bat
Extras	(31 b, 24 lb, 5 nb, 15 w)	75
Total	(all out, 301 minutes, 64.5 overs)	270
Fall of wickets:
1-66 (Patel, 19.4 ov), 2-119 (Popli, 32.1 ov), 3-126 (Clarke, 32.6 ov), 4-151 (Raval, 37.2 ov), 5-170 (White, 40.1 ov), 6-195 (Heath, 47.2 ov), 7-224 (Price, 52.6 ov), 8-239 (Naylor, 55.5 ov), 9-258 (Bell, 62.4 ov), 10-270 (Benefield, 64.5 ov)

Central Districts A bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Annand	13.5	4	22	2	-	1	71	2	-
Harris	14	0	69	2	4	2	60	8	-
Field	3	1	11	0	-	-	15	1	1
Mowat	10	4	25	1	2	-	51	4	-
Mabin	11	3	32	2	1	2	54	3	-
Gard	9	1	29	2	-	-	42	5	-
Carr	4	0	27	1	-	-	13	3	1

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Central Districts A first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
TJ Bettelheim	c Heath b Raval	90	144	191	9	1	96
JMG Jonas	c Heath b Naylor	77	174	228	10	-	130
BM Foote	c Clarke b Khawrin	4	22	30	-	-	18
SJ Cassidy	not out	10	17	30	2	-	13
*+BL Wiggins	not out	5	18	25	-	-	14
JFA Field	still to bat
JJ Cotter	still to bat
JTR Gard	still to bat
OE Mabin	still to bat
TM Annand	still to bat
JT Harris	still to bat
FG Mowat	still to bat
LT Carr	still to bat
Extras	(8 b, 10 lb, 1 nb, 6 w)	25
Total	(3 wickets, 254 minutes, 62.2 overs)	211
Fall of wickets:
1-176 (Bettelheim, 49.1 ov), 2-189 (Foote, 56.2 ov), 3-193 (Jonas, 57.2 ov)

Northern Districts A bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Naylor	19	2	47	1	2	-	88	5	-
Somani	11	2	35	0	-	-	50	6	-
Benefield	11.2	1	52	0	1	1	43	6	-
White	6	1	11	0	-	-	28	1	-
Price	7	0	29	0	-	-	25	2	1
Raval	3	1	6	1	-	-	13	-	-
Khawrin	5	0	13	1	1	-	23	1	-

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Notes
--> Day 1 Lunch: Northern Districts A (1) 109/1 (Raval 24*, Popli 10*; 30 overs)
--> Day 1 Tea: Northern Districts A (1) 246/8 (Somani 35*, Bell 0*; 58 overs)
--> Day 2 Lunch: Central Districts A (1) 209/3 (Cassidy 10*, Wiggins 4*; 62 overs)
--> Northern Districts A first innings: 50 in 16.3 overs
--> Northern Districts A first innings: 100 in 27.4 overs
--> Northern Districts A first innings: 150 in 36.3 overs
--> Northern Districts A first innings: 200 in 48.3 overs
--> Northern Districts A first innings: 250 in 59.3 overs
--> Central Districts A first innings: 50 in 13.6 overs
--> JA Raval (10) and SK Patel (22) added 50 in 101 balls for the Northern Districts A 1st wicket in the first innings
--> JA Raval (12) and B Popli (14) added 50 in 73 balls for the Northern Districts A 2nd wicket in the first innings
--> TJ Bettelheim (17) and JMG Jonas (22) added 50 in 84 balls for the Central Districts A 1st wicket in the first innings

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