Central Stags v Wellington Firebirds - Cricket - BBC Sport

Fri 27 Feb 2026 - Mon 2 Mar 2026Plunket Shield - Round 5 - Day 4 of 4

Match Drawn

Wellington Firebirds 1st Innings

Batter	Runs	Balls	Dots	4s	6s	Minutes	Strike Rate
Tashkoff,caught Schmulian, bowled Findlay Tashkoff, caught Schmulian, bowled Findlay	109	135	91	14	2	201	80.74
Greenwood,bowled Schmulian Greenwood, bowled Schmulian	143	206	139	16	3	316	69.42
Severin,run out Lennox Severin, run out Lennox	5	31	29	1	0	28	16.13
Kelly,caught Cleaver, bowled Findlay Kelly, caught Cleaver, bowled Findlay	25	39	28	3	1	51	64.10
Robinson,leg before wicket, bowled Schmulian Robinson, leg before wicket, bowled Schmulian	11	35	27	1	0	42	31.43
Abbas,caught Foxcroft, bowled Toole Abbas, caught Foxcroft, bowled Toole	17	70	60	1	0	78	24.29
McLachlan,leg before wicket, bowled Schmulian McLachlan, leg before wicket, bowled Schmulian	0	2	2	0	0	1	0.00
Smith,caught Young, bowled Randell Smith, caught Young, bowled Randell	39	80	62	3	1	117	48.75
Younghusband,caught Findlay, bowled Toole Younghusband, caught Findlay, bowled Toole	27	59	48	1	2	100	45.76
Snedden,leg before wicket, bowled Schmulian Snedden, leg before wicket, bowled Schmulian	2	32	30	0	0	32	6.25
Hartshorn,not out Hartshorn, not out	1	4	3	0	0	13	25.00
Extras, no balls 12, wides 5, byes 4, leg byes 1, total 22 Extras, no balls 12, wides 5, byes 4, leg byes 1, total 22
Total,401 all out 113.3 overs Total,401 all out 113.3 overs

Bowler	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Dots	No balls	Wides	4s	6s	Economy rate
Randell	20.0	4	71	1	85	1	1	8	0	3.55
Clarkson	15.0	1	46	0	69	0	0	6	0	3.06
Findlay	21.0	3	91	2	91	10	2	9	2	4.33
Toole	23.3	5	98	2	108	1	2	11	4	4.17
Lennox	22.0	4	63	0	99	0	0	4	3	2.86
Schmulian	12.0	2	27	4	57	0	0	2	0	2.25

Fall of wicket	Batter
222 for 1(46.1 overs)	Tashkoff
236 for 2(52.5 overs)	Severin
282 for 3(64.1 overs)	Kelly
313 for 4(70.2 overs)	Greenwood
314 for 5(74.3 overs)	Robinson
314 for 6(74.5 overs)	McLachlan
348 for 7(91.3 overs)	Abbas
373 for 8(103.4 overs)	Smith
382 for 9(110.6 overs)	Snedden
401 for 10(113.3 overs)	Younghusband

Central Stags 1st Innings

Batter	Runs	Balls	Dots	4s	6s	Minutes	Strike Rate
Heaphy,caught Robinson, bowled Smith Heaphy, caught Robinson, bowled Smith	4	4	3	1	0	3	100.00
Schmulian,bowled Smith Schmulian, bowled Smith	117	209	140	11	0	381	55.98
Young,bowled Hartshorn Young, bowled Hartshorn	4	5	3	0	0	7	80.00
Foxcroft,caught Robinson, bowled Smith Foxcroft, caught Robinson, bowled Smith	8	10	7	1	0	21	80.00
Bruce,caught Severin, bowled Snedden Bruce, caught Severin, bowled Snedden	38	66	50	7	0	78	57.58
Cleaver,caught Jackson, bowled Hartshorn Cleaver, caught Jackson, bowled Hartshorn	0	3	3	0	0	6	0.00
Clarkson,caught Tashkoff, bowled Hartshorn Clarkson, caught Tashkoff, bowled Hartshorn	6	15	13	1	0	19	40.00
Randell,caught Severin, bowled Younghusband Randell, caught Severin, bowled Younghusband	66	161	122	6	0	183	40.99
Findlay,caught Bassett-Graham, bowled Smith Findlay, caught Bassett-Graham, bowled Smith	16	36	29	3	0	43	44.44
Lennox,not out Lennox, not out	12	24	20	1	1	41	50.00
Toole,run out Severin Toole, run out Severin	1	17	16	0	0	29	5.88
Extras, no balls 6, wides 6, byes 7, leg byes 5, total 24 Extras, no balls 6, wides 6, byes 7, leg byes 5, total 24
Total,296 all out 90.4 overs Total,296 all out 90.4 overs

Bowler	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Dots	No balls	Wides	4s	6s	Economy rate
Smith	17.0	4	61	4	81	2	0	11	0	3.58
Hartshorn	18.4	3	65	3	81	0	1	4	1	3.48
Snedden	17.0	4	36	1	85	1	1	4	0	2.11
Abbas	13.0	2	50	0	52	1	0	7	0	3.84
Younghusband	24.0	1	71	1	98	2	0	5	0	2.95
Greenwood	1.0	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	0	1.00

Fall of wicket	Batter
4 for 1(0.4 overs)	Heaphy
9 for 2(1.6 overs)	Young
25 for 3(6.1 overs)	Foxcroft
77 for 4(22.4 overs)	Bruce
84 for 5(23.5 overs)	Cleaver
96 for 6(27.6 overs)	Clarkson
250 for 7(73.5 overs)	Randell
274 for 8(83.2 overs)	Findlay
285 for 9(85.2 overs)	Schmulian
296 for 10(90.4 overs)	Toole

Wellington Firebirds 2nd Innings

Batter	Runs	Balls	Dots	4s	6s	Minutes	Strike Rate
Tashkoff,bowled Toole Tashkoff, bowled Toole	33	36	24	7	0	59	91.67
Greenwood,caught Cleaver, bowled Toole Greenwood, caught Cleaver, bowled Toole	37	48	31	4	1	67	77.08
Severin,caught Young, bowled Findlay Severin, caught Young, bowled Findlay	6	19	17	1	0	34	31.58
Kelly,caught Clarkson, bowled Lennox Kelly, caught Clarkson, bowled Lennox	27	76	67	4	1	105	35.53
Robinson,bowled Toole Robinson, bowled Toole	1	6	5	0	0	5	16.67
Abbas,caught Young, bowled Randell Abbas, caught Young, bowled Randell	26	36	26	2	2	83	72.22
Smith,not out Smith, not out	62	153	108	4	0	190	40.52
McLachlan,caught Schmulian, bowled Lennox McLachlan, caught Schmulian, bowled Lennox	21	26	19	3	0	33	80.77
Younghusband,caught Cleaver, bowled Lennox Younghusband, caught Cleaver, bowled Lennox	22	52	39	3	0	58	42.31
Snedden,not out Snedden, not out	0	61	61	0	0	83	0.00
Extras, no balls 3, wides 5, byes 0, leg byes 1, total 9 Extras, no balls 3, wides 5, byes 0, leg byes 1, total 9
Total,244 for 8 declared 85.0 overs Total,244 for 8 declared 85.0 overs

Bowler	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Dots	No balls	Wides	4s	6s	Economy rate
Randell	8.0	1	32	1	35	0	0	6	0	4.00
Clarkson	6.0	0	36	0	23	0	0	7	0	6.00
Findlay	10.0	1	41	1	47	2	4	5	1	4.10
Toole	15.0	6	37	3	74	1	0	3	2	2.46
Lennox	27.0	6	60	3	124	0	0	4	1	2.22
Schmulian	14.0	3	28	0	68	0	1	2	0	2.00
Foxcroft	5.0	2	9	0	24	0	0	1	0	1.80

Fall of wicket	Batter
66 for 1(12.6 overs)	Tashkoff
72 for 2(14.2 overs)	Greenwood
84 for 3(19.5 overs)	Severin
85 for 4(20.5 overs)	Robinson
135 for 5(35.5 overs)	Kelly
139 for 6(38.2 overs)	Abbas
166 for 7(47.3 overs)	McLachlan
214 for 8(63.5 overs)	Younghusband

home team,Central Stags

Curtis Heaphy
Brad Schmulian
Will Young
Dean Foxcroft
Tom Bruce, Captain
Dane Cleaver, Wicket Keeper
Josh Clarkson
Brett Randell
Toby Findlay
Jayden Lennox
Ray Toole

Substitutes

home team,Central Stags

Ben Frewin

away team,Wellington Firebirds

Nick Greenwood
Jesse Tashkoff
Gareth Severin
Nick Kelly, Captain
Tim Robinson
Muhammad Abbas
Callum McLachlan, Wicket Keeper
Nathan Smith
Peter Younghusband
Michael Snedden
James Hartshorn

away team,Wellington Firebirds

Oscar Jackson
Jonathon Bassett-Graham

Central Stags
Wellington Firebirds

home team,Central Stags

Curtis Heaphy
Brad Schmulian
Will Young
Dean Foxcroft
Tom Bruce, Captain
Dane Cleaver, Wicket Keeper
Josh Clarkson
Brett Randell
Toby Findlay
Jayden Lennox
Ray Toole

Substitutes

Ben Frewin

Start Time:: 21:30
Toss:: Central Stags won the toss and decided to field
Venue:: McLean Park, Napier
Officials:: Wayne Knights, Chamara de Zoysa, Gary Troup, Duncan Mitchell, Dean Plummer