f63498 ps1760	Central Districts v Wellington
	Plunket Shield 2025/26
Venue	McLean Park, Napier on 28th February, 1st, 2nd, 3rd March 2026 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Central Districts won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Points	Central Districts 5 (Batting 2, Bowling 3); Wellington 8 (Batting 4, Bowling 4)
Umpires	WR Knights, IC Soysa (Sri Lanka)
Referee	GB Troup
Scorers	DJ Mitchell, DM Plummer
Close of play day 1	Wellington (1) 356/7 (Smith 25*, Younghusband 0*; 96 overs)
Close of play day 2	Central Districts (1) 251/7 (Schmulian 104*, Findlay 0*; 75 overs)
Close of play day 3	Wellington (2) 86/4 (Kelly 4*, Mohammad Abbas 0*; 25.1 overs)
Ball-by-ball	Innings 1, Innings 2, Innings 3

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Wellington first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
JM Tashkoff	c Schmulian b Findlay	109	135	201	14	2	91
NA Greenwood	b Schmulian	143	206	316	16	3	139
GR Severin	run out (Lennox->Clarkson)	5	31	28	1	-	29
*NF Kelly	c Cleaver b Findlay	25	39	51	3	1	28
TB Robinson	lbw b Schmulian	11	35	42	1	-	27
Mohammad Abbas	c Foxcroft b Toole	17	70	78	1	-	60
+CR McLachlan	lbw b Schmulian	0	2	1	-	-	2
NG Smith	c Young b Randell	39	80	117	3	1	62
PF Younghusband	c Findlay b Toole	27	59	100	1	2	48
MW Snedden	lbw b Schmulian	2	32	32	-	-	30
JW Hartshorn	not out	1	4	13	-	-	3
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb, 12 nb, 5 w)	22
Total	(all out, 495 minutes, 113.3 overs)	401
Fall of wickets:
1-222 (Tashkoff, 46.1 ov), 2-236 (Severin, 52.5 ov), 3-282 (Kelly, 64.1 ov), 4-313 (Greenwood, 70.2 ov), 5-314 (Robinson, 74.3 ov), 6-314 (McLachlan, 74.5 ov), 7-348 (Mohammad Abbas, 91.3 ov), 8-373 (Smith, 103.4 ov), 9-382 (Snedden, 110.6 ov), 10-401 (Younghusband, 113.3 ov)

Central Districts bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Randell	20	4	71	1	1	1	85	8	-
Clarkson	15	1	46	0	-	-	69	6	-
Findlay	21	3	91	2	2	10	91	9	2
Toole	23.3	5	98	2	2	1	108	11	4
Lennox	22	4	63	0	-	-	99	4	3
Schmulian	12	2	27	4	-	-	57	2	-

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Central Districts first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
CG Heaphy	c Robinson b Smith	4	4	3	1	-	3
BD Schmulian	b Smith	117	209	381	11	-	140
WA Young	b Hartshorn	4	5	7	-	-	3
D Foxcroft	c Robinson b Smith	8	10	21	1	-	7
*TC Bruce	c Severin b Snedden	38	66	78	7	-	50
+D Cleaver	c sub (OT Jackson) b Hartshorn	0	3	6	-	-	3
JA Clarkson	c Tashkoff b Hartshorn	6	15	19	1	-	13
BG Randell	c Severin b Younghusband	66	161	183	6	-	122
TA Findlay	c sub (JRM Bassett-Graham) b Smith	16	36	43	3	-	29
JR Lennox	not out	12	24	41	1	1	20
RL Toole	run out (Severin->Hartshorn)	1	17	29	-	-	16
Extras	(7 b, 5 lb, 6 nb, 6 w)	24
Total	(all out, 410 minutes, 90.4 overs)	296
Fall of wickets:
1-4 (Heaphy, 0.4 ov), 2-9 (Young, 1.6 ov), 3-25 (Foxcroft, 6.1 ov), 4-77 (Bruce, 22.4 ov), 5-84 (Cleaver, 23.5 ov), 6-96 (Clarkson, 27.6 ov), 7-250 (Randell, 73.5 ov), 8-274 (Findlay, 83.2 ov), 9-285 (Schmulian, 85.2 ov), 10-296 (Toole, 90.4 ov)

Wellington bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Smith	17	4	61	4	-	2	81	11	-
Hartshorn	18.4	3	65	3	1	-	81	4	1
Snedden	17	4	36	1	1	1	85	4	-
Mohammad Abbas	13	2	50	0	-	1	52	7	-
Younghusband	24	1	71	1	-	2	98	5	-
Greenwood	1	0	1	0	-	-	5	-	-

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Wellington second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
JM Tashkoff	b Toole	33	36	59	7	-	24
NA Greenwood	c Cleaver b Toole	37	48	67	4	1	31
GR Severin	c Young b Findlay	6	19	34	1	-	17
*NF Kelly	c Clarkson b Lennox	27	76	105	4	1	67
TB Robinson	b Toole	1	6	5	-	-	5
Mohammad Abbas	c Young b Randell	26	36	83	2	2	26
NG Smith	not out	62	153	190	4	-	108
+CR McLachlan	c Schmulian b Lennox	21	26	33	3	-	19
PF Younghusband	c Cleaver b Lennox	22	52	58	3	-	39
MW Snedden	not out	0	61	83	-	-	61
JW Hartshorn	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb, 3 nb, 5 w)	9
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 366 minutes, 85 overs)	244
Fall of wickets:
1-66 (Tashkoff, 12.6 ov), 2-72 (Greenwood, 14.2 ov), 3-84 (Severin, 19.5 ov), 4-85 (Robinson, 20.5 ov), 5-135 (Kelly, 35.5 ov), 6-139 (Mohammad Abbas, 38.2 ov), 7-166 (McLachlan, 47.3 ov), 8-214 (Younghusband, 63.5 ov)

Central Districts bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Randell	8	1	32	1	-	-	35	6	-
Clarkson	6	0	36	0	-	-	23	7	-
Findlay	10	1	41	1	4	2	47	5	1
Toole	15	6	37	3	-	1	74	3	2
Lennox	27	6	60	3	-	-	124	4	1
Schmulian	14	3	28	0	1	-	68	2	-
Foxcroft	5	2	9	0	-	-	24	1	-

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Notes
--> Day 1 Lunch: Wellington (1) 155/0 (Tashkoff 77*, Greenwood 75*; 34 overs)
--> Day 1 Tea: Wellington (1) 278/2 (Greenwood 125*, Kelly 23*; 62 overs)
--> Day 2 Lunch: Central Districts (1) 34/3 (Schmulian 3*, Bruce 9*; 10 overs)
--> Day 2 Tea: Central Districts (1) 116/6 (Schmulian 32*, Randell 12*; 37 overs)
--> Day 3 Lunch: Wellington (2) 62/0 (Tashkoff 32*, Greenwood 29*; 12 overs)
--> Day 3 Tea: Wellington (2) 86/4 (Kelly 4*, Mohammad Abbas 0*; 25.1 overs)
--> Day 4 Lunch: Wellington (2) 197/7 (Smith 27*, Younghusband 13*; 59 overs)
--> Day 4 Tea: Wellington (2) 244/8 (Smith 62*, Snedden 0*; 85 overs)
--> Wellington first innings: 50 in 13.4 overs
--> Wellington first innings: 100 in 21.4 overs
--> Wellington first innings: 150 in 30.5 overs
--> Wellington first innings: 200 in 42.1 overs
--> Wellington first innings: 250 in 56.2 overs
--> Wellington first innings: 300 in 68.4 overs
--> Wellington first innings: 350 in 92.2 overs
--> Wellington score at 110 overs in the first innings was 381-8
--> Wellington first innings: 400 in 113.2 overs
--> Central Districts first innings: 50 in 15.2 overs
--> Central Districts first innings: 100 in 29.5 overs
--> Central Districts first innings: 150 in 47.4 overs
--> Central Districts first innings: 200 in 59.3 overs
--> Central Districts first innings: 250 in 72.5 overs
--> Wellington second innings: 50 in 8.5 overs
--> Wellington second innings: 100 in 27.3 overs
--> Wellington second innings: 150 in 42.4 overs
--> Wellington second innings: 200 in 59.5 overs
--> JM Tashkoff (1) 50 in 63 balls with 7 fours
--> JM Tashkoff (1) 100 in 125 balls with 14 fours and 2 sixes
--> JM Tashkoff (1) equalled his previous highest score of 109 in First-Class matches
--> JM Tashkoff (1) equalled his previous highest score of 109 in Plunket Shield matches
--> NA Greenwood (1) 50 in 68 balls with 8 fours
--> NA Greenwood (1) passed his previous highest score of 80 in First-Class matches
--> NA Greenwood (1) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> NA Greenwood (1) passed his previous highest score of 80 in Plunket Shield matches
--> NA Greenwood (1) made his first century in Plunket Shield matches
--> NA Greenwood (1) 100 in 146 balls with 12 fours and 1 six
--> NA Greenwood (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 6
--> NA Greenwood (1) passed 1000 runs in Plunket Shield matches when he reached 6
--> BD Schmulian (1) 50 in 116 balls with 4 fours
--> BD Schmulian (1) 100 in 183 balls with 10 fours
--> BG Randell (1) 50 in 124 balls with 6 fours
--> NG Smith (2) 50 in 121 balls with 2 fours
--> MW Snedden did not score for 83 minutes when 0 in the Wellington second innings
--> BD Schmulian achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Wellington first innings (previous best was 4-34)
--> BD Schmulian achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Plunket Shield matches in the Wellington first innings (previous best was 4-34)
--> JR Lennox reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed CR McLachlan, his 2nd wicket in the Wellington second innings
--> JM Tashkoff (21) and NA Greenwood (28) added 50 in 82 balls for the Wellington 1st wicket in the first innings
--> JM Tashkoff (43) and NA Greenwood (54) added 100 in 132 balls for the Wellington 1st wicket in the first innings
--> JM Tashkoff (74) and NA Greenwood (73) added 150 in 187 balls for the Wellington 1st wicket in the first innings
--> JM Tashkoff (104) and NA Greenwood (89) added 200 in 259 balls for the Wellington 1st wicket in the first innings
--> BD Schmulian (9) and TC Bruce (38) added 50 in 92 balls for the Central Districts 4th wicket in the first innings
--> BD Schmulian (21) and BG Randell (26) added 50 in 114 balls for the Central Districts 7th wicket in the first innings
--> BD Schmulian (51) and BG Randell (43) added 100 in 191 balls for the Central Districts 7th wicket in the first innings
--> BD Schmulian (73) and BG Randell (66) added 150 in 264 balls for the Central Districts 7th wicket in the first innings
--> JM Tashkoff (23) and NA Greenwood (26) added 50 in 53 balls for the Wellington 1st wicket in the second innings
--> NF Kelly (23) and Mohammad Abbas (25) added 50 in 88 balls for the Wellington 5th wicket in the second innings

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