Central Districts v Wellington Firebirds, Live Cricket Score and Commentary, Eliminator, The Ford Trophy, 2025

The Ford Trophy Eliminator: Central Districts v Wellington Firebirds at Wellington, February 19, 2026

Central Districts

349/5 (50)

Wellington Firebirds

138/10 (32.2)

Finished

CS won by 211 runs

Central Districts InningCS Inning349/5 (50 ov)

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Brad Schmulian	lbw b N Smith	14	27	2	0	51.85
lbw b N Smith
Curtis Heaphy	c TA Blundell b J Hartshorn	0	2	0	0	0.00
c TA Blundell b J Hartshorn
Will Young	c O Jackson b M Snedden	105	109	9	1	96.33
c O Jackson b M Snedden
Dean Foxcroft	runout (TA Blundell / N Greenwood)	89	102	8	2	87.25
runout (TA Blundell / N Greenwood)
Dane Cleaver(WK)	c P Younghusband b M Abbas	75	40	6	4	187.50
c P Younghusband b M Abbas
Josh Clarkson	Not out	47	19	5	3	247.37
Not out
Angus Schaw	Not out	0	2	0	0	0.00
Not out
Extra	19 (b 1, w 8, nb 1, lb 9)
Total	349/5 (50)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON
Nathan Smith	10	1	51	1	5.10
James Hartshorn	10	1	88	1	8.80
Michael Snedden	10	2	56	1	5.60
Muhammad Abbas	9	0	61	1	6.78
Peter Younghusband	6	0	41	0	6.83
Nick Greenwood	2	0	13	0	6.50
Oscar Jackson	3	0	29	0	9.67

Fall of wickets: 1-2 (C Heaphy - 1.2 ov), 2-22 (B Schmulian - 8.1 ov), 3-187 (D Foxcroft - 35.4 ov), 4-260 (W Young - 43.6 ov), 5-336 (D Cleaver - 48.5 ov)

Wellington Firebirds InningWF Inning138/10 (32.2 ov)

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Jesse Tashkoff	c C Heaphy b B Randell	1	7	0	0	14.29
c C Heaphy b B Randell
Nick Greenwood	c B Schmulian b JA Clarkson	4	2	1	0	200.00
c B Schmulian b JA Clarkson
Tim Robinson	b JA Clarkson	3	10	0	0	30.00
b JA Clarkson
Nick Kelly(C)	runout (B Schmulian)	22	32	3	1	68.75
runout (B Schmulian)
Muhammad Abbas	c D Cleaver b B Randell	13	16	2	0	81.25
c D Cleaver b B Randell
Tom Blundell(WK)	c A Schaw b B Randell	6	12	1	0	50.00
c A Schaw b B Randell
Nathan Smith	b R Toole	30	41	5	0	73.17
b R Toole
Oscar Jackson	b T Findlay	0	4	0	0	0.00
b T Findlay
Peter Younghusband	Not out	28	47	3	0	59.57
Not out
Michael Snedden	b J Lennox	6	8	0	0	75.00
b J Lennox
James Hartshorn	c W Young b A Schaw	16	18	2	0	88.89
c W Young b A Schaw
Extra	9 (b 1, w 3, nb 3, lb 2)
Total	138/10 (32.2)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON
Josh Clarkson	6	0	33	2	5.50
Brett Randell	9	1	30	3	3.33
Toby Findlay	6	0	24	1	4.00
Raymond Toole	7	0	25	1	3.57
Jayden Lennox	3	0	14	1	4.67
Angus Schaw	1.2	0	9	1	6.75

Fall of wickets: 1-6 (N Greenwood - 0.5 ov), 2-8 (J Tashkoff - 1.6 ov), 3-18 (T Robinson - 4.5 ov), 4-40 (M Abbas - 9.1 ov), 5-52 (TA Blundell - 11.6 ov), 6-61 (NF Kelly - 15.4 ov), 7-61 (O Jackson - 16.4 ov), 8-105 (N Smith - 25.1 ov), 9-113 (M Snedden - 27.3 ov), 10-138 (J Hartshorn - 32.2 ov)

Date

2026-02-20 03:00 AM

Venue

Basin Reserve, Wellington

Toss

Wellington Firebirds elected to bowl

Umpires

Tv Umpires

Match Referee