Wellington Firebirds v Central Districts, Live Cricket Score and Commentary, 18th Match, The Ford Trophy, 2025

The Ford Trophy 18th Match: Wellington Firebirds v Central Districts at Wellington, February 03, 2026

Wellington Firebirds

289/8 (36)

Central Districts

307/4 (36)

Finished

CS won by 18 runs

Central Districts InningCS Inning307/4 (36 ov)

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Brad Schmulian	Not out	148	98	19	3	151.02
Not out
Curtis Heaphy	st TA Blundell b P Younghusband	24	48	2	1	50.00
st TA Blundell b P Younghusband
Will Young	c M Abbas b J Hartshorn	18	15	1	0	120.00
c M Abbas b J Hartshorn
Dean Foxcroft	st TA Blundell b P Younghusband	72	39	8	4	184.62
st TA Blundell b P Younghusband
Dane Cleaver(WK)	c P Younghusband b J Hartshorn	19	9	2	1	211.11
c P Younghusband b J Hartshorn
Josh Clarkson	Not out	13	7	1	1	185.71
Not out
Extra	13 (b 0, w 8, nb 0, lb 5)
Total	307/4 (36)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON
Liam Dudding	7	1	44	0	6.29
James Hartshorn	8	0	67	2	8.38
Nathan Smith	6	0	49	0	8.17
Muhammad Abbas	4	0	36	0	9.00
Peter Younghusband	7	0	55	2	7.86
Oscar Jackson	2	0	27	0	13.50
Jesse Tashkoff	2	0	24	0	12.00

Fall of wickets: 1-103 (C Heaphy - 15.4 ov), 2-132 (W Young - 20.2 ov), 3-255 (D Foxcroft - 31.1 ov), 4-282 (D Cleaver - 33.5 ov)

Wellington Firebirds InningWF Inning289/8 (36 ov)

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Jesse Tashkoff	c JA Clarkson b R Toole	9	6	2	0	150.00
c JA Clarkson b R Toole
Nick Greenwood	c & b A Schaw	75	60	5	6	125.00
c & b A Schaw
Tim Robinson	lbw b A Schaw	100	79	12	3	126.58
lbw b A Schaw
Nick Kelly(C)	b B Randell	1	4	0	0	25.00
b B Randell
Muhammad Abbas	c D Cleaver b JA Clarkson	9	11	0	1	81.82
c D Cleaver b JA Clarkson
Tom Blundell(WK)	c & b J Lennox	51	29	2	5	175.86
c & b J Lennox
Nathan Smith	c A Schaw b J Lennox	28	20	4	0	140.00
c A Schaw b J Lennox
Oscar Jackson	runout (D Cleaver / B Schmulian)	2	5	0	0	40.00
runout (D Cleaver / B Schmulian)
Peter Younghusband	Not out	0	0	0	0	0.00
Not out
James Hartshorn	Not out	3	3	0	0	100.00
Not out
Extra	11 (b 1, w 7, nb 1, lb 2)
Total	289/8 (36)

BOWLING	O	R	W	ECON
Brett Randell	7	61	1	8.71
Raymond Toole	5	47	1	9.40
Joey Field	4	40	0	10.00
Josh Clarkson	7	54	1	7.71
Jayden Lennox	8	52	2	6.50
Angus Schaw	5	32	2	6.40

Fall of wickets: 1-9 (J Tashkoff - 1.1 ov), 2-166 (N Greenwood - 21.2 ov), 3-173 (NF Kelly - 22.3 ov), 4-202 (M Abbas - 26.2 ov), 5-208 (T Robinson - 27.1 ov), 6-270 (TA Blundell - 33.3 ov), 7-280 (O Jackson - 34.6 ov), 8-286 (N Smith - 35.3 ov)

Date

2026-02-04 03:00 AM

Venue

Basin Reserve, Wellington

Toss

Wellington Firebirds elected to bowl

Umpires

Tv Umpires

Match Referee