Wellington Firebirds v Central Districts, Live Cricket Score and Commentary, Match 5, Plunket Shield, 2025

Plunket Shield Match 5: Wellington Firebirds v Central Districts at Wellington, November 25, 2025

Wellington Firebirds

354/9d (87.3) & 124/4d (22)

Central Districts

118/3d (39) & 365/2 (83.1)

Finished

CS won by 8 wickets

Wellington Firebirds 1st InningWF 1st Inning354/9 (87.3 ov)

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Sam Mycock	c B Wiggins b BM Tickner	4	15	0	0	26.67
c B Wiggins b BM Tickner
Jesse Tashkoff	c William Clark b JA Clarkson	11	14	2	0	78.57
c William Clark b JA Clarkson
Gareth Severin	b R Toole	104	224	16	0	46.43
b R Toole
Nick Kelly	c W Young b JA Clarkson	3	7	0	0	42.86
c W Young b JA Clarkson
Tim Robinson	c B Wiggins b BM Tickner	108	129	12	1	83.72
c B Wiggins b BM Tickner
Tom Blundell(WK/C)	c BM Tickner b JA Clarkson	42	62	5	0	67.74
c BM Tickner b JA Clarkson
Nick Greenwood	b AY Patel	7	16	1	0	43.75
b AY Patel
Peter Younghusband	c William Clark b BM Tickner	15	31	2	0	48.39
c William Clark b BM Tickner
Michael Snedden	b BM Tickner	18	16	3	0	112.50
b BM Tickner
James Hartshorn	Not out	2	6	0	0	33.33
Not out
Liam Dudding	Not out	8	5	2	0	160.00
Not out
Extra	32 (b 15, w 5, nb 0, lb 12)
Total	354/9 (87.3)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON
Josh Clarkson	21	4	76	3	3.62
Blair Tickner	21.3	7	68	4	3.16
Raymond Toole	18	2	78	1	4.33
William Clark	6	0	34	0	5.67
Ajaz Patel	17	1	54	1	3.18
Dean Foxcroft	4	0	17	0	4.25

Fall of wickets: 1-7 (S Mycock - 3.4 ov), 2-15 (Jesse Tashkoff - 6.1 ov), 3-19 (NF Kelly - 8.3 ov), 4-225 (T Robinson - 57.3 ov), 5-270 (Gareth Severin - 69.5 ov), 6-291 (N Greenwood - 74.4 ov), 7-316 (TA Blundell - 80.6 ov), 8-343 (Michael Snedden - 85.3 ov), 9-344 (Peter Younghusband - 85.6 ov)

Central Districts 1st InningCS 1st Inning118/3 (39 ov)

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Curtis Heaphy	b LR Dudding	5	24	0	0	20.83
b LR Dudding
Will Young	c T Robinson b LR Dudding	1	16	0	0	6.25
c T Robinson b LR Dudding
Brad Schmulian	c TA Blundell b N Greenwood	38	51	4	1	74.51
c TA Blundell b N Greenwood
Dean Foxcroft	Not out	53	91	6	1	58.24
Not out
Tom Bruce(C)	Not out	12	54	0	0	22.22
Not out
Extra	9 (b 5, w 0, nb 2, lb 2)
Total	118/3 (39)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON
Liam Dudding	7	4	11	2	1.57
James Hartshorn	8	1	25	0	3.13
Michael Snedden	9	3	34	0	3.78
Nick Greenwood	7	1	16	1	2.29
Peter Younghusband	5	0	16	0	3.20
Jesse Tashkoff	3	0	9	0	3.00

Fall of wickets: 1-3 (W Young - 4.2 ov), 2-20 (C Heaphy - 10.2 ov), 3-68 (B Schmulian - 21.1 ov)

Wellington Firebirds 2nd InningWF 2nd Inning124/4 (22 ov)

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Sam Mycock	b BM Tickner	2	9	0	0	22.22
b BM Tickner
Jesse Tashkoff	b AY Patel	31	28	3	1	110.71
b AY Patel
Gareth Severin	b R Toole	25	32	1	0	78.13
b R Toole
Nick Kelly	c JA Clarkson b AY Patel	13	26	0	0	50.00
c JA Clarkson b AY Patel
Tim Robinson	Not out	27	25	1	1	108.00
Not out
Tom Blundell(WK/C)	Not out	20	12	1	1	166.67
Not out
Extra	6 (b 4, w 1, nb 0, lb 1)
Total	124/4 (22)

BOWLING	O	R	W	ECON
Josh Clarkson	3	15	0	5.00
Blair Tickner	3	13	1	4.33
Ajaz Patel	8	48	2	6.00
Raymond Toole	4	18	1	4.50
William Clark	4	25	0	6.25

Fall of wickets: 1-14 (S Mycock - 3.1 ov), 2-50 (Jesse Tashkoff - 8.6 ov), 3-62 (Gareth Severin - 11.6 ov), 4-98 (NF Kelly - 18.6 ov)

Central Districts 2nd InningCS 2nd Inning365/2 (83.1 ov)

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Curtis Heaphy	c NF Kelly b Jesse Tashkoff	132	235	11	0	56.17
c NF Kelly b Jesse Tashkoff
Will Young	c TA Blundell b LR Dudding	7	10	1	0	70.00
c TA Blundell b LR Dudding
Brad Schmulian	Not out	167	228	21	0	73.25
Not out
Dean Foxcroft	Not out	39	28	5	2	139.29
Not out
Extra	20 (b 8, w 0, nb 2, lb 10)
Total	365/2 (83.1)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON
Liam Dudding	13	1	53	1	4.08
James Hartshorn	10	0	47	0	4.70
Michael Snedden	16	2	51	0	3.19
Nick Greenwood	11	2	52	0	4.73
Peter Younghusband	24	1	98	0	4.08
Jesse Tashkoff	9.1	0	46	1	5.02

Fall of wickets: 1-19 (W Young - 4.1 ov), 2-311 (C Heaphy - 75.2 ov)

Date

2025-11-26 03:00 AM

Venue

Basin Reserve, Wellington

Toss

Wellington Firebirds elected to bat

Umpires

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