06/03Result

17th Match, Plunket Shield at Napier, Mar 7-9 2026

Central DistrictsCentral DistrictsCD
373
Northern DistrictsNorthern DistrictsND
82 & 264 (84 ov) (f/o)

Central D won by an inns & 27 runs

Match Centre

Match Details

McLean Park, Napier

Series

Plunket Shield 2025

Toss

Northern Districts , elected to field first

Season

2025/26

Hours of play (local time)

10.30 start, Lunch 12.30-13.10, Tea 15.10-15.30, Close 17.30

Match days

7,8,9 March 2026 (4-day match)

Points

Central Districts 20, Northern Districts 4

Scorecard Summary

CENTRAL DISTRICTS 373(104 OVERS)
1ST INNINGS

Dane Cleaver109 (137)
Brad Schmulian61 (91)

Scott Kuggeleijn4/90 (25)
Cooper Rowell3/77 (17)

NORTHERN DISTRICTS 82(32.2 OVERS)
1ST INNINGS

Bharat Popli17 (64)
Tim Pringle*36 (79)

Brett Randell7/25 (11)
Jayden Lennox1/4 (2)

NORTHERN DISTRICTS 264 f/o(84 OVERS)
2ND INNINGS

Joshua Brown*50 (52)
Kristian Clarke103 (173)

Raymond Toole5/32 (20)
Jayden Lennox4/57 (20)

END OF OVER:
84 | (wicket maiden) | ND: 264/10

Joshua Brown50 (52b)

Jayden Lennox20-5-57-4
Dean Foxcroft2-0-7-0

83.6

Lennox to Rowell, OUT,

CB Rowell b Lennox 0 (3m 3b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0

83.5

Lennox to Rowell, no run,

83.4

Lennox to Rowell, no run,

83.3

Lennox to Pringle, OUT,

TJG Pringle c Clarkson b Lennox 21 (74m 55b 3x4 0x6) SR: 38.18

83.2

Lennox to Pringle, no run,

83.1

Lennox to Pringle, no run,

Match Coverage

All Match News

Five in five! Brett Randell 'blown away' after blowing Northern Districts away in landmark spell
Central Districts quick Brett Randell became the first to pick five wickets in five balls in first-class cricket history, and later became the first to take six wickets in eight balls in the format

Northern Dis INNINGS		R	B
HR Cooper	caught	7	10
JA Raval	bowled	12	34
Bharat Popli	bowled	1	9
JF Carter	lbw	20	47
RR O'Donnell	lbw	0	5
KDC Clarke	caught	103	173
BJ Pomare	caught	27	115
SC Kuggeleijn	bowled	4	11
TJG Pringle	caught	21	55
JH Brown	not out	50	52
CB Rowell	bowled	0	3
EXTRAS	(b 1, lb 7, w 1, nb 10)
TOTAL	264 (all out; 84 ovs)

Central D BOWLING	O	M	R	W	Econ
BG Randell	8.0	0	31	0	3.87	(2nb)
RL Toole	20.0	10	32	5	1.6
JA Clarkson	14.0	2	46	1	3.28	(3nb)
TA Findlay	14.0	2	53	0	3.78	(5nb, 1w)
JR Lennox	20.0	5	57	4	2.85
BD Schmulian	6.0	0	30	0	5
D Foxcroft	2.0	0	7	0	3.5

Northern Dis 3rd innings Partnerships

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	18	JA Raval	HR Cooper
2nd	7	JA Raval	Bharat Popli
3rd	1	JA Raval	JF Carter
4th	0	JF Carter	RR O'Donnell
5th	50	JF Carter	KDC Clarke
6th	105	KDC Clarke	BJ Pomare
7th	9	SC Kuggeleijn	KDC Clarke
8th	3	TJG Pringle	KDC Clarke
9th	71	JH Brown	TJG Pringle
10th	0	JH Brown	CB Rowell

Plunket Shield

Team	M	W	L	D	PT
CANT	8	4	1	3	99
OTAGO	8	4	1	3	99
CD	8	4	2	2	87
AUCK	8	3	3	2	85
ND	8	3	4	1	82
WELL	8	0	7	1	42

McLean Park, Napier

Series

Toss

Season

Hours of play (local time)

Match days

First-class debut

Umpires

Match Referee

Points

CENTRAL DISTRICTS 373(104 OVERS)1ST INNINGS

NORTHERN DISTRICTS 82(32.2 OVERS)1ST INNINGS

NORTHERN DISTRICTS 264 f/o(84 OVERS)2ND INNINGS

END OF OVER:84 | (wicket maiden) | ND: 264/10

Five in five! Brett Randell 'blown away' after blowing Northern Districts away in landmark spell

CENTRAL DISTRICTS 373(104 OVERS)
1ST INNINGS

NORTHERN DISTRICTS 82(32.2 OVERS)
1ST INNINGS

NORTHERN DISTRICTS 264 f/o(84 OVERS)
2ND INNINGS

END OF OVER:
84 | (wicket maiden) | ND: 264/10