08/03Result

18th Match, Plunket Shield at Wellington, Mar 9-12 2026

Canterbury won by 201 runs

Match Centre

Match Details

Basin Reserve, Wellington

Series

Plunket Shield 2025

Toss

Wellington , 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

9,10,11,12 March 2026 (4-day match)

Umpires

John Dempsey

Wayne Knights

Match Referee

Tony Gillies

Points

Canterbury 19, Wellington 5

Scorecard Summary

53.4

Rae to Dudding, OUT,

LR Dudding c Sheat b Rae 12 (51m 21b 3x4 0x6) SR: 57.14

53.3

Rae to Dudding, no run,

53.2

Rae to Dudding, no run,

53.1

Rae to Dudding, no run,

END OF OVER:
53 | 5 Runs | WELL: 224/9

Tom Blundell98 (118b)
Liam Dudding12 (17b)

Sean Davey14-0-56-3
Michael Rae14-2-58-1

52.6

Davey to Blundell, FOUR,

52.5

Davey to Blundell, no run,

Plunket Shield News

From spin traps to speed merchants: the resurgence of Bangladesh's fast bowling
This is the journey of how Bangladesh resurrected the art of pace bowling in the last ten years with the help of captains, coaches and senior players
Pakistan recycle their rubbish, to the benefit of no one
Shan Masood's side heading for the dustbin of history after latest insipid display in Mirpur
Shanto on Bangladesh's declaration: 'Important to take brave decisions'
The Bangladesh captain also rued not capitalising on his century in the first innings into a bigger score
Spinners and pacers sing Bangladesh's song of ice and fire
Bangladesh's quicks and spinners shared 20 wickets equally in their final-session win against Pakistan
Nahid Rana rips through Pakistan to seal a final-session win for Bangladesh
This is now Bangladesh's third consecutive win against Pakistan, after they won the 2024 series by 2-0 margin

Wellington INNINGS		R	B
JM Tashkoff	bowled	4	14
NA Greenwood	caught	20	34
PF Younghusband	caught wk	1	18
GR Severin	caught wk	4	8
NF Kelly	bowled	7	14
TB Robinson	caught	5	11
Muhammad Abbas	caught	12	18
TA Blundell	not out	98	118
NG Smith	bowled	42	57
LV van Beek	caught	6	14
LR Dudding	caught	12	21
EXTRAS	(lb 1, w 7, nb 5)
TOTAL	224 (all out; 53.4 ovs)

Canterbury BOWLING	O	M	R	W	Econ
FW Sheat	18.0	3	71	4	3.94	(1w)
SB Davey	14.0	0	56	3	4	(4nb, 5w)
T Muller	7.0	1	38	1	5.42	(1nb)
MD Rae	14.4	2	58	2	3.95	(1w)

Wellington 4th innings Partnerships

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	12	NA Greenwood	JM Tashkoff
2nd	6	PF Younghusband	NA Greenwood
3rd	14	NA Greenwood	GR Severin
4th	0	NF Kelly	NA Greenwood
5th	12	NF Kelly	TB Robinson
6th	3	NF Kelly	Muhammad Abbas
7th	38	TA Blundell	Muhammad Abbas
8th	79	TA Blundell	NG Smith
9th	11	TA Blundell	LV van Beek
10th	49	TA Blundell	LR Dudding

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

Basin Reserve, Wellington

Series

Toss

Season

Hours of play (local time)

Match days

Umpires

Match Referee

Points

CANTERBURY 336(81.3 OVERS)1ST INNINGS

WELLINGTON 208(54.5 OVERS)1ST INNINGS

CANTERBURY 297/3d(41.3 OVERS)2ND INNINGS

WELLINGTON 224(53.4 OVERS)2ND INNINGS

END OF OVER:53 | 5 Runs | WELL: 224/9

From spin traps to speed merchants: the resurgence of Bangladesh's fast bowling

Pakistan recycle their rubbish, to the benefit of no one

Shanto on Bangladesh's declaration: 'Important to take brave decisions'

Spinners and pacers sing Bangladesh's song of ice and fire

Nahid Rana rips through Pakistan to seal a final-session win for Bangladesh

CANTERBURY 336(81.3 OVERS)
1ST INNINGS

WELLINGTON 208(54.5 OVERS)
1ST INNINGS

CANTERBURY 297/3d(41.3 OVERS)
2ND INNINGS

WELLINGTON 224(53.4 OVERS)
2ND INNINGS

END OF OVER:
53 | 5 Runs | WELL: 224/9