Northern Districts v Central Stags - Cricket - BBC Sport

Thu 26 Mar 2026 - Sun 29 Mar 2026Plunket Shield - Round 8 - Day 3 of 4

Central Stags lead Northern Districts by 56 runs with 8 wickets remaining

Central Stags 1st Innings

Batter	Runs	Balls	Dots	4s	6s	Minutes	Strike Rate
Schmulian,bowled Gibson Schmulian, bowled Gibson	1	6	5	0	0	7	16.67
Heaphy,run out Reddy Heaphy, run out Reddy	9	19	13	1	0	32	47.37
Young,caught O'Donnell, bowled Kuggeleijn Young, caught O'Donnell, bowled Kuggeleijn	0	10	10	0	0	14	0.00
Bruce,caught O'Donnell, bowled Brown Bruce, caught O'Donnell, bowled Brown	103	152	95	9	2	211	67.76
Foxcroft,caught Pomare, bowled Kuggeleijn Foxcroft, caught Pomare, bowled Kuggeleijn	2	11	9	0	0	14	18.18
Cleaver,caught O'Donnell, bowled Kuggeleijn Cleaver, caught O'Donnell, bowled Kuggeleijn	76	95	68	13	2	120	80.00
Clarkson,caught Popli, bowled Pringle Clarkson, caught Popli, bowled Pringle	2	17	15	0	0	20	11.76
Randell,caught Popli, bowled Gibson Randell, caught Popli, bowled Gibson	1	10	9	0	0	19	10.00
Patel,caught Raval, bowled Pringle Patel, caught Raval, bowled Pringle	24	32	22	4	0	47	75.00
Findlay,caught Cooper, bowled Pringle Findlay, caught Cooper, bowled Pringle	1	9	8	0	0	12	11.11
Toole,not out Toole, not out	2	8	7	0	0	9	25.00
Extras, no balls 0, wides 2, byes 7, leg byes 5, total 14 Extras, no balls 0, wides 2, byes 7, leg byes 5, total 14
Total,235 all out 61.3 overs Total,235 all out 61.3 overs

Bowler	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Dots	No balls	Wides	4s	6s	Economy rate
Kuggeleijn	12.0	2	34	3	52	0	1	4	0	2.83
Gibson	15.0	2	65	2	63	0	0	12	0	4.33
Pringle	23.3	3	84	3	101	0	0	6	4	3.57
Brown	9.0	1	37	1	36	0	1	5	0	4.11
Reddy	2.0	0	3	0	9	0	0	0	0	1.50

Fall of wicket	Batter
5 for 1 (1.3 overs)	Schmulian
8 for 2 (4.6 overs)	Young
14 for 3 (6.5 overs)	Heaphy
18 for 4 (10.1 overs)	Foxcroft
154 for 5 (40.3 overs)	Cleaver
175 for 6 (45.4 overs)	Clarkson
188 for 7 (50.1 overs)	Randell
217 for 8 (56.1 overs)	Bruce
226 for 9 (59.2 overs)	Findlay
235 for 10 (61.3 overs)	Patel

Northern Districts 1st Innings

Batter	Runs	Balls	Dots	4s	6s	Minutes	Strike Rate
Raval,leg before wicket, bowled Findlay Raval, leg before wicket, bowled Findlay	11	43	36	1	0	86	25.58
Cooper,caught Cleaver, bowled Toole Cooper, caught Cleaver, bowled Toole	1	5	4	0	0	7	20.00
Popli,caught Cleaver, bowled Findlay Popli, caught Cleaver, bowled Findlay	38	62	45	5	0	69	61.29
Carter,caught Heaphy, bowled Clarkson Carter, caught Heaphy, bowled Clarkson	37	114	91	4	0	156	32.46
O'Donnell,caught Randell, bowled Patel O'Donnell, caught Randell, bowled Patel	8	29	24	1	0	40	27.59
Gibson,caught Bruce, bowled Clarkson Gibson, caught Bruce, bowled Clarkson	42	81	62	6	0	114	51.85
Reddy,leg before wicket, bowled Clarkson Reddy, leg before wicket, bowled Clarkson	33	109	93	4	0	165	30.28
Pomare,caught Cleaver, bowled Clarkson Pomare, caught Cleaver, bowled Clarkson	73	154	120	11	0	179	47.40
Kuggeleijn,caught Heaphy, bowled Findlay Kuggeleijn, caught Heaphy, bowled Findlay	11	14	11	1	1	16	78.57
Pringle,not out Pringle, not out	3	7	4	0	0	8	42.86
Brown,caught Young, bowled Findlay Brown, caught Young, bowled Findlay	0	2	2	0	0	2	0.00
Extras, no balls 5, wides 4, byes 9, leg byes 4, total 22 Extras, no balls 5, wides 4, byes 9, leg byes 4, total 22
Total,279 all out 102.3 overs Total,279 all out 102.3 overs

Bowler	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Dots	No balls	Wides	4s	6s	Economy rate
Randell	14.0	4	38	0	68	1	0	6	0	2.71
Toole	19.0	2	66	1	82	1	2	8	0	3.47
Clarkson	19.0	9	30	4	98	0	0	4	0	1.57
Findlay	17.3	5	48	4	86	3	2	5	1	2.74
Patel	25.0	4	54	1	120	0	0	5	0	2.16
Schmulian	2.0	0	12	0	7	0	0	2	0	6.00
Foxcroft	6.0	2	18	0	28	0	0	3	0	3.00

Fall of wicket	Batter
3 for 1 (1.2 overs)	Cooper
51 for 2 (17.3 overs)	Popli
52 for 3 (19.4 overs)	Raval
78 for 4 (29.3 overs)	O'Donnell
143 for 5 (54.1 overs)	Carter
144 for 6 (56.3 overs)	Gibson
256 for 7 (97.1 overs)	Reddy
276 for 8 (100.5 overs)	Kuggeleijn
278 for 9 (101.6 overs)	Pomare
279 for 10 (102.3 overs)	Brown

Central Stags 2nd Innings

Batter	Runs	Balls	Dots	4s	6s	Minutes	Strike Rate
Heaphy,leg before wicket, bowled Reddy Heaphy, leg before wicket, bowled Reddy	7	28	23	0	0	39	25.00
Schmulian,caught Brown, bowled Gibson Schmulian, caught Brown, bowled Gibson	7	20	17	1	0	29	35.00
batting,Patel,not out batting, Patel, not out	51	77	52	4	2	106	66.23
batting,Young,not out batting, Young, not out	30	75	53	2	0	96	40.00
Extras, no balls 0, wides 0, byes 4, leg byes 1, total 5 Extras, no balls 0, wides 0, byes 4, leg byes 1, total 5
Total,100 for 2 33.2 overs Total,100 for 2 33.2 overs

Bowler	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Dots	No balls	Wides	4s	6s	Economy rate
Kuggeleijn	6.0	1	29	0	25	0	0	5	0	4.83
Gibson	9.0	0	19	1	41	0	0	1	0	2.11
Pringle, bowling	9.2	1	19	0	39	0	0	0	0	2.03
Reddy	5.0	2	7	1	24	0	0	0	0	1.40
Brown	4.0	0	21	0	16	0	0	1	2	5.25

Fall of wicket	Batter
14 for 1 (7.1 overs)	Schmulian
15 for 2 (9.2 overs)	Heaphy

home team, Northern Districts

Jeet Raval , Captain
Henry Cooper
Bharat Popli
Joe Carter
Robbie O'Donnell
Ben Pomare , Wicket Keeper
Scott Kuggeleijn
Tim Pringle
Josh Brown
Zak Gibson
Snehith Reddy
Xavier Bell

away team, Central Stags

Brad Schmulian
Curtis Heaphy
Will Young
Tom Bruce , Captain
Dean Foxcroft
Dane Cleaver , Wicket Keeper
Josh Clarkson
Brett Randell
Ajaz Patel
Toby Findlay
Ray Toole
Tyler Annand

home team, Northern Districts

Jeet Raval , Captain
Henry Cooper
Bharat Popli
Joe Carter
Robbie O'Donnell
Ben Pomare , Wicket Keeper
Scott Kuggeleijn
Tim Pringle
Josh Brown
Zak Gibson
Snehith Reddy
Xavier Bell

Start Time:: 21:30
Toss:: Northern Districts won the toss and decided to field
Venue:: Seddon Park, Hamilton
Officials:: John Dempsey, Wayne Knights, Gary Troup, Justin Williams, Toni Hill