Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
George Worker	c †Blundell b Patel	52	82	89	9	0	63.41
David Meiring	c Pollard b Arnel	0	4	15	0	0	0.00
Greg Hay	c †Blundell b McKay	43	103	128	7	0	41.74
Will Young	c Arnel b McEwan	65	95	125	10	2	68.42
Tom Bruce	c †Blundell b McEwan	26	45	63	3	1	57.77
Kruger van Wyk (c)†	b McEwan	8	30	36	1	0	26.66
Doug Bracewell	c Franklin b McKay	15	44	69	2	0	34.09
Ben Wheeler	b McEwan	0	4	5	0	0	0.00
Ajaz Patel	c Franklin b McEwan	0	12	9	0	0	0.00
Seth Rance	c †Blundell b Arnel	15	9	18	2	1	166.66
Andrew Mathieson	not out	0	5	4	0	0	0.00
Extras	(lb 1, nb 4)	5
Total	71.3 Ov (RR: 3.20)	229
Fall of wickets: 1-11 (David Meiring, 4.1 ov), 2-84 (George Worker, 23.2 ov), 3-117 (Greg Hay, 37.6 ov), 4-188 (Tom Bruce, 53.6 ov), 5-193 (Will Young, 55.3 ov), 6-201 (Kruger van Wyk, 61.6 ov), 7-201 (Ben Wheeler, 63.4 ov), 8-206 (Ajaz Patel, 65.5 ov), 9-229 (Seth Rance, 70.1 ov), 10-229 (Doug Bracewell, 71.3 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Brent Arnel	19	6	39	2	2.05	-	-	-	0
Matt McEwan	20	5	87	5	4.35	-	-	-	4
Andy McKay	15.3	2	67	2	4.32	-	-	-	0
Jeetan Patel	17	8	35	1	2.05	-	-	-	0

Wellington 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Michael Papps	c †van Wyk b Bracewell	70	81	113	12	0	86.41
Deepak Joon	c †van Wyk b Mathieson	25	78	121	4	0	32.05
Stephen Murdoch	c Worker b Wheeler	68	77	103	12	1	88.31
Michael Pollard	c Meiring b Rance	5	18	17	0	0	27.77
James Franklin (c)	c Bruce b Mathieson	10	27	38	2	0	37.03
Tom Blundell †	b Mathieson	28	78	109	4	0	35.89
Alecz Day	c †van Wyk b Wheeler	3	10	16	0	0	30.00
Jeetan Patel	lbw b Patel	1	5	4	0	0	20.00
Matt McEwan	run out (Young)	0	4	3	0	0	0.00
Andy McKay	not out	17	49	64	2	0	34.69
Brent Arnel	b Mathieson	6	15	20	1	0	40.00
Extras	(lb 1, nb 6, w 2)	9
Total	72.4 Ov (RR: 3.33)	242
Fall of wickets: 1-93 (Michael Papps, 25.2 ov), 2-99 (Deepak Joon, 26.6 ov), 3-110 (Michael Pollard, 31.3 ov), 4-148 (James Franklin, 40.4 ov), 5-192 (Stephen Murdoch, 49.4 ov), 6-199 (Alecz Day, 53.4 ov), 7-201 (Jeetan Patel, 54.2 ov), 8-205 (Matt McEwan, 55.3 ov), 9-229 (Tom Blundell, 67.2 ov), 10-242 (Brent Arnel, 72.4 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Doug Bracewell	17	1	75	1	4.41	-	-	-	1	1
Ben Wheeler	17	6	51	2	3.00	-	-	-	1	4
Seth Rance	13	4	38	1	2.92	-	-	-	0	1
Andrew Mathieson	16.4	2	55	4	3.30	-	-	-	0	0
Ajaz Patel	9	4	22	1	2.44	-	-	-	0	0

Central Districts 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
George Worker	c Papps b Patel	11	60	91	1	0	18.33
David Meiring	c †Blundell b Arnel	18	38	40	3	0	47.36
Greg Hay	c Franklin b Patel	9	52	66	1	0	17.30
Will Young	c †Blundell b Arnel	39	83	121	5	0	46.98
Ajaz Patel	c Papps b Arnel	4	17	17	0	0	23.52
Tom Bruce	lbw b Patel	80	133	166	11	2	60.15
Kruger van Wyk (c)†	not out	56	169	215	7	1	33.13
Doug Bracewell	c Papps b Arnel	9	33	52	1	0	27.27
Ben Wheeler	c Franklin b Arnel	0	4	7	0	0	0.00
Seth Rance	c Joon b Arnel	16	21	25	3	0	76.19
Andrew Mathieson	c †Blundell b McKay	2	21	43	0	0	9.52
Extras	(b 2, lb 5, nb 1)	8
Total	105 Ov (RR: 2.40)	252
Fall of wickets: 1-22 (David Meiring, 10.3 ov), 2-39 (George Worker, 22.3 ov), 3-44 (Greg Hay, 26.4 ov), 4-55 (Ajaz Patel, 31.5 ov), 5-123 (Will Young, 52.1 ov), 6-173 (Tom Bruce, 73.5 ov), 7-206 (Doug Bracewell, 86.3 ov), 8-206 (Ben Wheeler, 88.1 ov), 9-224 (Seth Rance, 94.6 ov), 10-252 (Andrew Mathieson, 104.6 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Brent Arnel	27	15	52	6	1.92	-	-	-	0
Matt McEwan	20	5	41	0	2.05	-	-	-	1
Andy McKay	22	7	58	1	2.63	-	-	-	0
Jeetan Patel	36	10	94	3	2.61	-	-	-	0

Wellington 2nd Innings (T: 240 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Michael Papps	b Bracewell	5	13	11	0	0	38.46
Deepak Joon	c Bracewell b Patel	50	123	178	3	1	40.65
Stephen Murdoch	lbw b Patel	78	127	187	11	0	61.41
Michael Pollard	not out	40	68	115	4	1	58.82
James Franklin (c)	c †van Wyk b Bracewell	9	9	13	1	0	100.00
Tom Blundell †	b Worker	33	59	59	5	0	55.93
Alecz Day	c Wheeler b Worker	0	2	1	0	0	0.00
Jeetan Patel	c Mathieson b Wheeler	0	3	3	0	0	0.00
Matt McEwan	not out	12	9	10	2	0	133.33
Extras	(lb 5, nb 7, w 1)	13
Total	67.4 Ov (RR: 3.54)	240/7
Did not bat: Andy McKay, Brent Arnel
Fall of wickets: 1-6 (Michael Papps, 2.5 ov), 2-134 (Deepak Joon, 40.3 ov), 3-147 (Stephen Murdoch, 46.2 ov), 4-169 (James Franklin, 49.2 ov), 5-225 (Tom Blundell, 64.1 ov), 6-225 (Alecz Day, 64.3 ov), 7-226 (Jeetan Patel, 65.2 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Doug Bracewell	22	3	81	2	3.68	-	-	-	1	4
Ben Wheeler	16.4	3	54	1	3.24	-	-	-	0	3
Ajaz Patel	18	3	70	2	3.88	-	-	-	0	0
Seth Rance	6	3	4	0	0.66	-	-	-	0	0
Andrew Mathieson	3	0	19	0	6.33	-	-	-	0	0
George Worker	2	1	7	2	3.50	-	-	-	0	0

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Sun, 08 Mar - day 1 - Central D 1st innings 229/9 (Doug Bracewell 15*, Andrew Mathieson 0*, 71 ov)

Mon, 09 Mar - day 2 - Central D 2nd innings 50/3 (Will Young 7*, Ajaz Patel 0*, 28 ov)

Tue, 10 Mar - day 3 - Wellington 2nd innings 48/1 (Deepak Joon 14*, Stephen Murdoch 24*, 16 ov)

Wed, 11 Mar - day 4 - Wellington 2nd innings 240/7 (67.4 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

General

Day 1

Central Districts 1st innings
Central Districts: 50 runs in 12.5 overs (77 balls), Extras 0
Rain: Central Districts - 60/1 in 15.0 overs (GH Worker 43, GR Hay 16)
2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 67 balls (GH Worker 33, GR Hay 16, Ex 1)
GH Worker: 50 off 79 balls (9 x 4)
Central Districts: 100 runs in 29.4 overs (179 balls), Extras 1
Rain: Central Districts - 104/2 in 31.0 overs (GR Hay 39, WA Young 12)
Tea: Central Districts - 117/3 in 38.0 overs (WA Young 21)
Central Districts: 150 runs in 42.6 overs (260 balls), Extras 2
WA Young: 50 off 69 balls (9 x 4, 1 x 6)
4th Wicket: 50 runs in 58 balls (WA Young 33, TC Bruce 18, Ex 1)
Drinks: Central Districts - 194/5 in 57.0 overs (CFK van Wyk 4, DAJ Bracewell 1)
Central Districts: 200 runs in 58.1 overs (352 balls), Extras 4
Bad Light: Central Districts - 229/9 in 71.0 overs (DAJ Bracewell 15, AW Mathieson 0)
End Of Day: Central Districts - 229/9 in 71.0 overs (DAJ Bracewell 15, AW Mathieson 0)

Day 2

Wellington 1st innings
Wellington: 50 runs in 10.3 overs (63 balls), Extras 1
1st Wicket: 50 runs in 63 balls (MHW Papps 34, D Joon 15, Ex 1)
MHW Papps: 50 off 52 balls (9 x 4)
Drinks: Wellington - 74/0 in 16.0 overs (MHW Papps 55, D Joon 17)
Wellington: 100 runs in 27.6 overs (168 balls), Extras 3
Lunch: Wellington - 110/2 in 31.0 overs (SJ Murdoch 7, MA Pollard 5)
Wellington: 150 runs in 41.2 overs (249 balls), Extras 4
SJ Murdoch: 50 off 53 balls (10 x 4)
Drinks: Wellington - 180/4 in 47.0 overs (SJ Murdoch 62, TA Blundell 3)
Wellington: 200 runs in 53.5 overs (328 balls), Extras 8
Tea: Wellington - 217/8 in 64.0 overs (TA Blundell 20, AJ McKay 6)
Central Districts 2nd innings
Drinks: Central Districts - 31/1 in 15.0 overs (GH Worker 7, GR Hay 1)
Central Districts: 50 runs in 27.5 overs (168 balls), Extras 5
End Of Day: Central Districts - 50/3 in 28.0 overs (WA Young 7, TC Bruce 0)

Day 3

Due to start 11.15am
Drinks: Central Districts - 93/4 in 43.0 overs (WA Young 27, TC Bruce 19)
Central Districts: 100 runs in 45.2 overs (273 balls), Extras 5
5th Wicket: 50 runs in 85 balls (WA Young 27, TC Bruce 24, Ex 0)
TC Bruce: 50 off 92 balls (9 x 4)
Lunch: Central Districts - 140/5 in 62.0 overs (TC Bruce 50, CFK van Wyk 2)
Central Districts: 150 runs in 67.4 overs (407 balls), Extras 7
6th Wicket: 50 runs in 129 balls (TC Bruce 43, CFK van Wyk 5, Ex 2)
Drinks: Central Districts - 192/6 in 80.0 overs (CFK van Wyk 20, DAJ Bracewell 4)
Central Districts: 200 runs in 83.5 overs (504 balls), Extras 7
New Ball Taken: Central Districts 206/6 at 86.1 overs (CFK van Wyk 29, DAJ Bracewell 9)
CFK van Wyk: 50 off 164 balls (6 x 4, 1 x 6)
Tea: Central Districts - 245/9 in 103.0 overs (CFK van Wyk 51, AW Mathieson 0)
Central Districts: 250 runs in 104.2 overs (627 balls), Extras 8
Wellington 2nd innings
Bad Light: Wellington - 48/1 in 16.0 overs (D Joon 14, SJ Murdoch 24)
End Of Day: Wellington - 48/1 in 16.0 overs (D Joon 14, SJ Murdoch 24)

Day 4

Due to start 11.30am
Wellington: 50 runs in 19.2 overs (116 balls), Extras 5
2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 120 balls (D Joon 17, SJ Murdoch 29, Ex 5)
Drinks: Wellington - 77/1 in 28.2 overs (D Joon 33, SJ Murdoch 31)
Wellington: 100 runs in 33.4 overs (205 balls), Extras 8
SJ Murdoch: 50 off 88 balls (8 x 4)
2nd Wicket: 100 runs in 195 balls (D Joon 40, SJ Murdoch 53, Ex 9)
D Joon: 50 off 118 balls (3 x 4, 1 x 6)
Lunch: Wellington - 138/2 in 43.0 overs (SJ Murdoch 70, MA Pollard 4)
Wellington: 150 runs in 47.2 overs (288 balls), Extras 10
Wellington: 200 runs in 60.2 overs (367 balls), Extras 11
Drinks: Wellington - 210/4 in 61.0 overs (MA Pollard 28, TA Blundell 29)
5th Wicket: 50 runs in 82 balls (MA Pollard 22, TA Blundell 30, Ex 1)

Match Details

Pukekura Park, New Plymouth
Toss	Central Districts, elected to bat first
Series	Plunket Shield
Season	2014/15
Match days	8,9,10,11 March 2015 - day (4-day match)
Umpires	Chris Brown Phil Jones
Match Referee	Dave Quested
Points	Wellington 16, Central Districts 4

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Wellington Innings

Player Name		R	B
MHW Papps	bowled	5	13
D Joon	caught	50	123
SJ Murdoch	lbw	78	127
MA Pollard	not out	40	68
JEC Franklin	caught	9	9
TA Blundell	bowled	33	59
AD Day	caught	0	2
JS Patel	caught	0	3
MB McEwan	not out	12	9
Extras	(lb 5, nb 7, w 1)
Total	240(7 wkts; 67.4 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
DAJ Bracewell	22	3	81	2	3.68 (4 nb)
BM Wheeler	16.4	3	54	1	3.24 (3 nb)
AY Patel	18	3	70	2	3.88
SHA Rance	6	3	4	0	0.66
AW Mathieson	3	0	19	0	6.33
GH Worker	2	1	7	2	3.5

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	6	Michael Papps	Deepak Joon
2nd	128	Deepak Joon	Stephen Murdoch
3rd	13	Stephen Murdoch	Michael Pollard
4th	22	James Franklin	Michael Pollard
5th	56	Michael Pollard	Tom Blundell
6th	0	Michael Pollard	Alecz Day
7th	1	Jeetan Patel	Michael Pollard
8th	14	Michael Pollard	Matt McEwan

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Plunket Shield

Team	M	W	L	D	PT
CANT	10	6	4	0	122
AUCK	10	5	4	1	115
OTAGO	10	4	4	2	99
ND	10	4	4	2	98
WELL	10	4	4	2	93
CD	10	2	5	3	69

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