f63352 ps1757	Otago v Central Districts
	Plunket Shield 2025/26
Venue	University Oval, Dunedin on 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th December 2025 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Central Districts won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match still in progress
Umpires	SB Haig, SJ Kannan
Referee	SB O'Connor
Scorers	MF Jones, LR Neilson
Close of play day 1	Otago (1) 287/6 (Chu 104*, Lockrose 1*; 96 overs)
Close of play day 2	Central Districts (2) 18/0 (Heaphy 10*, Bettelheim 8*; 7 overs)
Close of play day 3	Central Districts (2) 197/3 (Heaphy 68*, Cleaver 5*; 65 overs)
Ball-by-ball	Innings 1, Innings 2

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Otago first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
JCT Boyle	c Clark b Annand	6	38	61	-	-	32
JM Cumming	c Mabin b Toole	30	42	54	4	-	30
TC Jones	c Schmulian b Annand	10	13	22	2	-	9
TK Parkes	c Clark b Mabin	3	22	43	-	-	19
TM Johnson	c Heaphy b Toole	37	71	100	7	-	57
+MW Chu	c Annand b Patel	151	245	389	13	3	163
*LI Georgeson	c Cleaver b Annand	80	181	208	10	-	139
BNJ Lockrose	not out	72	89	113	11	2	63
DK Ferns	not out	6	3	7	1	-	0
JD McKay	did not bat
TJ Hart	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 3 lb, 8 nb, 9 w)	21
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 502 minutes, 116 overs)	416
Fall of wickets:
1-40 (JM Cumming, 11.5 ov), 2-40 (Boyle, 12.6 ov), 3-51 (Jones, 16.2 ov), 4-60 (Parkes, 22.4 ov), 5-120 (Johnson, 39.3 ov), 6-284 (Georgeson, 92.3 ov), 7-390 (Chu, 113.6 ov)

Central Districts bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Clarkson	20	2	103	0	5	3	73	12	1
Toole	28	6	88	2	2	3	135	10	1
Annand	24	4	85	3	1	-	110	12	2
Mabin	13	3	34	1	-	-	60	3	1
Patel	19	1	69	1	-	-	75	8	-
Foxcroft	8	0	14	0	-	-	36	-	-
Schmulian	1	0	3	0	-	-	3	-	-
Clark	3	0	16	0	1	2	15	3	-

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Central Districts first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
TJ Bettelheim	lbw b Georgeson	0	1	1	-	-	1
CG Heaphy	c Lockrose b McKay	65	150	242	8	-	118
BD Schmulian	c Chu b Ferns	15	17	17	1	-	11
D Foxcroft	c Johnson b Ferns	94	120	170	11	5	89
*+D Cleaver	b Ferns	0	12	15	-	-	12
JA Clarkson	lbw b Lockrose	1	4	4	-	-	3
WJ Clark	b Ferns	1	7	6	-	-	6
OE Mabin	c Georgeson b Lockrose	6	5	5	1	-	3
AY Patel	c Georgeson b Lockrose	0	3	7	-	-	3
TM Annand	b McKay	22	28	39	4	1	23
RL Toole	not out	7	25	31	1	-	21
AR Schaw	did not bat
Extras	(10 lb, 1 nb, 2 w)	13
Total	(all out, 274 minutes, 61.5 overs)	224
Fall of wickets:
1-0 (Bettelheim, 0.1 ov), 2-21 (Schmulian, 3.6 ov), 3-176 (Foxcroft, 43.3 ov), 4-176 (Cleaver, 47.3 ov), 5-177 (Clarkson, 48.2 ov), 6-178 (Clark, 49.3 ov), 7-185 (Mabin, 50.4 ov), 8-189 (Patel, 52.2 ov), 9-193 (Heaphy, 53.5 ov), 10-224 (Annand, 61.5 ov)

Otago bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Georgeson	11	0	55	1	-	-	46	5	2
Ferns	15	3	57	4	-	-	69	8	1
McKay	11.5	2	47	2	2	1	55	7	1
Hart	7	1	15	0	-	-	35	1	1
Lockrose	16	4	38	3	-	-	80	5	1
Johnson	1	0	2	0	-	-	4	-	-

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Central Districts second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
CG Heaphy	not out	68	199	299	7	-	157
TJ Bettelheim	c Georgeson b Ferns	12	38	60	3	-	35
BD Schmulian	c Parkes b McKay	78	100	162	12	-	70
D Foxcroft	c JM Cumming b Georgeson	27	36	56	4	-	24
*+D Cleaver	not out	5	17	17	1	-	15
JA Clarkson	still to bat
WJ Clark	still to bat
AY Patel	still to bat
OE Mabin	still to bat
TM Annand	still to bat
RL Toole	still to bat
JR Lennox	still to bat
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb, 2 w)	7
Total	(3 wickets, 298 minutes, 65 overs)	197
Fall of wickets:
1-27 (Bettelheim, 12.5 ov), 2-147 (Schmulian, 48.1 ov), 3-191 (Foxcroft, 60.4 ov)

Otago bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
McKay	14	3	46	1	1	-	64	7	-
Georgeson	16	10	21	1	-	-	88	4	-
Lockrose	17	2	54	0	-	-	75	6	-
Johnson	2	1	4	0	-	-	11	1	-
Boyle	1	0	3	0	-	-	4	-	-
Ferns	12	0	52	1	1	-	47	7	-
Hart	3	0	12	0	-	-	12	2	-

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Notes
--> Central Districts full substitute: JR Lennox for AY Patel (after 6.6 overs of the Central Districts second innings)
--> Day 1 Lunch: Otago (1) 91/4 (Johnson 20*, Chu 18*; 31 overs)
--> Day 1 Tea: Otago (1) 173/5 (Chu 58*, Georgeson 23*; 61 overs)
--> Day 2 Lunch: Central Districts (1) 35/2 (Heaphy 11*, Foxcroft 9*; 7 overs)
--> Day 2 Tea: Central Districts (1) 136/2 (Heaphy 37*, Foxcroft 73*; 36 overs)
--> Day 3 Lunch: Central Districts (2) 91/1 (Heaphy 30*, Schmulian 47*; 34 overs)
--> Day 3 Tea: Central Districts (2) 191/3 (Heaphy 67*, Cleaver 0*; 63 overs)
--> Otago first innings: 50 in 16.1 overs
--> Otago first innings: 100 in 34.3 overs
--> Otago first innings: 150 in 52.2 overs
--> Otago first innings: 200 in 66.4 overs
--> Otago first innings: 250 in 85.6 overs
--> Otago first innings: 300 in 101.2 overs
--> Otago first innings: 350 in 109.2 overs
--> Otago score at 110 overs in the first innings was 359-6
--> Otago first innings: 400 in 114.4 overs
--> Central Districts first innings: 50 in 10.5 overs
--> Central Districts first innings: 100 in 23.2 overs
--> Central Districts first innings: 150 in 37.5 overs
--> OE Mabin made his debut in First-Class matches
--> OE Mabin made his debut in Plunket Shield matches
--> MW Chu (1) 50 in 96 balls with 5 fours and 1 six
--> MW Chu (1) 100 in 192 balls with 10 fours and 1 six
--> MW Chu (1) passed his previous highest score of 130 in Plunket Shield matches
--> MW Chu (1) passed his previous highest score of 130 in First-Class matches
--> MW Chu (1) 150 in 243 balls with 13 fours and 3 sixes
--> LI Georgeson (1) 50 in 141 balls with 5 fours
--> LI Georgeson (1) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 60
--> LI Georgeson (1) passed 1500 runs in Plunket Shield matches when he reached 60
--> BNJ Lockrose (1) 50 in 78 balls with 8 fours and 1 six
--> BNJ Lockrose (1) passed his previous highest score of 70 in First-Class matches
--> BNJ Lockrose (1) passed his previous highest score of 70 in Plunket Shield matches
--> CG Heaphy (1) 50 in 116 balls with 6 fours
--> D Foxcroft (1) 50 in 47 balls with 8 fours and 2 sixes
--> TM Annand achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches when he dismissed LI Georgeson in the Otago first innings (previous best was 2-70)
--> TM Annand achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Plunket Shield matches when he dismissed LI Georgeson in the Otago first innings (previous best was 2-70)
--> BNJ Lockrose achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Central Districts first innings (previous best was 3-73)
--> BNJ Lockrose achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Plunket Shield matches in the Central Districts first innings (previous best was 3-73)
--> TM Johnson (21) and MW Chu (30) added 50 in 82 balls for the Otago 5th wicket in the first innings
--> MW Chu (26) and LI Georgeson (22) added 50 in 118 balls for the Otago 6th wicket in the first innings
--> MW Chu (53) and LI Georgeson (41) added 100 in 228 balls for the Otago 6th wicket in the first innings
--> MW Chu (66) and LI Georgeson (72) added 150 in 301 balls for the Otago 6th wicket in the first innings
--> MW Chu (35) and BNJ Lockrose (18) added 50 in 88 balls for the Otago 7th wicket in the first innings
--> MW Chu (48) and BNJ Lockrose (48) added 100 in 125 balls for the Otago 7th wicket in the first innings
--> CG Heaphy (12) and D Foxcroft (37) added 50 in 72 balls for the Central Districts 3rd wicket in the first innings
--> CG Heaphy (25) and D Foxcroft (65) added 100 in 146 balls for the Central Districts 3rd wicket in the first innings

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