Northern Brave vs Central Stags, 23rd Match

Plunket Shield 2025/2026 · 4day · Thu, 26 Mar 2026, 21:30 UTC · Seddon Park, Hamilton

Finished – Central Stags won by 25 runs

Northern Brave: 279 (102.3 ov) & 258 (69.5 ov)
Central Stags: 235 (61.3 ov) & 327 (99.2 ov)

Central Stags · 1st innings: 235 (61.3 ov)

Batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Brad Schmulian	b Zak Gibson	1	6	0	0	16.67
Curtis Heaphy	run out	9	19	1	0	47.37
Will Young	c Robert O’Donnell b Scott Kuggeleijn	0	10	0	0	0
Tom Bruce	c Robert O’Donnell b Josh Brown	103	152	9	2	67.76
Dean Foxcroft	c Ben Pomare b Scott Kuggeleijn	2	11	0	0	18.18
Dane Cleaver	c Robert O’Donnell b Scott Kuggeleijn	76	95	13	2	80
Josh Clarkson	c Bharat Popli b Tim Pringle	2	17	0	0	11.76
Brett Randell	c Bharat Popli b Zak Gibson	1	10	0	0	10
Ajaz Patel	c Jeet Raval b Tim Pringle	24	32	4	0	75
Toby Findlay	c Henry Cooper b Tim Pringle	1	9	0	0	11.11
Ray Toole	not out	2	8	0	0	25

Extras: 14

Bowling
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Scott Kuggeleijn	12	2	34	3	2.83
Zak Gibson	15	2	65	2	4.33
Tim Pringle	23.3	3	84	3	3.57
Josh Brown	9	1	37	1	4.11
Snehith Reddy Devireddy	2	0	3	0	1.5

Northern Brave · 1st innings: 279 (102.3 ov)

Batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Jeet Raval	lbw b Toby Findlay	11	43	1	0	25.58
Henry Cooper	c Dane Cleaver b Ray Toole	1	5	0	0	20
Bharat Popli	c Dane Cleaver b Toby Findlay	38	62	5	0	61.29
Joe Carter	c Curtis Heaphy b Josh Clarkson	37	114	4	0	32.46
Robert O’Donnell	c Brett Randell b Ajaz Patel	8	29	1	0	27.59
Zak Gibson	c Tom Bruce b Josh Clarkson	42	81	6	0	51.85
Snehith Reddy Devireddy	lbw b Josh Clarkson	33	109	4	0	30.28
Ben Pomare	c Dane Cleaver b Josh Clarkson	73	154	11	0	47.4
Scott Kuggeleijn	c Curtis Heaphy b Toby Findlay	11	14	1	1	78.57
Tim Pringle	not out	3	7	0	0	42.86
Josh Brown	c Will Young b Toby Findlay	0	2	0	0	0

Extras: 22

Bowling
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Brett Randell	14	4	38	0	2.71
Ray Toole	19	2	66	1	3.47
Josh Clarkson	19	9	30	4	1.58
Toby Findlay	17.3	5	48	4	2.74
Ajaz Patel	25	4	54	1	2.16
Brad Schmulian	2	0	12	0	6
Dean Foxcroft	6	2	18	0	3

Central Stags · 2nd innings: 327 (99.2 ov)

Batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Curtis Heaphy	lbw b Snehith Reddy Devireddy	7	28	0	0	25
Brad Schmulian	c Josh Brown b Zak Gibson	7	20	1	0	35
Ajaz Patel	c Robert O’Donnell b Josh Brown	53	83	4	2	63.86
Will Young	c Joe Carter b Tim Pringle	65	126	4	1	51.59
Dean Foxcroft	c Scott Kuggeleijn b Zak Gibson	91	155	6	2	58.71
Dane Cleaver	c Henry Cooper b Tim Pringle	17	27	3	0	62.96
Josh Clarkson	c & b Tim Pringle	10	21	1	0	47.62
Brett Randell	c Jeet Raval b Snehith Reddy Devireddy	13	46	0	0	28.26
Tom Bruce	c & b Zak Gibson	11	14	1	1	78.57
Toby Findlay	c Ben Pomare b Zak Gibson	34	71	3	1	47.89
Ray Toole	not out	0	5	0	0	0

Extras: 19

Bowling
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Scott Kuggeleijn	13	1	54	0	4.15
Zak Gibson	20.2	2	62	4	3.05
Tim Pringle	33	3	75	3	2.27
Snehith Reddy Devireddy	18	4	75	2	4.17
Josh Brown	9	1	32	1	3.56
Jeet Raval	6	0	17	0	2.83

Northern Brave · 2nd innings: 258 (69.5 ov)

Batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Jeet Raval	b Ray Toole	9	30	1	0	30
Scott Kuggeleijn	b Brett Randell	26	15	2	2	173.33
Henry Cooper	c Dane Cleaver b Ray Toole	13	52	1	0	25
Bharat Popli	b Ray Toole	34	57	4	0	59.65
Joe Carter	lbw b Ajaz Patel	12	9	3	0	133.33
Robert O’Donnell	c Josh Clarkson b Brad Schmulian	101	134	10	5	75.37
Snehith Reddy Devireddy	b Toby Findlay	2	9	0	0	22.22
Ben Pomare	c Tom Bruce b Ajaz Patel	19	49	2	0	38.78
Tim Pringle	b Brad Schmulian	30	52	3	1	57.69
Josh Brown	not out	6	9	1	0	66.67
Zak Gibson	lbw b Brad Schmulian	0	4	0	0	0

Extras: 6

Bowling
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Brett Randell	5	2	16	1	3.2
Ray Toole	15	3	42	3	2.8
Josh Clarkson	8	1	35	0	4.38
Ajaz Patel	27	1	100	2	3.7
Dean Foxcroft	4	1	20	0	5
Toby Findlay	7	2	36	1	5.14
Brad Schmulian	3.5	1	5	3	1.3