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Wellington Firebirds vs Canterbury Kings Scorecard, 18th Match

Plunket Shield · 18th Match · 4day

Result

Wellington Firebirds

208 (54.5 ov) & 224 (53.4 ov)

Canterbury KingsWon

336 (81.3 ov) & 297/3 (41.3 ov)

Canterbury Kings won by 201 runs

Wellington Firebirds won the toss and elected to bowl.

Started: Mon, 9 Mar, 03:00 IST
Venue: Hagley Oval
Data checked: 05:45:28 IST

Match summary

Canterbury Kings won by 201 runs.

18th Match · Plunket Shield · Hagley Oval · 9 Mar 2026

Wellington Firebirds won the toss and elected to bowl.

Canterbury Kings, 1st innings: 336 (81.3 ov)
Top score: Matthew Boyle, 97 off 88 balls
Best bowling: Muhammad Arslan Abbas, 5 for 69 in 16.3 overs
Wellington Firebirds, 1st innings: 208 (54.5 ov)
Top score: Nick Greenwood, 103 off 133 balls
Best bowling: Fraser Sheat, 4 for 34 in 12.5 overs
Canterbury Kings, 2nd innings: 297/3 (41.3 ov)
Top score: Tom Latham, 101 not out off 111 balls
Best bowling: Logan van Beek, 1 for 30 in 6 overs
Wellington Firebirds, 2nd innings: 224 (53.4 ov)
Top score: Tom Blundell, 98 not out off 118 balls
Best bowling: Fraser Sheat, 4 for 71 in 18 overs

Compiled from the official match data supplied by Sportmonks. Facts only: no commentary, ratings or predictions.

Scorecard

Canterbury Kings 1st innings336 (81.3 ov)

Canterbury Kings, 1st innings batting
Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Tom Lathamc Younghusband b Abbas	79	171	11	1	46.2
Rhys Mariuc Blundell b Dudding	23	38	4	0	60.5
Scott Janettc Blundell b Beek	2	17	0	0	11.8
Henry Nichollsb Smith	44	73	7	0	60.3
Matthew Boylec Abbas b Beek	97	88	13	3	110.2
Mitchell Haylbw b Smith	1	9	0	0	11.1
Leo Carterb Abbas	25	52	3	0	48.1
Sean Daveyc Tashkoff b Abbas	11	14	1	1	78.6
Fraser Sheatc Smith b Abbas	14	19	2	0	73.7
Travis Mullernot out	7	10	1	0	70.0
Michael Raeb Abbas	5	7	1	0	71.4
Extras	28 (w 2, nb 9, b 10, lb 7)
Total	336 (81.3 ov)

Fall of wickets

45-1 (Rhys Mariu, 13.6 ov) · 56-2 (Scott Janett, 18.5 ov) · 167-3 (Henry Nicholls, 48.3 ov) · 168-4 (Tom Latham, 49.3 ov) · 179-5 (Mitchell Hay, 52.3 ov) · 280-6 (Leo Carter, 71.3 ov) · 294-7 (Sean Davey, 73.5 ov) · 322-8 (Matthew Boyle, 78.1 ov) · 326-9 (Fraser Sheat, 79.5 ov) · 336-10 (Michael Rae, 81.3 ov)

Bowling against Canterbury Kings, 1st innings
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	WD	NB
Nathan Smith	15	3	60	2	4.00	0	2
Liam Dudding	15	8	27	1	1.80	0	0
Logan van Beek	18	3	61	2	3.39	1	0
Muhammad Arslan Abbas	16.3	2	69	5	4.18	1	0
Nick Greenwood	10	0	56	0	5.60	0	6
Peter Younghusband	7	0	46	0	6.57	0	1

Wellington Firebirds 1st innings208 (54.5 ov)

Wellington Firebirds, 1st innings batting
Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Jesse Tashkoffc Mariu b Sheat	1	16	0	0	6.3
Nick Greenwoodb Rae	103	133	16	1	77.4
Gareth Severinc Rae b Muller	25	51	4	0	49.0
Nick Kellylbw b Rae	15	22	3	0	68.2
Tim Robinsonc Mariu b Sheat	9	11	2	0	81.8
Muhammad Arslan Abbasc & b Sheat	0	6	0	0	0.0
Tom Blundellc Latham b Muller	6	23	1	0	26.1
Nathan Smithc Mariu b Rae	13	18	3	0	72.2
Logan van Beeknot out	12	26	2	0	46.2
Peter Younghusbandc Boyle b Davey	0	7	0	0	0.0
Liam Duddingb Sheat	14	21	2	0	66.7
Extras	10 (w 3, nb 5, b 0, lb 2)
Total	208 (54.5 ov)

Fall of wickets

31-1 (Jesse Tashkoff, 6.1 ov) · 83-2 (Gareth Severin, 22.3 ov) · 114-3 (Nick Kelly, 29.4 ov) · 135-4 (Tim Robinson, 32.4 ov) · 139-5 (Muhammad Arslan Abbas, 34.4 ov) · 166-6 (Nick Greenwood, 43.1 ov) · 166-7 (Tom Blundell, 42.5 ov) · 188-8 (Nathan Smith, 49.1 ov) · 189-9 (Peter Younghusband, 50.3 ov) · 208-10 (Liam Dudding, 54.5 ov)

Bowling against Wellington Firebirds, 1st innings
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	WD	NB
Fraser Sheat	12.5	3	34	4	2.65	1	0
Sean Davey	15	3	60	1	4.00	1	4
Michael Rae	14	1	57	3	4.07	1	0
Travis Muller	11	1	48	2	4.36	0	1
Matthew Boyle	2	0	7	0	3.50	0	0

Canterbury Kings 2nd innings297/3 (41.3 ov)

Canterbury Kings, 2nd innings batting
Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Tom Lathamnot out	101	111	10	1	91.0
Rhys Mariuc Robinson b Beek	31	40	6	0	77.5
Scott Janettrun out (Tashkoff)	40	46	8	0	87.0
Henry Nichollsc Blundell b Tashkoff	52	33	7	1	157.6
Matthew Boylenot out	63	22	3	6	286.4
Extras	10 (w 2, nb 3, b 4, lb 1)
Total	297/3 (41.3 ov)

Fall of wickets

54-1 (Rhys Mariu, 12.6 ov) · 114-2 (Scott Janett, 24.3 ov) · 212-3 (Henry Nicholls, 36.2 ov)

Bowling against Canterbury Kings, 2nd innings
Bowler	O	R	W	Econ	WD	NB
Nathan Smith	10	50	0	5.00	1	2
Liam Dudding	5	26	0	5.20	0	0
Muhammad Arslan Abbas	6	34	0	5.67	0	0
Logan van Beek	6	30	1	5.00	0	0
Peter Younghusband	8	65	0	8.13	0	0
Nick Greenwood	4.3	48	0	10.67	1	1
Jesse Tashkoff	2	39	1	19.50	0	0

Wellington Firebirds 2nd innings224 (53.4 ov)

Wellington Firebirds, 2nd innings batting
Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Jesse Tashkoffb Sheat	4	14	1	0	28.6
Nick Greenwoodc Mariu b Sheat	20	34	4	0	58.8
Peter Younghusbandc Hay b Sheat	1	18	0	0	5.6
Gareth Severinc Hay b Davey	4	8	0	0	50.0
Nick Kellyb Davey	7	14	1	0	50.0
Tim Robinsonc Mariu b Davey	5	11	1	0	45.5
Muhammad Arslan Abbasc Janett b Muller	12	18	1	0	66.7
Tom Blundellnot out	98	118	14	3	83.1
Nathan Smithb Sheat	42	57	6	1	73.7
Logan van Beekc Carter b Rae	6	14	0	0	42.9
Liam Duddingc Sheat b Rae	12	21	3	0	57.1
Extras	13 (w 7, nb 5, b 0, lb 1)
Total	224 (53.4 ov)

Fall of wickets

12-1 (Jesse Tashkoff, 4.2 ov) · 18-2 (Peter Younghusband, 8.5 ov) · 32-3 (Nick Greenwood, 12.1 ov) · 32-4 (Gareth Severin, 11.6 ov) · 44-5 (Tim Robinson, 15.2 ov) · 47-6 (Nick Kelly, 17.2 ov) · 85-7 (Muhammad Arslan Abbas, 22.6 ov) · 164-8 (Nathan Smith, 40.3 ov) · 175-9 (Logan van Beek, 43.6 ov) · 224-10 (Liam Dudding, 53.4 ov)

Bowling against Wellington Firebirds, 2nd innings
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	WD	NB
Fraser Sheat	18	3	71	4	3.94	1	0
Sean Davey	14	0	56	3	4.00	5	4
Travis Muller	7	1	38	1	5.43	0	1
Michael Rae	14.4	2	58	2	3.95	1	0

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