21/02Result

Final, The Ford Trophy at Wellington, Feb 22 2026

CanterburyCanterburyCANT
302/7
Central DistrictsCentral DistrictsCD
303/4 (47.5/50 ov)

Central D won by 6 wkts (13b rem)

21/02Result

Final, The Ford Trophy at Wellington, Feb 22 2026

CanterburyCanterburyCANT
302/7
Central DistrictsCentral DistrictsCD
303/4 (47.5/50 ov)

Central D won by 6 wkts (13b rem)

Match Day

11dDeivarayan Muthu

Young and Heaphy upstage Nicholls as Central Districts win Ford Trophy title

Will Young and Curtis Heaphy added 257 runs for the second wicket, a new CD record in the Ford Trophy

Central D INNINGS		R	B
BD Schmulian	lbw	13	8
CG Heaphy	caught	105	124
WA Young	caught	157	132
D Foxcroft	not out	6	15
TC Bruce	bowled	3	8
JA Clarkson	not out	0	0
AR Schaw
BG Randell
TA Findlay
JR Lennox
RL Toole
EXTRAS	(b 4, lb 11, w 4)
TOTAL	303 (4 wkts; 47.5 ovs)

Canterbury BOWLING	O	M	R	W	Econ
AW McKenzie	9.0	0	67	0	7.44
FW Sheat	9.0	1	38	2	4.22	(2w)
LLB Harper	8.0	0	49	0	6.12
MD Rae	10.0	0	55	1	5.5	(1w)
Raunaq Kapur	6.0	0	53	0	8.83	(1w)
MWT Boyle	5.5	0	26	1	4.45

Central D 2nd innings Partnerships

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	19	BD Schmulian	CG Heaphy
2nd	257	WA Young	CG Heaphy
3rd	20	WA Young	D Foxcroft
4th	6	D Foxcroft	TC Bruce
5th	1	D Foxcroft	JA Clarkson

The Ford Trophy

Team	M	W	L	PT	NRR
CANT	10	7	2	35	1.408
CD	10	6	3	29	0.183
WELL	10	6	4	26	-0.114
AUCK	10	4	5	21	0.163
ND	10	3	5	19	-0.207
OTAGO	10	0	7	6	-1.534