When was Wellington vs Canterbury played?

Wellington vs Canterbury, the 18th Match of Plunket Shield, was played on 9 March 2026, 3:00 am IST.

Where was Wellington vs Canterbury played?

The match was played at Basin Reserve, Wellington, New Zealand.

What format is Wellington vs Canterbury?

It is a Test match in Plunket Shield.

What is the average score at Basin Reserve?

The average first-innings score in Test matches at Basin Reserve is 293 and the average second-innings score is 216, based on 5 matches.

WELL vs CANT 18th Match, 09 Mar 2026 Fantasy AI Predictions

Wellington

Basin Reserve

239

130

CANT

336/10 (81.3)

Wellington chose to BOWL

WELL

208/10 (54.5)

Canterbury won by 201 runs

Wellington vs Canterbury: Key Facts

When was Wellington vs Canterbury played?: Wellington vs Canterbury, the 18th Match of Plunket Shield, was played on 9 March 2026, 3:00 am IST.
Where was Wellington vs Canterbury played?: The match was played at Basin Reserve, Wellington, New Zealand.
What format is Wellington vs Canterbury?: It is a Test match in Plunket Shield.
Who won Wellington vs Canterbury?: Canterbury won by 201 runs
What is the average score at Basin Reserve?: The average first-innings score in Test matches at Basin Reserve is 293 and the average second-innings score is 216, based on 5 matches.

Plunket Shield CTB vs WF players TEST past performance, current series performance, projected points and selection percentage.

Player					Batting									Bowling										Series Performance							Lineup selection			Match Performance
Name	T	R	S	M#	Bat	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50+	4/6	Bowl	Inn	Wk	Ov	Avg	Eco	SR	4w	Best	C/St	M	A. Pt	Pts	Run	Wk	DT	P	S%	C	VC	iDt	#	PTS	Bat	Bowl	Field
Travis Muller	CANT	BOWL	✅		RHB							0	0	RFM			0				0		0							10	0	0	0		14	75	11	60	0
Liam Dudding	WELL	BOWL	✅		RHB							0	0	RM			0				0		0	4	120.2	481	77	13	75	11	0	0	0		15	74	50	20	0
Tim Robinson	WELL	BAT	✅		RHB							0	0	RM			0				0		0	5	143	715	393	0	60	5	0	0	0		20	38	26	0	8
Matthew Boyle	CANT	BOWL	✅		LHB							0	0	LBG			0				0		0	5	110.2	551	299	0	20	5	0	0	0	✅	1	314	302	0	8
Fraser Sheat	CANT	BOWL	✅		RHB							0	0	RM			0				0		0	5	82.4	412	72	11	40	9	0	0	0	✅	3	238	22	196	16
Nick Kelly	WELL	BAT	✅		LHB							0	0	SLA			0				0		0	5	152.6	763	433	0	60	4	0	0	0		19	42	38	0	0
Jesse Tashkoff	WELL	BOWL	✅		RHB							0	0	SLA			0				0		0	4	150.5	602	310	1	75	2	0	0	0		18	45	9	20	12
Peter Younghusband	WELL	BOWL	✅		RHB							0	0	LBG			0				0		0	5	120	600	246	7	60	10	0	0	0		22	13	1	0	8
Gareth Severin	WELL	BOWL	✅		RHB							0	0	RM			0				0		0	5	112.4	562	300	0	40	3	0	0	0		16	53	49	0	0
Sean Davey	CANT	BOWL	✅		RHB							0	0	RM			0				0		0	4	172	688	166	17	75	8	0	0	0	✅	11	117	21	92	0
Mitchell Hay	CANT	WK	✅	1	RHB	1	0	61	61	61	65.59	1	10		0	0					0	-	3	4	95.2	381	171	0	50	6	0	0	0		21	21	1	0	16
Scott Janett	CANT	BOWL	✅		RHB							0	0	LBG			0				0		0	2	52.5	105	45	0	0	3	0	0	0		13	90	78	0	8
Leo Carter	CANT	BAT	✅		LHB							0	0	OB			0				0		0	1	8	8	0	0	0	7	0	0	0		17	53	41	0	8
Logan van Beek	WELL	BOWL	✅		RHB							0	0	RMF			0				0		0							9	0	0	0		12	98	26	60	8
Nathan Smith	WELL	ALL	✅	8	RHB	13	1	210	42	17.5	52.63	0	26	RMF	14	34	14.9	25.26	4.11	36.8	4	6/40	4	1	247	247	101	4	100	8	0	0	0	✅	7	173	105	56	8
Muhammad Abbas	WELL	BAT	✅		RHB							0	0	LMF			0				0		0	1	75	75	43	0	0	6	0	0	0	✅	8	148	12	124	8
Nick Greenwood	WELL	BAT	✅		RHB							0	0				0				0		0	5	122.8	614	274	6	20	1	0	0	0	✅	4	229	225	0	0
Henry Nicholls	CANT	BAT	✅	60	LHB	94	9	3358	200	39.5	51.32	23	379	OB	0	0					0	-	36	4	240.2	961	563	0	75	4	0	0	0	✅	6	174	170	0	0
Tom Latham	CANT	WK	✅	95	LHB	171	6	6450	264	39.09	48.17	48	744	RM	0	0					0	-	117	2	61.5	123	79	0	50	1	0	0	0	✅	2	312	300	0	8
Rhys Mariu	CANT	BAT	✅		RHB							0	0	RM			0				0		0	5	87.8	439	215	0	20	2	0	0	0	✅	9	146	102	0	40
Michael Rae	CANT	BOWL	✅	2	RHB	1	0	13	13	13	118.18	0	1	RMF	4	8	16.3	28.25	3.45	49	0	3/45	2	3	119.7	359	29	12	66.7	11	0	0	0	✅	10	145	9	124	8
Tom Blundell	WELL	WK	✅	47	RHB	77	7	2434	186	34.77	53.83	18	309	OB	1	0	3		4.33		0	-	137							7	0	0	0	✅	5	226	198	0	24

Completed matches of Wellington
Teams	Date	Venue	Toss	Bat First	Bat Second	Inning 1	Inning 2	Winner
OV vs WF	18 Nov - 03:00 AM	Wellington	Wellington	OTAGOOtago	WELL	522/9 (120.0)	224/10 (57.1)	Otago Otago won by 7 wickets
CS vs WF	26 Nov - 03:00 AM	Wellington	Wellington	WELLWellington	CD	354/9 (87.3)	118/3 (39.0)	Central D Central D won by 8 wickets
AA vs WF	05 Dec - 03:00 AM	Auckland	Auckland	AUCKAuckland	WELL	350/9 (89.0)	249/10 (75.4)	Auckland Auckland won by 162 runs
ND vs WF	13 Dec - 03:00 AM	Whangarei	Wellington	WELLWellington	ND	319/10 (100.4)	571/9 (157.0)	Northern Dis Northern Dis won by an innings and 28 runs
CTB vs WF	09 Mar - 03:00 AM	Wellington	Wellington	CANTCanterbury	WELL	336/10 (81.3)	208/10 (54.5)	Canterbury Canterbury won by 201 runs
AA vs WF	18 Mar - 03:00 AM	Wellington	Auckland	WELLWellington	AUCK	309/10 (74.4)	414/10 (93.5)	Auckland Auckland won by 8 wickets
OV vs WF	27 Mar - 03:00 AM	Dunedin	Otago	WELLWellington	OTAGO	156/10 (37.2)	112/10 (35.1)	Otago Otago won by 4 wickets

Completed matches of Canterbury
Teams	Date	Venue	Toss	Bat First	Bat Second	Inning 1	Inning 2	Winner
CTB vs ND	18 Nov - 03:00 AM	Rangiora	Canterbury	NDNorthern Dis	CANT	237/10 (77.5)	248/10 (87.4)	Canterbury Canterbury won by 5 wickets
CTB vs CS	05 Dec - 03:00 AM	Napier	Central D	CDCentral D	CANT	239/10 (85.3)	124/10 (49.2)	Central D Central D won by 295 runs
AA vs CTB	13 Dec - 03:00 AM	Christchurch	Canterbury	AUCKAuckland	CANT	138/10 (48.1)	534/8 (119.0)	Canterbury Canterbury won by an innings and 72 runs
CTB vs WF	09 Mar - 03:00 AM	Wellington	Wellington	CANTCanterbury	WELL	336/10 (81.3)	208/10 (54.5)	Canterbury Canterbury won by 201 runs
CTB vs CS	18 Mar - 03:00 AM	Rangiora	Central D	CANTCanterbury	CD	334/10 (87.2)	221/10 (78.1)	Canterbury Canterbury won by 279 runs

Completed matches at Basin Reserve
Teams	Date	Toss	Bat First	Bat Second	Inning 1	Inning 2	Winner
OV vs WF	18 Nov - 03:00 AM	Wellington	OTAGOOtago	WELL	522/9 (120.0)	224/10 (57.1)	Otago Otago won by 7 wickets
CS vs WF	26 Nov - 03:00 AM	Wellington	WELLWellington	CD	354/9 (87.3)	118/3 (39.0)	Central D Central D won by 8 wickets
CTB vs WF	09 Mar - 03:00 AM	Wellington	CANTCanterbury	WELL	336/10 (81.3)	208/10 (54.5)	Canterbury Canterbury won by 201 runs
AA vs WF	18 Mar - 03:00 AM	Auckland	WELLWellington	AUCK	309/10 (74.4)	414/10 (93.5)	Auckland Auckland won by 8 wickets

Top batting performance for WELL
Match	#	Player	Out	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR
OV vs WF	5	Nick Kelly	caught	150	210	21	1	71.42
CS vs WF	2	Nick Greenwood	bowled	143	206	16	3	69.41
ND vs WF	4	Nick Kelly	caught	111	228	13	0	48.68
CS vs WF	1	Jesse Tashkoff	caught	109	135	14	2	80.74
CS vs WF	5	Tim Robinson	caught	108	129	12	1	83.72
AA vs WF	6	Tim Robinson	bowled	106	144	9	2	73.61
CS vs WF	3	Gareth Severin	bowled	104	224	16	0	46.42
CTB vs WF	2	Nick Greenwood	bowled	103	133	16	1	77.44
OV vs WF	1	Jesse Tashkoff	bowled	101	136	15	0	74.26
CTB vs WF	8	Tom Blundell	not out	98	118	14	3	83.05
OV vs WF	8	Jesse Tashkoff	lbw	97	100	11	3	97
AA vs WF	6	Tom Blundell	bowled	96	128	6	6	75
AA vs WF	6	Callum McLachlan	not out	89	160	11	2	55.62
OV vs WF	5	Tim Robinson	not out	87	102	5	4	85.29
AA vs WF	7	Callum McLachlan	caught	85	148	14	0	57.43
OV vs WF	7	Nathan Smith	caught	71	64	8	3	110.93
ND vs WF	8	Peter Younghusband	caught	66	190	9	0	34.73
OV vs WF	3	Gareth Severin	caught	65	122	7	1	53.27
OV vs WF	6	Tom Blundell	caught	62	96	5	4	64.58
CS vs WF	7	Nathan Smith	not out	62	153	4	0	40.52

Top bowling performance for WELL
Match	Player	Ov	M	Run	W	Eco
OV vs WF	Nathan Smith	15.1	5	25	6	1.64
AA vs WF	Michael Snedden	16.5	4	56	5	3.32
CTB vs WF	Muhammad Abbas	16.3	2	69	5	4.18
ND vs WF	Elliot Seddon	47	7	150	5	3.19
AA vs WF	Liam Dudding	15	1	67	5	4.46
OV vs WF	James Hartshorn	21	5	79	4	3.76
CS vs WF	Nathan Smith	17	4	61	4	3.58
OV vs WF	James Hartshorn	12	0	50	3	4.16
CS vs WF	James Hartshorn	18.4	3	65	3	3.48
ND vs WF	Michael Snedden	31	3	144	3	4.64
OV vs WF	Nick Greenwood	11	1	40	3	3.63
CTB vs WF	Nathan Smith	15	3	60	2	4
CTB vs WF	Logan van Beek	18	3	61	2	3.38
AA vs WF	Nick Greenwood	13	2	61	2	4.69
AA vs WF	Peter Younghusband	34.3	4	148	2	4.28
AA vs WF	Liam Dudding	20	8	39	2	1.95
AA vs WF	Peter Younghusband	24	1	81	2	3.37
CS vs WF	Liam Dudding	7	4	11	2	1.57
OV vs WF	Liam Dudding	24	5	69	2	2.87
OV vs WF	Peter Younghusband	27	0	133	2	4.92

Top batting performance for CANT
Match	#	Player	Out	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR
AA vs CTB	3	Henry Nicholls	caught	226	314	23	2	71.97
AA vs CTB	6	Leo Carter	not out	169	250	14	4	67.6
CTB vs ND	6	Matthew Boyle	not out	156	251	20	1	62.15
AA vs CTB	2	Rhys Mariu	caught	147	177	21	2	83.05
AA vs CTB	1	Rhys Mariu	caught	142	213	17	1	66.66
CTB vs ND	2	Chad Bowes	bowled	118	150	12	0	78.66
CTB vs OV	4	Henry Nicholls	caught	111	157	14	1	70.7
CTB vs OV	4	Henry Nicholls	not out	109	119	9	1	91.59
CTB vs OV	7	Ish Sodhi	not out	108	167	8	5	64.67
CTB vs WF	1	Tom Latham	not out	101	111	10	1	90.99
CTB vs OV	9	Sean Davey	not out	101	113	11	4	89.38
CTB vs WF	5	Matthew Boyle	caught	97	88	13	3	110.22
CTB vs OV	4	Henry Nicholls	not out	96	116	11	1	82.75
CTB vs CS	5	Mitchell Hay	caught	85	163	9	0	52.14
CTB vs WF	1	Tom Latham	caught	79	171	11	1	46.19
AA vs CTB	3	Henry Nicholls	lbw	77	120	8	0	64.16
CTB vs CS	6	Leo Carter	caught	77	107	8	0	71.96
CTB vs CS	4	Matthew Boyle	caught	75	113	11	1	66.37
CTB vs ND	5	Matthew Boyle	caught	70	124	8	0	56.45
CTB vs CS	3	Henry Nicholls	caught	68	87	9	0	78.16

Top bowling performance for CANT
Match	Player	Ov	M	Run	W	Eco
AA vs CTB	Matthew Boyle	23	0	87	4	3.78
CTB vs CS	Michael Rae	20.1	2	73	4	3.61
CTB vs CS	Fraser Sheat	14	2	43	4	3.07
CTB vs WF	Fraser Sheat	12.5	3	34	4	2.64
CTB vs WF	Fraser Sheat	18	3	71	4	3.94
CTB vs OV	Sean Davey	23	9	48	4	2.08
AA vs CTB	Sean Davey	19.3	9	41	4	2.1
CTB vs OV	Ish Sodhi	22	0	110	4	5
CTB vs ND	Michael Rae	18	1	45	4	2.5
AA vs CTB	Fraser Sheat	21	6	78	3	3.71
AA vs CTB	Michael Rae	24	9	66	3	2.75
CTB vs CS	Travis Muller	18	4	45	3	2.5
CTB vs WF	Michael Rae	14	1	57	3	4.07
CTB vs WF	Sean Davey	14	0	56	3	4
CTB vs OV	Fraser Sheat	23	9	59	3	2.56
AA vs CTB	Cameron Paul	13	3	47	3	3.61
AA vs CTB	Fraser Sheat	13	5	14	3	1.07
CTB vs CS	Michael Rae	17	2	65	3	3.82
CTB vs CS	Kyle Jamieson	17	3	39	3	2.29
CTB vs CS	Cole McConchie	11	0	45	3	4.09

Wellington vs Canterbury, 18th Match

Wellington vs Canterbury: Key Facts