Otago Volts vs Central Stags, PS, Today Match Prediction 13 December 2025

OV vs CD Match Prediction & Analysis

Match 12 of the 2025/26 Plunket Shield sees Otago host Central Districts at the beautiful setting of the University Oval in Dunedin.

Play begins at 10:30 local time on Saturday morning with the match running for four days -if required - and due to finish on Tuesday 16th December with both sides hoping to take over from Auckland at the top of the tree.

Otago began the season with a seven wicket win over Wellington but have since drawn with Canterbury and lost to Northern District by a whopping 113 runs last time out.

As for Central Districts, they come into the fixture with real momentum following back to back wins over Wellington by eight wickets and Canterbury by 295 runs.

RECENT PERFORMANCE

OV

L W L L L

ND

346/10 in 106.2 3.25

PS

Northern Brave beat Otago Volts by 113 runs 05 Dec 2025

OV

240/10 in 84.0 2.86

WELL

224/10 in 57.1 3.92

PS

Otago Volts beat Wellington Firebirds by 7 wickets

18 Nov 2025

OV

96/3 in 22.0 4.36

WELL

228/6 in 46.2 4.92

FT 2025-26

Wellington Firebirds beat Otago Volts by 4 wickets 08 Nov 2025

OV

227/10 in 49.5 4.56

OV

226/10 in 48.1 4.69

FT 2025-26

Central Stags beat Otago Volts by 7 runs 03 Nov 2025

CD

233/8 in 50.0 4.66

AUCK

232/10 in 47.5 4.85

FT 2025-26

Auckland Aces beat Otago Volts by 95 runs 30 Oct 2025

OV

137/10 in 31.0 4.42

CD

W W L L W

CD

239/10 in 85.3 2.8

PS

Central Stags beat Canterbury Kings by 295 runs 05 Dec 2025

CANT

150/10 in 81.3 1.84

WELL

354/9 in 87.3 4.05

PS

Central Stags beat Wellington Firebirds by 8 wickets 26 Nov 2025

CD

365/2 in 83.1 4.39

CD

191/10 in 57.0 3.35

PS

Auckland Aces beat Central Stags by 61 runs

18 Nov 2025

AUCK

0/0 in 0.0 0

CANT

266/2 in 43.4 6.09

FT 2025-26

Canterbury Kings beat Central Stags by 8 wickets 12 Nov 2025

CD

264/5 in 50.0 5.28

AUCK

201/10 in 41.3 4.84

FT 2025-26

Central Stags beat Auckland Aces by 136 runs 08 Nov 2025

CD

337/5 in 50.0 6.74

HEAD TO HEAD

TEAMS PREVIEW

Otago Volts Preview

Otago conceded 346 runs in the first innings of the last round of the Plunket Shield and never quite recovered. Giving up a lead of just under 60 runs across both first innings, Luke Georgeson's side were never able to get back into the game and try as they might, they went down by a large margin in Hamilton.

So, ahead of this match in Dunedin, where do Otago need to improve?

With the bat, Joe Carter impressed, making scores of 52 and 119 while the likes of Bharat Popli and Brett Hampton come into this game after making half-centuries in one of the innings.

Bowling wise, Toby Hart took six wickets in the first innings against Northern Districts while captain Georgeson is a very consistent performer picking up two wickets in both innings last week.

Otago Volts Predicted Playing XI:

Jack Boyle, Jacob Cumming, Tom Jones, Thorn Parkes, Troy Johnson, Max Chu (wk), Luke Georgeson (c), Ben Lockrose, Danru Ferns, Jarrod McKay, Toby HartCentral District were far superior to Canterbury in their last game, posting scores of 239 and 330 while the opposition failed to go beyond 150 across both of their innings! Critical to the success, was the top order for Central Districts with all of Taylor Bettelheim, Curtis Heaphy and Brad Schmulian all making significant contributions. They also have runs down the order as shown by William Clark who hit 70 in the third innings of the match from number eight. Bowling wise, expect Raymond Toole and Josh Clarkson to lead the way with Ajaz Patel an excellent fourth innings spin opti

Otago Volts Actual Playing XI:

Jack Boyle, Max Chu, Jacob Cumming, Danru Ferns, Luke Georgeson, Troy Johnson, Ben Lockrose, Jarrod McKay, Thorn Parkes, Tom Jones, Toby John Hart

Central Stags Preview

Central District were far superior to Canterbury in their last game, posting scores of 239 and 330 while the opposition failed to go beyond 150 across both of their innings!

Critical to the success, was the top order for Central Districts with all of Taylor Bettelheim, Curtis Heaphy and Brad Schmulian all making significant contributions.

They also have runs down the order as shown by William Clark who hit 70 in the third innings of the match from number eight.

Bowling wise, expect Raymond Toole and Josh Clarkson to lead the way with Ajaz Patel an excellent fourth innings spin opti

Central Stags Predicted Playing XI:

Curtis Heaphy, Taylor Bettelheim, Brad Schmulian, Dean Foxcroft, Dane Cleaver (c) (wk), Josh Clarkson, William Clark, Ajaz Patel, Jayden Lennox, Tyler Annand, Raymond Toole

Central Stags Actual Playing XI:

William Clark, Josh Clarkson, Dane Cleaver, Dean Foxcroft, Curtis Heaphy, Jayden Lennox, Ajaz Patel, Brad Schmulian, Raymond Toole, Tyler Annand, Taylor Bettelheim, Oscar Mabin

PITCH AND WEATHER CONDITIONS

Weather Conditions

Saturday is forecast to be sunny with some cloudy spells and Sunday a little cloudier still. Monday and Tuesday are expected to bring some rain showers to Dunedin.

OV vs CD Pitch Report

The University Oval has a lush outfield which normally sees the ball race to the boundary from anything well timed. We expect a par total to be in the region of 350 in the first innings of the match.

Toss: To Bat

With the weather expected to get worse as the game progresses from day two onwards, we predict that both sides will be looking to bat first ahead of this fixture.