Domestic News

Shield Fever!

After one of the great all-time one-day Grand Finals last summer, the Hallyburton Johnstone Shield is set to start all over again this weekend

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Canterbury takes half-time lead

Undefeated after four rounds, Canterbury will take the Plunket Shield championship lead into 2021 when the back half of New Zealand's first-class Domestic season resumes in March

Match Reports

Could Canterbury go clear?

Canterbury headed into the midway mark of the Plunket Shield championship hissing like a train at the top of the table. Would it be advantage red and black in the last round before Christmas?

Match Reports

Sink or swim at Saxton

After last week's soggy abandonment, the sun came out at Saxton Oval ready for the Central Stags and Northern Districts to do battle, both sides keen to get lift off from a midtable log-jam

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Battle of the Basin

The Auckland Aces headed into the halfway mark of the championship sitting second on the table, with a chance of going top. The Firebirds had other ideas with Devon Conway and Michael Bracewell going big in a marathon partnership

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Squish, squish

A wet week at Saxton Oval spells frustration for the Central Stags and Auckland Aces

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Victorious Volts!

Neither defending champions the Wellington Firebirds nor the Otago Volts have celebrated victory yet this Plunket Shield season. That was all about to change at the Basin with one of the rarest modes of dismissal in the game...

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Will Williams does it again!

The Canterbury paceman grabs his second consecutive first-class bag, then Fraser Sheat swoops for nine in the match as undefeated Canterbury opens up a big lead at the top of the Plunket Shield table

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Plunket Shield 25% Loaded

A quarter of the way into the first-class championship, we’ve seen six five-wicket bags, seven centuries and New Zealand’s 43rd first-class hat-trick! And guess who's leading the run charts again?

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Adam Milne to play in Big Bash

Central Stags speedster Adam Milne has been granted a contract release by Central Districts Cricket to sign for the Sydney Thunder where he will be reunited with former BLACKCAPS bowling coach Shane Bond

Match Reports

Kyle Jamieson hat-trick in clutch win

The celebrations keep coming for big BLACKCAP Kyle Jamieson as he snared a first-class hat-trick, and yet another bag, in a tight win against the Central Stags

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Ton city as Canterbury takes innings victory

Despite a maiden Jamie Gibson century, the bumpy start to 2020/21 continued for defending champions the Firebirds as Canterbury collected an innings victory at Hagley

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ND wins at Bay Oval

Northern Districts captain Joe Carter has posted three first-class centuries in his last six Plunket Shield innings while Tim Southee had his first five-for of the summer in ND's first win of 2020/21

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Aces vault to top of the table

It was all happening at Auckland's Eden Park Outer Oval - an innings victory, two centuries, two five-wicket bags, a ninth-wicket record and the very first instance of a COVID-19 substitute player, all inside three days

Match Reports

Stags win weather-riddled opener

Despite the appearance of a greentop and inclement weather, ND openers Jeet Raval and Henry Cooper fashioned a solid century stand against the Stags. But with six lost sessions in three days, could there be time for a result?

Match Reports

Canterbury brushes aside defending champions

After 31 weeks and one day, the NZC game returned to New Zealand cricket fields with defending champions the Wellington Firebirds hosting Canterbury at the Basin Reserve in an action-packed opening round

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Countdown to first ball

There will be no more fitting place for reigning Plunket Shield champions the Wellington Firebirds to begin their defence of New Zealand’s first-class championship on Monday than the Basin Reserve

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Major Associations Announce Women's Contracts | 2020/21

New Zealand’s six Major Associations have confirmed their women’s Domestic contracted player lists for the coming season

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Professional cricket set to resume in new COVID-19 world

The stage is set for one of New Zealand’s most hotly contested first-class cricket championships in years, albeit under new COVID-19 playing conditions

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Major Associations Confirm Men's Contracts For New Season

New Zealand’s six Major Associations have confirmed their 16-strong men’s contract lists for the coming domestic season

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