Battle of the Basin
All eyes were on the capital and a gripping top-of-the-table clash as the Central Stags and Wellington Firebirds wrestled for the Plunket Shield in one of the great contests of the season
20 Mar, 2018 in Match Reports
All eyes were on the capital and a gripping top-of-the-table clash as the Central Stags and Wellington Firebirds wrestled for the Plunket Shield in one of the great contests of the season
20 Mar, 2018 in Match Reports
Yet another Sodhi seven-for consoles ND as they roll out of Plunket Shield contention in a weather-dampened draw, but what does it mean for the competition front-runners?
20 Mar, 2018 in Match Reports
The eighth-round Plunket Shield match between Canterbury and the Auckland Aces at Mainpower Oval, Rangiora, was abandoned this morning because of safety concerns over the pitch
19 Mar, 2018 in Domestic News
The record had stood since the summer of 1930/31. Until now.
19 Mar, 2018 in Match Reports
The Plunket Shield leaders are set for a big rematch at the Basin tomorrow against the only team to have handed them a defeat this summer
16 Mar, 2018 in Domestic News
More Michael Papps milestones but it was fellow veteran Jeetan Patel's 10 wickets that sealed the deal as the Firebirds closed out a nailbiter to head back to the top of the first-class table
13 Mar, 2018 in Match Reports
It took a cyclone to save the Aces from the brink of defeat against the Stags after Greg Hay and Will Young centuries, backed up by twin Ajaz Patel five-wicket bags
12 Mar, 2018 in Match Reports
Canterbury's decision to bat first backfired as Jimmy Baker picked up his second first-class five-wicket bag in as many matches, then Daniel Flynn and Henry Cooper smashed up the local batting records
12 Mar, 2018 in Match Reports
It's looking like a three-horse race at the top of the first-class table with two of the top trio about to go head to head in Auckland
08 Mar, 2018 in Domestic News
It was all happening in Round Six with two hat-tricks, nine five-wicket bags and only one match-winning century as the first-class Plunket Shield swung back into action (see what we did there?)
05 Mar, 2018 in Domestic News
Fresh off their Ford Trophy celebrations, the Auckland Aces charged to a solid victory against ND in the first-class arena with a rare hat-trick in the mix to boot
04 Mar, 2018 in Match Reports
Seth Rance, Neil Wagner and Ajaz Patel all claimed five-wicket bags, but it was a doughty batsman carrying his bat who cemented a hard fought win in Napier
04 Mar, 2018 in Match Reports
It's all happening on day two of the Plunket Shield with first-class hat-tricks at both ends of the country rewriting New Zealand cricket history
02 Mar, 2018 in Domestic News
Firebird Iain McPeake had headed into his third season without a first-class five-for to his name. Now he has two, and Logan van Beek a hat-trick as they led their side to victory inside one and a half days
02 Mar, 2018 in Match Reports
The second half of the Plunket Shield season begins tomorrow and there will be no love lost as teams scrap for the final national domestic title on offer this summer
28 Feb, 2018 in Domestic News
The Auckland Aces dominated the Central Stags with both bat and ball in today's 2018 Ford Trophy Grand Final at New Plymouth's Pukekura Park to claim their first national one-day championship in six seasons
24 Feb, 2018 in Domestic News
At the Central Stags’ expense in their home 2018 Ford Trophy Grand Final, their former teammate Tarun Nethula was about to deliver some of his lethal best as the Aces dominated with bat and ball
24 Feb, 2018 in Match Reports
A young and exciting New Zealand women’s XI will play the West Indies in a one-day warm-up match at Bert Sutcliffe Oval in Lincoln on Monday.
23 Feb, 2018 in International News
At just 25, tomorrow's Ford Trophy Grand Final will be the fourth time Central Stags captain Will Young has led his men into a national domestic white-ball final, and the second time heading into a Ford Trophy Grand Final at their stunning New Plymouth home of Pukekura Park
23 Feb, 2018 in Domestic News
The Auckland Aces are off to the big dance, booking the last spot in the 2018 Ford Trophy Grand Final at Pukekura Park where they will be up against the Central Stags this Saturday
21 Feb, 2018 in Domestic News