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Hannah Rowe stars in season opener

A long wait provided dividends for the Central Hinds in a shortened first-up clash with the Auckland Hearts in Taranaki

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Kate Ebrahim century goes in vain

Last summer's top runscorer gets off the mark with her sixth one-day hundred for the defending champions but it's a fresh-look Northern Districts team with the chocolates in the first game of the women's summer

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North v South as cricket returns to Dunedin

The Otago Volts were on familiar turf at last for their first home match of 2022/23, but it would be Northern Districts walking off with the spoils - and their first win of the season

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100 up for Central, Wellington first-class cricket

In a week of milestones, the Central Stags hosted the Wellington Firebirds in Palmerston North in the one hundredth first-class match between the two teams

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Traditional rivals mark 150th match

Canterbury and the Auckland Aces have been at it since 1873. This week marks their 150th first-class fixture and it's a classic match-up between the current season leaders and the defending champion

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Foulkes piles on the runs in Hawke Cup catch-up

Canterbury Country entered their first defence at home in Rangiora against Zone 4's Southland in the final 'catch-up' Challenge held over from the 2021/22 summer

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Mainland high-fliers win top-of-the-table clash

Canterbury and the Otago Volts had been the outstanding early movers in the Plunket Shield championship. Now the unbeaten teams went head-to-head in Canterbury's first home match at Hagley Oval

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Curtis Heaphy, remember the name

A young Central Stags debutant immediately looks the part; Brad Schmulian scores his second first-class double century, Ajaz Patel takes a bag while Northern Districts find themselves in all sorts at Saxton Oval

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Aces bounce back in the capital's cauldron

Under pressure after a troubling start to their Plunket Shield defence, could the Auckland Aces make it trumps this time in their first away match of the summer? You betcha!

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On the road again! New home for Hawke Cup

It was worth the wait for Canterbury Country as they relieved Hawke's Bay of the precious silverware in the Zone 3 'catch-up' Challenge held over from the 2021/22 summer

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Duffy does it again!

Otago Volts senior paceman Jacob Duffy makes it two bags in two game, but hosts Northern Districts fight back in the only second-round match to go the distance.

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Two ton Tom as Firebirds rolled twice

Posting the lowest ever runs aggregate in a Plunket Shield match, the Wellington Firebirds faltered against Canterbury who chalked up their first big win of the summer

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Innings victory for storming Stags

A Doug Bracewell bag and big Tom Bruce century help to back defending Plunket Shield champions Auckland into a corner

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A Great Escape

It went down to the wire at Saxton Oval where an unlikely hero saved the day for the Central Stags - much to well performed Canterbury's chagrin

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A thriller to start the season!

Two new faces debuted for the Wellington Firebirds and Tom Blundell enjoyed a stat attack as the capital's cricketers hosted Northern Districts in a riveting opening match of the first-class season

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Otago Volts upset defending champions!

The Auckland Aces' first-class Plunket Shield defence got off to a rocky start at home against the Otago Volts, rolled with a day to spare

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Season finale: a battle of the spinners

Last season's champion versus this season's champion. The final match of the NZC and Plunket Shield summer of 2021/22 promised to be a clash worthy of a season finale, going right down to the last session of the summer

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Chasing the one point for glory

Undefeated after six rounds, the Auckland Aces touched down in Hawke's Bay needing a single point to clinch the Plunket Shield while the Stags had big Blair Tickner firing up with a five-for. Then an historic back-to-back double ton from Tom Bruce stole the show

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ND all wickets record broken as Raval, Popli go big

Northern Districts opening batsmen Jeet Raval and Bharat Popli batted through the entire first day at Cobham Oval - each posting big centuries in what would become one of NZ's highest ever opening partnerships, before Tom Bruce answered with a maiden double century. There would be no result, however

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Heat goes on Canterbury to keep first-class defence alive

The last southern derby of the summer sees the Otago Volts bow out for 2021/22 while Canterbury needs some red and black magic to stay in the race for the Plunket Shield

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Holy hecka! Auckland Aces keep chalking them up

Plunket Shield leaders the Auckland Aces stay unbeaten after six rounds, and five wins, enforcing a follow-on before taking the full 20 points against the Wellington Firebirds

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