Plunket Shield champion Canterbury finished the 2025/26 season just a fingertip away from an elusive feat in New Zealand men’s Domestic cricket history — the triple crown, while Canterbury's Henry Nicholls, Central Stag Ray Toole and Otago's Max Chu topped the key first-class stats lists
31 Mar, 2026 in Domestic News
It was a final, three-way battle for the 2026 Plunket Shield, four teams having been in contention - but the picture quickly changing midway through the exciting decisive round
30 Mar, 2026 in Domestic News
Will it be Canterbury, Otago, the Aces or ND? Check out the squad news as it drops for the decisive last round of the Plunket Shield, the crunch four-dayers begin this Friday in Auckland, Hamilton and Dunedin
26 Mar, 2026 in Domestic News
Everybody is talking about Otago in the Plunket Shield. So much so that you might forget, for a minute, that Canterbury is in pole to lift the treasured first-class trophy in its 100th season
25 Mar, 2026 in Domestic News
Routed in Rangiora, the Stags drop out of contention. Canterbury strengthens its top position. In Wellington, Michael Snedden became the fourth generation bowler from his family to take a first-class bag but the Aces come up trumps - and Otago pulls off a brilliant win over ND
21 Mar, 2026 in Domestic News
The team news has dropped for the penultimate Plunket Shield round. It's an exciting race for the national first-class championship, round seven beginning this Wednesday in Wellington, Rangiora and Dunedin
17 Mar, 2026 in Domestic News
It's a grippingly tight contest for the historic trophy, and batting and bowling accolades, as the New Zealand first-class season heads into an exciting last fortnight
16 Mar, 2026 in Domestic News
The final Challenge Match of the summer got off to a good start for South Canterbury, but Canterbury Country had no intention of surrendering their newly won prize that easily
15 Mar, 2026 in Community News
After six action-packed days, the Plunket Shield’s dramatic sixth round was completed this afternoon with Canterbury’s win in Wellington taking them to the top of the tight and volatile championship table, with two rounds to go
12 Mar, 2026 in Domestic News
In 1999, Otago's Shayne O'Connor took a bag in each innings in Auckland in a memorable first-class match. Now his 21-year-old, fellow left-armer son Thomas has done it as well - and gone one-up on Dad with one of Otago's best ever match hauls
11 Mar, 2026 in Domestic News
Brett Randell makes world first-class cricket history with five wickets in five balls among a haul of 7/25 - one of the Central Stags' best ever bowling performances
08 Mar, 2026 in Domestic News
The resumption of the Plunket Shield championship saw Northern Districts claim the sole outright to break free on a tight table
04 Mar, 2026 in Domestic News
Bay of Plenty had succeeded in ending Taranaki's year-old tenure, but couldn't hold onto the prize in a one-sided drubbing as Will Williams and company came calling
01 Mar, 2026 in Community News
The team news is in and first-class debuts are a possibility as the Plunket Shield national first-class championship resumes with round five of the eight-round championship from this Saturday
27 Feb, 2026 in Domestic News
Twelve big matches remain in NZC’s Domestic season with the business end of the tight Plunket Shield first-class championship beginning this Saturday in Christchurch, Napier and Auckland
25 Feb, 2026 in Domestic News
Bay of Plenty will host a Hawke Cup Challenge Match for the first time since January 2018 when Canterbury Country arrives to contest the famous silverware at Bay Oval from this Friday morning
25 Feb, 2026 in Community News
Three centuries, 605 runs, smashed records and a fine Wellington day made for one of the great Ford Trophy Grand Finals between Canterbury and the Stags
22 Feb, 2026 in Domestic News
After a Domestic one-day season stacked with quality stats, Canterbury captain Henry Nicholls and Central Stags allrounder Josh Clarkson have emerged at the top of the respective batting and bowling charts after the completion of the men’s 2025/26 Ford Trophy
22 Feb, 2026 in Domestic News
History has been made today at the Cello Basin Reserve after Northern Districts won their first national women’s cricket title — defeating Wellington Blaze by 67 runs to lift NZC’s Hallyburton Johnstone Shield one-day trophy
21 Feb, 2026 in Domestic News
A dominant all-round Elimination Final performance from the Central Stags has booked them into Sunday’s Ford Trophy Grand Final against defending champion Canterbury
20 Feb, 2026 in Domestic News
