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
17 Nov, 2020 in Match Reports
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
17 Nov, 2020 in Match Reports
A wet week at Saxton Oval spells frustration for the Central Stags and Auckland Aces
08 Nov, 2020 in Match Reports
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...
08 Nov, 2020 in Match Reports
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
07 Nov, 2020 in Match Reports
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?
02 Nov, 2020 in Domestic News
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
01 Nov, 2020 in Domestic News
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
31 Oct, 2020 in Match Reports
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
31 Oct, 2020 in Match Reports
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
31 Oct, 2020 in Match Reports
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
22 Oct, 2020 in Match Reports
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?
22 Oct, 2020 in Match Reports
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
22 Oct, 2020 in Match Reports
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
16 Oct, 2020 in Domestic News
New Zealand’s six Major Associations have confirmed their women’s Domestic contracted player lists for the coming season
10 Oct, 2020 in Domestic News
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
08 Oct, 2020 in Domestic News
New Zealand’s six Major Associations have confirmed their 16-strong men’s contract lists for the coming domestic season
13 Jul, 2020 in Domestic News
Canterbury Cricket and Cricket Wellington veteran Stephen Murdoch has announced his retirement from domestic cricket after a 12-year professional career
26 May, 2020 in Domestic News
Tim Southee claimed his third Winsor Cup for First-Class bowling, while Tom Latham won his first ANZ New Zealand Cricket award on day two of the 2020 honours
29 Apr, 2020 in Domestic News
Jock Edwards, who passed away on Monday, April 6 aged 65, was one of Nelson sport’s most favourite sons, having fashioned a reputation as a swash-buckling wicket-keeper batsman for Central Districts and New Zealand through the 1970s and early 1980s.
07 Apr, 2020 in Domestic News
