It was a Plunket Shield season to remember with a storybook finish and exceptional performances, while breakout seasons also pushed some new faces into the spotlight
06 Apr, 2025 in Domestic News
The drought is over. After 13 long years, Northern Districts have lifted the Plunket Shield once more, providing the perfect finish for first-time winner Neil Wagner on the last day of his New Zealand domestic career
02 Apr, 2025 in Domestic News
As Northern Districts lifted the Plunket Shield for the first time in 13 years, Neil Wagner bowed out on a winning note at the close of a superb New Zealand Domestic career
02 Apr, 2025 in Match Reports
The defending Plunket Shield champions were still alive heading into the final round of summer, but this time it would be the Firebirds with the runner-up tag after a crucial result further south where the real threat loomed
01 Apr, 2025 in Match Reports
In the only dead rubber of the final round of the 2024/25 Plunket Shield first-class championship, the Central Stags finished on a top note by beating the Aces with a day to spare in Palmerston North, after an outstanding performance from Blair Tickner
31 Mar, 2025 in Match Reports
It's down to the wire: the destination of the 1907 Plunket Shield may not be known until the final day of the 2024/25 national first-class season, three teams capable of winning the title over the next four days
29 Mar, 2025 in Domestic News
Stars of New Zealand’s women’s cricket scene will roll out for the three-match North v South One-Day series, starting at Lincoln University this Friday.
27 Mar, 2025 in Domestic News
A top-of-the-table clash in the penultimate round in Wellington proved to be a big boost for the Northern's chances of breaking their title drought and a misstep for the defending champion Firebirds whose own chances took a sudden hit
24 Mar, 2025 in Match Reports
Keen for their second consecutive victory, the Otago Volts continued to play to win - but wet weather cost valuable time in a match that ended with the Aces' fourth drawn match in seven rounds
24 Mar, 2025 in Match Reports
Canterbury kept their Plunket Shield hopes alive while the Central Stags perished after a Michael Rae career-best bag put them on the back foot early at Hagley, in a second big defeat to their opponents this summer
23 Mar, 2025 in Match Reports
Auckland's home turf turned out to be an excellent venue if you were a leg-spinner, with both Ace Adi Ashok and veteran Northern skipper Jeet Raval snaffling bags on the bunsen
16 Mar, 2025 in Match Reports
The Otago Volts were getting very hungry for their first win in the Plunket Shield this season. Destined to finish down the ladder after no wins from the first five rounds, they finally caught a break in Central
16 Mar, 2025 in Match Reports
Canterbury was rolled for double digits, then staged a stellar comeback on the back of classic Bowes and Nicholls centuries as they tried to chase down a record fourth innings total. The Firebirds survived the close call to go to the top of the table
16 Mar, 2025 in Match Reports
Slow over rates have cost Northern Districts and the Otago Volts a points deduction in the fifth round of the Plunket Shield, in their respective matches in Hamilton and Wellington
10 Mar, 2025 in Domestic News
And the beat goes on! Another first-class match, another Nick Kelly ton. The Firebirds run machine now has four, just one away from equalling Matthew Bell's Wellington record for most hundreds in a season
08 Mar, 2025 in Match Reports
Canterbury headed into the fifth round of the national first-class championship at the head of the table, and ended it in third place after outright home wins to both their opponent Northern Districts in Hamilton, and defending champion the Wellington Firebirds in the capital
08 Mar, 2025 in Match Reports
A career-defining 345 saw Stags captain Tom Bruce produce his team's highest ever score in the Stags's highest ever first-class total. Bevon Jacobs responded with a maiden ton for the Aces in a runfest of a draw
08 Mar, 2025 in Match Reports
Tom Bruce has added several more records to his name after the Central Stags captain celebrated his first triple century, and went on to reach a career-defining 345, at Eden Park's Kennards Hire Community Oval, this afternoon
06 Mar, 2025 in Domestic News
Tom Bruce and Dane Cleaver have smashed the Central Stags’ first-class fourth-wicket partnership record, with one of the highest stands for the wicket ever seen in the Plunket Shield, as the red-ball season reactivates
05 Mar, 2025 in Domestic News
Last year's Ford Trophy Finalists are back for more in today's rematch for the 2025 title between defending champion Canterbury and the strong Auckland Aces - both teams packed with big names and riveting match-ups, including a collegial leg-spinning battle between self-confessed cricket nuffies Ish Sodhi and Adi Ashok
02 Mar, 2025 in Domestic News
