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HBJ Shield Round 6 in Levin

The Central Hinds posted their second highest ever HBJ total for another bonus point victory, another fighting reply from Northern Districts unable to stop the Central resurgence

21 November, 2021 in Match Reports

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HBJ Shield Round 5 in Christchurch (2)

They headed into this summer having gone a long, long time without a one-day win. Now the Otago Sparks have downed the defending champions with their third big bonus point victory on the bounce

20 November, 2021 in Match Reports

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HBJ Shield Round 5 in Levin

Emily Cunningham and Mikaela Greig both posted maiden one-day half centuries in one of the Central Hinds' biggest ever one-day totals

20 November, 2021 in Match Reports

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Plunket Shield Round 4 at the Basin

The last pre-Christmas first-class match at the Basin saw Wellington Firebird Ben Sears and Central Stag Ben Wheeler both have a blinder - the Stags nailing an important win ahead of Dream11 Super Smash

18 November, 2021 in Match Reports

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Plunket Shield Round 4 at Bay Oval

Wicketfest! Nailbiter! Northern Districts were making up for lost time with a fast-paced and dramatic entrance to the 2021/22 Plunket Shield championship while Canterbury just needed to hold on...

17 November, 2021 in Match Reports

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Round Three Plunket Shield in Nelson

Hamish Rutherford and Mitch Renwick went back-to-back with twin centuries as the Volts put the Stags under pressure in Nelson

10 November, 2021 in Match Reports

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Round Three Plunket Shield in Wellington

The pace was frantic as 18 wickets tumbled on day one at the Basin, Firebirds keeper Callum McLachlan enjoying a dream debut before Canterbury quickly took control to record their fifth biggest winning margin in history

09 November, 2021 in Match Reports

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HBJ SHIELD Round 2 in Rangiora

Blaze destroyer Melie Kerr backed up yesterday's 5-40 with another bag of 5-36 on Sunday to keep defending champions the Canterbury Magicians pointless and under early pressure in the national Hallyburton Johnstone Shield

07 November, 2021 in Match Reports

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HBJ SHIELD Round 1 in Rangiora

WHITE FERNS star Melie Kerr opens her summer with a bang with her first one-day five-wicket bag for Wellington Blaze as defending HBJ champions the Canterbury Magicians suffer a first-up loss

06 November, 2021 in Match Reports

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Round Two Plunket Shield in Dunedin

Stags captain Greg Hay scores his 14th and 15th first-class centuries in the same week, but the Volts respond in kind with three tons in an innings, including a career-best double for Nick Kelly, before another two tons in the hundredth match between these sides

03 November, 2021 in Match Reports

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Round Two Plunket Shield in Wellington

A Tom Latham and Cam Fletcher century for Canterbury, yet another bag for Nathan Smith and then a pivotal Firebirds collapse in an exciting game at the Basin

03 November, 2021 in Match Reports

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HBJ SHIELD Round Two in Nelson

Despite an improved showing from Central, the Otago Sparks carried on scripting the dream start to their season with a back-to-back bonus point victory at windy Saxton Oval

31 October, 2021 in Match Reports

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HBJ SHIELD Round One in Nelson

A 21-match losing streak in the Hallyburton Johnstone Shield came to a screeching halt as Katey Martin thundered to an unbeaten century in a landslide win, spoiling a Saxton Oval christening for the Central Hinds

30 October, 2021 in Match Reports

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Round One Plunket Shield at Hagley Oval

In 71 seasons, there have been only four Central Stags to score a century on first-class debut. Today, 23-year-old Bayley Wiggins became one of them

26 October, 2021 in Match Reports

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Round One Plunket Shield in Wellington

The Wellington Firebirds take an early lead on the Plunket Shield points table with the first win of the season against the Otago Volts in the capital

26 October, 2021 in Match Reports

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Plunket Shield Round 8 in Auckland

Firebirds Michael Bracewell and Tom Blundell joined forces in a record-shattering partnership. Not to be outdone, batting brothers Will and Robbie O'Donnell then wrote themselves into Aces history with twin hundreds. And then Bracewell and the younger O'Donnell did it twice.

06 April, 2021 in Match Reports

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Plunket Shield Round 8 in Dunedin

The final Plunket Shield match in the south offered the Volts a chance for revenge against Northern Districts, but a masterful unbeaten century from Jeet Raval ensured ND finished on a winning note

06 April, 2021 in Match Reports

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Plunket Shield Round 8 in Napier

Not every team plays each other twice these days in the Plunket Shield, but here was an opportunity for the hosts - but it didn't start well for Central as they sought to become the only team to beat Canterbury this summer

06 April, 2021 in Match Reports

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Plunket Shield Round 7 in Auckland

The two unbeaten teams of the 2020/21 Plunket Shield never got to play each other last summer. Now Canterbury and the Auckland Aces were looking to make up for lost time - if the weather would allow

30 March, 2021 in Match Reports

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Plunket Shield Round 7 in Wellington

Young gun Rachin Ravindra's return from injury produced immediate results for the Firebirds despite having been sent in by ND at the Basin

30 March, 2021 in Match Reports