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NZC pays tribute to Rodney Moore

New Zealand Cricket is saddened to acknowledge the passing of long-time Wellington cricket chief executive, Rodney Moore

15 May, 2018 in Domestic News

Domestic News

What a season!

2017/18 will go down as a summer in which every major national domestic trophy changed hands

21 April, 2018 in Domestic News

Domestic News

Michael Papps announces retirement

After more than 12,000 first-class runs and multiple entries in the New Zealand cricket recordbooks, former BLACKCAP Michael Papps is hanging up his Wellington Firebirds cap for good

19 April, 2018 in Domestic News

Domestic News

Top threepeat for spinner Ajaz Patel

The Central Stags’ frontline left-arm spinner Ajaz Patel is going to have to extend his house to accommodate all the trophies he has amassed in the last three days

07 April, 2018 in Domestic News

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Plunket Shield Round 10 in Dunedin

Canterbury and the Volts both looked to the future in their final Plunket Shield fling of the season

05 April, 2018 in Match Reports

Match Reports

Plunket Shield Round 10 in Napier

The Central Stags were made to sweat, literally and figuratively, by a mammoth Northern Districts lead in their last match, but a Firebirds loss in Auckland has seen them secure the 2017/18 first-class title with a day in hand

05 April, 2018 in Match Reports

Match Reports

Plunket Shield Round 10 in Auckland

The Wellington Firebirds needed 294 for victory at Eden Park Outer Oval and, had they got there, a 14-year-long Plunket Shield dream may well have been realised

04 April, 2018 in Match Reports

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Plunket Shield's pointy end is here

The $75,000 Plunket Shield arrives at the pointy end this week and it’s down to a two-horse race between the two outstanding sides of the season. With no prize for second, who will go home in tears?

01 April, 2018 in Domestic News

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Plunket Shield Round Nine in Napier

Canterbury finds the going tough while five-wicket bags to Blair Tickner and Ajaz Patel see the Stags prevail in the Plunket Shield's pressure cooker penultimate round

27 March, 2018 in Match Reports

Match Reports

Plunket Shield Round Nine in Dunedin

The Otago Volts aren't going quietly in this Plunket Shield season, ending the Aces' slim title hopes inside two days with a pace bowling frenzy

26 March, 2018 in Match Reports

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Plunket Shield Round Nine in Wellington

Have the Wellington Firebirds just dropped the Shield? Ish Sodhi snares his career-best figures and second first-class seven-for in the space of a week to hand the title contenders a damaging loss

26 March, 2018 in Match Reports

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Northern Districts play kingmakers

Despite having become the third team to drop out of contention for the $75,000 Plunket Shield championship, Northern Districts are poised to have a major influence over who claims the coveted prize in a fortnight's time

25 March, 2018 in Domestic News

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Firebirds flying high

The Wellington Firebirds haven't laid hands on the Plunket Shield since 2003/04. Now, after 14 long years, they're the front-runners for the first-class national title with just two games to go, under a new captain who only joined the side this season. So how's he travelling?

22 March, 2018 in Domestic News

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Plunket Shield title race neck and neck

After a tense Round Eight the Plunket Shield becomes a three-horse race, a dramatic draw between the two top contenders putting the Plunket Shield on course for a gripping conclusion

20 March, 2018 in Domestic News

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Plunket Shield Round Eight in Wellington

All eyes were on the capital and a gripping top-of-the-table clash as the Central Stags and Wellington Firebirds wrestled for the Plunket Shield in one of the great contests of the season

20 March, 2018 in Match Reports

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Plunket Shield Round Eight in Whangarei

Yet another Sodhi seven-for consoles ND as they roll out of Plunket Shield contention in a weather-dampened draw, but what does it mean for the competition front-runners?

20 March, 2018 in Match Reports

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Plunket Shield Match Abandoned

The eighth-round Plunket Shield match between Canterbury and the Auckland Aces at Mainpower Oval, Rangiora, was abandoned this morning because of safety concerns over the pitch

19 March, 2018 in Domestic News

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Plunket Shield Round Eight in Rangiora

The record had stood since the summer of 1930/31. Until now.

19 March, 2018 in Match Reports

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Plunket Shield Round Eight preview

The Plunket Shield leaders are set for a big rematch at the Basin tomorrow against the only team to have handed them a defeat this summer

16 March, 2018 in Domestic News

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Plunket Shield Round Seven in Dunedin

More Michael Papps milestones but it was fellow veteran Jeetan Patel's 10 wickets that sealed the deal as the Firebirds closed out a nailbiter to head back to the top of the first-class table

13 March, 2018 in Match Reports