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Aces crowned Plunket Shield champions

A Plunket Shield wicketkeeping record caps a fine season for the Aces and their retiring captain, even as the Stags hand them their only loss

03 April, 2016 in Domestic News

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Knights, Volts end season with draw

BJ Watling produced his highest first-class score in a game-changing end of season Plunket Shield innings in Whangarei

02 April, 2016 in Match Reports

Match Reports

Records and runs in Basin finale

A career best century from keeper-batsman Tom Blundell at the Basin showed the Wellington Firebirds weren't about to follow on without fighting

02 April, 2016 in Match Reports

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Stags end Aces' unbeaten run

The Devon Hotel Central Stags hunted down 199 in heart-stopping fashion to become the only side to beat the champion Mondiale Auckland Aces this summer

02 April, 2016 in Match Reports

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Masters get ready to rock Queenstown

Another 'remarkable' weekend looms as masters teams representing New Zealand's six Major Association sides arrive in Queenstown for the annual NZCPA Masters Tournament — and a load of good fun

31 March, 2016 in Domestic News

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Michael Papps achieves cricket first

If anyone was going to become the first to score 10,000 domestic first-class runs in New Zealand, it was the Wellington Firebirds hard-hitting captain

31 March, 2016 in Domestic News

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It's 10K Peter now

Canterbury captain Peter Fulton has just collected his 10,000th first-class run — becoming only the 25th New Zealander in our long first-class history to reach the royal milestone

30 March, 2016 in Domestic News

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Intrigue alive in Plunket Shield final round

A raft of rare records are up for grabs in the last episode of this season's Plunket Shield, brought to you by Budget Rental

29 March, 2016 in Domestic News

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Shield Fever as champions confirmed

New Zealand has a new first-class cricket champion, the unbeaten Mondiale Auckland Aces claiming the Plunket Shield, brought to you by Budget Rental, with a round to spare

27 March, 2016 in Domestic News

Match Reports

Aces in command

After a maiden Donovan Grobbelaar century pushes the Aces into an imperious position, a day four draw at the Basin Reserve sees the Aucklanders crowned Plunket Shield champions

26 March, 2016 in Match Reports

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Last dance at Hagley Oval

Milestones aplenty, but a dour end as Canterbury fought to hold onto its Plunket Shield — Knights revelation Bharat Popli kept on trucking up the runs

26 March, 2016 in Match Reports

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Volts and Stags shoot for pride

Twenty-one-year-old Stags seamer Navin Patel's debut season took another big leap forward with his maiden first-class five-wicket bag plus a batting best in swinging Dunedin

26 March, 2016 in Match Reports

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Shield Fever stumps summary day 3

SKYCITY Northern Knights batsman Bharat Popli today joined Martin Crowe, Jeff Crowe, Graeme Hicks and Michael Papps in the elite group of men to have scored 1000 runs in a New Zealand first-class season

25 March, 2016 in Domestic News

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Shield Fever stumps summary day 2

The pace did not let up in the two crunch matches of ROUND NINE, with all eyes turning to a dangerous-looking opening stand from the Aces as they look to go big on day three

24 March, 2016 in Domestic News

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Shield fever stumps summary

The pressure is sky-high and the race is on between the three top teams gunning for the Plunket Shield, brought to you by Budget Rental. Here's our summary of who's in charge after day one in a round that may decide the champion

23 March, 2016 in Domestic News

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And then there were three

The Mondiale Auckland Aces, Wellington Firebirds and Canterbury all head into the penultimate round of the Plunket Shield with hopes still alive

21 March, 2016 in Domestic News

Match Reports

Canterbury's dream in big trouble

Canterbury's quest for a three-peat is in peril after the Wellington Firebirds pull off a comeback victory at Hagley Oval

19 March, 2016 in Match Reports

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Bruce goes ballistic at Seddon Park

The game Stags gave it an epic nudge with Tom Bruce and Bevan Small each posting personal bests, until a breakthrough spelt quick victory for the Northern Knights

18 March, 2016 in Match Reports

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Southern discomfort

The Mondiale Auckland Aces extend their unbeaten record to eight rounds after getting out of a tight spot in Dunedin by just 10 runs

18 March, 2016 in Match Reports

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Tensions mount in Plunket Shield

Seven rounds completed, just three rounds to come and the unbeaten Mondiale Auckland Aces are looming large in the Plunket Shield, brought to you by Budget Rental

14 March, 2016 in Domestic News