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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Defending champion Canterbury dominated the Auckland Aces early with the ball, but a feisty lower order fightback by the Aces put the men's one-day Ford Trophy Final back in the balance - until a class batting display in the Canterbury chase
02 Mar, 2025 in Match Reports
The Otago Sparks fended off a powerful challenge from the Auckland Hearts and a record Maddy Green century to defend the national one-day Hallyburton Johnstone Shield with a last-ball thriller
01 Mar, 2025 in Match Reports
Jimmy Neesham found the perfect moment to produce his first Ford Trophy century for the Auckland Aces, starring with a thunderous 128 off only 82 balls in the Aces’ 91-run Elimination Final win over the Central Stags
28 Feb, 2025 in Match Reports
Aggressive top order batting from the Auckland Hearts helped claim a second win at Hagley Oval, succeeding in their last-ditch attempt to join the Otago Sparks in Hallyburton Johnstone Shield Final
23 Feb, 2025 in Match Reports
This could have been a practice run for the national Hallyburton Johnstone Shield Final, but instead it was heartbreak for the Central Hinds as they lost their last chance to ink in a spot in the big one
23 Feb, 2025 in Match Reports
The women's Dream11 Super Smash champions couldn't match that excitement in the one-dayers, but still managed to end their season smiling after a good consolation win in Sunday's only dead rubber
23 Feb, 2025 in Match Reports
The Volts were still alive, just, as they headed to the deep south for one last shot at qualifying for the Finals in Dunedin, hosting Northern Districts
23 Feb, 2025 in Match Reports
It was a top-of-the-table clash in Rangiora that determined who would go straight through to The Ford Trophy Grand Final and who would take the longer, more fraught route. The battle went down to the last ball
23 Feb, 2025 in Match Reports
