Northern Districts had stormed into second spot on the Plunket Shield with one match to go in their summer. Could they keep their momentum going in their big last game of their season - or would the defending champion Auckland Aces dash their hopes?
24 Mar, 2023 in Match Reports
Canterbury headed into their final Plunket Shield match of the 2022/23 season holding a vulnerable four-point lead on the table. Could they maximise their chances of capturing the coveted trophy - knowing two rivals had a match in hand?
24 Mar, 2023 in Match Reports
The Central Stags looked to make the most of their home fixture against the Otago Volts - Central still in with a chance of the first-class title if they could perform well, and Toby Findlay becoming the first player in first-class history to debut as a concussion substitute player
24 Mar, 2023 in Match Reports
Coming off an outright in Mt Maunganui, Northern Districts quickly manouevred themselves into another strong position in Hamilton - but no one could have guessed how close this one would turn out to be
16 Mar, 2023 in Match Reports
If it wasn't one Phillips brother raising his bat for a century, it was the other as the Auckland Aces and Otago Volts duelled in a bottom-of-the-table clash
16 Mar, 2023 in Match Reports
They drew in the first round, in Nelson. What would the return fixture in Rangiora bring? A key battle for points between these sides on a fresh Mainpower Oval wicket, after the first day was lost to rain
16 Mar, 2023 in Match Reports
Chad Bowes starred with a century before lunch on opening day, Plunket Shield leader Canterbury with a chance to open up a 32-point lead at the season's pointy end. But in a game fought to the last, they would be narrowly denied those last 12 points
10 Mar, 2023 in Match Reports
An Auckland all-time record second-wicket partnership between Sean Solia and Mark Chapman went in vain after the fighting Firebirds averted defeat at Colin Maiden Park
09 Mar, 2023 in Match Reports
In a gritty match studded hundreds, the Central Stags marked their first foray in four weeks with one of their highest fourth innings totals, while Mitch Santner produced the rare feat of a century and maiden five-wicket bag in the same match for Northern Districts
09 Mar, 2023 in Match Reports
A hard-fought, see-sawing match with a Maddy Green century saw the Wellington Blaze break their long Hallyburton Johnstone Shield title drought, denying the Canterbury Magicians a trophy double with the very last ball
04 Mar, 2023 in Match Reports
The back of of the 2022/23 first-class championship resumed in Hamilton with leaders Canterbury hosted by Northern Districts, with ND bowlers enjoying twin maiden five-wicket bags
28 Feb, 2023 in Match Reports
The first-class championship resumed in Dunedin with a big opportunity for new Firebirds captain Nick Kelly and young gun Muhammad Abbas on debut, while it was a memorable match for Otago Volts batsman Dean Foxcroft
28 Feb, 2023 in Match Reports
They were the defending Hallyburton Johnstone Shield champions and although, out of contention now for the 2022/23 title, the Otago Sparks were determined to end their season in style, Kate Ebrahim carrying her bat
26 Feb, 2023 in Match Reports
It was supposed to be an emotion-soaked Sunday as the Auckland Hearts capped their season with a last hurrah for retiring legends Katie Perkins and Holly Huddleston, against Huddleston's old team Northern Districts. But the only thing soaked was the ground
26 Feb, 2023 in Match Reports
The last round of New Zealand's one-day Hallyburton Johnstone Shield saw qualifiers Wellington Blaze looking to even the score with the resurgent Central Hinds
26 Feb, 2023 in Match Reports
Saturday's penultimate round of the Hallyburton Johnstone Shield was a big one for both the Canterbury Magicians and defending champion the Otago Sparks, with just one spot left in this year's one-day Final
25 Feb, 2023 in Match Reports
The ninth round of the HBJ began with all teams still in contention for the Final, but the woes of a wet summer swiftly ended Northern Districts' slender hopes
25 Feb, 2023 in Match Reports
The penultimate round of New Zealand's one-day Hallyburton Johnstone Shield saw the third-placed Central Hinds needing a big win against runaway leader the Wellington Blaze to keep their title dream alive, and they made it look all too easy
25 Feb, 2023 in Match Reports
It was veterans' day at Uni Oval as Holly Huddleston took the Auckland Hearts' first ever hat-trick and Katie Perkins hit her highest Hallyburton Johnstone Shield century to stun the defending champs on their home turf
19 Feb, 2023 in Match Reports
Saturday's Hallyburton Johnstone Shield at Hutt Rec was a tight affair, but that couldn't be said of the Blaze-Northern rematch on Sunday as Wellington qualified with two round to spare
19 Feb, 2023 in Match Reports
