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Todd Astle hangs up the kit

One of Canterbury's most capped and accomplished leg-spinning allrounders gently announced his retirement this season, putting a full stop on his cricket career after the 2022/23 Dream11 Super Smash

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Making hay while sun shines, Canterbury extends Plunket Shield lead

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

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Dean Foxcroft goes big with maiden first-class century

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

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Kate Ebrahim century as Sparks finish on winning note

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

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Weather ruins Huddleston and Perkins farewell

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

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Blaze bounces back ahead of Grand Final

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

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Magicians put eyes on the prize

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

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No play on Saturday means end of Northern road

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

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Central Hinds take big win off Blaze in must-win HBJ

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

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Hearts legends set to bow out

Auckland Hearts veterans and former WHITE FERNS Holly Huddleston and Katie Perkins have confirmed this season is their last in the navy blue

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Shield fever returns as business end begins

Four rounds done, four to go as New Zealand's men's first-class championship, the Plunket Shield, resumes this weekend

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Blaze books berth in another national final

Leigh Kasperek's Wellington Blaze has become the first team to book a spot in the 2023 Hallyburton Johnstone Shield national one-day final, following their twin wins against Northern Districts in Lower Hutt this weekend

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Auckland Hearts win again

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

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Happy in the Hutt as Blaze storms into Final

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

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Satterthwaite century at Satterthwaite Oval

Amy Satterthwaite becomes just the second NZ woman to score 10K one-day runs and becomes the Magicians' highest runccorer with an unbeaten century in her last Hallyburton Johnstone Shield knock on her home ground. It was all so perfect - until the Hinds got up for an impressive win

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Blaze extends HBJ lead in tight win

After the completion of this season's Dream11 Super Smash, the business end of New Zealand's national one-day Hallyburton Johnstone Shield began in earnest - with a trio of dramatic finishes

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Kate Anderson ton, Sarah Asmussen bag saves day

As the Canterbury Magicians headed into Amy Satterthwaite's farewell one-dayers at her home ground, a stunning Hallyburton Johnstone Shield contest got the weekend off to a flier

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Good golly Ms Holly!

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

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Chad Bowes and Leo Carter centuries set up high-scoring knockout

Otago Volts captain Hamish Rutherford won the toss in Queenstown but it was Canterbury making the early play in The Ford Trophy battle for a last spot in the Grand Final

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Ford Trophy Final postponed

Sunday’s Ford Trophy final between the Central Stags and the winner of tomorrow’s elimination final has been postponed because of the devastation caused in the Hawke’s Bay region by Cyclone Gabrielle.

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