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Brett Randell nabs maiden five-for

Defending Ford Trophy champions the Auckland Aces took in a fresh-look side to the new season and came away with a bruising defeat against Northern Districts in Whangarei

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Hinds score a 10-wicket victory

It was Central station at Pukekura Park with another quick victory for the top of the table Hinds against the embattled defending champions

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Blaze, Northern trade centuries

A second Hallyburton Johnstone Shield for the Blaze's Jess McFadyen was trumped by a maiden Brooke Halliday ton as Northern Districts made it a clean sweep for the weekend

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Magic season start for Mags

Canterbury turned in a perfect card for the opening weekend of Hallyburton Johnstone Shield, pocketing another bonus point from the weekend's twin wins against hosts the Otago Sparks

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Record bowling performance opens Hinds summer

The Central Hinds’ season is off to a flier at Pukekura Park after a sensational record victory against injury-hit defending one-day champions the Auckland Hearts

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Magic start for Canterbury

Tons to senior players Frankie Mackay and Kate Ebrahim - in her comeback match - ensured a total that would be too much for the Sparks to chase down

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Basin nailbiter!

A real arm wrestle of a game between Wellington Blaze and Northern Districts saw their opening match of 2020/21 go right down to the wire

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Could Canterbury go clear?

Canterbury headed into the midway mark of the Plunket Shield championship hissing like a train at the top of the table. Would it be advantage red and black in the last round before Christmas?

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Sink or swim at Saxton

After last week's soggy abandonment, the sun came out at Saxton Oval ready for the Central Stags and Northern Districts to do battle, both sides keen to get lift off from a midtable log-jam

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Battle of the Basin

The Auckland Aces headed into the halfway mark of the championship sitting second on the table, with a chance of going top. The Firebirds had other ideas with Devon Conway and Michael Bracewell going big in a marathon partnership

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Squish, squish

A wet week at Saxton Oval spells frustration for the Central Stags and Auckland Aces

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Victorious Volts!

Neither defending champions the Wellington Firebirds nor the Otago Volts have celebrated victory yet this Plunket Shield season. That was all about to change at the Basin with one of the rarest modes of dismissal in the game...

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Will Williams does it again!

The Canterbury paceman grabs his second consecutive first-class bag, then Fraser Sheat swoops for nine in the match as undefeated Canterbury opens up a big lead at the top of the Plunket Shield table

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Kyle Jamieson hat-trick in clutch win

The celebrations keep coming for big BLACKCAP Kyle Jamieson as he snared a first-class hat-trick, and yet another bag, in a tight win against the Central Stags

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Ton city as Canterbury takes innings victory

Despite a maiden Jamie Gibson century, the bumpy start to 2020/21 continued for defending champions the Firebirds as Canterbury collected an innings victory at Hagley

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ND wins at Bay Oval

Northern Districts captain Joe Carter has posted three first-class centuries in his last six Plunket Shield innings while Tim Southee had his first five-for of the summer in ND's first win of 2020/21

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Aces vault to top of the table

It was all happening at Auckland's Eden Park Outer Oval - an innings victory, two centuries, two five-wicket bags, a ninth-wicket record and the very first instance of a COVID-19 substitute player, all inside three days

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Stags win weather-riddled opener

Despite the appearance of a greentop and inclement weather, ND openers Jeet Raval and Henry Cooper fashioned a solid century stand against the Stags. But with six lost sessions in three days, could there be time for a result?

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Canterbury brushes aside defending champions

After 31 weeks and one day, the NZC game returned to New Zealand cricket fields with defending champions the Wellington Firebirds hosting Canterbury at the Basin Reserve in an action-packed opening round

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Centuries traded in Grand Final runfest

Hamilton witnessed one of the great Hallyburton Johnstone Shield finals with a maiden century for Arlene Kelly, a fighting big ton from Northern Spirit captain Felicity Leydon-Davis and inevitable heartbreak for one of two strong sides

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