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
Tom Bruce has added several more records to his name after the Central Stags captain celebrated his first triple century, and went on to reach a career-defining 345, at Eden Park's Kennards Hire Community Oval, this afternoon
06 Mar, 2025 in Domestic News
Tom Bruce and Dane Cleaver have smashed the Central Stags’ first-class fourth-wicket partnership record, with one of the highest stands for the wicket ever seen in the Plunket Shield, as the red-ball season reactivates
05 Mar, 2025 in Domestic News
Last year's Ford Trophy Finalists are back for more in today's rematch for the 2025 title between defending champion Canterbury and the strong Auckland Aces - both teams packed with big names and riveting match-ups, including a collegial leg-spinning battle between self-confessed cricket nuffies Ish Sodhi and Adi Ashok
02 Mar, 2025 in Domestic News
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
Auckland Hearts captain Maddy Green has elected to bat first against defending champion the Otago Sparks, on an overcast but warm morning at Dunedin's University of Otago Oval
01 Mar, 2025 in Domestic News
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
The first of The Ford Trophy Finals is here, to be played out under Dunedin sunshine today at University of Otago Oval, between two strong sides and two captains in their first season as leaders
28 Feb, 2025 in Domestic News
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
The former New Zealand captain and Northern Districts Board member is stepping up as the new CEO of Northern Districts Cricket Association from April
26 Feb, 2025 in Domestic News
New Zealand Cricket is pleased to announce the Official appointments for the upcoming national one-day finals, in the women's Hallyburton Johnstone Shield and the men's Ford Trophy
24 Feb, 2025 in Domestic News
Buckle your seats for three decisive days of 50-over cricket in Dunedin, starting this Friday - with both The Ford Trophy and Hallyburton Johnstone Shield defending champions clinching the top qualifier spots
23 Feb, 2025 in Domestic News
In a showdown for the last spot in The Ford Trophy Elimination Final, the Firebirds were in control for most of this crunch clash - until a sudden late fightback from the hosts' spinners ruined Wellington's campaign
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
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
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
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
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
It may have been a dead rubber in the penultimate round of the national Hallyburton Johnstone Shield, but no one told Caitlin Gurrey - whose sixth century set up a colossal total, nor young Blaze allrounder Hannah Francis who responded with her own maiden ton
22 Feb, 2025 in Match Reports
The Hinds headed to Dunedin just a fingertip away from qualifying, but a Felicity Robertson ton and record stand with Polly Inglis saw the powerful Otago Sparks crack 40 points on the table
22 Feb, 2025 in Match Reports
