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
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
The Hearts raided Hagley Oval for a thrilling 7-run win against the Canterbury Magicians to remain alive heading into tomorrow’s 10th and final round of the regular season - when the two teams will meet for the last time this season, at the same venue.
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
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
Needing just one more win to seal a spot in the Finals, the Central Stags stumbled in Napier against a team fighting for survival
18 Feb, 2025 in Match Reports
