Otago has the early Ford Trophy lead after an explosive all-round performance in round one - leaving Northern Districts shell-shocked in Northland and the Volts with one of their biggest ever margins of victory
20 Oct, 2024 in Match Reports
Gus McKenzie’s maiden five-wicket bag on Day One of the season ensured that Canterbury rolled the Wellington Firebirds for just 129 in a brutal start to The Ford Trophy season. But he wasn't the only star act
20 Oct, 2024 in Match Reports
One of the Central Stags' greatest Plunket Shield batsmen and captains bowed out with a special innings, plus a 20-pointer innings victory as the Otago Volts ran into a team determined to grind them into the dirt
27 Mar, 2024 in Match Reports
Canterbury's final game and win of the 2023/24 season - including a Zak Foulkes maiden bag, will ironically be better remembered for the extraordinary wicket-taking spree from the opposition's wildcard
27 Mar, 2024 in Match Reports
It had started as a 'Plunket Shield final' as the last two contenders for the national first-class title assembled in Hamilton. But wet weather would extend Northern Districts' long-running drought in the red-ball format while the Wellington Firebirds held on to their crucial points lead
27 Mar, 2024 in Match Reports
Central's miserable run of luck continued, this time with only an all-time wicketkeeping record to celebrate - while occasional Ace Jordan Sussex had a blinder in just his second game in two years, getting Auckland their belated first win
19 Mar, 2024 in Match Reports
Northern Districts could have sewn up the Plunket Shield with a round to spare, but Canterbury had other plans for them in a slick win at their country estate
19 Mar, 2024 in Match Reports
Despite a century and bag of their own, the Otago Volts ran smack into Michael Bracewell, in his first red-ball match for the Firebirds all summer, and came out stinging from a bruising defeat inside three days
18 Mar, 2024 in Match Reports
In one of the great Plunket Shield finishes, Northern Districts sweated all day against a determined Auckland Aces line-up, before snaffling a crucial victory - with just minutes to spare
11 Mar, 2024 in Match Reports
The Central Stags plastered their fourth highest ever first-class total on Fitzherbert Park as they looked to move up the Plunket Shield ladder before it was too late. But a defiant Wellington Firebirds nightwatchman, and some ill-timed wet weather interventions, conspired against them
11 Mar, 2024 in Match Reports
Canterbury's Plunket Shield concerns grow as the Otago Volts snatch a nine-wicket outright inside three days, for their first win of the first-class season
10 Mar, 2024 in Match Reports
When your opponent piles on one of their biggest first innings totals, the odds swing out of your favour. But the Wellington Firebirds weren't about to let the laws of cricket probability stop them against Canterbury in Rangiora
04 Mar, 2024 in Match Reports
The Plunket Shield clash between the two cellars dwellers turned into a last-ball thriller, with Otago Volts captain Dean Foxcroft producing his biggest first-class knock yet and the Auckland O'Donnell brothers continuing their strong form in all formats
04 Mar, 2024 in Match Reports
ND had headed in with the Plunket Shield lead, defending champion the Central Stags with an uncapped player on the cusp of a magical debut - and a chance to gain valuable ground from third on the first-class ladder. After the Stags worked their way into a good position, weather would ultimately deny both teams at Bay Oval
03 Mar, 2024 in Match Reports
The Otago Sparks proudly lift the national one-day championship title for the second time in three years, beating defending champs Wellington Blaze in a close match - and Emma Black finishing as the summer's runaway top wicket-taker
25 Feb, 2024 in Match Reports
An epic Baylee Foote century saw Hawke Cup holder Hawke's Bay deny its big rival Canterbury Country a chance to return the Hawke Cup to Rangiora
25 Feb, 2024 in Match Reports
Coach Peter Fulton’s ‘lucky moustache’ might need to stay on for a little while longer, after Canterbury lifted The Ford Trophy for the 2023/24 season after a great battle with the Auckland Aces
24 Feb, 2024 in Match Reports
The Auckland Aces booked a ticket to Hagley Oval to play Canterbury for The Ford Trophy this Saturday, beating the Volts in a gripping contest that saw three centuries - from Luke Georgeson, Martin Guptill and Robbie O'Donnell
21 Feb, 2024 in Match Reports
From top of the table to boxed out off the playoff, it was a brutal last two rounds for Northern Districts as Canterbury inked in a Grand Final yet again
19 Feb, 2024 in Match Reports
With a destructive haul of 5/11, Luke Georgeson snaffled yet another Ford Trophy bag as the Wellington Firebirds crumbled to their lowest ever one-day total - and the Volts' epic late season charge continued
19 Feb, 2024 in Match Reports
