A maiden century for Canterbury Magician Abigale Gerken gave the Otago Sparks a run for their money in a close and exciting contest that went down to the wire... would the Sparks stay unbeaten?
21 Nov, 2021 in Match Reports
The Central Hinds posted their second highest ever HBJ total for another bonus point victory, another fighting reply from Northern Districts unable to stop the Central resurgence
21 Nov, 2021 in Match Reports
They headed into this summer having gone a long, long time without a one-day win. Now the Otago Sparks have downed the defending champions with their third big bonus point victory on the bounce
20 Nov, 2021 in Match Reports
Emily Cunningham and Mikaela Greig both posted maiden one-day half centuries in one of the Central Hinds' biggest ever one-day totals
20 Nov, 2021 in Match Reports
The last pre-Christmas first-class match at the Basin saw Wellington Firebird Ben Sears and Central Stag Ben Wheeler both have a blinder - the Stags nailing an important win ahead of Dream11 Super Smash
18 Nov, 2021 in Match Reports
Wicketfest! Nailbiter! Northern Districts were making up for lost time with a fast-paced and dramatic entrance to the 2021/22 Plunket Shield championship while Canterbury just needed to hold on...
17 Nov, 2021 in Match Reports
Hamish Rutherford and Mitch Renwick went back-to-back with twin centuries as the Volts put the Stags under pressure in Nelson
10 Nov, 2021 in Match Reports
The pace was frantic as 18 wickets tumbled on day one at the Basin, Firebirds keeper Callum McLachlan enjoying a dream debut before Canterbury quickly took control to record their fifth biggest winning margin in history
09 Nov, 2021 in Match Reports
Blaze destroyer Melie Kerr backed up yesterday's 5-40 with another bag of 5-36 on Sunday to keep defending champions the Canterbury Magicians pointless and under early pressure in the national Hallyburton Johnstone Shield
07 Nov, 2021 in Match Reports
WHITE FERNS star Melie Kerr opens her summer with a bang with her first one-day five-wicket bag for Wellington Blaze as defending HBJ champions the Canterbury Magicians suffer a first-up loss
06 Nov, 2021 in Match Reports
Stags captain Greg Hay scores his 14th and 15th first-class centuries in the same week, but the Volts respond in kind with three tons in an innings, including a career-best double for Nick Kelly, before another two tons in the hundredth match between these sides
03 Nov, 2021 in Match Reports
A Tom Latham and Cam Fletcher century for Canterbury, yet another bag for Nathan Smith and then a pivotal Firebirds collapse in an exciting game at the Basin
03 Nov, 2021 in Match Reports
Despite an improved showing from Central, the Otago Sparks carried on scripting the dream start to their season with a back-to-back bonus point victory at windy Saxton Oval
31 Oct, 2021 in Match Reports
A 21-match losing streak in the Hallyburton Johnstone Shield came to a screeching halt as Katey Martin thundered to an unbeaten century in a landslide win, spoiling a Saxton Oval christening for the Central Hinds
30 Oct, 2021 in Match Reports
In 71 seasons, there have been only four Central Stags to score a century on first-class debut. Today, 23-year-old Bayley Wiggins became one of them
26 Oct, 2021 in Match Reports
The Wellington Firebirds take an early lead on the Plunket Shield points table with the first win of the season against the Otago Volts in the capital
26 Oct, 2021 in Match Reports
Firebirds Michael Bracewell and Tom Blundell joined forces in a record-shattering partnership. Not to be outdone, batting brothers Will and Robbie O'Donnell then wrote themselves into Aces history with twin hundreds. And then Bracewell and the younger O'Donnell did it twice.
06 Apr, 2021 in Match Reports
The final Plunket Shield match in the south offered the Volts a chance for revenge against Northern Districts, but a masterful unbeaten century from Jeet Raval ensured ND finished on a winning note
06 Apr, 2021 in Match Reports
Not every team plays each other twice these days in the Plunket Shield, but here was an opportunity for the hosts - but it didn't start well for Central as they sought to become the only team to beat Canterbury this summer
06 Apr, 2021 in Match Reports
The two unbeaten teams of the 2020/21 Plunket Shield never got to play each other last summer. Now Canterbury and the Auckland Aces were looking to make up for lost time - if the weather would allow
30 Mar, 2021 in Match Reports
Young gun Rachin Ravindra's return from injury produced immediate results for the Firebirds despite having been sent in by ND at the Basin
30 Mar, 2021 in Match Reports
