The Canterbury Plunket Shield team left the other teams in their red and black wake with two rounds to spare, winning by a country mile to bring home an unprecedented four out of five trophies for the Association this summer
07 Apr, 2021 in Domestic News
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
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 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
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
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
Centuries for Dale Phillips, Brad Schmulian and Hamish Rutherford in Dunedin but a Michael Rae hat-trick and bag and Michael Rippon career best six-for steals the show in a Dunner stunner
29 Mar, 2021 in Match Reports
One, two, three - three catches, three wickets and now three hat-tricks in a Plunket Shield season
28 Mar, 2021 in Domestic News
Wellington Firebirds assistant coach Lance Dry has been appointed the new Wellington Blaze head coach for the 2021/22 season.
22 Mar, 2021 in Domestic News
The Phillips and O'Donnell brothers were all in the action in Invercargill, but a weather-ruined match and ground delays made for a frustrating four days
21 Mar, 2021 in Match Reports
A maiden five-wicket bag for explosive Sean Davey and career best for spinner Theo van Woerkom helped Canterbury win the Shield with two rounds in hand in this pivotal victory over the Stags
21 Mar, 2021 in Match Reports
Super Sunday! The last white-ball Grand Final of 2020/21 saw top qualifiers the Canterbury Magicians beat defending champions the Auckland Hearts - while Canterbury's men lifted the Plunket Shield in Rangiora
21 Mar, 2021 in Match Reports
Northern was looking to improve its second standing on the table, but a maiden century from Troy Johnson put the Wellington Firebirds into the box seat
20 Mar, 2021 in Match Reports
It's a Canterbury Magicians-Auckland Hearts showdown this Sunday at Eden Park Outer Oval and look who's bringing the statchat to the free admission Grand Final
16 Mar, 2021 in Domestic News
It's a Canterbury Magicians v Auckland Hearts Grand Final at Eden Park Outer Oval this Sunday 21 March after the two teams take tight wins off each other in the last two rounds of the Hallyburton Johnstone Shield
15 Mar, 2021 in Domestic News
In 138 years of New Zealand Domestic first-class matches, there had been only eight first-class hat-tricks for the Auckland Aces. Now the team has their second in the 2020/21 Plunket Shield season
14 Mar, 2021 in Domestic News
Despite having been sent in, Plunket Shield leaders Canterbury made a sound start to the resumption of the first-class season, at the Otago Volts' expense
14 Mar, 2021 in Match Reports
On a green deck, both captains had been eager to win the toss after the rain finally cleared in a tight, fast-paced match at McLean Park
14 Mar, 2021 in Match Reports
Wet weather, a drawn match and a statfest. ND's Scott Kuggeleijn and Ace Louis Delport both take career-best seven-wicket bags ... and there's a hat-trick!
14 Mar, 2021 in Match Reports
A trio of up-and-coming spinners in Makayla Templeton, Nensi Patel and Ashtuti Kumar all finish the season with career-bests as both the Hinds and Northern Districts dip out of the Hallyburton running
14 Mar, 2021 in Match Reports
