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A Great Escape
It went down to the wire at Saxton Oval where an unlikely hero saved the day for the Central Stags - much to well performed Canterbury's chagrin
21 Oct, 2022 in Match Reports
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A thriller to start the season!
Two new faces debuted for the Wellington Firebirds and Tom Blundell enjoyed a stat attack as the capital's cricketers hosted Northern Districts in a riveting opening match of the first-class season
21 Oct, 2022 in Match Reports
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Otago Volts upset defending champions!
The Auckland Aces' first-class Plunket Shield defence got off to a rocky start at home against the Otago Volts, rolled with a day to spare
20 Oct, 2022 in Match Reports
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Season finale: a battle of the spinners
Last season's champion versus this season's champion. The final match of the NZC and Plunket Shield summer of 2021/22 promised to be a clash worthy of a season finale, going right down to the last session of the summer
15 Apr, 2022 in Match Reports
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Chasing the one point for glory
Undefeated after six rounds, the Auckland Aces touched down in Hawke's Bay needing a single point to clinch the Plunket Shield while the Stags had big Blair Tickner firing up with a five-for. Then an historic back-to-back double ton from Tom Bruce stole the show
08 Apr, 2022 in Match Reports
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ND all wickets record broken as Raval, Popli go big
Northern Districts opening batsmen Jeet Raval and Bharat Popli batted through the entire first day at Cobham Oval - each posting big centuries in what would become one of NZ's highest ever opening partnerships, before Tom Bruce answered with a maiden double century. There would be no result, however
01 Apr, 2022 in Match Reports
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Heat goes on Canterbury to keep first-class defence alive
The last southern derby of the summer sees the Otago Volts bow out for 2021/22 while Canterbury needs some red and black magic to stay in the race for the Plunket Shield
31 Mar, 2022 in Match Reports
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Holy hecka! Auckland Aces keep chalking them up
Plunket Shield leaders the Auckland Aces stay unbeaten after six rounds, and five wins, enforcing a follow-on before taking the full 20 points against the Wellington Firebirds
30 Mar, 2022 in Match Reports
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Battle of Wills in Palmerston North
First-class cricket returned to Fitzherbert Park for the first time in 14 years, Canterbury captain Cole McConchie making an early statement with a career-best sixth first-class ton
24 Mar, 2022 in Match Reports
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Rainstorm wrecks the top of the table clash
The undefeated Auckland Aces were facing off against barnstorming Northern Districts in the top of the table clash in Northland. But with wild wet weather sweeping in, would there be a result?
23 Mar, 2022 in Match Reports
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Tons traded in Dunner stunner
A fresh-look Wellington Firebirds squad gets off to a flier in Dunedin after a career-best century from Troy Johnson - combined with two handy debut performances. But a cracking Dale Phillips century on the final day would prove the winning of the game
23 Mar, 2022 in Match Reports
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NZXI secures warm-up series with a game to go
Two out of two for the NZXI as Michael Bracewell top-scores again while Bas de Leede leads the way for The Netherlands in Napier
19 Mar, 2022 in Match Reports
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Bracewell century opens NZXI account
NZXI captain and BLACKCAP in waiting Michael Bracewell led from the front in the first warm-up match against the touring Netherlands squad
18 Mar, 2022 in Match Reports
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Ding-dong battle of the Districts
A fighting Colin de Grandhomme century hauls Northern Districts back into the fight after a maiden Ray Toole bag for the Stags. A sensational fourth morning from leading wicket-taker Brett Randell then all but seals the deal for Northern
14 Mar, 2022 in Match Reports
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Plunket Shield frontrunners strengthen their lead
Better late than never: the unbeaten Auckland Aces have ticked off an outstanding first half of their campaign as they make it four on the bounce in the first-class championship
14 Mar, 2022 in Match Reports
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Gup-ton! Oh-Donnell! Big twin centuries in top-of-the-table clash
Martin Guptill and - with a first double ton - Robbie O'Donnell go big as the unbeaten Auckland Aces hunt for a third win on the bounce, while Simon Keene takes his second five-for in his second match!
06 Mar, 2022 in Match Reports
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Fast times in Whangarei
ND debutant Kristian Clarke becomes the first Plunket Shield player to score a half century and take a wicket first ball on debut as Northern puts the Firebirds under the pump
06 Mar, 2022 in Match Reports
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Otago Sparks stun Blaze in Hallyburton Johnstone Shield Final
The Otago Sparks pulled off a victory almost as spectacular as The Remarkables behind them with a 138-run win to lift the 2022 Hallyburton Johnstone Shield - with a maiden five-wicket bag thrown in for good measure
27 Feb, 2022 in Match Reports
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All-star Aces bring home the 2022 Ford Trophy
Performances all round as the Auckland Aces do it again against the Central Stags in Queenstown to lift the men's one-day title for 2021/22 - the Aces' third Ford Trophy title in five years
26 Feb, 2022 in Match Reports
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Another day, another record ton for George Worker
George Worker has become the first man from any team to score four Ford Trophy centuries in a single summer, after his second big hundred in the space of three days clinched a win against the Stags
24 Feb, 2022 in Match Reports
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Aces records fall, pave way into Ford Trophy Final
The Auckland Aces have secured the last spot in Saturday's 2021/22 Ford Trophy Grand Final, with a round to spare, after an Auckland all wickets record by century-makers Martin Guptill and George Worker
22 Feb, 2022 in Match Reports
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