Plunket Shield. Round 4 Review
We are in mid-November and Round 4 of the Plunket Shield saw the batsmen fight back after the bowler friendly early rounds. And this round produced a couple of great[…]
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Plunket Shield. Round 3 Review
This was a round that proved that cricket in New Zealand in November is no less risky than in October. The match between Central Districts was a complete washout with[…]
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Plunket Shield. Round 2 Review
Round two saw a slightly more even contest between bat and ball, and a thriller at Eden Park. That match was won by the hosts, but the star of the[…]
Plunket Shield. Round 1 Review
Ah, cricket in New Zealand in October. Played on verdant meadows by players dusting off cobwebs it always promised to be a good time, and a quick time for the[…]
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Plunket Shield: Round 3
The Rain Round. While the ambitious November T20 series passed mostly unscathed things weren’t so lucky in the last round of the Plunket Shield. It is not often you get[…]
Plunket Shield: Round 2
A contrasting round of matches in a staggered week. The Wellington v Canterbury match at the Basin was as good as you could get. 1,500 runs, here declarations, and the[…]
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Plunket Shield: Round 1
Provincial trolling and statchat aside, the Plunket Shield also acts as trial matches for the internationals ahead. The early rounds this season have extra importance in that the specialist test[…]
Plunket Shield Round 2
Round 2 of Plunket Shield is done, and now we wait until December, briefly, and then late February for it to resume. Two games finished within three days. Defending champions[…]
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Plunket Shield Round 1
First class cricket in New Zealand starting on October 10th was always going to be a bit of a gamble, and it played out that way with a verdant seamer[…]
Plunket Shield. Round Five Summary
In Nelson there was some wonderful scoreboard symmetry in the top of the table clash between CD and Wellington. W 171, CD 172, W 172, CD 172/3. And it was[…]
