Three Funky Things For Ford Trophy Champions Central Districts And HBJ Shield Champions Northern Districts — The Niche Cache Central Districts are Ford Trophy champions and Northern Districts are HBJ Shield champions. Here are three funky pockets for both teams from their one-day campaigns...

3 funky pockets for the Ford Trophy and HBJ Shield champions...

-Curtis Heaphy
-Josh Clarkson
-Jayden Lennox
-Nensi Patel
-Kayley Knight/Marama Downes
-Holly Topp

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Northern Districts #HBJShield championship stats

Batting
Caitlin Gurrey: 491 runs @ 44.6avg/82sr, 5x50
Nensi Patel: 290 runs @ 29avg/103sr, 3x50
Jess Watkin: 287 runs @ 31.8avg/85sr, 3x50
Holly Topp: 237 runs @ 33.8avg/73sr, 1x50

Most sixes for Northern Districts in #HBJShield this season...

Jess Watkin: 4
Caitlin Gurrey: 3
Eve Wolland: 3
Nensi Patel: 2
Natasha Wakelin: 1

Marama Downes was the most economical #HBJShield bowler (10+ overs) and second most economical in Super Smash this season.

She has at least nine consecutive games with a wicket. Last 10 games...
Runs: 1*, 5*, 1*, 19, 1*, 21, 25
Wickets: 3, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 2, 2, 3

Knight took 2w in five of her last 10 games. She also had three not-outs and four other scores of 10+ runs.

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Nensi Patel may be the smallest player in Aotearoa cricket and she had the second highest batting strike-rate in #HBJShield as one of two batters over 100sr...

Izzy Gaze: 89 runs @ 105.9sr
Nensi Patel: 290 runs @ 103.2sr
Polly Inglis: 300 runs @ 99sr

Northern Districts 182 all out (44.4)

Topp 39 (61)
Downes 25 (22)

M Kerr 3-49
Baird 2-22

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Hallyburton Johnstone Shield final
Wellington Blaze v Northern Districts
Basin Reserve, Wellington

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2025/26 HBJ Shield: Round Four Basics — The Niche Cache Northern Districts held on to the top spot with two wins over Canterbury and two wins for Wellington against Otago put them in second, while mid-table teams Auckland and Central Districts shared a win...

Maddy Green's got the most one-day centuries for Auckland, 19-year-old Emma McLeod is the leading run-scorer, Jess Kerr and Xara Jetly keep dominating and plenty more #HBJShield notes here

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2025/26 HBJ Shield: First Round Basics — The Niche Cache Auckland and Central Districts started the women’s domestic cricket season with a couple of wins, while Northern Districts and Wellington shared their weekend series with a win each.

All things #HBJShield ahead of another funky weekend of women's cricket around Aotearoa

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2025/26 HBJ Shield: Round Two Basics — The Niche Cache Auckland, Northern Districts and Central Districts have three wins from their first four games while Otago have four losses to start their season of HBJ Shield cricket.

Kate Anderson and Caitlin Gurrey are in dominant form, while youngsters Emma McLeod hit a hundy and Xara Jetly took a baggy in the latest round of #HBJShield

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2025/26 HBJ Shield: First Round Basics — The Niche Cache Auckland and Central Districts started the women’s domestic cricket season with a couple of wins, while Northern Districts and Wellington shared their weekend series with a win each.

#HBJShield cricket is back in motion this weekend

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2025/26 HBJ Shield: First Round Basics — The Niche Cache Auckland and Central Districts started the women’s domestic cricket season with a couple of wins, while Northern Districts and Wellington shared their weekend series with a win each.

Lots of #HBJShield info here featuring Fran Jonas, Lucy Boucher, Natasha Wakelin, Saffron Wilson, Cate Pederson, Natasha Codyre, Xara Jetly ... and Kate Anderson

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Best players after the opening weekend of #HBJShield

Batting
Kate Anderson: 172 runs @ 172avg/111sr
Prue Catton: 112 runs @ 112avg/82sr
Hannah Rowe: 96 runs @ 48avg/74sr
Saffron Wilson: 92 runs @ 46avg/76sr

2025/26 HBJ Shield: Emerging Player Preview — The Niche Cache Hallyburton Johnstone Shield starts this weekend with the regular flow of back to back games played on Saturday and Sunday.

Emerging White Ferns will be eager to dominate HBJ Shield, there are notable youngsters in every team and a few funky movers like Kate Chandler and Jess Simmons

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2025/26 HBJ Shield: Emerging Player Preview — The Niche Cache Hallyburton Johnstone Shield starts this weekend with the regular flow of back to back games played on Saturday and Sunday.

Prepare for #HBJShield cricket with lots of information about the best emerging players in New Zealand

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2024/25 HBJ Shield: Otago Spark Up A Dynasty — The Niche Cache Otago has sparked up an Hallyburton Johnstone Shield dynasty after winning this season's final vs Auckland to make it three HBJ Shield championships in the last four seasons.

Eden Carson was the best bowler in Super Smash and HBJ Shield this summer, but she also loves to score runs. Here's all you need to know about Otago's latest #HBJShield championship

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2024/25 HBJ Shield: Otago Spark Up A Dynasty — The Niche Cache Otago has sparked up an Hallyburton Johnstone Shield dynasty after winning this season's final vs Auckland to make it three HBJ Shield championships in the last four seasons.

Big ups Otago for their excellence at every level of women's cricket #HBJShield

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Otago #HBJShield Championship Stats

Batting
Felicty Robertson: 398 runs @ 44.2avg/73sr, 1 x 100, 3 x 50
Polly Inglis: 340 runs @ 42.5avg/97sr, 2 x 50
Bella James: 332 runs @ 47.4avg/81sr, 1 x 100, 1 x 50
Suzie Bates: 245 runs @ 245avg/90sr, 1 x 100, 2 x 50

Last ball Drama in NZ!
Otago Sparks win the Hallyburton Johnstone Shield off the last ball of the match!!

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Green hits two sixes & a four in the last over, as Auckland Hearts post an imposing 291/5 (50.0)

Green 126 (123 ) finishes as by far the highest run-scorer this season (698).
Down 90 (89)

Robertson 2-37
Carson 2-63

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Lauren Down departs for a well made 90 (89) c Browning b Blakely, bringing an end to a 182 run partnership.

Auckland Hearts 261/4 (47.4).

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112 ball century for captain Maddy Green (6x4), her seventh List A hundred.

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Madddddy Green!!! 💙 #HBJShield

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Hallyburton Johnstone Shield final
Otago Sparks v Auckland Hearts
University Oval, Dunedin

Auckland win the toss and bat.

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2024/25 HBJ Shield: Otago Lead Finals Charge — The Niche Cache Otago cruised through two wins over Central Districts and their nine wins with one loss in HBJ Shield this season puts them straight into the final as favourites.

Lots of #HBJShield basics here ahead of the Otago vs Auckland final this weekend

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Highest successful chase in New Zealand women's domestic List A cricket:

309 Northern Districts v Canterbury, 2019
293 Central Districts v Northern Districts, today 👈
283 Canterbury v Northern Districts, 2009
275 Auckland v Otago, 2006

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Eden Carson this summer

HBJ Shield: 13w @ 12.2avg/2.8rpo
Super Smash: 18w @ 14.1avg/6.3rpo

Otago Sparks are 6-0 in #HBJShield, 7-3 in #SuperSmashNZ

2024/25 HBJ Shield: Otago Keep Winning & The Young All Stars — The Niche Cache Otago is 6-0 after the first stanza of HBJ Shield after two wins over Northern Districts and there is a bonus Young All Stars team named featuring the best emerging players before entering Super Smash...

Lots of #HBJShield basics after the weekend's games and also got a young All Stars team from the first six games

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Auckland v Wellington
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Otago v Northern Districts
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Central Districts v Canterbury
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