2025/26 Plunket Shield: Canterbury Championship & Season Basics — The Niche Cache Canterbury are Plunket Shield champions. Big ups.

Lots of Plunket Shield championship wrinkles for Canterbury and all the basics you need to know across the other teams #PlunketShield

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Canterbury secures the Plunket Shield after a thrilling race that required a second tie-breaker

Despite Otago's win over Wellington in the final round, they fell short of the top position

#PlunketShield #CanterburyCricket #OtagoCricket

Thomas O'Connor makes history with a remarkable 13-wicket performance

In a stunning display, Thomas not only set Otago records but also overshadowed his father Shayne's achievements in the Plunket Shield

#PlunketShield #ThomasOConnor #CricketRecords

'It was like a pinch-me moment', says NZ's Brett Randell after scripting FC history with '5 wickets in five balls' - Yes Punjab News Brett Randell creates history with five wickets in five balls and 7-25 in a Plunket Shield clash at McLean Park, Napier.

'It was like a pinch-me moment', says NZ's Brett Randell after scripting FC history with '5 wickets in five balls' yespunjab.com?p=225667

#BrettRandell #PlunketShield #CentralStags #NorthernDistricts #CricketHistory #FiveInFive #HatTrick #FirstClassCricket #Napier #McLeanPark #NZCricket #Sports

#PlunketShield First Stanza Emerging 1st 11

Curtis Heaphy
Jacob Cumming
Rhys Mariu
Bevon Jacobs
Tim Robinson
Max Chu (wk)
Luke Georgeson
Simon Keene
Jock McKenzie
Tim Pringle
Joshua Brown

Spinners in #PlunketShield

Rohit Gulati: 22w @ 22.6avg/2.8rpo - 1st
Tim Pringle: 19w @ 25.5avg/2.5rpo - 2nd
Ish Sodhi: 12w @ 42.6avg/3.2rpo
Ajaz Patel: 10w @ 30.3avg/2.9rpo
Glenn Phillips: 9w @ 33.6avg/3.4rpo

152 - Simon Keene's 152 today is the highest score by an Auckland player in a first-class innings batting at No.8 or lower in the order; the previous record was set in February 1939 by Bill Carson (136 at No.8 vs Wellington). Gallant.

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226 - Henry Nicholls' 226 today is the joint-2nd highest score by a Canterbury player in a 1st-class innings in Christchurch. Big. #PlunketShield

Peter Fulton - 301* v Auckland, Mar 2003 at Hagley Oval
Brian Hastings - 226 v New Zealand Under-23s, Mar 1965 at Lancaster Park

2025/26 Plunket Shield: Round Three Basics — The Niche Cache All the home teams had a win in Plunket Shield's round three with Auckland winning in the big city, Central Districts winning in Napier and Northern Districts winning in Hamilton.

All the basics you need to know after #PlunketShield round three...

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Lowest economy rates in #PlunketShield

Jayden Lennox: 2w @ 1.88rpo
Kyle Jamieson: 5 @ 2.23rpo
Ben Lister: 3w @ 2.33rpo
Zak Gibson: 7w @ 2.46rpo
Rohit Gulati: 21w @ 2.47rpo

Highest batting strike-rates in #PlunketShield

Lachlan Stackpole: 279 runs @ 109.4sr
Rohit Gulati: 57 runs @ 89sr
Aryan Mann: 125 runs @ 87.4sr
Brett Hampton: 98 runs @ 85.21sr
Tom Jones: 153 runs @ 85sr

Most sixes in #PlunketShield

Lachlan Stackpole: 18 (5inns)
Bevon Jacobs: 10 (5inns)
Tim Robinson: 9 (6inns)
Glenn Phillips: 8 (4inns)

#PlunketShield stats leaders

Batting
Henry Cooper: 421 runs @ 84avg/49sr
Brad Schmulian: 383 runs @ 76.6avg/64sr
Bevon Jacobs: 369 runs @ 73.8avg/84sr
Tim Robinson: 347 runs @ 86.7avg/83sr
Jacob Cumming: 302 runs @ 60.4avg/62sr
Bharat Popli: 291 runs @ 48.5avg/58sr

Wellington have had a different opening combo for each #PlunketShield game so far...

vs Otago: Sam Mycock, Nick Greenwood
vs CD: Sam Mycock, Jesse Tashkoff
vs Auckland: Nick Greenwood, Michael Snedden

Injuries hit Christchurch: Blundell, Smith, and Henry sidelined; Jamieson back in Plunket Shield

Blundell ruled out of the second Test versus West Indies as Mitch Hay prepares for a potential debut

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Injuries hit hard as Blundell, Smith, and Henry are sidelined; Jamieson makes his comeback in the Plunket Shield

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Blundell and Smith face injuries as Jamieson makes his comeback to the Plunket Shield

Blundell is unavailable for the second Test against West Indies, paving the way for Mitch Hay's potential Test debut in Wellington

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6 - Henry Nicholls' 111 & 109* in Rd 2 of the 2025/26 #PlunketShield season is the 6th time in the history of the tournament a Canterbury player has made 100+ in each innings of a match. Club.

P Fulton (Nov 2012)
M Papps (Apr 2010)
J Myburgh (Mar 2009)
G Hopkins (Feb 2003)
K Thomson (Dec 1966)

2025/26 Plunket Shield: Round One Basics — The Niche Cache Auckland, Canterbury and Otago had wins to start the Plunket Shield with Auckland and Otago snaring away wins against Central Districts and Wellington.

Matt Boyle was the leading run-scorer in Super Smash last season and now he's winning Plunket Shield games as part of a cluster of young batters who scored lots of runs this week #PlunketShield

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7/9 batters who scored big runs early in the first round of #PlunketShield are younger than 24yrs...

Jack Boyle (29yrs): 156 runs
Jacob Cumming (21yrs): 113 runs
Tom Jones (19yrs): 119 runs
Tim Robinson (23yrs): 87*

Tim Robinson's recent scores: 7, 2, 45, 50, 113, 27, 39, 23, 45, 87*

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5 - Jack Boyle (156), Tom Jones (119) & Jacob Cumming's (113) hundreds today are just the fifth time in #PlunketShield history Otago have had 3 players score a century in an innings. Huge. #CricketNation

Feb 1996 v CS
Dec 2002 v ND
Oct 2013 v Wellington
Nov 2021 v CS