2025/26 HBJ Shield: Round Two Basics
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.
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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.
Central Districts were the only winners in the second round of Plunket Shield with a win against Wellington who are at the bottom of the ladder. Auckland’s draw with Northern Districts puts them at the top of the table while Otago and Canterbury’s draw puts them in the top half of the ladder.
Auckland, Canterbury and Otago had wins to start the Plunket Shield with Auckland and Otago snaring away wins against Central Districts and Wellington.
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.
Ford Trophy takes a break as Plunket Shield swings around and with five games of one-day cricket in the scorebooks, it's a lovely spot to roll through the five best players from the opening stanza.
Canterbury are top of the Ford Trophy ladder after their win vs Central Districts and Auckland claimed the second spot after defeating Wellington, while Northern Districts vs Otago was washed out.
Hallyburton Johnstone Shield starts this weekend with the regular flow of back to back games played on Saturday and Sunday.
Wins for Canterbury, Central Districts and Wellington took them to 3-1 starts to the season, while Otago are still hunting their first win.
Wellington, Canterbury and Central Districts had wins in Ford Trophy’s round three and along with Auckland, these four teams are 2-1 to start the season.
Auckland have back to back wins on home turf to start Ford Trophy and all other teams except for Otago have a win so far.
Auckland, Canterbury and Central Districts had wins to start the domestic cricket summer.
The domestic cricket summer starts in a week with Ford Trophy sparking up the action. Every team has high quality young cricketers with fresh Blackcaps likely to start the season in domestic cricket and a wave of lads who will soon elevate to the Blackcaps mix.
The New Zealand A cricket team continued their undefeated streak to eight First-Cass games with a win and a draw in South Africa, with four wins and two draws in their last six games overseas.
The New Zealand A cricket team is about to start their second overseas tour of 2025 with three List-A games followed by two First-Class games in South Africa.
The New Zealand A women's cricket team went down 1-5 to England A across both formats and there were many intriguing performances from the kiwi outfit that can bolster White Ferns depth
Aotearoa's development pipeline is on show again in the emerging talent who got their first domestic cricket contracts from the first round of announcements.
The first round of domestic cricket contracts have been announced with a few movers and groovers to digest, most of which revolves around Otago.
The New Zealand A women's cricket squad was announced for their tour of England starting in a few weeks with three one-dayers and three T20s locked in.
The New Zealand A cricket team stretched out their undefeated streak in Unofficial Tests with a win then a draw in Bangladesh, making it six games in a row without a loss and three wins in their last four games overseas.
The New Zealand A cricket team will tour Bangladesh for three one-dayers and two four-dayers with a squad that reflects Aotearoa's impressive depth.