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.
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.
Hallyburton Johnstone Shield starts this weekend with the regular flow of back to back games played on Saturday and Sunday.
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.
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.
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.
Defending Hallyburton Johnstone Shield champions Otago have maintained their perch at the top of the ladder this season after a 4-0 start.
Bella James is quietly stacking up big runs for an Otago team that is undefeated in HBJ Shield.
Otago are the only HBJ Shield team with two wins and leggy Ocean Bartlett leads all bowlers for wickets.
As the White Ferns try to flip their mundane form around for the T20 World Cup, the women's domestic cricket circuit holds plenty of intrigue ahead of the summer.
The next month will be an intriguing phase for White Ferns as Aotearoa's wahine play lots of cricket against a touring England crew.
Otago grabbed the HBJ Shield championship by defeating Wellington and the best youngster in wahine cricket Emma Black added a few more wickets to her season's tally.
Wellington are hunting a double dose of HBJ Shield and Super Smash glory as they head to Dunedin for the HBJ Shield final against Otago.
Wellington, Auckland and Otago grabbed two wins in the latest round of HBJ Shield and this is reflected in the ladder with these three teams snapping up the top three spots.
HBJ Shield cricket will take a break for Super Smash as Wellington sit on top of the ladder as the only team with four wins.
Auckland are leading the HBJ Shield ladder after two wins over Central Districts and they are undefeated so far with a 3-0 record.
Hallyburton Johnstone Shield cricket is underway for the summer and rain was a key performer in the opening weekend, ruling out a bunch of games.
Here are 10 of the best wahine cricketers in New Zealand after the 2022/23 summer who have not played for White Ferns yet.
Women's domestic cricket honours are shared between Wellington and Canterbury this summer after Wellington won the HBJ Shield final
Wellington and Canterbury will play the Hallyburton Johnstone Shield final on Saturday in a repeat of the Super Smash final, also serving as a tremendous farewell to Amy Satterhwaite.