2023/24 Plunket Shield: Round Two Notebook
The second round of Plunket Shield featured wins for Northern Districts and Wellington, while Otago battled for a gritty draw with Canterbury.
The second round of Plunket Shield featured wins for Northern Districts and Wellington, while Otago battled for a gritty draw with Canterbury.
Plunket Shield cricket is underway for the 2023/24 summer with Northern Districts, Central Districts and Wellington grabbing big wins.
Plunket Shield is here to usher in another Aotearoa summer and there are plenty of intriguing wrinkles across the six teams.
White Ferns have changed their coaching crew, ushered in new players and they have been boosted by greater resources since the concerning 2022 World Cup in Aotearoa.
Blackcaps now have three wins to start their World Cup after a comprehensive victory over Bangladesh.
Blackcaps defeated Netherlands overnight to grab two wins without Kane Williamson and Tim Southee at the World Cup.
Aotearoa's Blackcaps got their World Cup campaign started with a victory over England and a typically crafty display.
For all the hooplah about White Ferns starting a new era under coach Ben Sawyer, everything feels the same as the previous regime after another ODI series defeat.
The Blackcaps start their World Cup campaign in India on Thursday night against England and won't have Kane Williamson, despite a magical comeback from his major knee injury.
Winter becomes spring and the domestic cricket season approaches with Canterbury seamer William O'Rourke emerging like a fresh blossom.
Aotearoa's White Ferns start their tour of South Africa on Sunday with the first of three ODIS before swinging into five T20Is.
Before Blackcaps start their ODI series in Bangladesh on Thursday night, three storylines have emerged from the series defeat in England.
Nothing sets the scene for a cricket World Cup like Blackcaps tinkering with their opening combination.
Blackcaps take on England in the second ODI tonight after winning the first game of the series thanks to big donnie runs from Devon Conway and Daryl Mitchell.
When the New Zealand A cricket team has three wins and a draw in four games against Australia A, something good is happening in the Blackcaps pipeline.
The Aotearoa A cricket team now has two wins and a draw against Australia A this year after Scott Kuggeleijn led the kiwis to victory in Brisbane.
Blackcaps had wins against Worcestershire and Gloucestershire in England over the weekend, after winning the T20I series against UAE.
Blackcaps continue to build towards the ODI World Cup after a 2-1 T20I series win over United Arab Emirates.
After finishing as the leading wicket-taker in Somerset's T20 Blast championship, Matt Henry slotted straight back into County cricket with 8 wickets against Northamptonshire.
Along with Will Young hitting a century in his third consecutive Kiwi County Tour, Somerset won the T20 Blast with Matt Henry and Ish Sodhi playing crucial roles.