2018–19 Plunket Shield season

2018–19 Plunket Shield
Dates 10 October 2018–20 March 2019
Cricket format First-class
Tournament format(s) Round-robin
Participants 6
Matches played 24

The 2018–19 Plunket Shield is the 90th season of the Plunket Shield, the domestic first-class cricket competition in New Zealand. It is taking place between October 2018 and March 2019. Unlike the previous edition of the competition, the tournament features eight rounds of matches, instead of ten.[1][2][3] Central Districts are the defending champions.[4] Up to eleven international players, including New Zealand's captain Kane Williamson, were available for the opening round of the tournament.[5]

In the opening round of fixtures, in the match between Central Districts and Canterbury, both teams declared one of their innings for no runs, in a rain-affected match, to ensure that a result was possible.[6][7]

Fixtures

Round 1

10–13 October 2018
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352/7d (102.3 overs)
Willem Ludick 116* (184)
Matt Henry 4/115 (29.3 overs)
0/0d (0 overs)
0/0d (0 overs)
207 (88 overs)
Henry Nicholls 43 (106)
Seth Rance 5/53 (20 overs)
Central Districts won by 145 runs
Saxton Oval, Nelson
Umpires: Billy Bowden and John Bromley
  • Canterbury won the toss and elected to field.
  • No play was possible on days 2 and 3 due to rain.
10–13 October 2018
Scorecard
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108 (34.4 overs)
Jacob Duffy 31 (30)
Trent Boult 3/23 (10.4 overs)
136 (36.2 overs)
Trent Boult 61 (37)
Matthew Bacon 4/31 (9 overs)
231 (74 overs)
Hamish Rutherford 115 (205)
Neil Wagner 4/75 (22 overs)
204/2 (61.5 overs)
Kane Williamson 83 (120)
Michael Rippon 1/28 (10 overs)
Northern Districts won by 8 wickets
Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui
Umpires: Derek Walker and Tim Parlane
  • Northern Districts won the toss and elected to field.
10–13 October 2018
Scorecard
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255 (72.1 overs)
Michael Bracewell 53 (97)
Matt McEwan 4/48 (17 overs)
107/2 (38 overs)
Devon Conway 39* (104)
Benjamin Lister 1/19 (6 overs)
  • Auckland won the toss and elected to field.
  • No play was possible on day 3 due to rain.
  • Andrew Fletcher (Wellington) and Graeme Beghin (Auckland) both made their first-class debuts.

Round 2

Round 3

6–9 December 2018
Scorecard
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TBA

Round 4

Round 5

Round 6

Round 7

Round 8

References

  1. ↑ "New Zealand players reach revenue sharing agreement". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
  2. ↑ "NZ Cricket, Players' Association agree to 26.5 per cent revenue share in Master Agreement". Stuff. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
  3. ↑ "Cricket: NZC, Players Association and Major Associations complete Master Agreement". New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
  4. ↑ "Central Districts crowned Plunket Shield champions". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
  5. ↑ "Williamson, Taylor, Boult to play first round of Plunket Shield". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
  6. ↑ "Central Stags claim final Canterbury wicket with six balls to play in Plunket Shield". Stuff. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
  7. ↑ "Two 0-for-0 declarations and a penultimate-over finish". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
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