CompetitionsPlunket ShieldMen's First-class

Plunket Shield 2025/26

24 matches

Standings

Team	P	W	L	NR
Otago Volts	8	4	1	3
Canterbury	8	4	1	3
Central Stags	8	4	2	2
Auckland Aces	8	3	3	2
Northern Districts	8	3	4	1
Wellington Firebirds	8	0	7	1

Group-stage matches only. Points systems differ between competitions, so teams are ranked on wins, then net run rate, which is worked out here from the scorecards.

Most runs

Batter	Inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR
HM Nicholls Canterbury	11	870	226	96.67	73.9
BD Schmulian Central Stags	14	717	167	55.15	59.4
LN Stackpole Auckland Aces	14	667	172	51.31	94.2
JF Carter Northern Districts	15	654	119	46.71	49.5
HR Cooper Northern Districts	15	643	206	45.93	48.7
MW Chu Otago Volts	12	585	151	53.18	57.1
SB Keene Auckland Aces	14	565	152	51.36	76.9
B Popli Northern Districts	15	558	116	37.20	56.4
MWT Boyle Canterbury	13	554	156	50.36	70.8
JM Cumming Otago Volts	14	511	113	42.58	65.3

Most wickets

Bowler	Overs	Wkts	Avg	Econ
RL Toole Central Stags	247	35	23.57	3.34
TJG Pringle Northern Districts	327.4	31	28.03	2.65
FW Sheat Canterbury	224.5	28	25.68	3.20
TC O'Connor Otago Volts	109.3	27	14.41	3.55
MD Rae Canterbury	225.1	27	25.96	3.11
RK Gulati Auckland Aces	258.2	27	28.07	2.93
SB Keene Auckland Aces	203	25	28.00	3.45
SB Davey Canterbury	213.3	24	24.58	2.76
DK Ferns Otago Volts	208.1	24	32.38	3.73
ZN Gibson Northern Districts	168.4	23	23.09	3.15

Results

18 Nov 2025Auckland Aces 406 v Central Stags 191 & 154Auckland Aces won by an innings and 61 runs · Plunket Shield, match 1
18 Nov 2025Otago Volts 522/9d & 96/3 v Wellington Firebirds 224 & 393Otago Volts won by 7 wickets · Plunket Shield, match 2
18 Nov 2025Northern Districts 237 & 380/8d v Canterbury 248 & 371/5Canterbury won by 5 wickets · Plunket Shield, match 3
26 Nov 2025Auckland Aces 307 & 354/5d v Northern Districts 152 & 429/6Match drawn · Plunket Shield, match 4
26 Nov 2025Wellington Firebirds 354/9d & 124/4d v Central Stags 118/3d & 363/2Central Stags won by 8 wickets · Plunket Shield, match 5
26 Nov 2025Canterbury 501/7d & 223/4d v Otago Volts 342 & 214/6Match drawn · Plunket Shield, match 6
5 Dec 2025Auckland Aces 350/9d & 384/9d v Wellington Firebirds 249 & 323Auckland Aces won by 162 runs · Plunket Shield, match 7
5 Dec 2025Northern Districts 346 & 296/9d v Otago Volts 289 & 240Northern Districts won by 113 runs · Plunket Shield, match 8
5 Dec 2025Central Stags 239 & 330 v Canterbury 124 & 150Central Stags won by 295 runs · Plunket Shield, match 9
13 Dec 2025Wellington Firebirds 319 & 224 v Northern Districts 571/9dNorthern Districts won by an innings and 28 runs · Plunket Shield, match 10
13 Dec 2025Auckland Aces 138 & 324 v Canterbury 534/8dCanterbury won by an innings and 72 runs · Plunket Shield, match 11
13 Dec 2025Otago Volts 416/7d v Central Stags 224 & 351/8Match drawn · Plunket Shield, match 12
28 Feb 2026Auckland Aces 283 & 188 v Northern Districts 288 & 184/4Northern Districts won by 6 wickets · Plunket Shield, match 13
28 Feb 2026Wellington Firebirds 401 & 244/8d v Central Stags 296Match drawn · Plunket Shield, match 14
28 Feb 2026Otago Volts 296 v Canterbury 227 RainMatch drawn · Plunket Shield, match 15
7 Mar 2026Central Stags 373 v Northern Districts 82 & 264Central Stags won by an innings and 27 runs · Plunket Shield, match 17
9 Mar 2026Auckland Aces 228 & 146/9 v Otago Volts 343 & 35/1Otago Volts won by 9 wickets · Plunket Shield, match 16
9 Mar 2026Canterbury 336 & 297/3d v Wellington Firebirds 208 & 224Canterbury won by 201 runs · Plunket Shield, match 18
18 Mar 2026Wellington Firebirds 309 & 181 v Auckland Aces 414 & 77/2Auckland Aces won by 8 wickets · Plunket Shield, match 19
18 Mar 2026Canterbury 334 & 325/9d v Central Stags 221 & 159Canterbury won by 279 runs · Plunket Shield, match 20
18 Mar 2026Northern Districts 339 & 271 v Otago Volts 258 & 353/6Otago Volts won by 4 wickets · Plunket Shield, match 21
27 Mar 2026Auckland Aces 280 & 337/6 v Canterbury 591Match drawn · Plunket Shield, match 22
27 Mar 2026Central Stags 235 & 327 v Northern Districts 279 & 258Central Stags won by 25 runs · Plunket Shield, match 23
27 Mar 2026Wellington Firebirds 156 & 300 v Otago Volts 112 & 345/6Otago Volts won by 4 wickets · Plunket Shield, match 24