Plunket Shield 2023-24: The Plunket Shield, New Zealand’s main first-class competition, is scheduled to begin on October 20. William Plunket, who served as New Zealand’s governor general from 1904 to 1910, is honoured by the competition’s name.
Six teams in all—the Auckland Aces, Central Stags, Canterbury, Northern Districts, Otago Volts, and Wellington Firebirds—will take part in the competition.
Each team will play a total of eight games, with the side with the most points at the end of the campaign being declared the winner. Each game’s winner team will receive 12 points.
After dominating the points standings with 101 points during the 2022–23 season, Central Districts will go into this year’s competition as the reigning champions. Canterbury finished in second place and took second place.
Basin Reserve in Wellington, Seddon Park in Hamilton, Hagley Oval in Christchurch, Saxton Oval in Nelson, University Oval in Dunedin, McLean Park in Napier, Bay Oval in Mount Maunganui, Mainpower Oval in Rangiora, Fitzherbert Park in Palmerston North, and Molyneux Park in Alexandra are the 11 locations where the competition will take place.
Bharat Popli, a cricketer from India who currently represents Northern Districts in New Zealand, had the highest batting average in the previous season with 819 runs. With 32 wickets taken, Otago Volts’ Jacob Duffy took the top rank in bowling.
Telecast and live stream
All of the Plunket Shield 2023 matches will be livestreamed on the New Zealand Cricket YouTube channel. For fans in India, there isn’t a TV broadcast, though.
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Plunket Shield 2023-24 Full Schedule & Match Timings
Match 1 – October 20 to 23, Auckland vs Central Districts, 3:00 AM
Match 2 – October 20 to 23, Northern Knights vs Otago, 3:00 AM
Match 3 – October 20 to 23, Wellington vs Canterbury, 3:00 AM
Match 4 – October 28 to 31, Auckland vs Northern Knights, 3:00 AM
Match 5 – October 28 to 31, Central Districts vs Wellington, 3:00 AM
Match 6 – October 28 to 31, Canterbury vs Otago, 3:00 AM
Match 7 – November 6 to 9, Wellington vs Northern Knights, 3:00 AM
Match 8 – November 6 to 9, Canterbury vs Auckland, 3:00 AM
Match 9 – November 6 to 9, Otago vs Central Districts, 3:00 AM
Match 10 – November 15 to 18, Central Districts vs Canterbury, 3:00 AM
Match 11 – November 15 to 18, Otago vs Northern Knights, 3:00 AM
Match 12 – November 15 to 18 Auckland vs Wellington, 3:00 AM
Match 13 – February 29 to March 03, Northern Knights vs Central Districts, 3:00 AM
Match 14 – February 29 to March 03, Canterbury vs Wellington, 3:00 AM
Match 15 – February 29 to March 03, Otago vs Auckland, 3:00 AM
Match 16 – March 8 to 11, Central Districts vs Wellington, 3:00 AM
Match 17 – March 8 to 11, Otago vs Canterbury, 3:00 AM
Match 18 – March 8 to 11, Northern Knights vs Auckland, 3:00 AM
Match 19 – March 16 to 19, Canterbury vs Northern Knights, 3:00 AM
Match 20 – March 16 to 19, Central Districts vs Auckland, 3:00 AM
Match 21 – March 16 to 19, Wellington vs Otago, 3:00 AM
Match 22 – March 24 to 27, Central Districts vs Otago, 3:00 AM
Match 23 – March 24 to 27, Auckland vs Canterbury, 3:00 AM
Match 24 – March 24 to 27, Northern Knights vs Wellington, 3:00 AM
Plunket Shield 2023-24: Full Squads
Auckland Aces
Adithya Ashok, George Worker, Robert O’Donnell, Simon Keene, William O’Donnell, Harjot Johal, Ryan Harrison, Sean Solia, Cam Fletcher, Cole Briggs, Quinn Sunde, Benjamin Lister, Danru Ferns, Louis Delport, Matthew Gibson, Yahya Zeb
Canterbury
Chad Bowes, Ken McClure, Leo Carter, Matt Boyle, Mitchell Hay, Rhys Mariu, Zakary Foulkes, Cole McConchie, Henry Shipley, Michael Rippon, Angus McKenzie, Edward Nuttall, Fraser Sheat, Michael Rae, Sean Davey, William O’Rourke.
Central Stags
Greg Hay, Jack Boyle, Tom Bruce, William Clark, Brad Schmulian, Doug Bracewell, Joey Field, Josh Clarkson, Bayley Wiggins (Wk), Curtis Heaphy (Wk), Dane Cleaver, Ajaz Patel, Brett Randell, Jayden Lennox, Liam Dudding, Ray Toole.
Northern Districts
Bharat Popli, Henry Cooper, Jeet Raval, Joe Carter, Katene Clarke, Kristian Clarke, Brett Hampton, Scott Kuggeleijn, Tim Seifert (Wk), Frederick Walker, Joe Walker, Matthew Fisher, Scott Johnston, Tim Pringle, Zak Gibson.
Otago Volts
Dale Phillips, Hamish Rutherford, Llew Johnson, Ollie White, Thorn Parkes, Dean Foxcroft, Jacob Cumming, Luke Georgeson, Max Chu (Wk), Andrew Hazeldine, Ben Lockrose, Jacob Duffy, Jake Gibson, Jarrod McKay, Matthew Bacon, Travis Muller.
Wellington Firebirds
James Hartshorn, Jesse Tashkoff, Nick Greenwood, Nick Kelly, Tim Robinson, Troy Johnson, Muhammad Arslan Abbas, Rachin Ravindra, Callum McLachlan (Wk), Gareth Severin (Wk), Ben Sears, Ian McPeake, Logan van Beek, Michael Snedden, Nathan Smith, Peter Younghusband.
