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Cricket tournament
The 2022–23 Plunket Shield was the 94th season of the
Plunket Shield , the domestic
first-class cricket competition that was played in
New Zealand . The tournament started on 18 October 2022, and the final round of matches was played in March 2023.
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Auckland were the defending champions, having won their 24th title the previous year.
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In their second-round match against
Canterbury ,
Wellington were dismissed for just 80 runs in their first innings and 87 runs in their second, setting a new record-lowest score across two completed innings of a Plunket Shield match, and Wellington's lowest score in any first-class match since 1887.
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On 17 March 2023,
New Zealand Cricket (NZC) announced the date and venue for the rescheduled match between Central Districts and Auckland.
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Central Districts won the tournament to clinch their 12th Plunket Shield title, finishing on 101 points with 5 wins.
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Points table
Source:
ESPNcricinfo Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) net average per wicket.
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Points system: 12 for a win, 6 for a tie, 0 for a draw or loss.
Batting bonus points: 1 point each for reaching 200, 250, 300, and 350 runs within the first 110 overs of each team's first innings.
Bowling bonus points: 1 point each for taking 3, 5, 7, and 9 wickets within the first 110 overs of each team's first innings.(C) Champion
Fixtures
Round 1
Central Districts won the toss and elected to bat.
Only 39.5 overs of play were possible on day 1 due to rain.
Points: Central Districts 5, Canterbury 8.
v
219 (72.4 overs)
Thorn Parkes 58 (147)
Sean Solia 4/45 (16.4 overs)
Auckland won the toss and elected to field.
Points: Otago 18, Auckland 4.
Wellington won the toss and elected to field.
Adam Leonard (Wellington) made his first-class debut.
Matthew Fisher (Northern Districts) took his maiden
five-wicket haul in first-class cricket.
Points: Wellington 20, Northern Districts 5.
Round 2
Auckland won the toss and elected to bat.
Adithya Ashok (Auckland) made his first-class debut.
Adithya Ashok (Auckland) took his maiden
five-wicket haul in first-class cricket.
Points: Central Districts 18, Auckland 4.
v
429 (150.3 overs)
Thorn Parkes 96 (235)
Neil Wagner 4/67 (23.3 overs)
Otago won the toss and elected to field.
Only 66.5 overs of play were possible on day 1 due to rain and bad light.
Points: Northern Districts 6, Otago 6.
Wellington won the toss and elected to field.
Wellington's completed match aggregate of 167 runs was the lowest-ever total in the Plunket Shield, and their lowest in any first-class cricket since 1887.
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Points: Canterbury 16, Wellington 4.
Round 3
v
273 (106.2 overs)
Tom Bruce 59 (121) Kristian Clarke 3/52 (15.2 overs)
Central Districts won the toss and elected to bat.
Curtis Heaphy (Central Districts) made his first-class debut.
Points: Central Districts 18, Northern Districts 4.
Auckland won the toss and elected to field.
Points: Auckland 18, Wellington 3.
Canterbury won the toss and elected to field.
Points: Canterbury 20, Otago 3.
Round 4
v
181 (69.4 overs)
Jake Gibson 60
* (61) Kristian Clarke 2/26 (9 overs)
Otago won the toss and elected to bat.
Tim Pringle (Northern Districts) made his first-class debut.
Points: Northern Districts 18, Otago 4.
Central Districts won the toss and elected to field.
Liam Dudding (Central Districts) took his maiden
five-wicket haul in first-class cricket.
Points: Wellington 18, Central Districts 5.
Auckland won the toss and elected to bat.
Robert O'Donnell (Auckland) took his maiden
five-wicket haul in first-class cricket.
Points: Canterbury 8, Auckland 6.
Round 5
v
180/6 (49.1 overs)
Rhys Mariu 78
* (133) Scott Johnston 5/47 (12 overs)
Canterbury won the toss and elected to field.
Rhys Mariu (Canterbury) made his first-class debut.
Points: Canterbury 19, Northern Districts 6.
v
368 (96.4 overs)
Muhammad Abbas 79 (86)
Jacob Duffy 4/92 (21.4 overs)
Otago won the toss and elected to field.
Muhammad Abbas (Wellington) made his first-class debut.
Points: Wellington 8, Otago 6.
Round 6
v
508/6
d (133.3 overs)
Sean Solia 151 (374) Muhammad Abbas 2/42 (11 overs)
299/8 (111 overs)
Muhammad Abbas 130 (215)
Adithya Ashok 5/94 (35 overs)
Auckland won the toss and elected to bat.
Quinn Sunde (Auckland) and Gareth Severin (Wellington) both made their first-class debut.
Points: Auckland 8, Wellington 2.
Northern Districts won the toss and elected to bat.
Points: Northern Districts 20, Central Districts 3.
v
256 (63 overs)
Dean Foxcroft 68 (78) William O'Rourke 3/54 (16 overs)
Canterbury won the toss and elected to bat.
Points: Canterbury 8, Otago 6.
Round 7
v
221 (95.2 overs)Muhammad Abbas 95 (200) Kristian Clarke 5/62 (18.2 overs)
Wellington won the toss and elected to field.
Points: Northern Districts 20, Wellington 5.
v
143/4 (20.5 overs)
Josh Clarkson 44
* (26) William O'Rourke 3/54 (7 overs)
Canterbury won the toss and elected to bat.
No play was possible on Day 1 due to rain.
Matthew Boyle (Canterbury) made his first-class debut.
Points: Central Districts 18, Canterbury 4.
Auckland won the toss and elected to bat.
Points: Auckland 5, Otago 4.
Round 8
v
300 (90.1 overs)
Thorn Parkes 115 (193)
Ajaz Patel 6/95 (39.1 overs)
Central Districts won the toss and elected to field.
Play on Day 1 was restricted to 63 overs due to rain.
Toby Findlay (Central Districts) made his first-class debut.
Points: Central Districts 20, Otago 6
v
228 (90.5 overs)
Muhammad Abbas 82 (169)
Sean Davey 4/41 (20 overs)
Wellington won the toss and elected to field.
Play on Day 1 was restricted to 44 overs due to rain.
Jesse Tashkoff (Wellington) made his first-class debut.
Points: Canterbury 18, Wellington 4
Northern Districts won the toss and elected to field.
Play on Day 1 was restricted to 30 overs due to rain.
Matt Gibson (Auckland) made his first-class debut.
Points: Auckland 17, Northern Districts 3
Round 5
Auckland won the toss and elected to field.
No play was possible on day 1 due to rain and play on Day 3 was restricted to 64 overs due to rain.
The match was originally scheduled to start on 25 February 2023, but it was rescheduled due to the effects of
Cyclone Gabrielle .
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Points: Central Districts 14, Canterbury 4.
Notes
^ The match between Central Districts and Auckland in round 5 was originally scheduled to start on 25 February 2023, but it was postponed due to the devastation caused in the Hawke's Bay region by Cyclone Gabrielle.
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