Oddsworth

First-class cricket

Plunket Shield

New ZealandFounded 1906–07100 seasons since 1921–226 teams

Table 2025–26

PosTeamPWLDPts
1CanterburyChampions841399
2Otago841399
3Central842287
4Auckland833285
5Northern834182
6Wellington807142

Full table

Champions

CanterburyChampions in 2025–26
AucklandMost titles: 24, the last in 2021–22

Titles

TeamTitlesLast won
Auckland242021–22
Wellington222023–24
Canterbury212025–26
Otago131987–88
Central Districts122022–23
Northern Districts92024–25

Every season

  1. 2025–26Canterbury
  2. 2024–25Northern Districts
  3. 2023–24Wellington
  4. 2022–23Central Districts
  5. 2021–22Auckland
  6. 2020–21Canterbury
  7. 2019–20Wellington
  8. 2018–19Central Districts
  9. 2017–18Central Districts
  10. 2016–17Canterbury
  11. 2015–16Auckland
  12. 2014–15Canterbury
  13. 2013–14Canterbury
  14. 2012–13Central Districts
  15. 2011–12Northern Districts
  16. 2010–11Canterbury
  17. 2009–10Northern Districts
  18. 2008–09Auckland
  19. 2007–08Canterbury
  20. 2006–07Northern Districts
1921–22 to 2005–06
  1. 2005–06Central Districts
  2. 2004–05Auckland
  3. 2003–04Wellington
  4. 2002–03Auckland
  5. 2001–02Auckland
  6. 2000–01Wellington
  7. 1999–00Northern Districts
  8. 1998–99Central Districts
  9. 1997–98Canterbury
  10. 1996–97Canterbury
  11. 1995–96Auckland
  12. 1994–95Auckland
  13. 1993–94Canterbury
  14. 1992–93Northern Districts
  15. 1991–92Central Districts and Northern Districts
  16. 1990–91Auckland
  17. 1989–90Wellington
  18. 1988–89Auckland
  19. 1987–88Otago
  20. 1986–87Central Districts
  21. 1985–86Otago
  22. 1984–85Wellington
  23. 1983–84Canterbury
  24. 1982–83Wellington
  25. 1981–82Wellington
  26. 1980–81Auckland
  27. 1979–80Northern Districts
  28. 1978–79Otago
  29. 1977–78Auckland
  30. 1976–77Otago
  31. 1975–76Canterbury
  32. 1974–75Otago
  33. 1973–74Wellington
  34. 1972–73Wellington
  35. 1971–72Otago
  36. 1970–71Central Districts
  37. 1969–70Otago
  38. 1968–69Auckland
  39. 1967–68Central Districts
  40. 1966–67Central Districts
  41. 1965–66Wellington
  42. 1964–65Canterbury
  43. 1963–64Auckland
  44. 1962–63Northern Districts
  45. 1961–62Wellington
  46. 1960–61Wellington
  47. 1959–60Canterbury
  48. 1958–59Auckland
  49. 1957–58Otago
  50. 1956–57Wellington
  51. 1955–56Canterbury
  52. 1954–55Wellington
  53. 1953–54Central Districts
  54. 1952–53Otago
  55. 1951–52Canterbury
  56. 1950–51Otago
  57. 1949–50Wellington
  58. 1948–49Canterbury
  59. 1947–48Otago
  60. 1946–47Auckland
  61. 1945–46Canterbury
  62. 1939–40Auckland
  63. 1938–39Auckland
  64. 1937–38Auckland
  65. 1936–37Auckland
  66. 1935–36Wellington
  67. 1934–35Canterbury
  68. 1933–34Auckland
  69. 1932–33Otago
  70. 1931–32Wellington
  71. 1930–31Canterbury
  72. 1929–30Wellington
  73. 1928–29Auckland
  74. 1927–28Wellington
  75. 1926–27Auckland
  76. 1925–26Wellington
  77. 1924–25Otago
  78. 1923–24Wellington
  79. 1922–23Canterbury
  80. 1921–22Auckland

Season by season

SeasonMatchesDrawnRuns per wicketChampions
2025–26Canterbury2425%32.5Canterbury
2024–25Northern2429%31.8Northern
2023–24Wellington2433%29.4Wellington
2022–23Central2429%31.5Central
2021–22Auckland2326%30.8Auckland
2020–21Canterbury2339%30.5Canterbury
2019–20Wellington1729%30.6Wellington
2018–19Central2326%30.7Central
2017–18Central3023%27.4Central
2016–17Canterbury2544%33.1Canterbury
2015–16Auckland2931%33.9Auckland
2014–15Canterbury3017%32.7Canterbury
2013–14Canterbury2646%36.5Canterbury
2012–13Central2124%34.4Central

Records since 2017–18

Team totals

TotalTeamAgainstGroundDate
700-5dCentralAucklandEden Park Outer OvalMar 2025
642-6dOtagoCentralUniversity OvalOct 2021
591CanterburyAucklandEden Park Outer OvalMar 2026
584-8dCentralOtagoMcLean ParkMar 2019
580CentralOtagoMcLean ParkMar 2024

Individual innings

ScoreBatterForAgainstGroundDate
345 (401)Tom BruceCentralAucklandEden Park Outer OvalMar 2025
327* (352)Devon ConwayWellingtonCanterburyCello Basin ReserveOct 2019
316* (435)MHW PappsWellingtonAucklandCello Basin ReserveOct 2017
276 (325)Mark ChapmanAucklandCanterburyEden Park Outer OvalNov 2024
240 (330)Rhys MariuCanterburyCentralSaxton OvalNov 2024

Bowling in an innings

FiguresBowlerForAgainstGroundDate
8/41Michael BracewellWellingtonOtagoCello Basin ReserveMar 2024
8/71J SussexAucklandCanterburyKennards Hire Community OvalMar 2024
8/127Peter YounghusbandWellingtonAucklandEden Park Outer OvalDec 2024
7/25Sean DaveyCanterburyWellingtonMainpower OvalMar 2023
7/25Brett RandellCentralNorthernMcLean ParkMar 2026

Bowling in a match

FiguresBowlerForAgainstGroundDate
13/85TC O'ConnorOtagoAucklandEden Park Outer OvalMar 2026
12/62Ish SodhiNorthernWellingtonCello Basin ReserveMar 2018
12/78Lockie FergusonAucklandOtagoKennards Hire Community OvalNov 2017
11/66Sean DaveyCanterburyWellingtonMainpower OvalMar 2023
11/153Logan van BeekWellingtonCentralFitzherbert ParkNov 2022

Top performers

Runs, since 2017–18

BatterMRunsAvg100s
Dane Cleaver664,19142.336
Nick Kelly564,03141.1311
Henry Cooper654,02335.608
Brad Schmulian613,97640.999
Tom Bruce583,92150.927

Runs, 2025–26

BatterMRunsAvg100s
Henry Nicholls787096.673
Brad Schmulian871755.152
Lachlan Stackpole866751.312
Joe Carter865446.711
Henry Cooper864345.931

Wickets, since 2017–18

BowlerMWktsAvg5WI
Michael Rae5216930.723
Blair Tickner4616626.816
Jacob Duffy5116630.127
Scott Kuggeleijn4716226.948
Ajaz Patel4715631.1310

Wickets, 2025–26

BowlerMWktsAvg5WI
Raymond Toole83523.572
Tim Pringle83128.030
Fraser Sheat82825.680
TC O'Connor42714.412
Michael Rae72725.960

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