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The 2022/23 edition of the Plunket Shield began on October 18 – with six teams crossing swords to lift the prestigious title. Auckland Aces entered the competition as defending champions after topping the charts in the previous edition.
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The six team – Auckland, Wellington, Canterbury, Otago, Central Districts, and Northern Districts – will play eight matches each with the last round of matches starting on March 21, 2023.
Notably, defending champions Auckland Aces have won the Shield 24 times which is most in the history. As the second leg of the New Zealand’s domestic season is set to kick start on February 25, let’s look at all the available information of Plunket Shield 2022-23.
Plunket Shield 2022-23: Full schedule and match timings (IST)
February 25-28
Central Districts vs Auckland, 3.00 am
Northern Knights vs Canterbury, 3.00 am
February 26 - March 1
Otago vs Wellington, 3.00 am
March 5-8
Auckland vs Wellington, 3.00 am
Northern Knights vs Central Districts, 3.00 am
Otago vs Canterbury, 3.00 am
March 13-16
Otago vs Auckland, 3.00 am
Canterbury vs Central Districts, 3.00 am
Northern Knights vs Wellington, 3.00 am
March 21-24
Auckland vs Northern Knights, 3.00 am
Central Districts vs Otago, 3.00 am
Canterbury vs Wellington, 3.00 am
Live Streaming Details:
Fans in India will be able to watch the matches on New Zealand Cricket YouTube channel.
Squads:
Auckland Aces:
Colin Munro, Flynn Sumpter, George Worker, Graeme Beghin, Mark Chapman, Martin Guptill, Robert O'Donnell (c), Matt McEwan, Rosster Braak, Ryan Harrison, Sean Solia, William O'Donnell, Ben Horne (wk), Cole Briggs (wk), Glenn Phillips (Wk), Adithya Ashok, Benjamin Lister, Danru Ferns, Jamie Brown, Jordan Sussex, Kyle Jamieson, Lockie Ferguson, Louis Delport, Matthew Gibson, Olly Pringle, Simon Keene, and William Somerville.
Canterbury:
Chad Bowes, Harry Chamberlain, Henry Nicholls, Jack Boyle, Ken McClure, Leo Carter, Matthew Hay, Mitchell Hay, Zak Foulkes, Cole McConchie (c), Daryl Mitchell, Henry Shipley, Todd Astle, Cam Fletcher (wk), Tom Latham (wk), Andrew Hazeldine, Blake Coburn, Edward Nuttall, Fraser Sheat, Matt Henry, Sean Davey, Theo van Woerkom, Will Williams, and William O'Rourke.
Central Stags:
Ben Smith, Greg Hay (c), Ross Taylor, Tom Bruce, Will Young, William Clark, Brad Schmulian, Christian Leopard, Doug Bracewell, Josh Clarkson, Bayley Wiggins (wk), Dane Cleaver (wk), Ma'ara Ave (wk), Adam Milne, Ajaz Patel, Ben Wheeler, Blair Tickner, Jayden Lennox, Joey Field, Liam Dudding, Ray Toole, and Seth Rance.
Otago Volts:
Dale Phillips, Hamish Rutherford (c), Neil Broom, Nick Kelly, Thorn Parkes, Anaru Kitchen, Angus McKenzie, Jacob Cumming, Josh Finnie, Michael Rippon, Max Chu (wk), Mitch Renwick (wk), Ben Lockrose, Jacob Duffy, Jake Gibson, Jarrod McKay, Matthew Bacon, Michael Rae, and Travis Muller.
Northern Districts:
Bharat Popli, Fergus Lellman, Henry Cooper, Jeet Raval, Joe Carter, Kane Williamson, Katene Clarke, Peter Drysdale, Sam Varcoe, Sandeep Patel, Tim Pringle, Brett Hampton, Chris Swanson, Colin de Grandhomme, Joe Walker, Kristian Clarke, Mitchell Santner, Scott Kuggeleijn, Ben Pomare (wk), Peter Bocock (wk), Tim Seifert (wk), Anurag Verma, Brett Randell, Frederick Walker, Ish Sodhi (c), Josh Brown, Matthew Fisher, Neil Wagner, Scott Johnston, Tim Southee, Trent Boult, and Zak Gibson.
Wellington Firebirds:
Devan Vishvaka, Devon Conway, Finn Allen, Jakob Bhula, Michael Bracewell, Nick Greenwood, Tim Robinson, Troy Johnson, James Neesham, Jamie Gibson, Luke Georgeson, Peter Younghusband, Rachin Ravindra, Callum McLachlan (wk), Gareth Severin, Lauchie Johns (wk), Tom Blundell (c) & (wk), Ben Sears, Hamish Bennett, Ian McPeake, James Hartshorn, Kieran McComb, Logan van Beek, Michael Snedden, Nathan Smith, and Ollie Newton.
Points table:
|
Match - W
|
L
|
D
|
Pts
|
Canterbury
|
4 – 2
|
0
|
2
|
52
|
Central District
|
4- 2
|
1
|
1
|
46
|
Wellington
|
4- 2
|
2
|
0
|
45
|
Northern District
|
4- 1
|
2
|
1
|
33
|
Auckland
|
4- 1
|
2
|
1
|
32
|
Otago
|
4- 1
|
2
|
1
|
31
|