The 2015–16 Plunket Shield was the 87th season of official first-class cricket in New Zealand. The competition started on 15 October 2015, and ran to 2 April 2016.[1]Auckland won the competition following a draw in their match against Wellington in round nine of the competition.[2]
^"2015–16 Plunket Shield Fixtures". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
^"Auckland claim Plunket Shield with dominant draw". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 26 March 2016.
^"Auckland Squad". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
^"Canterbury Squad". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
^"Central Districts Squad". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
^"Northern Districts Squad". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
^"Otago Squad". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
^"Wellington Squad". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
^"Points Table". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
^"Van Beek's career best crushes Otago". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
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The 2015 16 Plunket Shield was the 87th season of official first class cricket in New Zealand The competition started on 15 October 2015 and ran to 2 April 2016 1 Auckland won the competition following a draw in their match against Wellington in round nine of the competition 2 2015 16 Plunket ShieldDates15 October 2015 2 April 2016Cricket formatFirst classTournament format s Round robinChampionsAuckland 23rd title Participants6Matches30Most runsBharat Popli 1149 Most wicketsAjaz Patel 43 2014 152016 17 Contents 1 Teams 2 Squads 3 Points table 4 Fixtures 4 1 Round 1 4 2 Round 2 4 3 Round 3 4 4 Round 4 4 5 Round 5 4 6 Round 6 4 7 Round 7 4 8 Round 8 4 9 Round 9 4 10 Round 10 5 References 6 External linksTeams editTeam Home Ground s Northern Districts Seddon Park Cobham Oval Harry Barker ReserveAuckland Eden Park No 2Central Districts Nelson Park McLean Park Saxton OvalWellington Basin Reserve Karori ParkCanterbury Mainpower Oval Hagley OvalOtago Queen s Park University OvalSquads editAuckland 3 Canterbury 4 Central Districts 5 Northern Districts 6 Otago 7 Wellington 8 Michael Bates Brad Cachopa Colin de Grandhomme Lachie Ferguson Donovan Grobbelaar Martin Guptill Michael Guptill Bunce Shawn Hicks Mitchell McClenaghan Colin Munro Tarun Nethula Rob Nicol Robert O Donnell Glenn Phillips Matt Quinn Brett Randell Jeet Raval Todd Astle Hamish Bennett Leo Carter Andrew Ellis Cam Fletcher Peter Fulton Matt Henry Ronnie Hira Kyle Jamieson Tim Johnston Tom Latham Ryan McCone Ken McClure Cole McConchie Henry Nicholls Edward Nuttall Logan van Beek Doug Bracewell Tom Bruce Dane Cleaver Greg Hay Marty Kain Andrew Mathieson Adam Milne Ajaz Patel Seth Rance Dean Robinson Jesse Ryder Bevan Small Ben Smith Ross Taylor Kruger van Wyk Ben Wheeler George Worker Will Young Corey Anderson Cody Andrews James Baker Bharat Popli Jono Boult Trent Boult Dean Brownlie Joe Carter Anton Devcich Daniel Flynn Tony Goodin Brett Hampton Jono Hickey Scott Kuggeleijn Daryl Mitchell Mitchell Santner Tim Seifert Ish Sodhi Tim Southee BJ Watling Kane Williamson Warren Barnes Nick Beard Samuel Blakely Michael Bracewell Neil Broom Mark Craig Derek de Boorder Jacob Duffy Ryan Duffy Josh Finnie Anaru Kitchen Brendon McCullum Nathan McCullum James Neesham Michael Rae Hamish Rutherford Craig Smith Neil Wagner Sam Wells Brad Wilson Brent Arnel Brady Barnett Tom Blundell Alecz Day Grant Elliott Jamie Gibson Dane Hutchinson Matt McEwan Stephen Murdoch Ollie Newton Michael Papps Jeetan Patel Michael Pollard Luke Ronchi Matt Taylor Anurag Verma Luke WoodcockPoints table editTeam 9 Pld W L D Ab PtsAuckland 10 6 1 3 0 132Canterbury 10 5 3 2 0 117Wellington 10 5 3 2 0 108Northern Districts 10 2 4 4 0 87Central Districts 10 2 5 3 0 85Otago 10 1 5 4 0 61 WinnerFixtures editRound 1 edit 15 18 October ScorecardCanterbury v Auckland H 149 48 1 overs Ken McClure 38 72 Mitchell McClenaghan 4 38 13 overs 316 123 3 overs Colin de Grandhomme 70 112 Andrew Ellis 3 54 25 3 overs 321 126 4 overs Leo Carter 79 229 Matt Quinn 4 81 28 overs 158 1 37 overs Martin Guptill 84 94 Logan van Beek 1 24 8 overs Auckland won by 9 wicketsEden Park Outer Oval Auckland Umpires Billy Bowden and Tony GilliesAuckland won the toss and elected to field Ken McClure and Theo van Woerkom Canterbury made their first class debuts 15 18 October ScorecardOtago v Central Districts H 352 109 5 overs James Neesham 131 152 Doug Bracewell 5 67 26 overs 650 8d 150 overs Ben Smith 244 368 Nick Beard 4 177 32 overs 265 3 89 overs Neil Broom 131 223 Josh Clarkson 2 36 11 overs Match drawnNelson Park Napier Umpires Barry Frost and Wayne KnightsOtago won the toss and elected to bat Josh Clarkson Central Districts and Jack Hunter Otago made their first class debuts 15 18 October ScorecardWellington v Northern Districts H 267 65 overs Luke Ronchi 115 112 Tim Southee 5 56 15 overs 429 147 2 overs Daniel Flynn 102 239 Dane Hutchinson 5 116 31 2 overs 409 9 135 overs Stephen Murdoch 93 147 Trent Boult 5 97 26 overs Match drawnSeddon Park Hamilton Umpires Ashley Mehrotra and Tim ParlaneNorthern Districts won the toss and elected to field Round 2 edit 23 26 October ScorecardCentral Districts H v Wellington385 105 1 overs George Worker 210 270 Brent Arnel 3 67 27 1 overs 353 5d 110 overs Stephen Murdoch 171 301 Blair Tickner 4 65 19 overs 273 8d 100 overs Ben Smith 117 281 Jeetan Patel 3 74 31 overs 307 5 62 3 overs Tom Blundell 77 88 Andrew Mathieson 1 27 5 overs Wellington won by 5 wicketsSaxton Oval Nelson Umpires Phil Jones and Ashley MehrotraWellington won the toss and elected to field 23 26 October ScorecardNorthern Districts H v Auckland124 48 1 overs Bharat Popli 32 81 Michael Bates 4 29 10 1 overs 98 23 1 overs Mitchell McClenaghan 20 17 Scott Kuggeleijn 5 32 10 1 overs 206 61 1 overs Anton Devcich 54 78 Donovan Grobbelaar 3 37 13 overs 233 7 65 overs Rob Nicol 59 125 Scott Kuggeleijn 3 67 20 overs Auckland won by 3 wicketsBay Oval Mount Maunganui Umpires Barry Frost and Tony GilliesAuckland won the toss and elected to field Brett Hampton and Nick Kelly Northern Districts made their first class debuts 24 27 October ScorecardCanterbury H v Otago293 90 5 overs Logan van Beek 111 125 Jack Hunter 4 47 24 overs 91 36 3 overs Nick Beard 22 51 Will Williams 3 13 9 3 overs 350 2d 69 overs Peter Fulton 155 144 Nick Beard 2 92 19 overs 248 97 1 overs Brad Wilson 100 252 Logan van Beek 6 57 20 1 overs Canterbury won by 304 runsHagley Oval Christchurch Umpires Billy Bowden and Chris BrownOtago won the toss and elected to field Logan van Beek Canterbury scored his maiden first class century 10 Round 3 edit 17 20 December ScorecardNorthern Districts v Auckland H 381 108 3 overs Bharat Popli 116 182 Lachie Ferguson 5 61 23 3 overs 380 88 1 overs Jeet Raval 89 112 Scott Kuggeleijn 4 108 22 1 overs 374 7d 110 overs Scott Kuggeleijn 104 177 Mitchell McClenaghan 4 83 27 overs 253 7 58 overs Michael Guptill Bunce 92 80 Ish Sodhi 4 96 23 overs Match drawnEden Park Outer Oval Auckland Umpires Chris Brown and Barry FrostAuckland won the toss and elected to field Mark Chapman and Shawn Hicks Auckland both made their first class debuts 17 20 December ScorecardCanterbury H v Central Districts320 86 3 overs Leo Carter 101 165 Navin Patel 3 56 19 3 overs 245 69 5 overs Will Young 63 138 Matt Henry 3 38 15 overs 310 77 4 overs Matt Henry 75 52 Adam Milne 4 31 12 overs 224 71 3 overs Tom Bruce 67 122 Todd Astle 5 50 19 3 overs Canterbury won by 161 runsMainpower Oval Rangiora Umpires Tony Gillies and Derek WalkerCentral Districts won the toss and elected to field Navin Patel Central Districts made his first class debut 17 20 December ScorecardWellington H v Otago328 101 2 overs Luke Ronchi 116 131 Bradley Scott 4 74 23 overs 279 8d 84 5 overs Anaru Kitchen 72 104 Jeetan Patel 3 59 23 overs 305 4d 66 overs Michael Papps 132 181 Bradley Scott 3 47 10 overs 262 72 overs Neil Broom 85 111 Jeetan Patel 6 77 24 overs Wellington won by 92 runsBasin Reserve Wellington Umpires Ashley Mehrotra and Tim ParlaneOtago won the toss and elected to field Round 4 edit 5 8 February ScorecardNorthern Districts v Central Districts H 268 93 4 overs Tim Seifert 106 190 Bevan Small 3 43 18 overs 256 63 5 overs Dane Cleaver 66 83 Scott Kuggeleijn 4 82 19 overs 425 7d 98 5 overs Bharat Popli 133 191 Blair Tickner 3 89 18 5 overs 153 55 4 overs Dane Cleaver 40 50 Scott Kuggeleijn 4 25 13 4 overs Northern Districts won by 284 runsMcLean Park Napier Umpires Barry Frost and Ashley MehrotraCentral Districts won the toss and elected to field 5 8 February ScorecardCanterbury H v Auckland294 88 2 overs Tim Johnston 76 64 Colin de Grandhomme 3 38 16 overs 279 87 2 overs Michael Guptill Bunce 93 121 Ed Nuttall 5 72 17 overs 222 74 overs Cam Fletcher 77 113 Michael Bates 5 48 18 overs 239 5 65 2 overs Colin de Grandhomme 106 92 Ed Nuttall 2 24 13 overs Auckland won by 5 wicketsHagley Oval Christchurch Umpires Wayne Knights and Tim ParlaneAuckland won the toss and elected to field Nathan McAndrew Auckland made his first class debut 5 8 February ScorecardWellington v Otago H 348 113 overs Scott Borthwick 102 191 Neil Wagner 5 101 34 overs 240 65 4 overs Hamish Rutherford 70 126 Brent Arnel 5 59 20 overs 282 8d 94 4 overs Fraser Colson 97 144 Mark Craig 5 79 35 overs 288 74 3 overs James Neesham 65 62 Matthew Bacon 3 27 6 3 overs Wellington won by 102 runsQueenstown Events Centre Queenstown Umpires Chris Brown and Tony GilliesWellington won the toss and elected to bat Matthew Bacon Wellington made his first class debut Round 5 edit 13 16 February ScorecardWellington v Auckland H 174 71 1 overs Luke Ronchi 50 53 Colin de Grandhomme 4 31 13 1 overs 512 9d 167 5 overs Robert O Donnell 167 325 Dane Hutchinson 4 89 31 5 overs 219 76 2 overs Scott Borthwick 55 106 Tarun Nethula 4 77 29 Auckland won by an innings and 119 runsEden Park Outer Oval Auckland Umpires Barry Frost and Wayne KnightsAuckland won the toss and elected to field 13 16 February ScorecardOtago H v Northern Districts237 66 1 overs Brad Wilson 97 175 Tony Goodin 4 50 14 1 overs 324 107 5 overs Daniel Flynn 92 194 James Neesham 2 17 7 overs 287 76 3 overs Michael Bracewell 96 115 Ish Sodhi 7 102 27 3 overs 139 51 overs James Baker 41 60 Jack Hunter 3 27 10 overs Otago won by 61 runsUniversity Oval Dunedin Umpires Ashley Mehrotra and Derek WalkerNorthern Districts won the toss and elected to field 13 16 February ScorecardCanterbury v Central Districts H 204 66 1 overs Peter Fulton 89 183 Navin Patel 4 37 18 overs 168 67 2 overs Will Young 84 141 Kyle Jamieson 5 47 20 overs 339 103 5 overs Leo Carter 82 169 Ajaz Patel 6 152 39 5 overs 278 9 101 overs Ben Smith 78 181 Andrew Ellis 5 52 21 overs Match drawnNelson Park Napier Umpires Tony Gillies and Geoff Joshua Aus Central Districts won the toss and elected to field Michael Davidson Canterbury made his first class debut Round 6 edit 20 23 February ScorecardAuckland H v Otago277 76 1 overs Rob Nicol 60 170 Sam Wells 3 59 16 overs 265 79 1 overs Anaru Kitchen 53 70 Tarun Nethula 3 64 21 1 overs 431 8d 113 overs Jeet Raval 202 311 Anaru Kitchen 3 36 12 overs 338 7 110 overs Brad Wilson 107 239 Lachie Ferguson 3 36 18 overs Match drawnEden Park Outer Oval Auckland Umpires Billy Bowden and R G HooperOtago won the toss and elected to field 20 23 February ScorecardNorthern Districts H v Canterbury257 69 overs Daryl Mitchell 84 77 Todd Astle 3 89 19 2 overs 485 132 1 overs Andrew Ellis 143 170 Ish Sodhi 5 167 38 1 overs 316 99 2 overs Bharat Popli 94 194 Andrew Ellis 3 43 20 overs 90 2 17 overs Michael Davidson 26 28 Tony Goodin 1 8 4 overs Canterbury won by 8 wicketsSeddon Park Hamilton Umpires John Bromley and Phil JonesCanterbury won the toss and elected to field 20 23 February ScorecardCentral Districts H v Wellington424 6d 119 4 overs Dane Cleaver 151 208 Dane Hutchinson 3 121 24 4 overs 370 7d 100 5 overs Tom Blundell 92 127 Kurt Richards 3 77 21 5 overs 314 6d 87 overs Greg Hay 127 254 Jeetan Patel 3 114 32 overs 281 70 1 overs Luke Ronchi 88 111 George Worker 4 58 17 1 overs Central Districts won by 87 runsNelson Park Napier Umpires Shaun Haig and Wayne KnightsWellington won the toss and elected to field Mitch Renwick Central Districts made his first class debut Round 7 edit 8 11 March ScorecardNorthern Districts v Wellington H 438 8d 104 overs BJ Watling 77 155 Brent Arnel 3 114 32 overs 352 7d 105 2 overs Luke Woodcock 111 212 Joe Walker 3 80 28 overs 291 3d 43 overs Daniel Flynn 110 86 Jeetan Patel 2 97 13 overs 378 3 75 overs Scott Borthwick 94 148 James Baker 3 84 19 overs Wellington won by 3 wicketsBasin Reserve Wellington Umpires Tony Gillies and Tim ParlaneWellington won the toss and elected to field Ian McPeake Wellington made his first class debut 8 11 March ScorecardOtago H v Canterbury351 114 5 overs Neil Broom 117 241 Kyle Jamieson 3 54 25 overs 180 69 overs Michael Davidson 44 77 Mark Craig 4 40 23 overs 225 3d 45 overs Anaru Kitchen 61 90 Andrew Ellis 1 31 12 overs 398 5 106 3 overs Ken McClure 193 266 Mark Craig 3 152 37 overs Canterbury won by 5 wicketsQueen s Park Invercargill Umpires Chris Brown and Barry FrostCanterbury won the toss and elected to field 8 11 March ScorecardAuckland H v Central Districts373 80 2 overs Michael Guptill Bunce 112 103 Ajaz Patel 6 117 30 overs 416 113 1 overs Will Young 85 143 Tarun Nethula 6 132425 6 88 overs Jeet Raval 139 185 Ajaz Patel 5 148 36 overs 335 79 1 overs Will Young 62 119 Tarun Nethula 5 140 28 1 overs Auckland won by 47 runsEden Park Outer Oval Auckland Umpires Stephen Harris SA and Ashley MehrotraCentral Districts won the toss and elected to field Round 8 edit 15 18 March ScorecardNorthern Districts H v Central Districts458 6d 119 overs Bharat Popli 172 331 Liam Dudding 3 119 30 overs 293 76 1 overs Mitch Renwick 69 116 Anton Devcich 4 43 15 1 overs 332 7d 60 4 overs Daryl Mitchell 72 49 Ajaz Patel 4 123 23 overs 382 102 2 overs Tom Bruce 166 233 Anton Devcich 4 141 35 2 overs Northern Districts won by 115 runsSeddon Park Hamilton Umpires Wayne Knights and Derek WalkerCentral Districts won the toss and elected to field Liam Dudding Central Districts and Zak Gibson Northern Districts both made their first class debuts 15 18 March ScorecardWellington v Canterbury H 206 79 5 overs Scott Borthwick 110 257 Andrew Ellis 4 33 22 overs 159 2d 47 1 overs Michael Davidson 73 143 Anurag Verma 2 45 13 overs 136 56 1 overs Michael Papps 51 73 Hamish Bennett 5 54 17 overs 129 37 overs Chad Bowes 34 46 Jeetan Patel 3 20 7 overs Wellington won by 54 runsHagley Oval Christchurch Umpires Chris Brown and Stephen Harris SA Canterbury won the toss and elected to field No play was possible on Day 2 15 18 March ScorecardOtago H v Auckland255 60 1 overs Robert O Donnell 87 126 Christi Viljoen 3 44 13 overs 177 57 5 overs Ryan Duffy 90 163 Colin de Grandhomme 3 29 12 5 overs 139 50 5 overs Jeet Raval 47 79 Craig Smith 4 35 15 5 overs 207 49 3 overs Derek de Boorder 81 76 Lachie Ferguson 5 68 14 3 overs Auckland won by 10 runsUniversity Oval Dunedin Umpires Billy Bowden and Phil JonesOtago won the toss and elected to field No play was possible on Day 1 Round 9 edit 23 26 March ScorecardAuckland v Wellington H 152 34 overs Donovan Grobbelaar 25 30 Brent Arnel 5 51 14 overs 236 77 4 overs Michael Pollard 68 157 Lachie Ferguson 5 37 17 4 overs 598 134 5 overs Michael Guptill Bunce 189 218 Scott Borthwick 3 101 21 overs 308 8 80 overs Stephen Murdoch 78 95 Tarun Nethula 4 121 26 4 overs Match drawnBasin Reserve Wellington Umpires Chris Brown and Tim ParlaneWellington won the toss and elected to field 23 26 March ScorecardNorthern Districts v Canterbury H 185 61 4 overs Joe Walker 36 52 Todd Astle 3 10 5 4 overs 258 90 3 overs Peter Fulton 58 103 Zak Gibson 4 62 21 overs 355 109 3 overs Bharat Popli 92 198 Todd Astle 4 82 27 overs 78 6 49 overs Chad Bowes 17 19 Brett Hampton 2 20 6 overs Match drawnHagley Oval Christchurch Umpires Shaun Haig and Derek WalkerCanterbury won the toss and elected to field 23 26 March ScorecardCentral Districts v Otago H 258 86 3 overs Dane Cleaver 93 143 Jacob Duffy 5 96 25 3 overs 198 48 2 overs Josh Finnie 52 69 Navin Patel 5 72 17 2 overs 282 8d 72 2 overs Will Young 83 143 Anaru Kitchen 2 26 4 2 overs 305 8 84 overs Ryan Duffy 104 170 Ajaz Patel 4 80 26 Match drawnUniversity Oval Dunedin Umpires Tony Gillies and Ashley MehrotraOtago won the toss and elected to field No play was possible on Day 2 Round 10 edit 30 March 2 April ScorecardCanterbury v Wellington H 430 8d 113 overs Ken McClure 115 160 Jeetan Patel 4 80 29 overs 201 53 overs Stephen Murdoch 105 103 Andrew Ellis 4 32 15 overs 333 95 4 overs Tom Blundell 153 212 Ed Nuttall 3 56 18 overs 108 3 20 overs Andrew Ellis 55 25 Ian McPeake 3 47 9 overs Canterbury won by 7 wicketsBasin Reserve Wellington Umpires Phil Jones and Derek WalkerWellington won the toss and elected to field Jamie Gibson Wellington made his first class debut 30 March 2 April ScorecardOtago v Northern Districts H 298 102 overs Brad Wilson 126 300 James Baker 5 63 21 overs 431 144 2 overs BJ Watling 176 373 Nathan Smith 3 80 27 overs 172 3 95 overs Brad Wilson 62 275 Tony Goodin 1 20 8 overs Match drawnCobham Oval Whangarei Umpires Barry Frost and Wayne KnightsOtago won the toss and elected to bat Nathan Smith Otago made his first class debut 30 March 2 April ScorecardAuckland v Central Districts H 396 98 3 overs Jeet Raval 147 216 Doug Bracewell 5 60 19 overs 464 139 1 overs Ben Smith 161 344 Lachie Ferguson 3 62 23 overs 266 80 overs Donovan Grobbelaar 58 124 Navin Patel 5 71 27 overs 202 6 44 1 overs Greg Hay 72 109 Tarun Nethula 5 73 16 overs Central Districts won by 4 wicketsNelson Park Napier Umpires Billy Bowden and John BromleyAuckland won the toss and elected to bat References edit 2015 16 Plunket Shield Fixtures ESPN Cricinfo Retrieved 26 October 2015 Auckland claim Plunket Shield with dominant draw ESPN Cricinfo Retrieved 26 March 2016 Auckland Squad ESPN Cricinfo Retrieved 28 October 2015 Canterbury Squad ESPN Cricinfo Retrieved 28 October 2015 Central Districts Squad ESPN Cricinfo Retrieved 28 October 2015 Northern Districts Squad ESPN Cricinfo Retrieved 28 October 2015 Otago Squad ESPN Cricinfo Retrieved 28 October 2015 Wellington Squad ESPN Cricinfo Retrieved 28 October 2015 Points Table ESPN Cricinfo Retrieved 1 February 2019 Van Beek s career best crushes Otago ESPN Cricinfo Retrieved 27 October 2015 External links editSeries home at ESPN Cricinfo Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2015 16 Plunket Shield season amp oldid 1216145440, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
