2015–16 Plunket Shield season
| Dates | 15 October 2015 – 2 April 2016 |
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| Cricket format | First-class |
| Tournament format(s) | Round-robin |
| Champions | Auckland (23rd title) |
| Participants | 6 |
| Matches | 30 |
| Most runs | Bharat Popli (1149) |
| Most wickets | Ajaz Patel (43) |
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]
Teams
[edit]Squads
[edit]| Auckland[3] | Canterbury[4] | Central Districts[5] | Northern Districts[6] | Otago[7] | Wellington[8] |
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Points table
[edit]| Team[9] | Pld | W | L | D | Ab | Pts |
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| Auckland | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 132 |
| Canterbury | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 117 |
| Wellington | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 108 |
| Northern Districts | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 87 |
| Central Districts | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 85 |
| Otago | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 61 |
Winner
Fixtures
[edit]Round 1
[edit] 15 – 18 October
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Auckland (H)
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- Auckland won the toss and elected to field.
- Ken McClure and Theo van Woerkom (Canterbury) made their first-class debuts.
15 – 18 October
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- Otago won the toss and elected to bat.
- Josh Clarkson (Central Districts) and Jack Hunter (Otago) made their first-class debuts.
Round 2
[edit] 23 – 26 October
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- Auckland won the toss and elected to field.
- Brett Hampton and Nick Kelly (Northern Districts) made their first-class debuts.
24 – 27 October
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Canterbury (H)
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- Otago won the toss and elected to field.
- Logan van Beek (Canterbury) scored his maiden first-class century.[10]
Round 3
[edit] 17 – 20 December
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- Auckland won the toss and elected to field.
- Mark Chapman and Shawn Hicks (Auckland) both made their first-class debuts.
17 – 20 December
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Canterbury (H)
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- Central Districts won the toss and elected to field.
- Navin Patel (Central Districts) made his first-class debut.
Round 4
[edit] 5 – 8 February
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Canterbury (H)
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- Auckland won the toss and elected to field.
- Nathan McAndrew (Auckland) made his first-class debut.
5 – 8 February
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Otago (H)
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- Wellington won the toss and elected to bat.
- Matthew Bacon (Wellington) made his first-class debut.
Round 5
[edit] 13 – 16 February
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- Central Districts won the toss and elected to field.
- Michael Davidson (Canterbury) made his first-class debut.
Round 6
[edit] 20 – 23 February
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- Wellington won the toss and elected to field.
- Mitch Renwick (Central Districts) made his first-class debut.
Round 7
[edit] 8 – 11 March
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Wellington (H)
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- Wellington won the toss and elected to field.
- Ian McPeake (Wellington) made his first-class debut.
Round 8
[edit] 15 – 18 March
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- Central 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
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Canterbury (H)
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- Canterbury won the toss and elected to field.
- No play was possible on Day 2.
15 – 18 March
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Otago (H)
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- Otago won the toss and elected to field.
- No play was possible on Day 1.
Round 9
[edit] 23 – 26 March
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Otago (H)
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- Otago won the toss and elected to field.
- No play was possible on Day 2.
Round 10
[edit] 30 March – 2 April
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Wellington (H)
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- Wellington won the toss and elected to field.
- Jamie Gibson (Wellington) made his first-class debut.
30 March – 2 April
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- Otago won the toss and elected to bat.
- Nathan Smith (Otago) made his first-class debut.
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.