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Plunket Shield 1996/97 statistics and records

Plunket Shield: standings, leading run scorers, wicket takers and innings records in Redball’s recorded data. Season statistics cover Plunket Shield 1996/97; Tests are excluded.

CD McMillan leads the displayed batting table with 809 runs. AR Tait leads the bowling table with 48 wickets.

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Recorded matches: 24
Recorded players: 115
Recorded teams: 6
Recorded venues: 15

Selected season match starts: 1996-11-25 to 1997-04-01. Player counts cover recorded batting or bowling innings, not a registered squad. Latest update among the displayed statistics and match source rows: 2026-05-26.

Plunket Shield standings

League table for 1996/97. Positions follow the source table within each division or group.

League standings are not available in Redball’s recorded data for this competition and season.

Season leaders · Plunket Shield 1996/97

Top five by recorded total; equal totals are ordered by player ID. Cross-year editions retain their full season.

Leading run scorers

Plunket Shield Plunket Shield 1996/97 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Runs
CD McMillan	8	809
CZ Harris	4	748
MS Sinclair	8	722
CB Gaffaney	9	642
MJ Horne	5	580

Recorded innings through 1997-04-01. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

Plunket Shield Plunket Shield 1996/97 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Wickets
AR Tait	8	48
MW Priest	8	41
AJ Penn	6	36
DG Sewell	8	35
PJ Wiseman	9	34

Recorded innings through 1997-04-01. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 1996/97

Every recorded player in this competition and season; the first 25 in each table are shown below. Ordered by runs or wickets, then player ID for ties. Figures include only recorded innings.

Batting · 115 players

Plunket Shield 1996/97 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s	4s	6s
CD McMillan	Canterbury	8	12	1	809	159	73.55	66.91	2	3	95	13
CZ Harris	Canterbury	4	5	1	748	251*	187.00	47.61	1	3	90	2
MS Sinclair	Central Districts	8	16	1	722	189	48.13	48.39	6	1	101	3
CB Gaffaney	Otago	9	18	2	642	194	40.13	62.39	2	2	89	5
MJ Horne	Otago	5	9	0	580	124	64.44	53.46	2	3	66	9
RA Lawson	Otago	9	18	2	549	98	34.31	45.60	3	0	54	0
SM Lynch	Auckland	8	16	1	536	94	35.73	43.47	6	0	67	0
LG Howell	Central Districts	8	15	2	494	91	38.00	65.17	3	0	63	9
RA Jones	Auckland	8	16	0	455	99	28.44	50.89	4	0	48	1
AC Barnes	Auckland	8	16	1	438	89*	29.20	41.48	3	0	60	1
PJB Chandler	Wellington	7	13	1	432	177	36.00	48.87	1	1	58	0
MH Richardson	Otago	9	18	1	423	98*	24.88	45.63	2	0	45	2
ME Parlane	Northern Districts	8	14	0	406	142	29.00	55.69	0	2	41	8
GR Stead	Canterbury	8	12	2	405	124	40.50	40.50	0	1	50	0
GE Bradburn	Northern Districts	8	14	1	362	148*	27.85	40.18	1	1	39	2
MW Priest	Canterbury	8	12	3	357	67*	39.67	46.79	4	0	45	0
RG Petrie	Wellington	7	14	1	347	80	26.69	39.43	2	0	44	4
MD Bell	Northern Districts	7	12	1	340	73	30.91	43.09	3	0	43	1
MDJ Walker	Central Districts	5	10	1	340	84	37.78	44.27	2	0	42	5
CM Spearman	Central Districts	6	11	1	307	96	30.70	74.70	3	0	46	6
MJ Greatbatch	Central Districts	5	10	0	306	141	30.60	49.92	1	1	40	2
BJK Doody	Canterbury	7	11	0	295	93	26.82	46.02	2	0	41	2
DJ Murray	Canterbury	8	12	0	294	153	24.50	42.24	1	1	41	0
CD Cumming	Canterbury	6	9	1	287	90*	35.88	42.58	2	0	32	3
MD Bailey	Northern Districts	8	14	0	276	101	19.71	42.99	0	1	33	0

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Plunket Shield 1996/97 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s	4s	6s
SJ Blackmore	Wellington	6	12	1	272	102	24.73	37.88	1	1	29	0
RG Hart	Northern Districts	8	14	1	271	78	20.85	40.03	1	0	23	0
BA Pocock	Northern Districts	4	6	0	262	137	43.67	58.48	2	1	36	3
MH Austen	Otago	5	10	1	252	100*	28.00	30.51	1	1	30	1
DJ Nash	Northern Districts	6	12	0	248	76	20.67	40.52	1	0	26	0
AR Tait	Northern Districts	8	14	1	248	70	19.08	44.44	1	0	23	4
RG Twose	Wellington	7	14	0	245	63	17.50	35.05	1	0	36	2
CJ Nevin	Wellington	7	14	2	238	42	19.83	43.59	0	0	35	0
MN Hart	Northern Districts	6	12	0	224	61	18.67	48.70	2	0	32	0
SJ Peterson	Auckland	4	8	1	224	71	32.00	39.79	1	0	30	0
GP Sulzberger	Central Districts	8	16	1	212	56	14.13	35.39	1	0	25	0
GR Larsen	Wellington	3	6	0	211	76	35.17	48.84	2	0	31	1
JD Wells	Wellington	6	12	1	208	69	18.91	29.21	2	0	9	0
PJ Wiseman	Otago	8	16	1	201	73	13.40	34.78	1	0	20	1
HD Barton	Auckland	7	14	3	198	76*	18.00	35.29	1	0	22	0
SB O'Connor	Otago	7	13	3	196	47	19.60	45.90	0	0	13	0
SB Styris	Northern Districts	6	10	3	189	56	27.00	47.85	1	0	17	0
MR Jefferson	Wellington	7	14	5	186	35*	20.67	29.71	0	0	13	0
CJM Furlong	Central Districts	6	12	1	179	39	16.27	34.10	0	0	13	2
GJ Wilkinson	Wellington	1	2	0	173	96	86.50	59.04	2	0	23	0
JTC Vaughan	Auckland	5	10	0	162	38	16.20	42.41	0	0	17	0
NJ Astle	Canterbury	1	1	0	160	160	160.00	72.40	0	1	23	5
GR Loveridge	Central Districts	5	10	1	158	49*	17.56	61.96	0	0	22	2
MG Croy	Otago	6	12	1	157	35	14.27	30.02	0	0	12	0
RT King	Auckland	4	8	0	137	52	17.13	33.58	1	0	17	1
JW Wilson	Otago	2	4	1	135	69*	45.00	92.47	1	0	17	3
JC Forrest	Auckland	6	12	0	133	34	11.08	28.30	0	0	12	0
AJ Gale	Otago	7	14	2	132	44	11.00	35.01	0	0	16	0
MP Maynard	Otago	4	8	1	129	47*	18.43	59.72	0	0	15	0
MEL Lane	Canterbury	6	9	0	121	61	13.44	23.45	1	0	11	0
JM Mills	Auckland	7	13	2	117	40*	10.64	36.45	0	0	9	0
JM Aiken	Wellington	5	9	0	107	50	11.89	49.08	1	0	13	0
WA Wisneski	Canterbury	7	11	1	103	40	10.30	37.87	0	0	12	1
MA Hastings	Canterbury	4	7	1	101	52	16.83	50.00	1	0	15	0
DK Morrison	Auckland	5	10	4	96	24*	16.00	34.04	0	0	12	1
DM Cooper	Central Districts	3	5	1	96	48	24.00	33.22	0	0	8	0
DS McHardy	Wellington	3	6	0	96	46	16.00	32.32	0	0	9	0
MJ Haslam	Auckland	6	12	1	92	20	8.36	32.06	0	0	10	2
CO Findlay	Central Districts	3	6	0	91	30	15.17	48.40	0	0	11	2
JAF Yovich	Northern Districts	4	7	0	87	78	12.43	50.00	1	0	9	1
SJ Hotter	Wellington	6	12	0	74	33	6.17	40.88	0	0	8	1
SP Fleming	Canterbury	1	1	0	66	66	66.00	71.74	1	0	8	0
AJ Penn	Central Districts	6	12	1	66	17	6.00	20.69	0	0	7	0
MJ Clark	Auckland	2	4	0	62	42	15.50	22.14	0	0	9	0
HT Davis	Wellington	4	7	2	61	21*	12.20	20.07	0	0	5	0
E Austin	Central Districts	7	14	3	59	24*	5.36	28.23	0	0	8	0
CD Garner	Central Districts	5	9	0	59	25	6.56	27.96	0	0	4	0
SA Robinson	Otago	1	2	0	59	50	29.50	38.56	1	0	6	0
CL Cairns	Canterbury	1	1	0	57	57	57.00	62.64	1	0	9	0
SW Weenink	Wellington	3	5	0	57	40	11.40	28.22	0	0	7	0
AP O'Dowd	Northern Districts	3	6	1	53	31*	10.60	33.54	0	0	7	0
GA Muir	Canterbury	2	4	0	50	44	12.50	39.37	0	0	3	2
MM Parker	Otago	3	6	0	50	14	8.33	25.25	0	0	2	0
CJ Drum	Auckland	8	16	4	48	20	4.00	29.63	0	0	5	1
BR Hartland	Canterbury	2	3	0	42	30	14.00	34.43	0	0	3	0
LJ Hamilton	Central Districts	4	8	2	42	23	7.00	49.41	0	0	6	0
CE Bulfin	Central Districts	6	12	2	41	20	4.10	43.16	0	0	6	1
MF Sharpe	Canterbury	4	6	2	41	16*	10.25	25.00	0	0	5	1
RJ Kerr	Wellington	2	4	0	39	29	9.75	50.00	0	0	5	0
ND Morland	Otago	3	6	2	37	16	9.25	19.68	0	0	4	0
DG Sewell	Otago	8	16	7	35	22*	3.89	29.17	0	0	2	1
SE Bond	Canterbury	5	7	3	25	10*	6.25	22.32	0	0	1	0
RS Scragg	Auckland	1	2	0	25	14	12.50	27.47	0	0	1	0
DL Vettori	Northern Districts	2	4	2	24	11*	12.00	55.81	0	0	3	0
CM Brown	Auckland	4	8	0	23	8	2.88	25.56	0	0	0	0
DR Tuffey	Northern Districts	2	4	1	21	21*	7.00	75.00	0	0	2	1
SA Thomson	Northern Districts	2	2	0	19	19	9.50	29.69	0	0	3	0
RJ Kennedy	Otago	5	10	1	19	17*	2.11	25.68	0	0	1	0
LK Germon	Canterbury	1	2	0	18	16	9.00	27.27	0	0	2	0
RJR Irving	Auckland	2	3	0	18	15	6.00	30.51	0	0	3	0
DW Lamason	Central Districts	3	6	2	18	7*	4.50	13.33	0	0	1	0
MJ Lamont	Otago	3	5	0	17	8	3.40	25.76	0	0	3	0
DRT Bennett	Northern Districts	2	4	3	17	15*	17.00	25.76	0	0	1	0
JE Spice	Northern Districts	1	1	0	17	17	17.00	60.71	0	0	3	0
KP Walmsley	Auckland	2	4	0	15	10	3.75	37.50	0	0	1	0
GI Allott	Canterbury	3	4	1	12	10	4.00	13.95	0	0	0	0
RM Frew	Canterbury	1	2	0	11	9	5.50	34.38	0	0	1	0
GR Jonas	Wellington	4	7	2	10	4	2.00	20.83	0	0	1	0
SR Mather	Wellington	1	2	0	10	10	5.00	23.26	0	0	1	0
AJ Hore	Otago	2	4	0	10	10	2.50	18.18	0	0	0	1
PJ Henry	Otago	2	4	0	9	9	2.25	17.65	0	0	1	0
JM Allan	Otago	1	2	0	6	3	3.00	10.00	0	0	0	0
NR Parlane	Northern Districts	1	2	0	6	5	3.00	21.43	0	0	1	0
CD Lee	Auckland	1	2	1	6	6*	6.00	15.79	0	0	1	0
KR O'Dowda	Otago	1	2	0	5	3	2.50	15.15	0	0	0	0
BA Yock	Canterbury	1	1	0	5	5	5.00	19.23	0	0	1	0
SC Hayden	Auckland	1	2	0	3	3	1.50	12.50	0	0	0	0
RM West	Central Districts	1	2	0	0	0	0.00	—	0	0	0	0
CE Bartlett	Central Districts	1	2	2	0	0*	—	0.00	0	0	0	0
CW Ross	Northern Districts	2	2	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0	0	0	0

Bowling · 76 players

Plunket Shield 1996/97 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
AR Tait	Northern Districts	8	15	2,021	107	758	48	15.79	42.10	2.25	3	9/48
MW Priest	Canterbury	8	15	2,709	133	1,023	41	24.95	66.07	2.27	3	6/146
AJ Penn	Central Districts	6	11	1,421	79	552	36	15.33	39.47	2.33	4	6/36
DG Sewell	Otago	8	14	1,407	48	851	35	24.31	40.20	3.63	2	8/31
PJ Wiseman	Otago	9	14	1,858	70	788	34	23.18	54.65	2.54	3	8/66
CJ Drum	Auckland	8	15	1,191	56	523	30	17.43	39.70	2.63	1	6/47
SJ Hotter	Wellington	7	10	1,378	51	641	30	21.37	45.93	2.79	3	6/69
SB O'Connor	Otago	6	11	1,144	43	602	28	21.50	40.86	3.16	2	6/55
WA Wisneski	Canterbury	7	13	1,547	79	745	27	27.59	57.30	2.89	0	4/37
RJ Kennedy	Otago	6	11	1,020	43	428	23	18.61	44.35	2.52	0	4/44
SE Bond	Canterbury	5	10	1,050	43	530	21	25.24	50.00	3.03	1	5/59
DK Morrison	Auckland	5	10	897	36	389	20	19.45	44.85	2.60	1	5/66
AJ Gale	Otago	7	13	1,371	65	595	20	29.75	68.55	2.60	0	4/43
JTC Vaughan	Auckland	5	8	696	41	284	19	14.95	36.63	2.45	1	8/27
RG Petrie	Wellington	7	10	1,084	49	458	17	26.94	63.76	2.54	0	4/32
GI Allott	Canterbury	4	6	784	26	372	17	21.88	46.12	2.85	1	6/60
DL Vettori	Northern Districts	2	4	869	47	303	17	17.82	51.12	2.09	2	5/61
CE Bulfin	Central Districts	5	8	774	27	420	17	24.71	45.53	3.26	2	5/53
CJM Furlong	Central Districts	6	10	1,491	43	775	16	48.44	93.19	3.12	1	7/72
GE Bradburn	Northern Districts	8	12	1,253	66	435	15	29.00	83.53	2.08	0	4/12
GR Jonas	Wellington	4	7	681	20	401	15	26.73	45.40	3.53	0	4/49
SB Styris	Northern Districts	6	10	985	35	497	14	35.50	70.36	3.03	1	6/42
LJ Hamilton	Central Districts	4	7	786	22	429	14	30.64	56.14	3.27	0	4/26
HT Davis	Wellington	4	6	780	35	380	12	31.67	65.00	2.92	0	4/88
MR Jefferson	Wellington	7	10	1,434	73	575	12	47.92	119.50	2.41	0	3/41

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Plunket Shield 1996/97 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
CM Brown	Auckland	4	6	528	20	257	12	21.42	44.00	2.92	1	5/21
GR Loveridge	Central Districts	5	8	897	23	472	11	42.91	81.55	3.16	0	4/23
MA Hastings	Canterbury	4	7	631	30	221	10	22.10	63.10	2.10	0	4/37
CZ Harris	Canterbury	4	7	743	39	240	9	26.67	82.56	1.94	0	4/22
GP Sulzberger	Central Districts	7	9	636	20	275	9	30.56	70.67	2.59	0	2/62
AC Barnes	Auckland	8	10	579	17	336	9	37.33	64.33	3.48	0	3/37
MJ Haslam	Auckland	5	8	780	34	351	8	43.88	97.50	2.70	0	2/22
JAF Yovich	Northern Districts	4	6	364	9	295	8	36.88	45.50	4.86	1	5/66
JW Wilson	Otago	2	4	306	12	151	7	21.57	43.71	2.96	1	5/34
GR Larsen	Wellington	3	4	346	11	162	7	23.14	49.43	2.81	1	5/33
MN Hart	Northern Districts	6	8	593	31	185	6	30.83	98.83	1.87	0	3/26
KP Walmsley	Auckland	2	3	235	7	121	6	20.17	39.17	3.09	0	3/17
NJ Astle	Canterbury	1	2	184	11	67	6	11.17	30.67	2.18	1	6/22
HD Barton	Auckland	6	8	543	25	261	6	43.50	90.50	2.88	0	3/60
DW Lamason	Central Districts	3	5	535	30	208	6	34.67	89.17	2.33	0	2/62
CW Ross	Northern Districts	2	3	498	26	182	6	30.33	83.00	2.19	0	3/69
CO Findlay	Central Districts	3	6	492	18	219	5	43.80	98.40	2.67	0	2/57
MF Sharpe	Canterbury	4	6	624	30	277	5	55.40	124.80	2.66	0	2/48
DR Tuffey	Northern Districts	2	4	264	7	175	4	43.75	66.00	3.98	0	2/60
KR O'Dowda	Otago	1	2	162	7	78	4	19.50	40.50	2.89	0	3/27
DRT Bennett	Northern Districts	2	4	330	16	141	4	35.25	82.50	2.56	0	2/55
SA Thomson	Northern Districts	2	3	426	20	148	3	49.33	142.00	2.08	0	3/47
MH Richardson	Otago	6	8	397	20	160	3	53.33	132.33	2.42	0	2/15
ND Morland	Otago	3	4	597	23	239	3	79.67	199.00	2.40	0	2/163
RG Twose	Wellington	6	8	252	13	82	2	41.00	126.00	1.95	0	1/0
JD Wells	Wellington	3	4	228	7	138	2	69.00	114.00	3.63	0	2/90
MDJ Walker	Central Districts	5	5	209	8	100	2	50.00	104.50	2.87	0	1/24
MH Austen	Otago	5	7	354	19	146	2	73.00	177.00	2.47	0	1/13
JE Spice	Northern Districts	1	2	192	11	65	2	32.50	96.00	2.03	0	2/24
DJ Nash	Northern Districts	1	1	90	3	28	1	28.00	90.00	1.87	0	1/28
MD Bailey	Northern Districts	3	4	120	7	48	1	48.00	120.00	2.40	0	1/26
CD McMillan	Canterbury	5	5	210	17	77	1	77.00	210.00	2.20	0	1/13
SJ Peterson	Auckland	1	1	24	1	8	1	8.00	24.00	2.00	0	1/8
SR Mather	Wellington	1	1	78	1	47	1	47.00	78.00	3.62	0	1/47
RM West	Central Districts	1	1	90	7	38	1	38.00	90.00	2.53	0	1/38
MP Maynard	Otago	1	1	18	0	13	0	—	—	4.33	0	0/13
SP Fleming	Canterbury	1	1	12	2	0	0	—	—	0.00	0	0/0
CM Spearman	Central Districts	1	1	6	0	1	0	—	—	1.00	0	0/1
MJ Horne	Otago	4	4	120	5	49	0	—	—	2.45	0	0/3
LG Howell	Central Districts	1	1	60	2	42	0	—	—	4.20	0	0/42
GR Stead	Canterbury	2	2	42	1	37	0	—	—	5.29	0	0/16
CD Cumming	Canterbury	1	1	36	0	24	0	—	—	4.00	0	0/24
RT King	Auckland	1	1	4	0	6	0	—	—	9.00	0	0/6
SW Weenink	Wellington	2	2	60	0	42	0	—	—	4.20	0	0/10
GA Muir	Canterbury	2	3	120	9	35	0	—	—	1.75	0	0/6
CE Bartlett	Central Districts	1	2	108	1	75	0	—	—	4.17	0	0/36
DM Cooper	Central Districts	2	2	54	2	31	0	—	—	3.44	0	0/2
CD Garner	Central Districts	1	1	1	0	4	0	—	—	24.00	0	0/4
SC Hayden	Auckland	1	1	2	0	1	0	—	—	3.00	0	0/1
CD Lee	Auckland	1	1	168	2	113	0	—	—	4.04	0	0/113
GJ Wilkinson	Wellington	1	1	14	1	3	0	—	—	1.29	0	0/3

Statistics definitions and missing data

Mat = matches with a recorded innings in that discipline; Inns = recorded innings; NO = not out; HS = highest innings (* means not out). Batting Avg = runs per dismissal; batting SR = runs per 100 balls. 50s excludes centuries; 100s includes all scores of 100 or more.

Bowling Runs excludes byes and leg byes where the source does. Avg = runs conceded per wicket; SR = balls per wicket; Econ = runs per six balls, including historical seasons with different over lengths. 5W = innings with at least five wickets; BBI = best innings, by wickets then fewer runs conceded. Balls are deliveries, not decimal overs.

— means unavailable or undefined, including a zero denominator. Rates requiring balls are omitted if any innings is missing its ball count. Historical boundary and ball counts may be incomplete. Tests and figures for other teams or competitions are excluded. Full methodology

Team comparison

Match outcomes and team scorecards for 1996/97. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

Plunket Shield 1996/97 team results and innings totals
Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Drawn	Runs	Outs	Bat avg	Highest	Conceded	Wickets	Bowl avg
Canterbury	8	6	0	2	4,302	101	42.59	777	3,820	142	26.90
Otago	9	5	3	1	3,914	143	27.37	548	4,309	164	26.27
Central Districts	8	3	4	1	3,477	132	26.34	411	3,812	122	31.25
Northern Districts	8	3	4	1	3,316	113	29.35	518	3,396	131	25.92
Auckland	8	2	5	1	3,135	151	20.76	307	2,761	112	24.65
Wellington	7	2	5	0	3,046	130	23.43	365	3,092	99	31.23

Team runs include extras; wickets include dismissals not credited to a bowler, so these totals can differ from the player tables. Bat avg = team runs per wicket lost; Bowl avg = opposition runs per wicket taken. Other includes ties, abandoned games and unavailable results. Totals cover available scorecards only.

Recent recorded matches · 1996/97

Latest 12 of 24 recorded matches, ordered by start date. This is not a live score feed.

1997-04-01 to 0001-01-01 · Lancaster Park, Christchurch

Canterbury: 777
Otago: 189 & 306/8

Match drawn

1997-03-22 to 1997-03-25 · Molyneux Park, Alexandra

Otago: 126 & 179
Auckland: 137 & 169/7

Auckland won by 3 wickets

1997-03-22 to 1997-03-25 · Trust Bank Park, Hamilton

Northern Districts: 353/9d
Central Districts: 34/2d & 320/4

Central Districts won by 6 wickets

1997-03-15 to 1997-03-18 · Basin Reserve, Wellington

Wellington: 285 & 317
Otago: 292 & 311/7

Otago won by 3 wickets

1997-03-15 to 1997-03-18 · Horton Park, Blenheim

Central Districts: 285 & 392
Canterbury: 536 & 142/6

Canterbury won by 4 wickets

1997-03-15 to 1997-03-17 · Eden Park Outer Oval, Auckland

Auckland: 229 & 180
Northern Districts: 351 & 59/0

Northern Districts won by 10 wickets

1997-02-23 to 1997-02-25 · Queen's Park, Invercargill

Otago: 347 & 77/5
Central Districts: 74 & 348

Otago won by 5 wickets

1997-02-23 to 1997-02-26 · Trust Bank Park, Hamilton

Northern Districts: 244 & 201
Wellington: 247 & 212

Wellington won by 14 runs

1997-02-23 to 1997-02-26 · Lancaster Park, Christchurch

Canterbury: 223 & 184/3
Auckland: 172 & 233

Canterbury won by 7 wickets

1997-02-10 to 1997-02-13 · Molyneux Park, Alexandra

Otago: 304 & 74/5
Northern Districts: 141 & 236

Otago won by 5 wickets

1997-02-10 to 1997-02-13 · Queen Elizabeth Park, Masterton

Central Districts: 411 & 19/2
Wellington: 263 & 166

Central Districts won by 8 wickets

1997-02-10 to 1997-02-13 · Eden Park, Auckland

Auckland: 293 & 100
Canterbury: 301 & 93/4

Canterbury won by 6 wickets

Recorded venues

Plunket Shield 1996/97 venues and recorded match counts
Venue	Matches
Lancaster Park, Christchurch	4
Basin Reserve, Wellington	3
Trust Bank Park, Hamilton	3
Eden Park Outer Oval, Auckland	2
Molyneux Park, Alexandra	2
Carisbrook, Dunedin	1
Centennial Park, Oamaru	1
Dudley Park, Rangiora	1
Eden Park, Auckland	1
Harry Barker Reserve, Gisborne	1
Horton Park, Blenheim	1
Queen Elizabeth Park, Masterton	1
Queen's Park, Invercargill	1
Trafalgar Park, Nelson	1
Victoria Park, Wanganui	1

Venue names follow the match catalogue; renamed grounds may appear separately.

Season innings records

Highest individual innings and best bowling innings in Plunket Shield 1996/97, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

Plunket Shield 1996/97 batting innings records
Player	Runs	Opponent	Date
CZ Harris	251*	Central Districts	1997-01-20
CZ Harris	206	Central Districts	1997-03-15
CZ Harris	198	Otago	1997-04-01
CB Gaffaney	194	Auckland	1997-01-27
MS Sinclair	189	Wellington	1997-02-10

Best bowling innings

Plunket Shield 1996/97 bowling innings records
Player	Wickets/runs	Opponent	Date
AR Tait	9/48	Auckland	1997-02-03
JTC Vaughan	8/27	Otago	1997-03-22
DG Sewell	8/31	Central Districts	1997-02-23
PJ Wiseman	8/66	Wellington	1997-01-17
CJM Furlong	7/72	Northern Districts	1997-01-27

* means not out. Batting sorts by runs; bowling sorts by wickets, then fewer runs conceded. Ties then use earlier match date and source row ID. Five rows are shown, so equal performances may extend beyond the cutoff. Matches count distinct recorded matches in each discipline.

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Recorded coverage

The full historical range below is from the match catalogue for Plunket Shield. The selected season range is shown above. These can differ from innings-table coverage and do not establish a complete historical record.

Recorded match dates: 1907-12-14 to 2026-03-27. Date spans do not imply complete coverage. Career aggregates may cover a different set of matches.

Displayed source rows last updated: unavailable. Figures retrieved: 2026-10-01. This is not a live score feed.

Source: Redball’s recorded statistics. Methodology, definitions and coverage.

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Player statistics · 1996/97

Batting · 115 players

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Recent recorded matches · 1996/97

Canterbury v Otago

Otago v Auckland

Northern Districts v Central Districts

Wellington v Otago

Central Districts v Canterbury

Auckland v Northern Districts

Otago v Central Districts

Northern Districts v Wellington

Canterbury v Auckland

Otago v Northern Districts

Central Districts v Wellington

Auckland v Canterbury