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Plunket Shield 2015/16 statistics and records

Plunket Shield: standings, leading run scorers, wicket takers and innings records in Redball’s recorded data. Season statistics cover Plunket Shield 2015/16; Tests are excluded.

B Popli leads the displayed batting table with 1,149 runs. AY Patel leads the bowling table with 43 wickets.

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Recorded matches: 30
Recorded players: 126
Recorded teams: 6
Recorded venues: 14

Selected season match starts: 2015-10-15 to 2016-04-01. 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 2015/16. 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 2015/16

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 2015/16 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Runs
B Popli	10	1,149
BS Smith	9	917
BS Wilson	10	886
ML Guptill-Bunce	10	859
SJ Murdoch	10	824

Recorded innings through 2016-04-01. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

Plunket Shield Plunket Shield 2015/16 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Wickets
AY Patel	8	43
TS Nethula	8	39
SC Kuggeleijn	8	38
TD Astle	8	35
AM Ellis	9	33

Recorded innings through 2016-04-01. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 2015/16

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 · 126 players

Plunket Shield 2015/16 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s	4s	6s
B Popli	Northern Districts	10	18	0	1,149	172	63.83	50.71	7	3	142	1
BS Smith	Central Districts	9	17	2	917	244	61.13	51.81	2	3	109	5
BS Wilson	Otago	10	20	1	886	126	46.63	38.86	6	3	105	2
ML Guptill-Bunce	Auckland	10	19	0	859	189	45.21	77.81	4	2	128	5
SJ Murdoch	Wellington	10	20	1	824	171	43.37	63.34	5	2	118	12
JA Raval	Auckland	8	15	1	780	202*	55.71	62.55	2	3	112	4
DR Flynn	Northern Districts	10	18	0	764	158	42.44	57.10	2	3	121	2
TA Blundell	Wellington	10	20	2	761	153	42.28	56.96	5	1	100	4
LJ Woodcock	Wellington	10	20	1	739	131	38.89	50.86	3	2	97	3
WA Young	Central Districts	9	17	1	733	85	45.81	49.46	8	0	74	13
RR O'Donnell	Auckland	10	19	1	721	167	40.06	51.10	3	2	72	6
KJ McClure	Canterbury	8	16	2	667	193*	47.64	57.01	3	2	93	5
TC Bruce	Central Districts	10	19	2	654	166*	38.47	70.86	3	1	76	5
NT Broom	Otago	7	14	2	633	131*	52.75	58.29	2	2	78	5
D Cleaver	Central Districts	8	16	2	626	151*	44.71	69.09	4	1	82	10
PG Fulton	Canterbury	10	20	2	622	155*	34.56	55.04	4	1	72	10
GH Worker	Central Districts	6	11	1	610	210	61.00	54.08	0	3	75	8
C de Grandhomme	Auckland	10	19	1	605	106*	33.61	88.97	7	1	73	14
GR Hay	Central Districts	10	19	1	585	127*	32.50	49.91	2	1	72	1
MHW Papps	Wellington	10	20	0	580	132	29.00	53.85	3	1	77	6
DJ Mitchell	Northern Districts	10	18	2	568	100*	35.50	65.29	5	1	58	18
LJ Carter	Canterbury	10	20	1	542	101	28.53	45.32	4	1	69	5
SG Borthwick	Wellington	6	12	1	532	110*	48.36	50.09	3	2	71	0
AM Ellis	Canterbury	9	18	1	518	143	30.47	59.13	2	1	62	15
TL Seifert	Northern Districts	9	17	1	509	106	31.81	56.37	4	1	51	10

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Plunket Shield 2015/16 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s	4s	6s
JDS Neesham	Otago	8	16	3	496	131	38.15	75.96	2	1	68	5
L Ronchi	Wellington	4	8	1	454	116*	64.86	86.15	2	2	55	6
BJ Watling	Northern Districts	5	8	0	453	176	56.63	52.86	3	1	58	3
SC Kuggeleijn	Northern Districts	8	14	4	446	104*	44.60	60.52	3	1	44	8
B Cachopa	Auckland	10	19	2	445	89*	26.18	51.03	3	0	63	1
TD Astle	Canterbury	8	16	4	426	96*	35.50	51.82	3	0	63	2
DJ Grobbelaar	Auckland	10	19	2	426	101	25.06	55.98	2	1	55	2
AP Devcich	Northern Districts	8	15	1	420	83*	30.00	79.25	2	0	56	8
DC de Boorder	Otago	8	16	1	415	81	27.67	50.86	5	0	50	7
MG Bracewell	Otago	8	16	0	397	96	24.81	57.87	3	0	61	1
MA Pollard	Wellington	7	14	1	386	68	29.69	50.06	5	0	50	6
CD Fletcher	Canterbury	10	20	2	378	81	21.00	45.82	3	0	36	7
AK Kitchen	Otago	6	12	0	366	72	30.50	54.30	3	0	50	6
FJ Colson	Wellington	7	14	2	330	97	27.50	46.88	2	0	48	1
DG Brownlie	Northern Districts	7	13	0	326	65	25.08	55.63	3	0	40	3
RM Duffy	Otago	5	10	1	315	104	35.00	50.64	1	1	40	0
RJ Nicol	Auckland	5	9	0	273	60	30.33	34.30	3	0	39	1
CJ Bowes	Canterbury	6	12	2	270	81	27.00	60.95	1	0	38	1
MSJ Davidson	Canterbury	6	12	1	266	73*	24.18	45.39	1	0	36	0
S Hicks	Auckland	6	11	2	262	50	29.11	46.37	1	0	28	1
HD Rutherford	Otago	4	8	0	245	79	30.63	59.32	2	0	36	1
MD Bates	Auckland	9	17	4	231	47*	17.77	53.85	0	0	27	6
DAJ Bracewell	Central Districts	4	7	0	231	75	33.00	75.74	2	0	24	6
SR Wells	Otago	6	12	0	226	62	18.83	46.60	2	0	25	1
LV van Beek	Canterbury	6	12	2	206	111*	20.60	62.42	0	1	24	5
M Renwick	Central Districts	5	10	0	204	71	20.40	46.26	2	0	26	0
JS Patel	Wellington	9	18	2	196	37*	12.25	74.52	0	0	25	4
TG Johnston	Canterbury	4	8	0	176	76	22.00	101.15	1	0	19	7
TS Nethula	Auckland	9	17	3	171	48*	12.21	39.95	0	0	20	0
DS Robinson	Central Districts	5	10	0	162	42	16.20	35.92	0	0	15	0
NA Patel	Central Districts	6	12	3	157	47	17.44	49.53	0	0	16	1
IS Sodhi	Northern Districts	4	8	1	149	62	21.29	58.66	1	0	20	1
NJ McAndrew	Auckland	3	5	0	148	65	29.60	72.20	1	0	20	3
C Munro	Auckland	2	4	0	145	86	36.25	101.40	2	0	16	4
DS Hutchinson	Wellington	7	14	4	145	48*	14.50	41.31	0	0	16	1
CM Smith	Otago	6	12	1	143	41	13.00	41.21	0	0	17	0
MJ Henry	Canterbury	5	10	1	143	75*	15.89	103.62	1	0	20	4
RM Hira	Canterbury	3	6	0	141	63	23.50	58.02	1	0	13	3
BR Hampton	Northern Districts	4	8	2	139	51	23.17	68.14	1	0	18	1
C Cachopa	Wellington	3	6	0	138	76	23.00	57.50	1	0	24	0
JL Finnie	Otago	3	6	0	137	52	22.83	52.90	1	0	18	1
C Viljoen	Otago	4	8	1	127	55*	18.14	70.56	1	0	13	5
JF Carter	Northern Districts	6	11	0	127	26	11.55	36.08	0	0	20	1
CE McConchie	Canterbury	3	6	0	124	40	20.67	42.91	0	0	14	0
CFK van Wyk	Central Districts	2	3	1	123	54	61.50	56.68	2	0	18	0
BJ Small	Central Districts	3	6	2	123	76	30.75	57.21	1	0	17	0
MR Quinn	Auckland	5	10	2	117	35	14.63	100.00	0	0	16	4
MJ Guptill	Auckland	1	2	1	116	84*	116.00	73.89	1	0	15	1
A Verma	Wellington	5	10	3	109	33*	15.57	34.38	0	0	13	0
SHA Rance	Central Districts	3	6	2	107	52	26.75	85.60	1	0	17	3
JD Baker	Northern Districts	9	16	3	106	41*	8.15	48.40	0	0	15	3
TWM Latham	Canterbury	2	4	0	106	65	26.50	54.92	1	0	17	0
AY Patel	Central Districts	8	16	2	106	26*	7.57	37.19	0	0	16	0
RJ McCone	Canterbury	3	6	0	103	44	17.17	58.52	0	0	11	1
LH Ferguson	Auckland	7	14	6	101	31*	12.63	67.33	0	0	11	3
MS Chapman	Auckland	2	4	0	100	73	25.00	87.72	1	0	15	2
CJ Anderson	Northern Districts	1	2	0	99	83	49.50	60.37	1	0	11	2
AF Milne	Central Districts	1	2	0	86	61	43.00	54.43	1	0	5	0
KA Jamieson	Canterbury	6	12	3	84	35	9.33	40.19	0	0	10	0
JA Duffy	Otago	8	16	6	82	28	8.20	45.81	0	0	9	0
BJ Arnel	Wellington	9	18	5	77	32*	5.92	33.77	0	0	12	0
KS Williamson	Northern Districts	1	1	0	65	65	65.00	41.14	1	0	9	0
NB Beard	Otago	2	4	1	61	25*	20.33	41.50	0	0	10	0
MD Craig	Otago	4	8	0	61	23	7.63	48.80	0	0	8	2
BM Tickner	Central Districts	9	17	3	59	14	4.21	47.58	0	0	8	1
IG McPeake	Wellington	4	8	3	58	25	11.60	29.90	0	0	5	1
HM Nicholls	Canterbury	1	2	0	53	28	26.50	47.32	0	0	5	0
JA Clarkson	Central Districts	2	3	0	53	31	17.67	96.36	0	0	9	1
JG Walker	Northern Districts	4	7	1	52	36*	8.67	54.17	0	0	7	1
MJ McClenaghan	Auckland	3	6	0	51	31	8.50	137.84	0	0	3	4
JD Gibson	Wellington	1	2	0	51	38	25.50	36.43	0	0	5	0
LRPL Taylor	Central Districts	1	1	0	48	48	48.00	76.19	0	0	5	0
NF Kelly	Northern Districts	2	4	0	45	21	11.25	45.45	0	0	7	0
NL McCullum	Otago	1	2	0	41	22	20.50	100.00	0	0	8	0
MJ Taylor	Wellington	1	2	1	38	33	38.00	84.44	0	0	6	0
MB McEwan	Wellington	3	6	0	36	22	6.00	52.94	0	0	6	1
MB Bacon	Wellington	3	6	1	36	23	7.20	32.14	0	0	3	0
MJ Santner	Northern Districts	1	1	0	33	33	33.00	91.67	0	0	3	2
LR Dudding	Central Districts	3	6	0	30	16	5.00	57.69	0	0	5	0
AW Mathieson	Central Districts	3	5	1	29	16	7.25	34.52	0	0	5	0
TC Goodin	Northern Districts	5	9	5	29	13*	7.25	37.66	0	0	3	0
WSA Williams	Canterbury	2	4	0	29	21	7.25	27.36	0	0	3	0
ZN Gibson	Northern Districts	2	4	0	25	18	6.25	27.17	0	0	3	0
RF Badenhorst	Otago	1	2	0	22	21	11.00	35.48	0	0	2	0
JS Hunter	Otago	7	14	5	21	10*	2.33	26.58	0	0	3	0
AJ Miles	Otago	2	4	0	20	15	5.00	17.39	0	0	0	0
MD Rae	Otago	2	4	1	17	6*	5.67	80.95	0	0	2	0
BE Scott	Otago	1	2	1	13	13*	13.00	65.00	0	0	2	0
SW Eathorne	Otago	1	2	0	11	9	5.50	28.95	0	0	1	0
RM Phillips	Otago	3	6	1	11	6	2.20	21.15	0	0	2	0
HK Bennett	Canterbury	5	10	2	10	6	1.25	17.86	0	0	0	1
TG Southee	Northern Districts	2	3	0	8	4	2.67	61.54	0	0	1	0
N Wagner	Otago	1	2	0	7	6	3.50	63.64	0	0	1	0
EJ Nuttall	Canterbury	2	4	1	6	5	2.00	20.00	0	0	1	0
JJ Boult	Northern Districts	1	2	0	5	5	2.50	14.29	0	0	0	0
KD Richards	Central Districts	3	6	1	4	3*	0.80	10.53	0	0	0	0
NG Smith	Otago	1	2	0	3	3	1.50	23.08	0	0	0	0
TA Boult	Northern Districts	1	1	1	0	0*	—	0.00	0	0	0	0
BE Soper	Otago	1	2	1	0	0*	0.00	—	0	0	0	0
TF van Woerkom	Canterbury	1	2	2	0	0*	—	0.00	0	0	0	0
AD Day	Wellington	1	2	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0	0	0	0

Bowling · 96 players

Plunket Shield 2015/16 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
AY Patel	Central Districts	8	16	2,394	69	1,449	43	33.70	55.67	3.63	3	6/117
TS Nethula	Auckland	8	15	1,890	44	1,137	39	29.15	48.46	3.61	3	6/132
SC Kuggeleijn	Northern Districts	8	14	1,624	50	981	38	25.82	42.74	3.62	1	5/32
TD Astle	Canterbury	8	16	1,613	31	887	35	25.34	46.09	3.30	1	5/50
AM Ellis	Canterbury	9	18	1,644	90	613	33	18.58	49.82	2.24	1	5/52
JD Baker	Northern Districts	9	18	1,861	89	925	33	28.03	56.39	2.98	1	5/63
JS Patel	Wellington	9	15	2,184	89	1,098	32	34.31	68.25	3.02	1	6/77
BJ Arnel	Wellington	9	16	2,283	78	1,264	32	39.50	71.34	3.32	2	5/51
LH Ferguson	Auckland	7	14	1,342	48	686	31	22.13	43.29	3.07	3	5/37
NA Patel	Central Districts	6	12	1,364	47	744	27	27.56	50.52	3.27	2	5/71
DJ Grobbelaar	Auckland	10	20	1,213	38	635	25	25.40	48.52	3.14	0	3/27
JA Duffy	Otago	8	15	1,757	62	983	24	40.96	73.21	3.36	1	5/96
DS Hutchinson	Wellington	7	12	1,341	45	834	22	37.91	60.95	3.73	1	5/116
IS Sodhi	Northern Districts	4	8	903	12	643	22	29.23	41.05	4.27	2	7/102
KA Jamieson	Canterbury	6	12	1,050	34	574	21	27.33	50.00	3.28	1	5/47
BM Tickner	Central Districts	9	18	1,734	27	1,318	21	62.76	82.57	4.56	0	4/65
MJ Henry	Canterbury	5	10	1,106	40	595	20	29.75	55.30	3.23	0	4/83
MD Bates	Auckland	9	17	1,224	50	584	19	30.74	64.42	2.86	1	5/48
HK Bennett	Canterbury	5	10	810	23	524	18	29.11	45.00	3.88	1	5/54
DAJ Bracewell	Central Districts	4	8	810	27	404	18	22.44	45.00	2.99	2	5/60
LV van Beek	Canterbury	6	12	962	34	474	18	26.33	53.44	2.96	1	6/57
MR Quinn	Auckland	5	10	990	30	536	18	29.78	55.00	3.25	0	4/81
C de Grandhomme	Auckland	8	15	971	39	438	17	25.76	57.12	2.71	0	4/31
MJ McClenaghan	Auckland	3	6	753	26	399	17	23.47	44.29	3.18	0	4/38
AP Devcich	Northern Districts	8	14	902	25	494	16	30.88	56.38	3.29	0	4/43

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Plunket Shield 2015/16 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
MD Craig	Otago	4	6	912	40	483	15	32.20	60.80	3.18	1	5/79
IG McPeake	Wellington	4	8	767	22	585	15	39.00	51.13	4.58	0	3/40
JS Hunter	Otago	7	13	960	32	501	15	33.40	64.00	3.13	0	4/47
CM Smith	Otago	6	12	1,031	45	502	13	38.62	79.31	2.92	0	4/35
SR Wells	Otago	6	11	989	33	531	13	40.85	76.08	3.22	0	3/59
JDS Neesham	Otago	8	13	600	18	375	12	31.25	50.00	3.75	0	2/17
BR Hampton	Northern Districts	4	8	531	11	323	12	26.92	44.25	3.65	0	4/78
A Verma	Wellington	5	9	666	17	503	11	45.73	60.55	4.53	0	2/30
C Viljoen	Otago	4	6	537	29	231	11	21.00	48.82	2.58	0	3/44
EJ Nuttall	Canterbury	2	4	354	13	202	11	18.36	32.18	3.42	1	5/72
RJ McCone	Canterbury	3	6	594	26	294	10	29.40	59.40	2.97	0	3/36
SG Borthwick	Wellington	5	7	444	2	334	9	37.11	49.33	4.51	0	3/101
AK Kitchen	Otago	5	8	434	5	262	9	29.11	48.22	3.62	0	3/36
TG Southee	Northern Districts	2	4	390	12	199	8	24.88	48.75	3.06	1	5/56
TC Goodin	Northern Districts	5	10	750	31	352	8	44.00	93.75	2.82	0	4/50
MB McEwan	Wellington	3	5	708	33	362	8	45.25	88.50	3.07	0	2/42
JG Walker	Northern Districts	5	9	864	30	446	8	55.75	108.00	3.10	0	4/87
RM Phillips	Otago	3	5	668	14	441	8	55.13	83.50	3.96	0	3/62
LR Dudding	Central Districts	3	6	516	16	349	8	43.63	64.50	4.06	0	3/85
BE Scott	Otago	1	2	198	5	121	7	17.29	28.29	3.67	0	4/74
GH Worker	Central Districts	6	12	881	20	505	7	72.14	125.86	3.44	0	4/58
KD Richards	Central Districts	3	6	390	7	288	7	41.14	55.71	4.43	0	3/77
SHA Rance	Central Districts	3	5	522	22	268	7	38.29	74.57	3.08	0	3/61
DJ Mitchell	Northern Districts	9	13	601	28	280	7	40.00	85.86	2.80	0	2/35
NJ McAndrew	Auckland	3	6	510	19	257	7	36.71	72.86	3.02	0	2/47
C Munro	Auckland	2	4	330	12	129	6	21.50	55.00	2.35	0	2/17
TA Boult	Northern Districts	1	2	252	8	171	6	28.50	42.00	4.07	1	5/97
NB Beard	Otago	2	3	348	1	308	6	51.33	58.00	5.31	0	4/177
MB Bacon	Wellington	3	6	384	8	264	6	44.00	64.00	4.13	0	3/27
ZN Gibson	Northern Districts	2	4	306	4	217	6	36.17	51.00	4.25	0	4/62
N Wagner	Otago	1	2	318	14	151	5	30.20	63.60	2.85	1	5/101
AW Mathieson	Central Districts	3	6	468	14	316	5	63.20	93.60	4.05	0	2/62
BJ Small	Central Districts	3	6	450	14	266	4	66.50	112.50	3.55	0	3/43
AF Milne	Central Districts	1	2	138	12	44	4	11.00	34.50	1.91	0	4/31
TC Bruce	Central Districts	9	12	225	4	169	4	42.25	56.25	4.51	0	2/17
WSA Williams	Canterbury	2	4	243	7	115	4	28.75	60.75	2.84	0	3/13
NL McCullum	Otago	1	2	173	5	92	3	30.67	57.67	3.19	0	2/72
TG Johnston	Canterbury	4	7	469	14	214	3	71.33	156.33	2.74	0	1/2
MD Rae	Otago	2	3	306	9	169	3	56.33	102.00	3.31	0	3/54
S Hicks	Auckland	5	9	289	7	174	3	58.00	96.33	3.61	0	2/43
JA Clarkson	Central Districts	2	4	260	9	152	3	50.67	86.67	3.51	0	2/36
NG Smith	Otago	1	1	162	5	80	3	26.67	54.00	2.96	0	3/80
AD Day	Wellington	1	2	162	6	81	3	27.00	54.00	3.00	0	3/48
GR Hay	Central Districts	3	5	144	1	100	2	50.00	72.00	4.17	0	1/8
RM Hira	Canterbury	2	3	159	3	81	2	40.50	79.50	3.06	0	2/40
LJ Woodcock	Wellington	8	10	252	9	131	1	131.00	252.00	3.12	0	1/27
MS Chapman	Auckland	2	3	168	2	105	1	105.00	168.00	3.75	0	1/60
JA Raval	Auckland	4	5	128	0	78	1	78.00	128.00	3.66	0	1/41
CJ Bowes	Canterbury	5	5	132	5	73	1	73.00	132.00	3.32	0	1/22
BS Smith	Central Districts	2	3	54	2	26	1	26.00	54.00	2.89	0	1/17
MHW Papps	Wellington	1	1	2	0	1	0	—	—	3.00	0	0/1
PG Fulton	Canterbury	2	2	18	0	7	0	—	—	2.33	0	0/2
LRPL Taylor	Central Districts	1	1	6	0	4	0	—	—	4.00	0	0/4
NT Broom	Otago	1	1	36	1	31	0	—	—	5.17	0	0/31
DR Flynn	Northern Districts	1	1	6	0	4	0	—	—	4.00	0	0/4
BJ Watling	Northern Districts	1	1	6	1	0	0	—	—	0.00	0	0/0
KS Williamson	Northern Districts	1	1	42	3	9	0	—	—	1.29	0	0/9
MG Bracewell	Otago	2	2	24	0	25	0	—	—	6.25	0	0/5
HD Rutherford	Otago	2	2	12	0	7	0	—	—	3.50	0	0/1
JJ Boult	Northern Districts	1	1	30	0	25	0	—	—	5.00	0	0/25
BE Soper	Otago	1	1	44	2	13	0	—	—	1.77	0	0/13
B Popli	Northern Districts	1	1	6	1	0	0	—	—	0.00	0	0/0
TF van Woerkom	Canterbury	1	1	81	4	43	0	—	—	3.19	0	0/43
RF Badenhorst	Otago	1	2	96	1	123	0	—	—	7.69	0	0/61
MJ Taylor	Wellington	1	2	72	1	60	0	—	—	5.00	0	0/3
MJ Santner	Northern Districts	1	2	144	9	56	0	—	—	2.33	0	0/24
WA Young	Central Districts	1	1	6	0	4	0	—	—	4.00	0	0/4
RR O'Donnell	Auckland	3	3	36	3	10	0	—	—	1.67	0	0/0
NF Kelly	Northern Districts	1	1	24	1	7	0	—	—	1.75	0	0/7
JD Gibson	Wellington	1	1	66	3	29	0	—	—	2.64	0	0/29
JL Finnie	Otago	2	3	126	0	99	0	—	—	4.71	0	0/13

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 2015/16. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

Plunket Shield 2015/16 team results and innings totals
Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Drawn	Runs	Outs	Bat avg	Highest	Conceded	Wickets	Bowl avg
Auckland	10	6	1	3	5,780	163	35.46	598	5,412	188	28.79
Canterbury	10	5	3	2	5,117	158	32.39	485	4,811	178	27.03
Wellington	10	5	3	2	5,793	170	34.08	409	5,711	141	40.50
Central Districts	10	2	5	3	6,002	171	35.10	650	6,547	164	39.92
Northern Districts	10	2	4	4	5,733	158	36.28	458	5,359	168	31.90
Otago	10	1	5	4	5,085	172	29.56	352	5,670	153	37.06

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 · 2015/16

Latest 12 of 30 recorded matches, ordered by start date. This is not a live score feed.

2016-04-01 to 0001-01-01 · Basin Reserve, Wellington

Wellington: 201 & 333
Canterbury: 430/8d & 108/3

Canterbury won by 7 wickets

2016-04-01 to 0001-01-01 · Cobham Oval (New), Whangarei

Northern Districts: 431
Otago: 298 & 172/3

Match drawn

2016-04-01 to 0001-01-01 · McLean Park, Napier

Central Districts: 464 & 202/6
Auckland: 396 & 266

Central Districts won by 4 wickets

2016-03-23 to 2016-03-26 · Basin Reserve, Wellington

Wellington: 236 & 308/8
Auckland: 152 & 598

Match drawn

2016-03-23 to 2016-03-26 · University Oval, Dunedin

Otago: 198 & 305/8
Central Districts: 258 & 282/8d

Match drawn

2016-03-23 to 2016-03-26 · Hagley Oval, Christchurch

Canterbury: 258 & 78/6
Northern Districts: 185 & 355

Match drawn

2016-03-15 to 2016-03-18 · University Oval, Dunedin

Otago: 177 & 207
Auckland: 255 & 139

Auckland won by 10 runs

2016-03-15 to 2016-03-18 · Seddon Park, Hamilton

Northern Districts: 458/6d & 332/7d
Central Districts: 293 & 382

Northern Districts won by 115 runs

2016-03-15 to 2016-03-18 · Hagley Oval, Christchurch

Canterbury: 159/2d & 129
Wellington: 206 & 136

Wellington won by 54 runs

2016-03-08 to 2016-03-11 · Basin Reserve, Wellington

Wellington: 352/7d & 378/7
Northern Districts: 438/8d & 291/3d

Wellington won by 3 wickets

2016-03-08 to 2016-03-11 · Queen's Park, Invercargill

Otago: 351 & 225/3d
Canterbury: 180 & 398/5

Canterbury won by 5 wickets

2016-03-08 to 2016-03-11 · Eden Park Outer Oval, Auckland

Auckland: 373 & 425/6d
Central Districts: 416 & 335

Auckland won by 47 runs

Recorded venues

Plunket Shield 2015/16 venues and recorded match counts
Venue	Matches
Basin Reserve, Wellington	4
Eden Park Outer Oval, Auckland	4
Hagley Oval, Christchurch	4
McLean Park, Napier	3
Seddon Park, Hamilton	3
University Oval, Dunedin	3
Saxton Oval, Nelson	2
Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui	1
Cobham Oval (New), Whangarei	1
Colin Maiden Park, Auckland	1
MainPower Oval, Rangiora	1
Nelson Park, Napier	1
Queen's Park, Invercargill	1
Queenstown Events Centre, Queenstown	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 2015/16, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

Plunket Shield 2015/16 batting innings records
Player	Runs	Opponent	Date
BS Smith	244	Otago	2015-10-15
GH Worker	210	Wellington	2015-10-23
JA Raval	202*	Otago	2016-02-20
KJ McClure	193*	Otago	2016-03-08
ML Guptill-Bunce	189	Wellington	2016-03-23

Best bowling innings

Plunket Shield 2015/16 bowling innings records
Player	Wickets/runs	Opponent	Date
IS Sodhi	7/102	Otago	2016-02-13
LV van Beek	6/57	Otago	2015-10-24
JS Patel	6/77	Otago	2015-12-17
AY Patel	6/117	Auckland	2016-03-08
TS Nethula	6/132	Central Districts	2016-03-08

* 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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Recent recorded matches · 2015/16

Wellington v Canterbury

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Wellington v Auckland

Otago v Central Districts

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