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Plunket Shield 2017/18 statistics and records

Plunket Shield: standings, leading run scorers, wicket takers and innings records in Redball’s recorded data. Season statistics cover Plunket Shield 2017/18; Tests are excluded.

MHW Papps leads the displayed batting table with 814 runs. AY Patel leads the bowling table with 48 wickets.

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Recorded matches: 30
Recorded players: 127
Recorded teams: 6
Recorded venues: 12

Selected season match starts: 2017-10-23 to 2018-04-02. 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 2017/18. 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 2017/18

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 2017/18 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Runs
MHW Papps	10	814
GR Hay	9	786
TL Seifert	9	703
WA Young	10	686
LJ Woodcock	10	682

Recorded innings through 2018-04-02. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

Plunket Shield Plunket Shield 2017/18 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Wickets
AY Patel	9	48
LV van Beek	7	40
HK Bennett	8	38
JS Patel	9	36
MB McEwan	9	36

Recorded innings through 2018-04-02. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 2017/18

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 · 127 players

Plunket Shield 2017/18 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s	4s	6s
MHW Papps	Wellington	10	18	2	814	316*	50.88	62.33	0	2	118	8
GR Hay	Central Districts	9	15	2	786	140	60.46	48.49	5	3	93	1
TL Seifert	Northern Districts	9	16	1	703	167*	46.87	60.09	3	2	79	11
WA Young	Central Districts	10	17	1	686	162	42.88	45.73	4	1	84	8
LJ Woodcock	Wellington	10	18	1	682	151	40.12	49.56	2	2	91	4
JD Ryder	Central Districts	7	12	2	640	175	64.00	71.43	3	2	81	6
HD Rutherford	Otago	10	19	0	577	142	30.37	53.33	2	1	69	2
DC de Boorder	Otago	10	19	1	575	140*	31.94	45.35	3	1	73	3
CJ Bowes	Canterbury	10	19	0	570	93	30.00	59.87	3	0	77	3
D Cleaver	Central Districts	8	14	1	560	88	43.08	68.04	6	0	88	9
DR Flynn	Northern Districts	10	17	0	533	157	31.35	59.75	2	1	75	1
JDS Neesham	Otago	9	17	1	533	93	33.31	74.03	3	0	60	12
ML Guptill-Bunce	Auckland	10	19	0	517	91	27.21	60.68	5	0	74	5
CD Fletcher	Canterbury	10	19	2	506	100*	29.76	44.86	2	1	56	4
AK Kitchen	Otago	9	17	1	480	76	30.00	57.14	4	0	52	5
AP Devcich	Northern Districts	7	13	1	462	116	38.50	93.90	2	2	58	12
CE McConchie	Canterbury	10	19	0	452	99	23.79	45.84	4	0	43	0
HR Cooper	Northern Districts	7	11	0	450	136	40.91	54.28	3	1	59	3
KJ McClure	Canterbury	8	15	1	440	210	31.43	42.72	1	1	50	1
TC Bruce	Central Districts	6	10	2	434	89	54.25	69.00	4	0	46	5
SM Solia	Auckland	7	13	0	428	72	32.92	39.81	5	0	58	1
RR O'Donnell	Auckland	9	17	1	413	93*	25.81	42.01	3	0	55	2
SJ Murdoch	Wellington	10	18	0	409	114	22.72	53.26	1	1	62	5
BJ Horne	Auckland	10	19	1	398	75*	22.11	45.54	3	0	56	6
BD Schmulian	Central Districts	6	11	0	389	203	35.36	64.40	1	1	55	3

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Plunket Shield 2017/18 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s	4s	6s
MS Chapman	Auckland	7	14	0	386	76	27.57	53.09	3	0	54	3
NT Broom	Otago	8	15	2	378	48	29.08	50.47	0	0	43	2
B Popli	Northern Districts	7	12	1	373	84	33.91	50.27	3	0	49	3
BS Wilson	Otago	8	15	0	352	111	23.47	36.63	2	1	40	0
GD Phillips	Auckland	6	12	1	350	104	31.82	57.66	2	1	54	3
MB McEwan	Auckland	9	17	3	321	55	22.93	82.10	1	0	50	7
MG Bracewell	Wellington	10	18	1	313	58*	18.41	40.13	1	0	40	2
DG Brownlie	Northern Districts	6	11	0	311	82	28.27	54.66	3	0	38	4
DAJ Bracewell	Central Districts	8	13	2	305	97	27.73	59.11	2	0	35	6
DJ Mitchell	Northern Districts	6	9	2	273	104*	39.00	49.28	2	1	20	7
GH Worker	Central Districts	5	7	0	270	111	38.57	46.63	1	1	39	1
MD Craig	Otago	8	16	3	245	46	18.85	47.12	0	0	24	3
BJ Watling	Northern Districts	5	9	0	242	77	26.89	51.82	2	0	23	1
DR Sams	Canterbury	3	6	0	241	88	40.17	103.43	2	0	22	11
DP Conway	Wellington	4	7	1	238	103*	39.67	50.75	0	1	37	0
N Wagner	Otago	6	12	3	235	43	26.11	66.20	0	0	19	15
FJ Colson	Wellington	8	14	0	233	88	16.64	55.61	2	0	36	4
JA Raval	Auckland	6	12	0	232	73	19.33	34.17	1	0	34	0
TA Blundell	Wellington	8	13	3	226	43*	22.60	60.43	0	0	30	1
SC Kuggeleijn	Northern Districts	7	13	3	211	48*	21.10	44.70	0	0	22	2
LJ Carter	Canterbury	7	13	0	208	63	16.00	42.45	1	0	27	4
AM Ellis	Canterbury	8	15	2	207	55	15.92	46.73	2	0	30	1
MA Pollard	Canterbury	6	11	1	205	62	20.50	40.04	2	0	22	1
MJ Nofal	Wellington	1	2	0	185	179	92.50	70.88	0	1	13	4
MJG Rippon	Otago	5	9	0	182	55	20.22	34.60	1	0	18	0
JS Patel	Wellington	9	16	0	180	64	11.25	75.63	1	0	18	5
RJ Nicol	Otago	9	16	2	175	39	12.50	31.08	0	0	23	3
MJ Barry	Auckland	5	10	0	160	51	16.00	47.20	1	0	22	1
OR Newton	Wellington	9	16	3	159	43*	12.23	58.67	0	0	16	5
IG McPeake	Wellington	10	18	4	159	38	11.36	58.89	0	0	17	6
MSJ Davidson	Canterbury	3	6	1	156	101*	31.20	40.41	0	1	20	1
JA Duffy	Otago	8	15	3	155	46	12.92	60.78	0	0	23	2
TG Johnston	Canterbury	5	10	0	151	44	15.10	69.59	0	0	17	3
S Hicks	Otago	2	4	0	147	63	36.75	44.01	1	0	14	1
JS Case	Canterbury	2	4	0	138	90	34.50	38.23	1	0	17	0
CJ Anderson	Northern Districts	3	4	0	135	61	33.75	71.43	1	0	13	5
LV van Beek	Wellington	7	12	2	135	34	13.50	54.44	0	0	19	2
JG Walker	Northern Districts	7	12	2	125	33	12.50	49.02	0	0	16	3
LRPL Taylor	Central Districts	1	2	0	124	90	62.00	62.63	1	0	16	0
BJ Small	Central Districts	5	8	3	114	64	22.80	52.53	1	0	17	0
AY Patel	Central Districts	9	15	4	111	34*	10.09	42.69	0	0	17	0
NF Kelly	Northern Districts	4	5	0	110	40	22.00	57.59	0	0	17	0
MJ Santner	Northern Districts	1	2	0	108	55	54.00	41.54	2	0	18	0
MD Rae	Otago	10	19	3	106	32	6.63	65.43	0	0	10	5
BS Smith	Central Districts	6	10	0	99	49	9.90	32.89	0	0	9	1
BR Hampton	Canterbury	1	2	0	85	60	42.50	85.86	1	0	8	4
AF Milne	Central Districts	6	10	0	85	24	8.50	38.81	0	0	9	1
KS Williamson	Northern Districts	1	2	0	83	45	41.50	47.70	0	0	11	0
JD Baker	Northern Districts	10	17	4	83	21	6.38	28.62	0	0	5	2
IS Sodhi	Northern Districts	4	6	0	82	48	13.67	43.16	0	0	7	1
C Cachopa	Auckland	4	7	1	78	24	13.00	31.08	0	0	11	0
WSA Williams	Canterbury	8	15	2	78	26	6.00	25.57	0	0	4	0
ATE Hazeldine	Canterbury	5	9	0	77	26	8.56	70.00	0	0	7	2
MJ Guptill	Auckland	2	4	1	74	52*	24.67	61.16	1	0	11	1
BG Lister	Auckland	7	14	5	74	19*	8.22	39.15	0	0	9	1
LH Ferguson	Auckland	6	10	3	62	20	8.86	55.36	0	0	11	1
M Renwick	Central Districts	3	6	0	59	23	9.83	45.04	0	0	9	0
TS Nethula	Auckland	2	4	0	56	26	14.00	64.37	0	0	7	1
PF Younghusband	Wellington	2	4	1	56	27	18.67	51.38	0	0	10	0
TF van Woerkom	Canterbury	3	5	2	55	41	18.33	31.43	0	0	9	0
MJ Taylor	Wellington	1	2	0	54	49	27.00	87.10	0	0	8	2
JCT Boyle	Canterbury	2	4	0	54	27	13.50	32.53	0	0	7	0
WC Ludick	Central Districts	1	2	0	52	30	26.00	50.98	0	0	6	2
AD Ridley	Wellington	3	5	1	52	43*	13.00	44.07	0	0	9	0
BJ Arnel	Northern Districts	6	12	4	51	16	6.38	34.93	0	0	8	0
SHA Rance	Central Districts	6	10	3	51	33	7.29	92.73	0	0	4	3
C de Grandhomme	Auckland	1	2	0	50	50	25.00	49.02	1	0	3	0
HK Bennett	Wellington	8	14	3	45	24	4.09	44.12	0	0	7	0
FW Sheat	Canterbury	4	8	5	45	29*	15.00	40.54	0	0	6	0
FH Allen	Auckland	2	3	0	41	20	13.67	35.96	0	0	5	1
FJM Murray	Central Districts	1	2	2	39	27*	—	44.83	0	0	6	0
NG Smith	Otago	2	4	0	38	30	9.50	35.85	0	0	3	0
RS Sandhu	Auckland	2	4	0	38	22	9.50	76.00	0	0	4	2
BP Coburn	Canterbury	7	13	3	35	17	3.50	20.71	0	0	4	0
HM Nicholls	Canterbury	1	2	0	34	21	17.00	61.82	0	0	6	0
TD Astle	Canterbury	1	2	0	33	23	16.50	62.26	0	0	4	0
BM Tickner	Central Districts	9	16	4	31	9	2.58	30.69	0	0	3	0
MJ Henry	Canterbury	1	2	0	28	27	14.00	90.32	0	0	5	0
JJ Tasman-Jones	Otago	1	2	0	28	20	14.00	41.18	0	0	3	0
NA Patel	Central Districts	2	4	0	27	26	6.75	60.00	0	0	5	0
TG Southee	Northern Districts	1	2	0	26	20	13.00	53.06	0	0	4	0
MB Bacon	Otago	2	3	1	26	22*	13.00	41.27	0	0	3	0
DJ Grobbelaar	Auckland	1	2	0	25	19	12.50	38.46	0	0	4	1
TWM Latham	Canterbury	1	2	0	24	16	12.00	57.14	0	0	5	0
SC Meaker	Auckland	3	5	1	23	14	5.75	36.51	0	0	4	0
BG Randell	Northern Districts	3	6	0	22	9	3.67	31.43	0	0	2	0
KA Jamieson	Canterbury	2	4	1	22	15*	7.33	46.81	0	0	2	1
JA Brown	Auckland	3	6	2	20	14	5.00	27.40	0	0	3	0
LR Johns	Wellington	1	2	0	19	15	9.50	43.18	0	0	3	0
WD Barnes	Otago	2	4	2	17	12	8.50	43.59	0	0	3	0
ZN Gibson	Northern Districts	4	5	1	16	8	4.00	30.19	0	0	1	0
HB Shipley	Canterbury	1	2	1	15	15*	15.00	71.43	0	0	3	0
T Muller	Wellington	1	2	0	12	12	6.00	60.00	0	0	3	0
DK Ferns	Auckland	5	9	2	9	5	1.29	14.06	0	0	0	0
TA Boult	Northern Districts	1	2	1	7	5*	7.00	50.00	0	0	1	0
LJ Delport	Auckland	1	2	0	6	4	3.00	40.00	0	0	1	0
C Munro	Auckland	1	2	0	4	4	2.00	50.00	0	0	0	0
BM Wheeler	Central Districts	2	3	0	1	1	0.33	7.14	0	0	0	0
PD Bocock	Northern Districts	1	1	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0	0	0	0
JL Finnie	Otago	1	2	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0	0	0	0
AA Parikh	Auckland	1	1	1	0	0*	—	0.00	0	0	0	0
TJ Garrett	Canterbury	1	2	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0	0	0	0

Bowling · 85 players

Plunket Shield 2017/18 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
AY Patel	Central Districts	9	17	2,134	92	1,033	48	21.52	44.46	2.90	7	6/48
LV van Beek	Wellington	7	14	1,158	47	579	40	14.48	28.95	3.00	3	6/46
HK Bennett	Wellington	8	15	1,292	55	585	38	15.39	34.00	2.72	2	5/14
JS Patel	Wellington	9	15	1,916	104	793	36	22.03	53.22	2.48	4	7/105
MB McEwan	Auckland	9	14	1,622	52	892	36	24.78	45.06	3.30	2	6/48
IG McPeake	Wellington	10	19	1,204	41	677	35	19.34	34.40	3.37	3	5/21
JD Baker	Northern Districts	10	19	1,836	70	842	34	24.76	54.00	2.75	2	6/72
LH Ferguson	Auckland	6	8	984	31	574	33	17.39	29.82	3.50	5	7/34
SC Kuggeleijn	Northern Districts	7	14	1,324	37	793	30	26.43	44.13	3.59	2	7/48
BM Tickner	Central Districts	9	17	1,391	40	871	30	29.03	46.37	3.76	1	5/23
JA Duffy	Otago	8	14	1,338	56	685	29	23.62	46.14	3.07	3	5/29
MD Rae	Otago	10	17	1,257	32	728	29	25.10	43.34	3.47	1	5/18
SHA Rance	Central Districts	6	12	898	32	429	28	15.32	32.07	2.87	3	6/26
IS Sodhi	Northern Districts	4	6	965	28	390	28	13.93	34.46	2.42	4	7/30
BG Lister	Auckland	7	12	1,093	37	543	28	19.39	39.04	2.98	1	5/29
BJ Arnel	Northern Districts	6	11	1,375	69	565	26	21.73	52.88	2.47	2	5/73
N Wagner	Otago	6	11	1,385	56	637	24	26.54	57.71	2.76	1	5/45
DAJ Bracewell	Central Districts	8	16	1,420	56	695	24	28.96	59.17	2.94	0	4/59
AF Milne	Central Districts	6	12	1,314	45	733	21	34.90	62.57	3.35	1	5/64
OR Newton	Wellington	9	16	1,172	38	613	21	29.19	55.81	3.14	0	4/26
MD Craig	Otago	7	13	1,643	71	750	20	37.50	82.15	2.74	0	4/42
MJG Rippon	Otago	5	9	926	26	485	19	25.53	48.74	3.14	0	4/30
WSA Williams	Canterbury	8	13	1,064	58	457	19	24.05	56.00	2.58	0	4/16
WD Barnes	Otago	2	4	376	17	178	15	11.87	25.07	2.84	1	6/64
BP Coburn	Canterbury	6	8	787	20	474	15	31.60	52.47	3.61	1	7/64

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Plunket Shield 2017/18 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
TG Johnston	Canterbury	5	7	1,013	32	520	13	40.00	77.92	3.08	1	5/78
FW Sheat	Canterbury	4	7	486	15	316	13	24.31	37.38	3.90	0	3/31
AM Ellis	Canterbury	8	12	1,122	45	538	12	44.83	93.50	2.88	0	3/50
DK Ferns	Auckland	5	9	672	20	386	12	32.17	56.00	3.45	0	3/60
JDS Neesham	Otago	8	14	858	39	400	11	36.36	78.00	2.80	0	3/46
DR Sams	Canterbury	3	5	610	21	341	11	31.00	55.45	3.35	0	4/55
AP Devcich	Northern Districts	5	7	389	10	244	10	24.40	38.90	3.76	0	3/40
JG Walker	Northern Districts	7	12	996	30	535	10	53.50	99.60	3.22	0	2/85
MB Bacon	Otago	2	4	330	10	149	10	14.90	33.00	2.71	0	4/55
AK Kitchen	Otago	8	10	409	8	246	9	27.33	45.44	3.61	0	3/19
ATE Hazeldine	Canterbury	5	6	451	8	333	9	37.00	50.11	4.43	0	3/47
BM Wheeler	Central Districts	2	4	325	14	160	8	20.00	40.63	2.95	0	3/40
TF van Woerkom	Canterbury	3	4	354	7	210	8	26.25	44.25	3.56	0	3/50
BJ Small	Central Districts	5	10	654	20	405	7	57.86	93.43	3.72	0	2/29
DJ Mitchell	Northern Districts	6	9	486	19	230	7	32.86	69.43	2.84	0	2/29
KA Jamieson	Canterbury	2	3	276	15	153	7	21.86	39.43	3.33	1	5/61
GD Phillips	Auckland	6	8	354	6	244	7	34.86	50.57	4.14	0	3/45
ZN Gibson	Northern Districts	4	8	418	7	274	7	39.14	59.71	3.93	0	3/61
JA Brown	Auckland	3	4	366	10	210	7	30.00	52.29	3.44	0	2/22
BG Randell	Northern Districts	3	6	426	15	237	6	39.50	71.00	3.34	0	2/50
HB Shipley	Canterbury	1	2	118	4	80	6	13.33	19.67	4.07	1	5/37
LJ Woodcock	Wellington	8	12	272	12	139	5	27.80	54.40	3.07	0	2/17
NA Patel	Central Districts	2	4	252	7	178	5	35.60	50.40	4.24	0	2/21
WC Ludick	Central Districts	1	2	222	5	121	5	24.20	44.40	3.27	0	4/102
C de Grandhomme	Auckland	1	2	210	13	75	4	18.75	52.50	2.14	0	3/46
LJ Delport	Auckland	1	2	174	9	65	4	16.25	43.50	2.24	0	4/42
TG Southee	Northern Districts	1	2	174	8	108	3	36.00	58.00	3.72	0	3/97
MJ Henry	Canterbury	1	2	163	3	105	3	35.00	54.33	3.87	0	2/59
SM Solia	Auckland	6	6	186	1	117	3	39.00	62.00	3.77	0	2/21
FJM Murray	Central Districts	1	2	180	5	128	3	42.67	60.00	4.27	0	2/89
TA Boult	Northern Districts	1	2	192	3	111	2	55.50	96.00	3.47	0	1/38
MJ Barry	Auckland	4	5	264	4	199	2	99.50	132.00	4.52	0	1/30
AD Ridley	Wellington	3	3	144	5	107	2	53.50	72.00	4.46	0	1/19
JD Ryder	Central Districts	4	5	216	3	89	1	89.00	216.00	2.47	0	1/25
TD Astle	Canterbury	1	1	12	1	4	1	4.00	12.00	2.00	0	1/4
SC Meaker	Auckland	3	4	432	6	254	1	254.00	432.00	3.53	0	1/98
JA Raval	Auckland	4	4	34	1	25	1	25.00	34.00	4.41	0	1/2
DJ Grobbelaar	Auckland	1	2	210	8	121	1	121.00	210.00	3.46	0	1/90
TS Nethula	Auckland	2	3	343	2	229	1	229.00	343.00	4.01	0	1/94
BD Schmulian	Central Districts	4	6	115	2	74	1	74.00	115.00	3.86	0	1/21
TC Bruce	Central Districts	3	3	60	0	46	1	46.00	60.00	4.60	0	1/20
RR O'Donnell	Auckland	3	4	198	2	154	1	154.00	198.00	4.67	0	1/32
HR Cooper	Northern Districts	1	1	24	0	16	1	16.00	24.00	4.00	0	1/16
T Muller	Wellington	1	2	114	3	89	1	89.00	114.00	4.68	0	1/52
RS Sandhu	Auckland	2	3	216	7	171	1	171.00	216.00	4.75	0	1/31
C Munro	Auckland	1	2	120	6	43	0	—	—	2.15	0	0/19
MS Chapman	Auckland	2	3	102	1	76	0	—	—	4.47	0	0/9
GH Worker	Central Districts	3	4	90	3	34	0	—	—	2.27	0	0/7
CJ Anderson	Northern Districts	1	1	24	0	12	0	—	—	3.00	0	0/12
CE McConchie	Canterbury	5	6	66	3	35	0	—	—	3.18	0	0/0
BR Hampton	Canterbury	1	2	102	0	88	0	—	—	5.18	0	0/37
MJ Taylor	Wellington	1	1	48	1	30	0	—	—	3.75	0	0/30
MJ Santner	Northern Districts	1	1	42	0	19	0	—	—	2.71	0	0/19
PF Younghusband	Wellington	1	1	66	1	45	0	—	—	4.09	0	0/45
NF Kelly	Northern Districts	1	1	24	0	21	0	—	—	5.25	0	0/21
S Hicks	Otago	1	1	48	0	36	0	—	—	4.50	0	0/36
NG Smith	Otago	2	4	180	6	113	0	—	—	3.77	0	0/9
AA Parikh	Auckland	1	1	120	2	89	0	—	—	4.45	0	0/89
JJ Tasman-Jones	Otago	1	1	12	0	9	0	—	—	4.50	0	0/9
TJ Garrett	Canterbury	1	1	84	2	55	0	—	—	3.93	0	0/55

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 2017/18. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

Plunket Shield 2017/18 team results and innings totals
Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Drawn	Runs	Outs	Bat avg	Highest	Conceded	Wickets	Bowl avg
Central Districts	10	6	0	4	5,095	130	39.19	524	5,133	187	27.45
Wellington	10	6	3	1	4,199	156	26.92	553	3,763	181	20.79
Auckland	10	5	3	2	3,997	176	22.71	349	4,629	144	32.15
Canterbury	10	2	6	2	4,084	178	22.94	485	3,808	122	31.21
Northern Districts	10	2	4	4	4,602	155	29.69	483	4,567	165	27.68
Otago	10	2	7	1	4,499	173	26.01	513	4,576	169	27.08

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 · 2017/18

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

2018-04-02 to 2018-04-05 · University Oval, Dunedin

Otago: 264 & 170
Canterbury: 225 & 304

Canterbury won by 95 runs

2018-04-02 to 2018-04-05 · Nelson Park, Napier

Central Districts: 99 & 284/4
Northern Districts: 134 & 483

Match drawn

2018-04-02 to 2018-04-04 · Eden Park Outer Oval, Auckland

Auckland: 304 & 163
Wellington: 174 & 173

Auckland won by 120 runs

2018-03-25 to 2018-03-26 · Basin Reserve, Wellington

Wellington: 137 & 130
Northern Districts: 323

Northern Districts won by an innings and 56 runs

2018-03-25 to 2018-03-26 · University Oval, Dunedin

Otago: 305
Auckland: 134 & 134

Otago won by an innings and 37 runs

2018-03-25 to 2018-03-27 · McLean Park, Napier

Central Districts: 360/7d
Canterbury: 97 & 205

Central Districts won by an innings and 58 runs

2018-03-17 to 2018-03-20 · Basin Reserve, Wellington

Wellington: 530 & 264/8d
Central Districts: 423 & 108/8

Match drawn

2018-03-17 to 2018-03-20 · Cobham Oval (New), Whangarei

Northern Districts: 227/8d
Otago: 331 & 101/3

Match drawn

2018-03-17 to 2018-03-19 · MainPower Oval, Rangiora

Canterbury: 485/6d
Auckland: 66/6

Match drawn

2018-03-10 to 2018-03-13 · University Oval, Dunedin

Otago: 289 & 196
Wellington: 194 & 309

Wellington won by 18 runs

2018-03-09 to 2018-03-12 · Cobham Oval (New), Whangarei

Northern Districts: 409/4d
Canterbury: 193 & 141/2

Match drawn

2018-03-09 to 2018-03-12 · Eden Park Outer Oval, Auckland

Auckland: 205 & 181/8
Central Districts: 524

Match drawn

Recorded venues

Plunket Shield 2017/18 venues and recorded match counts
Venue	Matches
Basin Reserve, Wellington	5
Eden Park Outer Oval, Auckland	5
University Oval, Dunedin	4
Hagley Oval, Christchurch	3
Cobham Oval (New), Whangarei	2
MainPower Oval, Rangiora	2
McLean Park, Napier	2
Saxton Oval, Nelson	2
Seddon Park, Hamilton	2
Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui	1
Molyneux Park, Alexandra	1
Nelson Park, Napier	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 2017/18, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

Plunket Shield 2017/18 batting innings records
Player	Runs	Opponent	Date
MHW Papps	316*	Auckland	2017-10-23
KJ McClure	210	Auckland	2018-03-17
BD Schmulian	203	Northern Districts	2017-10-23
MJ Nofal	179	Central Districts	2018-03-17
JD Ryder	175	Auckland	2017-11-01

Best bowling innings

Plunket Shield 2017/18 bowling innings records
Player	Wickets/runs	Opponent	Date
IS Sodhi	7/30	Wellington	2018-03-25
LH Ferguson	7/34	Otago	2017-11-07
SC Kuggeleijn	7/48	Central Districts	2018-04-02
BP Coburn	7/64	Northern Districts	2017-11-01
IS Sodhi	7/98	Otago	2018-03-17

* 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.

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Recent recorded matches · 2017/18

Otago v Canterbury

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