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Plunket Shield 2025/26 statistics and records

Plunket Shield: standings, leading run scorers, wicket takers and innings records in Redball’s recorded data. Season statistics cover Plunket Shield 2025/26; Tests are excluded.

HM Nicholls leads the displayed batting table with 870 runs. RL Toole leads the bowling table with 35 wickets.

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Recorded matches: 24
Recorded players: 104
Recorded teams: 6
Recorded venues: 10

Selected season match starts: 2025-11-18 to 2026-03-27. Player counts cover recorded batting or bowling innings, not a registered squad. Latest update among the displayed statistics and match source rows: 2026-09-23.

Plunket Shield standings

League table for 2025/26. 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 2025/26

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 2025/26 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Runs
HM Nicholls	7	870
BD Schmulian	8	717
LN Stackpole	8	664
JF Carter	8	654
HR Cooper	8	643

Recorded innings through 2026-03-27. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

Plunket Shield Plunket Shield 2025/26 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Wickets
RL Toole	8	35
TJG Pringle	8	31
FW Sheat	8	28
MD Rae	7	27
Thomas O'Connor	4	27

Recorded innings through 2026-03-27. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 2025/26

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 · 104 players

Plunket Shield 2025/26 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s	4s	6s
HM Nicholls	Canterbury	7	11	2	870	226	96.67	73.85	5	3	94	6
BD Schmulian	Central Districts	8	14	1	717	167*	55.15	59.40	4	2	84	2
LN Stackpole	Auckland	8	15	1	664	172*	47.43	94.72	2	2	68	33
JF Carter	Northern Districts	8	15	1	654	119*	46.71	49.55	4	1	67	3
HR Cooper	Northern Districts	8	15	1	643	206*	45.93	48.75	4	1	82	1
MW Chu	Otago	8	14	1	585	151	45.00	57.13	3	2	68	5
B Popli	Northern Districts	8	15	0	558	116	37.20	56.42	4	1	52	5
MWT Boyle	Canterbury	8	13	2	554	156*	50.36	70.84	4	1	67	12
JM Cumming	Otago	8	14	2	511	113	42.58	65.35	2	1	73	4
CG Heaphy	Central Districts	7	12	0	509	132	42.42	43.10	2	2	49	0
D Cleaver	Central Districts	7	12	1	499	109	45.36	68.92	4	1	67	7
RA Mariu	Canterbury	8	13	0	489	147	37.62	64.94	1	2	73	3
JM Tashkoff	Wellington	7	14	0	476	109	34.00	75.80	1	2	68	6
JA Raval	Northern Districts	8	15	0	473	129	31.53	43.16	2	2	46	1
NF Kelly	Wellington	7	14	0	468	150	33.43	57.99	1	2	60	5
NA Greenwood	Wellington	8	16	0	457	143	28.56	60.85	0	2	62	5
LI Georgeson	Otago	8	14	4	455	103*	45.50	44.17	3	1	51	3
TB Robinson	Wellington	7	14	2	449	108	37.42	72.77	1	2	44	9
B Jacobs	Auckland	6	11	0	417	125	37.91	77.22	3	1	55	11
SM Solia	Auckland	8	15	1	416	79	29.71	46.17	4	0	64	1
SB Keene	Auckland	8	15	3	413	67	34.42	70.96	4	0	52	3
JCT Boyle	Otago	7	11	0	410	156	37.27	45.56	2	1	41	3
D Foxcroft	Central Districts	8	14	2	409	94	34.08	63.61	3	0	46	10
TA Blundell	Wellington	5	10	2	390	98*	48.75	71.69	3	0	38	14
KDC Clarke	Northern Districts	6	12	3	379	103	42.11	59.03	0	1	45	8

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Plunket Shield 2025/26 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s	4s	6s
GR Severin	Wellington	7	14	0	363	104	25.93	50.49	1	1	49	1
Tom Jones	Otago	8	14	1	359	119	27.62	63.20	1	1	44	5
DN Phillips	Auckland	8	15	1	354	131	25.29	60.20	0	2	42	5
CD Fletcher	Auckland	6	11	1	334	85	33.40	43.49	2	0	33	7
RR O'Donnell	Northern Districts	7	13	1	332	101	27.67	67.76	1	1	40	9
TK Parkes	Otago	8	14	0	308	53	22.00	52.03	1	0	47	1
MJ Hay	Canterbury	7	11	2	307	85	34.11	49.92	2	0	32	4
RD Harrison	Auckland	8	15	6	303	59	33.67	42.26	4	0	31	3
PF Younghusband	Wellington	8	16	0	297	66	18.56	38.72	2	0	37	3
LJ Carter	Canterbury	4	6	1	282	169*	56.40	63.37	1	1	26	4
CR McLachlan	Wellington	4	8	1	282	89*	40.29	56.18	2	0	40	2
TWM Latham	Canterbury	3	5	1	259	101*	64.75	59.00	2	1	25	2
BNJ Lockrose	Otago	6	11	2	254	72*	28.22	46.52	2	0	36	2
BJ Pomare	Northern Districts	6	11	0	249	73	22.64	44.86	1	0	30	3
SB Davey	Canterbury	8	13	2	241	101*	21.91	58.21	0	1	25	7
NG Smith	Wellington	3	6	1	240	71	48.00	62.18	2	0	24	6
CJ Bowes	Canterbury	4	7	0	236	118	33.71	67.43	0	1	25	1
TC Bruce	Central Districts	6	10	1	226	103	25.11	60.75	0	1	27	3
Harrish Kannan	Auckland	6	11	0	204	78	18.55	33.44	1	0	21	1
TJG Pringle	Northern Districts	8	15	2	200	36*	15.38	44.15	0	0	18	4
TM Johnson	Otago	6	10	0	182	61	18.20	43.65	2	0	24	0
Luke Watson	Auckland	2	4	0	180	86	45.00	60.20	1	0	26	4
JH Brown	Northern Districts	8	15	4	179	50*	16.27	73.06	1	0	23	4
AY Patel	Central Districts	6	11	0	175	53	15.91	49.86	1	0	15	3
ZN Gibson	Northern Districts	6	11	5	155	43	25.83	52.90	0	0	19	0
IS Sodhi	Canterbury	4	7	1	154	108*	25.67	52.56	0	1	11	6
null	Central Districts	3	6	0	137	62	22.83	47.40	2	0	18	0
Scott Janett	Canterbury	6	9	0	136	49	15.11	43.31	0	0	20	0
GD Phillips	Otago	2	4	1	130	94	43.33	73.03	1	0	9	8
FW Sheat	Canterbury	8	12	2	130	38	13.00	49.43	0	0	14	2
Jesse Frew	Canterbury	4	5	0	130	53	26.00	37.25	1	0	15	3
Thomas O'Connor	Otago	4	7	2	129	84*	25.80	72.88	1	0	11	8
null	Northern Districts	2	4	1	125	66	41.67	87.41	2	0	11	3
Mohammad Abbas	Wellington	4	8	0	123	42	15.38	45.90	0	0	12	2
WA Young	Central Districts	5	8	0	119	65	14.88	44.57	1	0	10	2
JA Clarkson	Central Districts	7	12	1	119	37*	10.82	44.91	0	0	15	0
MW Snedden	Wellington	7	14	2	119	44*	9.92	26.74	0	0	10	0
null	Auckland	2	4	1	112	61	37.33	69.57	1	0	18	2
BR Hampton	Northern Districts	4	7	0	111	60	15.86	85.38	1	0	15	2
LR Dudding	Wellington	6	12	2	110	23	11.00	47.83	0	0	19	0
null	Otago	1	2	0	107	98	53.50	64.85	1	0	14	2
BG Randell	Central Districts	4	6	0	105	66	17.50	36.08	1	0	9	0
DK Ferns	Otago	8	14	3	94	25*	8.55	58.75	0	0	9	2
WJ Clark	Central Districts	4	8	0	94	70	11.75	54.02	1	0	8	3
A Ashok	Auckland	8	15	2	94	38	7.23	25.27	0	0	12	0
JR Lennox	Central Districts	5	7	1	86	39	14.33	32.95	0	0	10	1
TA Findlay	Central Districts	4	6	0	78	34	13.00	52.00	0	0	11	1
AW McKenzie	Canterbury	3	6	1	68	27	13.60	36.36	0	0	8	0
Tyler Annand	Central Districts	4	8	3	66	22	13.20	58.93	0	0	12	1
RK Gulati	Auckland	7	13	1	65	34	5.42	67.71	0	0	6	3
null	Wellington	3	6	0	60	23	10.00	31.09	0	0	8	0
MB Bacon	Otago	5	8	2	56	32	9.33	76.71	0	0	3	2
Marco Alpe	Auckland	2	4	1	54	35	18.00	60.00	0	0	10	0
JD McKay	Otago	8	14	2	52	23	4.33	24.19	0	0	9	0
SC Kuggeleijn	Northern Districts	4	8	0	51	26	6.38	65.38	0	0	4	3
JJ McKenzie	Auckland	3	5	0	51	29	10.20	42.15	0	0	9	0
JW Hartshorn	Wellington	6	12	3	47	17*	5.22	53.41	0	0	6	0
CE McConchie	Canterbury	3	5	0	45	15	9.00	39.13	0	0	5	0
MD Rae	Canterbury	7	11	2	43	19*	4.78	45.26	0	0	5	1
null	Wellington	2	4	2	36	22	18.00	42.35	0	0	7	0
Lucky Devireddy	Northern Districts	1	2	0	35	33	17.50	29.66	0	0	4	0
BG Lister	Auckland	4	8	1	31	15*	4.43	20.39	0	0	4	0
T Muller	Canterbury	3	5	2	27	10	9.00	46.55	0	0	4	0
Cameron Paul	Canterbury	1	1	0	25	25	25.00	39.68	0	0	1	1
KS Williamson	Northern Districts	1	2	0	20	17	10.00	74.07	0	0	2	0
RL Toole	Central Districts	8	14	7	20	7*	2.86	20.62	0	0	1	0
LV van Beek	Wellington	1	2	1	18	12*	18.00	45.00	0	0	2	0
Oscar Jackson	Wellington	1	2	0	17	10	8.50	65.38	0	0	2	0
KA Jamieson	Canterbury	1	2	0	15	12	7.50	38.46	0	0	1	0
Amogh Paranjpe	Wellington	1	2	2	8	7*	—	72.73	0	0	1	0
null	Central Districts	1	2	0	6	6	3.00	35.29	0	0	1	0
null	Otago	2	3	1	5	5	2.50	18.52	0	0	1	0
null	Northern Districts	2	3	2	4	4*	4.00	30.77	0	0	0	0
Samrath Singh	Auckland	2	4	1	4	4*	1.33	21.05	0	0	1	0
BM Tickner	Central Districts	1	2	0	0	0	0.00	—	0	0	0	0
Cooper Rowell	Northern Districts	1	2	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0	0	0	0
BL Wiggins	Central Districts	1	2	0	0	0	0.00	—	0	0	0	0
Callum Cameron	Canterbury	2	2	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0	0	0	0
null	Wellington	1	2	1	0	0*	0.00	0.00	0	0	0	0

Bowling · 75 players

Plunket Shield 2025/26 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
RL Toole	Central Districts	8	14	1,481	54	825	35	23.57	42.31	3.34	2	5/32
TJG Pringle	Northern Districts	8	15	1,965	72	869	31	28.03	63.39	2.65	0	4/38
FW Sheat	Auckland, Canterbury	8	14	—	51	662	28	23.64	—	—	0	4/34
MD Rae	Canterbury	7	12	1,327	33	692	27	25.63	49.15	3.13	0	4/45
Thomas O'Connor	Otago	4	7	657	19	389	27	14.41	24.33	3.55	2	7/58
RK Gulati	Auckland, Canterbury	7	13	—	47	758	27	28.07	—	—	2	6/51
DK Ferns	Otago	8	15	1,246	35	777	24	32.38	51.92	3.74	0	4/44
SB Keene	Auckland, Canterbury	8	14	—	33	700	24	29.17	—	—	0	4/36
ZN Gibson	Northern Districts	6	11	1,010	35	531	23	23.09	43.91	3.15	0	4/42
SB Davey	Auckland, Canterbury	8	15	—	48	559	22	25.41	—	—	0	4/48
JD McKay	Otago	8	15	1,286	27	834	22	37.91	58.45	3.89	0	3/37
LI Georgeson	Otago	8	15	1,146	43	663	20	33.15	57.30	3.47	0	3/29
JH Brown	Northern Districts	8	15	1,218	24	699	18	38.83	67.67	3.44	0	3/34
JA Clarkson	Central Districts	7	12	958	29	536	18	29.78	53.22	3.36	0	4/30
RD Harrison	Auckland, Canterbury	8	14	—	17	612	18	34.00	—	—	0	3/54
A Ashok	Auckland, Canterbury	8	13	—	29	769	18	42.72	—	—	0	3/18
SC Kuggeleijn	Northern Districts	4	7	666	18	397	17	23.35	39.18	3.58	0	4/90
AY Patel	Central Districts	6	10	1,182	31	610	17	35.88	69.53	3.10	0	3/37
JW Hartshorn	Wellington	6	11	875	20	554	17	32.59	51.47	3.80	0	4/79
LR Dudding	Wellington	6	11	894	42	445	15	29.67	59.60	2.99	1	5/67
MB Bacon	Otago	5	8	530	11	304	14	21.71	37.86	3.44	0	3/23
KDC Clarke	Northern Districts	6	10	1,020	35	498	14	35.57	72.86	2.93	0	4/53
NG Smith	Wellington	3	5	486	18	267	13	20.54	37.38	3.30	1	6/25
IS Sodhi	Auckland, Canterbury	4	8	—	16	483	12	40.25	—	—	0	4/110
BG Randell	Central Districts	4	8	588	22	310	12	25.83	49.00	3.16	1	7/25

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Plunket Shield 2025/26 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
MW Snedden	Wellington	7	12	1,046	28	632	12	52.67	87.17	3.63	1	5/56
BG Lister	Auckland	4	6	649	22	297	12	24.75	54.08	2.75	0	3/32
TA Findlay	Central Districts	4	8	575	16	362	11	32.91	52.27	3.78	0	4/48
T Muller	Canterbury	3	6	426	14	229	10	22.90	42.60	3.23	0	3/45
JR Lennox	Central Districts	4	7	588	29	235	10	23.50	58.80	2.40	0	4/57
BNJ Lockrose	Otago	6	12	818	19	516	10	51.60	81.80	3.78	0	3/38
BR Hampton	Northern Districts	4	8	581	15	378	9	42.00	64.56	3.90	0	3/49
PF Younghusband	Wellington	8	12	1,184	9	856	9	95.11	131.56	4.34	0	2/81
GD Phillips	Otago	2	4	529	8	303	9	33.67	58.78	3.44	0	3/60
AW McKenzie	Canterbury	3	6	567	23	278	9	30.89	63.00	2.94	0	3/56
JJ McKenzie	Auckland, Canterbury	3	5	—	8	259	9	28.78	—	—	1	5/35
BD Schmulian	Central Districts	6	9	283	7	133	8	16.63	35.38	2.82	0	4/27
null	Northern Districts	3	5	450	10	257	8	32.13	56.25	3.43	0	4/74
CE McConchie	Canterbury	2	4	143	2	95	7	13.57	20.43	3.99	0	3/45
NA Greenwood	Wellington	8	13	536	9	410	7	58.57	76.57	4.59	0	3/40
null	Otago	2	4	276	8	168	7	24.00	39.43	3.65	1	6/73
Tyler Annand	Central Districts	4	6	462	12	252	7	36.00	66.00	3.27	0	3/85
Samrath Singh	Auckland	2	3	318	1	261	7	37.29	45.43	4.92	0	3/94
MWT Boyle	Canterbury	7	10	416	7	235	6	39.17	69.33	3.39	0	4/87
Mohammad Abbas	Wellington	4	5	309	5	248	6	41.33	51.50	4.82	1	5/69
KA Jamieson	Canterbury	1	2	177	7	66	5	13.20	35.40	2.24	0	3/39
BM Tickner	Central Districts	1	2	147	7	81	5	16.20	29.40	3.31	0	4/68
null	Wellington	1	1	282	7	150	5	30.00	56.40	3.19	1	5/150
JA Raval	Northern Districts	8	12	491	17	243	4	60.75	122.75	2.97	0	1/14
LV van Beek	Wellington	1	2	144	3	91	3	30.33	48.00	3.79	0	2/61
HR Cooper	Northern Districts	5	9	378	18	148	3	49.33	126.00	2.35	0	1/17
Cooper Rowell	Northern Districts	1	1	102	2	77	3	25.67	34.00	4.53	0	3/77
Callum Cameron	Auckland, Canterbury	2	3	—	1	124	3	41.33	—	—	0	2/43
Cameron Paul	Auckland	1	2	—	4	53	3	17.67	—	—	0	3/47
JM Tashkoff	Wellington	3	4	114	0	126	2	63.00	57.00	6.63	0	1/39
TK Parkes	Otago	2	2	30	0	24	2	12.00	15.00	4.80	0	1/9
null	Wellington	2	3	318	12	201	2	100.50	159.00	3.79	0	1/56
Lucky Devireddy	Northern Districts	1	2	120	4	78	2	39.00	60.00	3.90	0	2/75
null	Auckland	1	1	216	4	116	2	58.00	108.00	3.22	0	2/116
TM Johnson	Otago	4	6	138	6	60	1	60.00	138.00	2.61	0	1/18
JCT Boyle	Otago	4	5	138	5	79	1	79.00	138.00	3.43	0	1/40
RA Mariu	Canterbury	3	4	150	6	76	1	76.00	150.00	3.04	0	1/12
WJ Clark	Central Districts	3	4	150	3	112	1	112.00	150.00	4.48	0	1/37
Oscar Jackson	Wellington	1	2	59	0	48	1	48.00	59.00	4.88	0	1/36
null	Central Districts	1	1	78	3	34	1	34.00	78.00	2.62	0	1/34
SM Solia	Auckland	2	2	24	2	8	0	—	—	2.00	0	0/0
D Foxcroft	Central Districts	8	10	270	8	152	0	—	—	3.38	0	0/1
DN Phillips	Auckland	2	2	18	0	15	0	—	—	5.00	0	0/5
GR Severin	Wellington	1	1	12	0	12	0	—	—	6.00	0	0/12
JM Cumming	Otago	1	2	12	0	9	0	—	—	4.50	0	0/4
TB Robinson	Wellington	1	1	36	0	46	0	—	—	7.67	0	0/46
Scott Janett	Canterbury	1	1	18	0	13	0	—	—	4.33	0	0/13
LN Stackpole	Auckland	1	1	6	0	3	0	—	—	3.00	0	0/3
Amogh Paranjpe	Wellington	1	2	72	1	64	0	—	—	5.33	0	0/23
Harrish Kannan	Canterbury	1	1	—	0	2	0	—	—	—	0	0/2

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 2025/26. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

Plunket Shield 2025/26 team results and innings totals
Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Drawn	Other	Runs	Outs	Bat avg	Highest	Conceded	Wickets	Bowl avg
Central Districts	8	4	2	2	0	3,583	123	29.13	373	3,761	127	29.61
Otago	8	4	1	3	0	3,861	108	35.75	522	4,225	138	30.62
Auckland	8	3	2	2	1	4,104	137	29.96	414	4,497	127	35.41
Canterbury	8	3	1	3	1	4,795	114	42.06	591	3,817	146	26.14
Northern Districts	8	3	4	1	0	4,376	136	32.18	571	4,369	136	32.13
Wellington	8	0	7	1	0	4,233	151	28.03	401	4,283	95	45.08

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 · 2025/26

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

2026-03-27 to 2026-03-30 · University Oval, Dunedin

Otago: 112 & 345/6
Wellington: 156 & 300

Otago won by 4 wickets

2026-03-27 to 2026-03-30 · Cobham Oval (New), Whangarei

Northern Districts: 279 & 258
Central Districts: 235 & 327

Central Districts won by 25 runs

2026-03-27 to 2026-03-30 · Kennards Hire Community Oval, Auckland

Auckland: 280 & 337/6
Canterbury: 591

Match drawn

2026-03-18 to 2026-03-20 · Cello Basin Reserve, Wellington

Wellington: 309 & 181
Auckland: 414 & 77/2

Auckland won by 8 wickets

2026-03-18 to 2026-03-21 · University Oval, Dunedin

Otago: 258 & 353/6
Northern Districts: 339 & 271

Otago won by 4 wickets

2026-03-18 to 2026-03-21 · MainPower Oval, Rangiora

Canterbury: 334 & 325/9d
Central Districts: 221 & 159

Canterbury won by 279 runs

2026-03-09 to 2026-03-12 · Cello Basin Reserve, Wellington

Wellington: 208 & 224
Canterbury: 336 & 297/3d

Canterbury won by 201 runs

2026-03-09 to 2026-03-11 · Kennards Hire Community Oval, Auckland

Auckland: 228 & 146
Otago: 343 & 35/1

Otago won by 9 wickets

2026-03-07 to 2026-03-09 · McLean Park, Napier

Central Districts: 373
Northern Districts: 82 & 264

Central Districts won by an innings and 27 runs

2026-03-01 to 2026-03-28 · McLean Park, Napier

Central Districts: 296
Wellington: 401 & 244/8d

Match drawn

2026-03-01 to 2026-03-28 · Hagley Oval, Christchurch

Canterbury: 227
Otago: 296

Match drawn

2026-03-01 to 2026-03-28 · Kennards Hire Community Oval, Auckland

Auckland: 283 & 188
Northern Districts: 288 & 184/4

Northern Districts won by 6 wickets

Recorded venues

Plunket Shield 2025/26 venues and recorded match counts
Venue	Matches
Cello Basin Reserve, Wellington	4
Kennards Hire Community Oval, Auckland	4
University Oval, Dunedin	4
McLean Park, Napier	3
Hagley Oval, Christchurch	2
MainPower Oval, Rangiora	2
Seddon Park, Hamilton	2
Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui	1
Cobham Oval (New), Whangarei	1
Fitzherbert Park, Palmerston North	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 2025/26, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

Plunket Shield 2025/26 batting innings records
Player	Runs	Opponent	Date
HM Nicholls	226	Auckland	2025-12-13
HR Cooper	206*	Auckland	2025-11-26
LN Stackpole	172*	Wellington	2026-03-18
LJ Carter	169*	Auckland	2026-03-27
BD Schmulian	167*	Wellington	2025-11-26

Best bowling innings

Plunket Shield 2025/26 bowling innings records
Player	Wickets/runs	Opponent	Date
BG Randell	7/25	Northern Districts	2026-03-07
Thomas O'Connor	7/58	Auckland	2026-03-09
NG Smith	6/25	Otago	2026-03-27
Thomas O'Connor	6/27	Auckland	2026-03-09
RK Gulati	6/51	Northern Districts	2025-11-26

* 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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