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The 2021–22 Plunket Shield was the 93rd season of the Plunket Shield, the domestic first-class cricket competition that was played in New Zealand.[1] The tournament took place from October 2021 to April 2022.[2] In July 2021, New Zealand Cricket named all the squads for the domestic teams ahead of the 2021–22 season.[3] Canterbury were the defending champions.[4]
Dates | 23 October 2021 – 15 April 2022 |
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Cricket format | First-class |
Tournament format(s) | Round-robin |
Champions | Auckland (24th title) |
Participants | 6 |
Matches | 24 |
Most runs | Tom Bruce (858) |
Most wickets | Brett Randell (31) Nathan Smith (31) |
In September 2021, New Zealand Cricket announced the schedule for the tournament.[5] However, due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand, two of the opening round fixtures were postponed,[6] and were rescheduled for a later date.[7] Auckland won the tournament during the penultimate round of matches,[8] after the match between Northern Districts and Central Districts ended in a draw due to positive COVID-19 cases in the Northern Districts' team.[9] As a result of the COVID-19 cases, Northern Districts had 19 players unavailable for their final match of the season, with seven players making their first-class debut.[10] It was the highest number of debutants in the same match for Northern Districts since their inaugural first-class fixture in 1956.[11]
Team[12] | Pld | W | L | D | Ab | Pts | Avge |
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Auckland | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 104 | 13.00 |
Canterbury | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 92 | 11.50 |
Northern Districts | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 68 | 9.71 |
Central Districts | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 56 | 8.00 |
Otago | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 61 | 7.62 |
Wellington | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 7.25 |
Champions.
Teams were ranked by average points per completed match, including abandoned matches, which earned four points, but the regulations excluded the Covid-affected draw between Northern Districts and Central Districts from the calculations.[13]
23–26 October 2021 Scorecard |
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23–26 October 2021 Scorecard |
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31 October – 3 November 2021 Scorecard |
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7–10 November 2021 Scorecard |
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15–18 November 2021 Scorecard |
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22–25 November 2021 Scorecard |
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11–14 February 2022 Scorecard |
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3–6 March 2022 Scorecard |
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3–6 March 2022 Scorecard |
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11–14 March 2022 Scorecard |
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20–23 March 2022 Scorecard |
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20–23 March 2022 Scorecard |
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0/0d (0 overs) |
28–31 March 2022 Scorecard |
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9/0 (1.3 overs) William O'Donnell 5* (8) |
29 March – 1 April 2022 Scorecard |
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29 March – 1 April 2022 Scorecard |
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5–8 April 2022 Scorecard |
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6–9 April 2022 Scorecard |
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