Nethula, Ferguson help Auckland finish second

Canterbury, through captain Peter Fulton and left-arm seamer Ed Nuttall, knocked off three other contenders to win the Plunket Shield after a nine-wicket rout of Northern Districts

A round-up of the Plunket Shield matches that finished on March 27, 2015

Jacob Duffy's career-best match haul of 9 for 123 laid the foundation of Otago's four-wicket win against table-toppers Canterbury in Dunedin

Jesse Ryder has been suspended from Otago's final game in the Plunket Shield after he admitted to a breach of New Zealand Cricket's Code of Conduct

Colin Munro set a new world record when he struck 23 sixes in a first-class innings as he celebrated New Zealand's qualification for the World Cup final in a rampant innings for Auckland against Central Districts

A round-up of the Plunkett Shield matches that ended on March 20, 2015

A round-up of the Plunket Shield matches that ended on March 12, 2015

Fifties from Stephen Murdoch and Deepak Joon and a steadying 40 not out from Michael Pollard helped Wellington chase down a target of 240 for a three-wicket win over Central Districts

Led by Peter Fulton's century and fifties from Neil Broom, Henry Nicholls and Andrew Ellis, Canterbury chased down 362 with eight balls to spare