Central Districts crowned Plunket Shield champions

Canterbury have accused Auckland of deliberately batting negatively after their Plunket Shield encounter was called off early on the third day

Logan van Beek and Matt McEwan in the record books as the Plunket Shield witnesses its first set of twin hat-tricks

The news over recent days has focused on England players choosing to give up the first-class game, but Surrey's Stuart Meaker has taken a step in the opposite direction

Tim Seifert's century set up a massive first-innings score of 456 before Ish Sodhi chipped away at Otago to return a match haul of nine wickets, including a five-for on the final day

A combined bowling effort from the Central Districts pace attack, and an improved batting performance in the second innings gave them a seven-wicket win against Wellington in Nelson

Auckland's bowlers overcame a solid resistance from Canterbury's middle order to pick up a 24-run win in a chase of 316 in Auckland

Jesse Ryder's unbeaten 31 followed half-centuries from Will Young and Ross Taylor to help defeat Otago with less than six overs to spare in pursuit of 332

Mitchell Santner's twin half-centuries were some consolation for Northern Districts in the eight-wicket defeat, their third in four matches this season

Fast bowler Hamish Bennett took ten wickets, and Tom Blundell took ten catches to go with two unbeaten knocks as Wellington consolidated their position at the top of the table