Colin Munro, Mark Chapman take Auckland to Ford Trophy title

All the major talking points from the week gone by in the Super Smash

The Major Associations set to contract 16 players each overall, one more than last season

Ben Stokes made his first significant impact during his stint with Canterbury as he struck a powerful 93 off 47 balls in the Super Smash against Otago

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

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

Playing with a fractured finger, Lockie Ferguson took 12 wickets, including a seven-for in the first innings

Stephen Murdoch waltzed to his 13th first-class ton while Hamish Bennett bagged a match haul of seven wickets as Wellington prevailed by an innings and 43 runs

The two New Zealand internationals bagged 11 wickets between them to secure 17 points for Otago in their season opener

A round-up form the latest action in the Plunket Shield which featured the first round of pink-ball floodlit matches