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2016–17 Plunket Shield season
| Dates |
|---|
| First-class |
| Round-robin |
| Canterbury (19th title) |
| 6 |
| 30 |
| Brad Wilson (730) |
| Ajaz Patel (44) |
The 2016–17 Plunket Shield was the 91st season of official first-class cricket in New Zealand. The competition started on 22 October 2016, and ran to 1 April 2017. The round seven fixtures that started in early March 2017, were played as day/night matches. These were in preparation for a possible day/night Test match between New Zealand and England, scheduled to take place in March 2018. Despite some concerns about the visibility of the pink ball while catching, the matches received positive feedback.
In the first round of matches, Michael Papps playing for Wellington, became the first player to score 10,000 runs in the Plunket Shield. The start of the round four fixture between Wellington and Central Districts was delayed because of a 7.8 magnitude earthquake that struck New Zealand on 14 November 2016. It was later abandoned because of frequent aftershocks in the area.
Canterbury won the tournament, their 19th title in the competition, and their third win in the last four years.
| Team | .mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}Pld | W | L | D | Ab | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canterbury | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 105 |
| Northern Districts | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 103 |
| Auckland | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 98 |
| Wellington | 10 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 86 |
| Central Districts | 10 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 79 |
| Otago | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 60 |
| Team | Home Ground(s) |
|---|---|
| Northern Districts | Seddon Park, Cobham Oval, Harry Barker Reserve |
| Auckland | Eden Park No.2 |
| Central Districts | Nelson Park, McLean Park, Saxton Oval |
| Wellington | Basin Reserve, Karori Park, Westpac Stadium |
| Canterbury | Mainpower Oval, Hagley Oval |
| Otago | Queen's Park, University Oval |
Prior to the start of the season, the following squads were announced:
| Auckland | Canterbury | Central Districts | Northern Districts | Otago | Wellington |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cody Andrews | |||||
| Brad Cachopa | |||||
| Mark Chapman | |||||
| Colin de Grandhomme | |||||
| Lockie Ferguson | |||||
| Donovan Grobbelaar | |||||
| Michael Guptill-Bunce | |||||
| Shawn Hicks | |||||
| Dane Hutchinson | |||||
| Tarun Nethula | |||||
| Rob Nicol | |||||
| Robert O'Donnell | |||||
| Glenn Phillips | |||||
| Jeet Raval | |||||
| Sean Solia | Todd Astle | ||||
| Jeremy Benton | |||||
| Leo Carter | |||||
| Michael Davidson | |||||
| Andrew Ellis | |||||
| Cameron Fletcher | |||||
| Peter Fulton | |||||
| Kyle Jamieson | |||||
| Timothy Johnston | |||||
| Kenneth McClure | |||||
| Cole McConchie | |||||
| Edward Nuttall | |||||
| Henry Shipley | |||||
| Logan van Beek | |||||
| Will Williams | Tom Bruce | ||||
| Dane Cleaver | |||||
| Greg Hay | |||||
| Marty Kain | |||||
| Andrew Mathieson | |||||
| Ryan McCone | |||||
| Ajaz Patel | |||||
| Navin Patel | |||||
| Seth Rance | |||||
| Jesse Ryder | |||||
| Bevan Small | |||||
| Ben Smith | |||||
| Blair Tickner | |||||
| Ben Wheeler | |||||
| William Young | James Baker | ||||
| Jono Boult | |||||
| Dean Brownlie | |||||
| Joe Carter | |||||
| Anton Devcich | |||||
| Daniel Flynn | |||||
| Zak Gibson | |||||
| Tony Goodin | |||||
| Brett Hampton | |||||
| Nick Kelly | |||||
| Scott Kuggeleijn | |||||
| Daryl Mitchell | |||||
| Bharat Popli | |||||
| Tim Seifert | |||||
| Josef Walker | Warren Barnes | ||||
| Michael Bracewell | |||||
| Derek de Boorder | |||||
| Jacob Duffy | |||||
| Ryan Duffy | |||||
| Sean Eathorne | |||||
| Josh Finnie | |||||
| Jack Hunter | |||||
| Anaru Kitchen | |||||
| Rhys Phillips | |||||
| Michael Rae | |||||
| Hamish Rutherford | |||||
| Christi Viljeon | |||||
| Sam Wells | |||||
| Brad Wilson | Brent Arnel | ||||
| Hamish Bennett | |||||
| Tom Blundell | |||||
| Fraser Colson | |||||
| Matt McEwan | |||||
| Ian McPeake | |||||
| Stephen Murdoch | |||||
| Ollie Newton | |||||
| Michael Papps | |||||
| Jeetan Patel | |||||
| Michael Pollard | |||||
| Matt Taylor | |||||
| Anurag Verma | |||||
| Luke Woodcock | |||||
| Peter Younghusband |
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