| 2009–10 Plunket Shield | |
| Administrator: | New Zealand Cricket |
| Cricket Format: | First-class |
| Tournament Format: | Double round-robin |
| Champions: | Northern Districts |
| Count: | 7 |
| Participants: | 6 |
| Matches: | 30 |
| Next Year: | 2010–11 |
| Next Tournament: | 2010–11 Plunket Shield season |
The 2009–10 Plunket Shield season is the 84th season of official first-class domestic cricket in New Zealand. The season began on 10 November 2009.
The Plunket Shield will be decided on points at the end of the 10 rounds.
| width=175 | Team | width=20 abbr="Points" | Pts | width=20 abbr="Played" | Pld | width=20 abbr="Won" | W | width=20 abbr="Draw" | D | width=20 abbr="Lost" | L | width=20 abbr="Quotient" | Quo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northern Districts | 52 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 7.860 | |||||||
| Canterbury | 36 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 7.124 | |||||||
| Central Districts | 32 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | −5.233 | |||||||
| Otago | 28 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | −3.099 | |||||||
| Auckland | 24 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1.266 | |||||||
| Wellington | 20 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −6.975 |
| Team | Home ground † | |
|---|---|---|
| Auckland | Colin Maiden Park, Auckland | |
| Canterbury | Mainpower Oval, Rangiora | |
| Central Districts | McLean Park, Napier | |
| Northern Districts | Seddon Park, Hamilton | |
| Otago | ||
| Wellington |
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| Player | Team | Matches | Innings | Runs | Average | HS | 100s | 50s | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luke Woodcock | Wellington | 10 | 20 | 988 | 65.86 | 220* | 1 | 7 | ||
| Richard Jones | Auckland | 10 | 17 | 953 | 59.56 | 170 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Canterbury | 10 | 20 | 927 | 48.74 | 180 | 4 | 4 | |||
| Craig Cumming | Otago | 9 | 16 | 924 | 61.60 | 160 | 4 | 4 | ||
| Peter Ingram | Central Districts | 7 | 13 | 855 | 77.71 | 245* | 3 | 3 | ||
| Last Updated on 3 April | ||||||||||
| Player | Team | Matches | Overs | Wickets | Average | BBI | 5WI | 10WM | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Graeme Aldridge | Northern Districts | 9 | 291.3 | 42 | 23.04 | 6/49 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Michael Bates | Auckland | 10 | 356.5 | 37 | 27.45 | 6/55 | 3 | - | ||
| Ewen Thompson | Central Districts | 8 | 278.1 | 34 | 24.08 | 5/122 | 1 | - | ||
| Michael Mason | Central Districts | 10 | 264.1 | 30 | 25.26 | 5/42 | 2 | - | ||
| Brent Arnel | Northern Districts | 9 | 235.1 | 29 | 19.58 | 6/18 | 2 | - | ||
| Last Updated on 3 April | ||||||||||