2015–16 Plunket Shield season explained

2015–16 Plunket Shield
Fromdate:	15 October 2015
Todate:	2 April 2016
Cricket Format:	First-class
Tournament Format:	Round-robin
Champions:	Auckland
Count:	23
Participants:	6
Matches:	30
Most Runs:	Bharat Popli (1149)
Most Wickets:	Ajaz Patel (43)
Previous Year:	2014–15
Previous Tournament:	2014–15 Plunket Shield season
Next Year:	2016–17
Next Tournament:	2016–17 Plunket Shield season

The 2015–16 Plunket Shield was the 87th season of official first-class cricket in New Zealand. The competition started on 15 October 2015, and ran to 2 April 2016.^[1] Auckland won the competition following a draw in their match against Wellington in round nine of the competition.^[2]

Teams

Team	Home Ground(s)
Northern Districts	Seddon Park, Cobham Oval, Harry Barker Reserve
Auckland	Eden Park No.2
Central Districts
Wellington
Canterbury
Otago

Squads

width=330	Auckland^[3]	width=330	Canterbury^[4]	width=330	Central Districts^[5]	width=330	Northern Districts^[6]	width=330	Otago^[7]	width=330	Wellington^[8]
valign=top	Michael Bates Brad Cachopa Colin de Grandhomme Lachie Ferguson Donovan Grobbelaar Martin Guptill Michael Guptill-Bunce Shawn Hicks Mitchell McClenaghan Colin Munro Tarun Nethula Rob Nicol Robert O'Donnell Glenn Phillips Matt Quinn Brett Randell Jeet Raval	valign=top	Todd Astle Hamish Bennett Leo Carter Andrew Ellis Cam Fletcher Peter Fulton Matt Henry Ronnie Hira Kyle Jamieson Tim Johnston Tom Latham Ryan McCone Ken McClure Cole McConchie Henry Nicholls Edward Nuttall Logan van Beek	valign=top	Doug Bracewell Tom Bruce Dane Cleaver Greg Hay Marty Kain Andrew Mathieson Adam Milne Ajaz Patel Seth Rance Dean Robinson Jesse Ryder Bevan Small Ben Smith Ross Taylor Kruger van Wyk Ben Wheeler George Worker Will Young	valign=top	Corey Anderson Cody Andrews James Baker Bharat Popli Jono Boult Trent Boult Dean Brownlie Joe Carter Anton Devcich Daniel Flynn Tony Goodin Brett Hampton Jono Hickey Scott Kuggeleijn Daryl Mitchell Mitchell Santner Tim Seifert Ish Sodhi Tim Southee BJ Watling Kane Williamson	valign=top	Warren Barnes Nick Beard Samuel Blakely Michael Bracewell Neil Broom Mark Craig Derek de Boorder Jacob Duffy Ryan Duffy Josh Finnie Anaru Kitchen Brendon McCullum Nathan McCullum James Neesham Michael Rae Hamish Rutherford Craig Smith Neil Wagner Sam Wells Brad Wilson	valign=top	Brent Arnel Brady Barnett Tom Blundell Alecz Day Grant Elliott Jamie Gibson Dane Hutchinson Matt McEwan Stephen Murdoch Ollie Newton Michael Papps Jeetan Patel Michael Pollard Luke Ronchi Matt Taylor Anurag Verma Luke Woodcock

Points table

Team^[9]
Auckland	10	6	1	3	0	132
Canterbury	10	5	3	2	0	117
Wellington	10	5	3	2	0	108
Northern Districts	10	2	4	4	0	87
Central Districts	10	2	5	3	0	85
Otago	10	1	5	4	0	61

Winner

Fixtures

Round 1

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Round 2

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Round 3

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Round 4

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Round 5

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Round 6

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Round 7

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Round 8

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Round 9

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Round 10

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External links

• Series home at ESPN Cricinfo

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2015–16 Plunket Shield Fixtures . 26 October 2015 . ESPN Cricinfo.
2. Web site: Auckland claim Plunket Shield with dominant draw . 26 March 2016 . ESPN Cricinfo.
3. Web site: Auckland Squad . 28 October 2015. ESPN Cricinfo.
4. Web site: Canterbury Squad . 28 October 2015. ESPN Cricinfo.
5. Web site: Central Districts Squad . 28 October 2015. ESPN Cricinfo.
6. Web site: Northern Districts Squad . 28 October 2015. ESPN Cricinfo.
7. Web site: Otago Squad . 28 October 2015. ESPN Cricinfo.
8. Web site: Wellington Squad . 28 October 2015. ESPN Cricinfo.
9. Web site: Points Table . ESPN Cricinfo . 1 February 2019.