| Administrator: | New Zealand Cricket |
| Cricket Format: | 50 over |
| Fromdate: | 25 November 2017 |
| Todate: | 28 January 2018 |
| Tournament Format: | Round robin |
| Champions: | Auckland Hearts |
| Participants: | 6 |
| Matches: | 30 |
| Most Runs: | Leigh Kasperek (409) |
| Most Wickets: | Holly Huddleston (21) |
| Previous Year: | 2016–17 |
| Previous Tournament: | 2016–17 New Zealand Women's One-Day Competition |
| Next Year: | 2018–19 |
| Next Tournament: | 2018–19 Hallyburton Johnstone Shield |
The 2017–18 Hallyburton Johnstone Shield was a 50-over women's cricket competition that took place in New Zealand. This was the first time a tournament had been named the Hallyburton Johnstone Shield since 1981–82, which was previously predominantly a first-class competition. It ran from November 2017 to January 2018, with 6 provincial teams taking part. Auckland Hearts topped the group with 8 wins to win the competition.
The tournament ran alongside the 2017–18 New Zealand Women's Twenty20 Competition.
Teams played in a double round-robin in a group of six, therefore playing 10 matches overall. Matches were played using a one day format with 50 overs per side. The team that topped the group were named the Champions.[1] [2]
The group worked on a points system with positions being based on the total points. Points were awarded as follows:
Win: 4 points
Tie
2 points
Loss: 0 points.
Abandoned/No Result: 2 points.
Bonus Point: 1 point awarded for run rate in a match being 1.25x that of opponent.
| Team | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Auckland Hearts (C) | 10 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 42 | 1.734 | |
| Wellington Blaze | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 33 | 0.853 | |
| Canterbury Magicians | 10 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 24 | –0.256 | |
| Otago Sparks | 10 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 20 | –0.326 | |
| Central Hinds | 10 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | –1.120 | |
| 10 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | –0.884 |
Source: ESPN Cricinfo[3]
| width=125 | Player | width=125 | Team | width=60 | Matches | width=60 | Innings | width=60 | Runs | width=60 | Average | width=60 | width=60 | 100s | width=60 | 50s | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leigh Kasperek | Otago Sparks | 9 | 9 | 409 | 45.44 | 92 | 0 | 3 | |||||||||
| Maddy Green | Auckland Hearts | 10 | 10 | 384 | 54.85 | 95 | 0 | 4 | |||||||||
| Kate Ebrahim | Canterbury Magicians | 9 | 9 | 366 | 61.00 | 83 | 0 | 4 | |||||||||
| Frances Mackay | Canterbury Magicians | 9 | 9 | 359 | 44.87 | 82 | 0 | 3 | |||||||||
| Katey Martin | Otago Sparks | 7 | 7 | 322 | 53.66 | 103 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| width=125 | Player | width=125 | Team | width=60 | Overs | width=60 | Wickets | width=60 | Average | width=60 | BBI | width=60 | 5w |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holly Huddleston | Auckland Hearts | 72.2 | 21 | 11.19 | 4/22 | 0 | |||||||
| Deanna Doughty | Wellington Blaze | 94.2 | 20 | 13.35 | 5/26 | 1 | |||||||
| Leigh Kasperek | Otago Sparks | 79.2 | 19 | 16.63 | 4/36 | 0 | |||||||
| Lucy Doolan | Wellington Blaze | 74.3 | 18 | 16.38 | 4/10 | 0 | |||||||
| Frances Mackay | Canterbury Magicians | 75.0 | 15 | 16.66 | 4/22 | 0 |