The 2015–16 Plunket Shield was the 90th season of official first-class cricket in New Zealand. The competition started on 15 October 2015, and ran to 2 April 2016. Auckland won the competition following a draw in their match against Wellington in round nine of the competition.
Teams 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 Canterbury Mainpower Oval, Hagley Oval Otago Queen's Park, University Oval
Squads Auckland Canterbury Central Districts Northern Districts Otago Wellington 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 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 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 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 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 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 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
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4
Round 5
Round 6
Round 7
Round 8
Round 9
Round 10
References
External links Series home at ESPN Cricinfo