1970–71 Plunket Shield season
Appearance
Cricket format | First-class |
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Tournament format(s) | Round-robin |
Champions | Central Districts (4th title) |
Participants | 6 |
Matches | 15 |
The 1970–71 Plunket Shield season was a tournament of the Plunket Shield, the domestic first-class cricket competition of New Zealand.
Central Districts won the championship, finishing at the top of the points table at the end of the round-robin tournament between the six first-class sides, Auckland, Canterbury, Central Districts, Northern Districts, Otago, and Wellington.[1] A new bonus point system was introduced, with one bonus point for every 25 runs over 150 and for every 2 wickets taken (in the first 65 overs only) with points for draws no longer being awarded.[2]
Table
[edit]Below are the Plunket Shield standings for the season:[1]
Team | Played | Won | Lost | Drawn | Abandoned | Bonus points | Points | Net RpW | |
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Batting | Bowling | ||||||||
Central Districts | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 16 | 54 | 9.203 |
Wellington | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 19 | 51 | 7.363 |
Auckland | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 13 | 49 | 9.909 |
Canterbury | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 13 | 31 | 0.257 |
Otago | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 30 | −3.135 |
Northern Districts | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 27 | −20.597 |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Plunket Shield 1969/70 Table". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
- ^ Brittenden, R.T. (6 August 1970). "New Tonic To Enliven Cricket". The Press. Vol. CX, no. 32368. p. 11.