Match Details
Series
Season
Hours of play (local time)
10.30 start, Lunch 12.30-13.10, Tea 15.10-15.30, Close 17.30
Match days
9,10,11,12 March 2026 (4-day match)
08/03 - 05:30 PM EDT
16th Match, Plunket Shield at Auckland, Mar 9-12 2026
08/03 - 05:30 PM EDT
16th Match, Plunket Shield at Auckland, Mar 9-12 2026
Match Centre Ground time: 14:11
Head To Head
| LAST FIVE MATCHES | DATE | SERIES/TOURNAMENT | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUCKAUCK |  | 190 & 185/6 | drew with | 306/9d & 175/6d |  | OTAGOOTAGO | 20/03/25 | Plunket Shield |
| AUCKAUCK | | 410 & 295/4d | drew with | 319 & 327/9 | | OTAGOOTAGO | 28/02/24 | Plunket Shield |
| AUCKAUCK | | 351/9d & 116/1 | drew with | 454/9d | | OTAGOOTAGO | 12/03/23 | Plunket Shield |
| AUCKAUCK | | 139 & 173 | lost to | 261 & 219 | | OTAGOOTAGO | 17/10/22 | Plunket Shield |
| AUCKAUCK | | 389 & 259/4d | beat | 334 & 156 | | OTAGOOTAGO | 10/03/22 | Plunket Shield |
Plunket Shield News
Switch Hit: Time to Urn
With just a few days to go until the start of the Ashes in Perth, Alan Gardner hears from Vithushan Ehantharajah and Alex Malcolm about the teams' final preparations
Manipur's Lamabam Singh given out for hitting the ball twice
The last instance of this rare dismissal in the Ranji Trophy came in 2005-06
Danni Wyatt-Hodge's 72* makes it four in four wins for Hurricanes
Though wickets fell at the other end, Wyatt-Hodge kept finding the boundary and sealed the match with two balls to go
Left-hand or left-field - who fills in for Gill in Guwahati Test?
There are two spare batters in the squad - B Sai Sudharsan and Devdutt Padikkal - and Nitish Kumar Reddy is available too. Which way will India go?
Formidable to fallible - India slump to 53-year low in home Tests
Numbers reflect the dominance New Zealand and South Africa have had in Tests in India and how India have not been able to play to their strengths
