Plunket Shield News

Canterbury take Plunket Shield title after tight race needs second tie-breaker
Otago's victory over Wellington in the final round wasn't enough to clinch top spot
Thomas O'Connor upstages dad Shayne with 13-wicket haul
Thomas rewrote family history and Otago records, bagging a match haul of 13 wickets in the Plunket Shield
Five in five! Brett Randell 'blown away' after blowing Northern Districts away in landmark spell
Central Districts quick Brett Randell became the first to pick five wickets in five balls in first-class cricket history, and later became the first to take six wickets in eight balls in the format
Henry, Santner, Nathan Smith ruled out of rest of West Indies Test series
Uncapped seam-bowling allrounder Kristian Clarke called up as reinforcement; Glenn Phillips and Daryl Mitchell included in squad
Michael Rae called up to bolster injury-hit New Zealand attack
The fast bowler and his Canterbury team-mate Mitch Hay could make their Test debuts in the second Test against West Indies

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