2025 New Zealand Senior Provincial Championships: Day 1 Results

Results on Day 1 of the tournament from Hutt Indoor Sports in Wellington.

The action was fast and furious, the results even quicker, as the New Zealand Senior Provincial Championships got underway from Hutt Indoor Sports in Wellington today.

The tournament’s format, a single round-robin in each division comprising of five to six provincial-based sides, means that teams have little time to adjust to stay in contention for the finals series.

With each team playing at least two matches on day one, here is how the results panned out in each division.

Open Men

Last year’s finalists Central Districts and Wellington have set the early pace in the Open Men’s Division, both sitting atop the standings with two wins apiece. Defending champions Central opened their campaign with a 34-run win over Canterbury and followed that up with a 12-run victory over a much vaunted Auckland side. Central pipped Northern by two runs before overcoming Southern by 26 runs.

Both Auckland and Canterbury secured one win apiece, whilst Northern and Southern Districts are both yet to register a win. Northern will however take consolation in their close margins of defeat thus far.

All sides will play three matches tomorrow, which will determine the positioning for the finals series on Saturday.

Results:

Auckland 88 (3) def. Southern 50 (1)

Central 84 (3) def. Canterbury 50 (1)

Wellington 79 (2) def. Northern 77 (2)

Central 108 (2) def. Auckland 96 (2)

Wellington 99 (2) def. Southern 73 (2)

Canterbury 90 (2) def. Northern 86 (2)

Open Women

Auckland is the only unbeaten side so far in the Open Women’s division, with their 37-run win over last year’s champions Northern Districts the renewal of a rivalry which has dominated the Women’s provincial game the last few years.

Wins against Wellington and Canterbury lifted the Aucklanders to three wins Northern meanwhile bounced back with wins against Canterbury as well as the Wellington Development side, who are both yet to achieve a win.

All other sides apart from Auckland and Northern have a game in hand.

Results:

Auckland 97 (3) def. Northern 60 (1)

Wellington 156 (4) def. Wellington Dev 15 (0)

Northern 99 (2) def. Canterbury 59 (2)

Auckland 100 (4) def. Wellington 77 (0)

Northern 169 (4) def. Wellington Dev 26 (0)

Auckland 90 (4) def. Canterbury 73 (0)

Under-22 Men

Northern and Central Districts both went undefeated with two wins apiece, leading the standings from Auckland and Wellington.

Northern had a commanding win against Wellington, before a close victory over Canterbury to finish their day. Central also denied the Cantabrians a win, whilst overcoming Auckland by 19 runs.

Results:

Auckland 128 (4) def. Southern -8 (0)

Central 82 (1) def. Canterbury 51 (3)

Northern 120 (4) def. Wellington 66 (0)

Central 98 (3) def. Auckland 79 (1)

Northern 112 (2) def. Canterbury 101 (2)

Wellington 128 (4) def. Southern 50 (0)

Under-22 Women

Both Northern Districts and Auckland notched two wins from their three matches to go atop the points table, from Wellington and Canterbury (one win apiece), who both still have a game in hand.

Auckland opened the day with a 19-run win over the defending champions, before falling to last year’s runners-up Canterbury in the last session of the day. Northern accounted for Canterbury themselves with a comfortable 34-run win in their clash, before being pushed by Wellington Development in a high scoring contest.

Results:

Auckland 107 (3) def. Northern 89 (1)

Wellington 143 (3) def. Wellington Dev 54 (1)

Northern 109 (2) def. Canterbury 75 (2)

Auckland 101 (3) def. Wellington 68 (1)

Northern 131 (3) def. Wellington Dev 107 (1)

Canterbury 94 (2) def. Auckland 74 (2)