ACS Oveseas First-Class Annual 2013

The batting aggregates for the first-class season were led by P.G.Fulton of Canterbury with 1,249 at 59.47; he forced his way back into the Test side at the relatively advanced age of 34 and became only the fourth New Zealander to score two separate hundreds in a Test. The most prolific wicket-taker was B.J.Arnel of Northern Districts, with 52 victims at 25.78. A positive aspect of the 2012/13 Shield was the reduction in the number of draws: of the 30 matches in the programme, only 7 matches ended without a positive result, compared with 14 in 2011/12. (JCB) Plunket Shield 2012/13: Final table P W L D BatBP BowBP Pts NetRpW 12 0 0 1 Central Districts 10 6 2 2 21 39 132 7.203 2 Otago 10 5 2 3 24 38 122 7.700 3 Northern Districts 10 4 3 3 13 39 100 3.581 4 Wellington 10 3 5 2 22 31 89 -8.648 5 Canterbury 10 3 5 2 13 39 88 -3.839 6 Auckland 10 2 6 2 13 32 69 -6.411 244 New Zealand in 2012/13