2017–18 Hallyburton Johnstone Shield

The 2017–18 Hallyburton Johnstone Shield was a 50-over women's cricket competition that took place in New Zealand. This was the first time a tournament had been named the Hallyburton Johnstone Shield since 1981–82, which was previously predominantly a first-class competition. It ran from November 2017 to January 2018, with 6 provincial teams taking part. Auckland Hearts topped the group with 8 wins to win the competition.

2017–18 Hallyburton Johnstone Shield

Dates	25 November 2017 – 28 January 2018
Administrator(s)	New Zealand Cricket
Cricket format	50 over
Tournament format(s)	Round robin
Champions	Auckland Hearts
Participants	6
Matches	30
Most runs	Leigh Kasperek (409)
Most wickets	Holly Huddleston (21)
← 2016–17 2018–19 →

The tournament ran alongside the 2017–18 New Zealand Women's Twenty20 Competition.

Competition format

Teams played in a double round-robin in a group of six, therefore playing 10 matches overall. Matches were played using a one day format with 50 overs per side. The team that topped the group were named the Champions.^[1][2]

The group worked on a points system with positions being based on the total points. Points were awarded as follows:

Win: 4 points
Tie: 2 points
Loss: 0 points.
Abandoned/No Result: 2 points.
Bonus Point: 1 point awarded for run rate in a match being 1.25x that of opponent.

Points table

Team	Pld	W	L	T	NR	A	BP	Pts	NRR
Auckland Hearts (C)	10	8	1	0	1	0	8	42	1.734
Wellington Blaze	10	7	3	0	0	0	5	33	0.853
Canterbury Magicians	10	5	4	0	0	1	2	24	–0.256
Otago Sparks	10	4	5	0	0	1	2	20	–0.326
Central Hinds	10	2	7	0	1	0	0	10	–1.120
Northern Spirit	10	2	8	0	0	0	0	8	–0.884

Source: ESPN Cricinfo^[3]

Statistics

Most runs

Player	Team	Matches	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Leigh Kasperek	Otago Sparks	9	9	409	45.44	92	0	3
Maddy Green	Auckland Hearts	10	10	384	54.85	95	0	4
Kate Ebrahim	Canterbury Magicians	9	9	366	61.00	83	0	4
Frances Mackay	Canterbury Magicians	9	9	359	44.87	82	0	3
Katey Martin	Otago Sparks	7	7	322	53.66	103*	1	2

Source: ESPN Cricinfo^[4]

Most wickets

Player	Team	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5w
Holly Huddleston	Auckland Hearts	72.2	21	11.19	4/22	0
Deanna Doughty	Wellington Blaze	94.2	20	13.35	5/26	1
Leigh Kasperek	Otago Sparks	79.2	19	16.63	4/36	0
Lucy Doolan	Wellington Blaze	74.3	18	16.38	4/10	0
Frances Mackay	Canterbury Magicians	75.0	15	16.66	4/22	0

Source: ESPN Cricinfo^[5]

References

1. "Hallyburton Johnstone Shield 2017–18". New Zealand Cricket. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
2. "Hallyburton Johnstone Shield 2017–18 Table". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
3. "New Zealand Cricket Women's One Day Competition 2017–18". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
4. "Records/New Zealand Cricket Women's One Day Competition, 2017/18/Most Runs". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
5. "Records/New Zealand Cricket Women's One Day Competition, 2017/18/Most Wickets". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 April 2021.

External links

• Series home at ESPN Cricinfo