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 (19th title)
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]