The Wellington Firebirds, currently 26 points ahead of nearest challenger, the Central Stags, will be awarded the 2019-20 title.
Snedden is following in the footsteps of father Martin Snedden (Auckland 1977/78-1989/90), grandfather Warwick Snedden (Auckland 1946/47) and great-grandfather Nessie Snedden (Auckland 1909/10-1927/28). Both Martin and Nessie Snedden represented New Zealand, Nessie having captained his country.
The 27-year-old is one of 13 South African-born cricketers with current New Zealand Cricket contracts.
Trent Boult has seen rapid improvement in bis batting in the recent months but he's happy to keep his undivided attention on bowling.
The new agreement is based on a return to a fixed-revenue share model, through which the players will receive 26.5% of revenue generated from professional cricket
Van Beek's was the 40th and McEwan's the 41st hat-trick in New Zealand's First-Class history.
New Zealand Cricket official statistician Francis Payne notes that it is the first time in the long history of the competition that the feat has occurred twice in one day.
Canterbury has been a regular custodian of the Plunket Shield in recent seasons, having won the national title in 2010/11, 2013/14 and 2014/15.
A Code of Conduct hearing held on March 8 found Colin Munro had used inappropriate language in the round seven fixture of the Plunket Shield.
The first-class Plunket Shield has a new leader at the completion of round six, after Canterbury usurped Northern Districts at the head of the table this evening.