sentences:  This record score was equalled again by Bay of Plenty against Counties Manukau during their first defence of the Hawke Cup in 2017.Bay of Plenty defeated Hawke's Bay in the last challenge of the 2015–16 season and resisted all four challenges in 2016–17.The Plunket Shield, New Zealand's premier cricket competition for its first-class teams, was inaugurated in 1907.