Central Districts cricket team

"Central Districts" redirects here. For the Australian Rules Football team, see Central District Football Club.

Central Districts Stags

Captain:	Will Young
Coach:	Heinrich Malan
Colours:	Green Gold
Founded:	1950
Home ground:	McLean Park Pukekura Park Fitzherbert Park Saxton Oval
Capacity:	30,000
Official website:	Central Districts Stags

The Central Districts Stags are a New Zealand first class cricket team based in central New Zealand.

It competes in the Plunket Shield first class competition, the Ford Trophy domestic one day competition and the Georgie Pie Super Smash Twenty20 competition. It is one of six teams that make up New Zealand Cricket. It was the fifth of the current teams to compete in the Plunket Shield, which it entered for the first time in the 1950-51 season.

It comprises eight individual district associations, in Hawke's Bay, Horowhenua-Kapiti, Manawatu, Marlborough, Nelson, Taranaki, Wairarapa and Wanganui.

Thus, the region known for cricketing purposes as the Central Districts consists of three regions on the North Island, part of the Wellington Region, and two regions on the South Island.^[1] One of New Zealand's premier cricketing schools, New Plymouth Boys' High School has produced a number of Stags players.

Honours

Shell Trophy/State Championship/Plunket Shield (9)

1953-54, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1970–71, 1986–87, 1991–92, 1998–99, 2005–06, 2012-13.

Shell Cup/State Shield/Ford Trophy (6)

1984-85, 2000–01, 2003–04, 2011-12, 2014-15,^[2] 2015–16

HRV Cup (2)

2007-08, 2009–10

Grounds

Contracted Players for 2015/16 Season

No. denotes the player's squad number, as worn on the back of their shirt.
denotes players with international caps.

No.	Name	Nationality	Birth date	Batting Style	Bowling Style	Notes
Captain
4	Will Young	New Zealand	(1992-11-22) 22 November 1992	Right-handed	Right arm off break
Wicketkeeper
2	Dane Cleaver	New Zealand	(1992-01-01) 1 January 1992	Right-handed	Leg break
Batsmen
27	Mahela Jayawardene	Sri Lanka	(1977-05-27) 27 May 1977	Right-handed	Right arm medium	Overseas player
12	Ross Taylor	New Zealand	(1984-03-08) 8 March 1984	Right-handed	Right arm off break	NZC contract
42	Tom Bruce	New Zealand	(1991-08-02) 2 August 1991	Right-handed	Right arm off break
–	Greg Hay	New Zealand	(1984-07-14) 14 July 1984	Right-handed	Right arm off break
–	Dean Robinson	New Zealand	(1989-11-12) 12 November 1989	Righ-handed	Right arm off break
9	Ben Smith	New Zealand	(1991-01-07) 7 January 1991	Right-handed	Right arm off break
18	Josh Clarkson	New Zealand	(1997-08-21) 21 August 1997	Right-handed
All-rounders
6	Doug Bracewell	New Zealand	(1990-09-28) 28 September 1990	Right-handed	Right arm medium	NZC contract
77	Jesse Ryder	New Zealand	(1984-07-06) 6 July 1984	Left-handed	Right arm medium
17	George Worker	New Zealand	(1991-08-02) 2 August 1991	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
Bowlers
7	Adam Milne	New Zealand	(1992-04-13) 13 April 1992	Right-handed	Right arm fast-medium	NZC contract
19	Marty Kain	New Zealand	(1988-05-16) 16 May 1988	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
11	Andrew Mathieson	New Zealand	(1989-10-10) 10 October 1989	Right-handed	Right arm medium
12	Seth Rance	New Zealand	(1987-08-23) 23 August 1987	Right-handed	Right arm fast-medium
13	Blair Tickner	New Zealand	(1993-10-13) 13 October 1993	Right-handed	Right arm fast-medium
21	Ajaz Patel	New Zealand	(1988-10-21) 21 October 1988	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
23	Bevan Small	New Zealand	(1992-02-24) 24 February 1992	Right-handed	Right arm fast-medium
10	Ben Wheeler	New Zealand	(1991-11-10) 10 November 1991	Right-handed	Left arm medium-fast

Sources: , ,

Notable players

Main Article: List of Central Districts representative cricketers

New Zealand

England

Peter Trego

Records

See List of New Zealand first-class cricket records

References

External links

Cricket in New Zealand

Governing body	New Zealand Cricket

National Teams	New Zealand Women U-19 New Zealand A

Men's Domestic Teams	Auckland Canterbury Central Districts Northern Districts Otago Wellington

Women's Domestic Teams	Auckland Hearts Canterbury Magicians Central Districts Hinds Northern Districts Spirit Otago Sparks Wellington Blaze

Competitions	Plunket Shield ...09–10 10–11 11–12 12–13 13–14 14–15 15–16 Ford Trophy ...09–10 10–11 11–12 12–13 13–14 14–15 15–16 Georgie Pie Super Smash State League

Test & ODI Grounds	Christchurch Wellington Auckland Dunedin Napier Hamilton Dunedin University Oval Wellington Westpac Queenstown Cobham Oval, Whangarei

Player lists	Test cricketers Test wicket-keepers ODI cricketers Twenty20 Players Captains Wellington

Series lists	Australia (Chappell–Hadlee Trophy Trans Tasman Trophy) England

History	to 1890 1882–83 1890–91 to 1918 1918–19 to 1945 1945–46 to 1970 1970–71 to 2000 from 2000–01

New Zealand first-class cricket teams

Current first-class teams	Auckland Canterbury Central Districts Northern Districts Otago Wellington

Former first-class teams	Central Conference Hawke's Bay Nelson Northern Conference Southern Conference Southland Taranaki West Coast (North Island)

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