Central Districts cricket team

Central Districts cricket team
	File:Central Stags logo.jpg
Personnel
Captain	Kruger van Wyk
Coach	Heinrich Malan
Team information
Colors	Green Gold & Black
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 HRV Cup 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 (5)

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

HRV Cup (2)

2007-08, 2009–10

Grounds

Contracted Players for 2013/14 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 & wicket-keeper
4	Kruger van Wyk ‡	New Zealand	(1980-02-07) 7 February 1980 (age 44)	Right-handed	—
Batsmen
7	Jamie How ‡	New Zealand	(1981-05-19) 19 May 1981 (age 43)	Right-handed	Right arm medium
12	Ross Taylor ‡	New Zealand	(1984-03-08) 8 March 1984 (age 40)	Right-handed	Right arm off break	NZC contract
–	Carl Cachopa	New Zealand	(1986-05-17) 17 May 1986 (age 38)	Right-handed	Right arm medium-fast
–	Greg Hay	New Zealand	(1984-07-14) 14 July 1984 (age 40)	Right-handed	Right arm off break
–	Dean Robinson	New Zealand	(1989-11-12) 12 November 1989 (age 34)	Righ-handed	Right arm off break
–	Ben Smith	New Zealand	(1991-01-07) 7 January 1991 (age 33)	Right-handed	Right arm off break
–	Will Young	New Zealand	(1992-11-22) 22 November 1992 (age 31)	Right-handed	Right arm off break
All-rounders
6	Doug Bracewell ‡	New Zealand	(1990-09-28) 28 September 1990 (age 34)	Right-handed	Right arm medium	NZC contract
16	Jacob Oram ‡	New Zealand	(1978-07-28) 28 July 1978 (age 46)	Left-handed	Right arm medium
17	Kieran Noema-Barnett	New Zealand	(1987-06-04) 4 June 1987 (age 37)	Left-handed	Right arm medium
–	Peter Trego	England	(1981-06-12) 12 June 1981 (age 43)	Right-handed	Right arm medium	Overseas player
Bowlers
22	Adam Milne ‡	New Zealand	(1992-04-13) 13 April 1992 (age 32)	Right-handed	Right arm fast-medium
–	Marty Kain	New Zealand	(1988-05-16) 16 May 1988 (age 36)	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
–	Andrew Mathieson	New Zealand	(1989-10-10) 10 October 1989 (age 35)	Right-handed	Right arm medium
–	Tarun Nethula ‡	New Zealand	(1983-05-08) 8 May 1983 (age 41)	Right-handed	Right arm leg break
–	Ajaz Patel	New Zealand	(1988-10-21) 21 October 1988 (age 36)	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
–	Bevan Small	New Zealand	(1992-02-24) 24 February 1992 (age 32)	Right-handed	Right arm fast-medium
–	Ben Wheeler	New Zealand	(1991-11-10) 10 November 1991 (age 32)	Right-handed	Left arm medium-fast

Sources: [1], [2], [3]

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

[1] Central Districts Cricket Association - Districts, retrieved 5 January 2006

[2] ttp://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/cricket/65658070/andrew-mathieson-has-a-field-day-as-central-stags-win-national-oneday-cricket-final

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