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Central Districts cricket team

May 02, 2024

"Central Districts" redirects here. For the Australian Rules Football team, see Central District Football Club. For the Central Districts women's cricket team, see Central Hinds.

The Central Stags, formerly known as Central Districts, are a first-class cricket team based in central New Zealand. They are the men's representative side of the Central Districts Cricket Association. They compete in the Plunket Shield first-class competition, The Ford Trophy domestic one-day competition and the Men's Super Smash Twenty20 competition. They are one of six teams that make up New Zealand Cricket. They were the fifth of the current teams to compete in the Plunket Shield, which they entered for the first time in the 1950/51 season.

Central Stags
Top: Central Stags logo
Bottom: Central Stags Twenty20 emblem
Personnel
CaptainTom Bruce (Super Smash)
Dane Cleaver (Ford Trophy)
New Plunket Shield captain to be announced
CoachGlenn Pocknall (Plunket Shield and Ford Trophy)
Ben Smith (Super Smash)
Team information
Colours Green and gold
Founded1950
Home groundMcLean Park
Pukekura Park
Fitzherbert Park
Saxton Oval
Capacity19,700 (McLean Park)
History
Plunket Shield wins12
The Ford Trophy wins7
Men's Super Smash wins3
CLT20 wins0
Cricket Max wins1
Official websitecdcricket.co.nz

History edit

Central Districts comprises eight District associations: Hawke's Bay, Horowhenua-Kapiti, Manawatu, Taranaki, Wairarapa and Whanganui in the North Island, and Marlborough and Nelson in the South Island.[1] Previously, many players from these regions competed for Wellington. More than a century before the eventual founding of the Central Districts Cricket Association, the first fully recorded cricket match in New Zealand was played in what is now one of its districts, in Nelson, a men's match in March 1844.

Between October 2016 and February 2019, the team set a new Central Districts record for the number of consecutive first-class matches without a defeat, with 21. The previous Central Stags record in the Plunket Shield was 12, while the New Zealand record for most consecutive domestic first-class matches without a loss is 24, set by Wellington (now known as the Wellington Firebirds) between 1984/85 and 1986/87.

Retired top order batsman Peter Ingram holds the record for the highest individual first-class score for the Central Stags with an innings of 247 in 2008/09, and also scored their second highest individual score with 245 not out in 2009/10.

The New Zealand T20 all wickets partnership record is also held by Peter Ingram, having put on 201 for the first wicket with Jamie How at Pukekura Park in 2011/12 against Wellington.

How and Jeet Raval share the New Zealand Domestic List A partnership record of 321, set against Northern Districts at Seddon Park in 2012/13, a match in which How became the first player to score a Ford Trophy double century, reaching his hundred in 49 balls and breaking the record that was held by retired Canterbury batsman Peter Fulton.

One of New Zealand's greatest batsmen, Ross Taylor, played for the Central Stags. He made his first-class debut for the team as an 18-year-old on 9 January 2003. In 2021/22 at Pukekura Park, Taylor broke the record for the fastest Ford Trophy century, reaching his hundred in 49 balls, breaking the national record that had been held by retired Canterbury batsman Peter Fulton. Taylor played his final match for the Stags in 2022/23.

In 2017, Brad Schmulian hit the highest score by any New Zealand cricketer on first-class debut with an innings of 203 for the Central Stags against Northern Districts at Bay Oval. The previous record had stood since the late 19th century.

In 2010, Kieran Noema-Barnett set a New Zealand record for the fastest T20 half century, off just 18 balls. In the 2016 Ford Trophy Grand Final, another Central Stags batsman, Tom Bruce, added the record for the fastest one-day half century in New Zealand with his 50 coming off 16 balls.

Two batsmen named Ben Smith have played for the Central Stags. Adding to the confusion, both Ben Smith and Ben Smith have scored a first-class double century for the team.

Among New Zealand's premier cricketing schools to have produced many Central Stags players are New Plymouth Boys' High School, Palmerston North Boys' High, Napier Boys' High School, Nelson College, Waimea College, Marlborough Boys' College and Whanganui Collegiate.

The CEO of Central Districts Cricket Association is a former Central Stags player, Lance Hamilton. In September 2019 former CEO Pete de Wet announced that CDCA had signed renowned international coach Mickey Arthur as the Central Stags T20 coach for the 2019/20 Super Smash season, however Arthur was granted a contract release before the competition began.[2]

In 2019/20, the team had a chance to become the first team since 1940 to win the Plunket Shield for three seasons in a row. However, the team was second on the table when the final two rounds of the eight-match season were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Plunket Shield was awarded to the Wellington cricket team, whom they had been about to play at McLean Park, with the Stags declared runners-up.[3]

In 2022/23, the team won the first-class Plunket Shield and the List A one-day Ford Trophy in the same season for the first time. The team had previously done the first-class and T20 double in 2019. The team achieved this after both the Ford Trophy Grand Final and the decisive match of the Plunket Shield had been postponed [4] and moved to an alternate venue following Cyclone Gabrielle.

Honours edit

1953–54, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1970–71, 1986–87, 1991–92, 1998–99, 2005–06, 2012–13, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2022–23

1984–85, 2000–01, 2003–04, 2011–12, 2014–15,[5] 2015–16, 2022-23

2007–08, 2009–10, 2018–19

Grounds edit

Current edit

Since 2014–15, Central Districts have used McLean Park, Nelson Park, Napier, Fitzherbert Park and Saxton Oval for first-class matches.[6] Pukekura Park, Fitzherbert Park, McLean Park and Saxton Oval are regularly used for List A and T20 matches.[7][8]

Former edit

Current squad edit

  • 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
Wicketkeeper
15 Dane Cleaver ‡   New Zealand (1992-01-01) 1 January 1992 (age 32) Right-handed Leg break CDCA contract
3 Bayley Wiggins   New Zealand (1998-09-03) 3 September 1998 (age 25) Right-handed Right-arm medium CDCA contract
Batsmen
4 Will Young ‡   New Zealand (1992-11-22) 22 November 1992 (age 31) Right-handed Right arm off break NZC contract
42 Tom Bruce ‡   New Zealand (1991-08-02) 2 August 1991 (age 32) Right-handed Right arm off break CDCA contract
9 Ben Smith   New Zealand (1991-01-07) 7 January 1991 (age 33) Right-handed Right arm off break
14 Brad Schmulian   New Zealand (1990-08-03) 3 August 1990 (age 33) Right-handed Leg break CDCA contract
33 Jack Boyle   New Zealand (1996-03-24) 24 March 1996 (age 28) Right-handed Right-arm off break CDCA contract
2 Curtis Heaphy   New Zealand (2003-07-28) 28 July 2003 (age 20) Right-handed CDCA contract
Allrounders
6 Doug Bracewell ‡   New Zealand (1990-09-28) 28 September 1990 (age 33) Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium CDCA contract
22 Josh Clarkson   New Zealand (1997-01-21) 21 January 1997 (age 27) Right-handed Right-arm medium CDCA contract
7 Will Clark   New Zealand (2001-09-05) 5 September 2001 (age 22) Right-handed Right-arm medium CDCA contract
23 Bevan Small   New Zealand (1992-02-24) 24 February 1992 (age 32) Right-handed Right-arm medium
19 Angus Schaw   New Zealand (1994-03-14) 14 March 1994 (age 30) Right-handed Right-arm off break
Bowlers
13 Blair Tickner ‡   New Zealand (1993-10-13) 13 October 1993 (age 30) Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium NZC contract
11 Ray Toole   New Zealand (1997-10-30) 30 October 1997 (age 26) Left-handed Left-arm fast-medium CDCA contract
21 Ajaz Patel ‡   New Zealand (1988-10-21) 21 October 1988 (age 35) Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox CDCA contract
55 Jayden Lennox   New Zealand (1994-12-14) 14 December 1994 (age 29) Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox CDCA contract
8 Joey Field   New Zealand (2000-12-19) 19 December 2000 (age 23) Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium CDCA contract
00 Brett Randell   New Zealand (1995-05-20) 20 May 1995 (age 28) Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium CDCA contract
32 Liam Dudding   New Zealand (1994-06-13) 13 June 1994 (age 29) Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium CDCA contract

Notable players edit

Main article: List of Central Districts representative cricketers

New Zealand


England

Sri Lanka

India

Canada

USA

Cook Islands


Records edit

See List of New Zealand first-class cricket records

References edit

  1. ^ Central Districts Cricket Association – Districts 5 July 2007 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 5 January 2006
  2. ^ . Archived from the original on 29 September 2019. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
  3. ^ . www.nzc.nz. Archived from the original on 29 June 2020.
  4. ^ "Ford Trophy Final postponed". www.nzc.nz.
  5. ^ "Andrew Mathieson has a field day as Central Stags win national one-day cricket final". February 2015.
  6. ^ "First-Class Matches played by Central Districts". CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
  7. ^ "List A Matches played by Central Districts". CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
  8. ^ "Twenty20 Matches played by Central Districts". CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 January 2021.

External links edit

  • Official website  

May 02, 2024
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Central Districts redirects here For the Australian Rules Football team see Central District Football Club For the Central Districts women s cricket team see Central Hinds The Central Stags formerly known as Central Districts are a first class cricket team based in central New Zealand They are the men s representative side of the Central Districts Cricket Association They compete in the Plunket Shield first class competition The Ford Trophy domestic one day competition and the Men s Super Smash Twenty20 competition They are one of six teams that make up New Zealand Cricket They were the fifth of the current teams to compete in the Plunket Shield which they entered for the first time in the 1950 51 season Central StagsTop Central Stags logoBottom Central Stags Twenty20 emblemPersonnelCaptainTom Bruce Super Smash Dane Cleaver Ford Trophy New Plunket Shield captain to be announcedCoachGlenn Pocknall Plunket Shield and Ford Trophy Ben Smith Super Smash Team informationColoursGreen and goldFounded1950Home groundMcLean ParkPukekura ParkFitzherbert ParkSaxton OvalCapacity19 700 McLean Park HistoryPlunket Shield wins12The Ford Trophy wins7Men s Super Smash wins3CLT20 wins0Cricket Max wins1Official websitecdcricket wbr co wbr nz Contents 1 History 2 Honours 3 Grounds 3 1 Current 3 2 Former 4 Current squad 5 Notable players 6 Records 7 References 8 External linksHistory editCentral Districts comprises eight District associations Hawke s Bay Horowhenua Kapiti Manawatu Taranaki Wairarapa and Whanganui in the North Island and Marlborough and Nelson in the South Island 1 Previously many players from these regions competed for Wellington More than a century before the eventual founding of the Central Districts Cricket Association the first fully recorded cricket match in New Zealand was played in what is now one of its districts in Nelson a men s match in March 1844 Between October 2016 and February 2019 the team set a new Central Districts record for the number of consecutive first class matches without a defeat with 21 The previous Central Stags record in the Plunket Shield was 12 while the New Zealand record for most consecutive domestic first class matches without a loss is 24 set by Wellington now known as the Wellington Firebirds between 1984 85 and 1986 87 Retired top order batsman Peter Ingram holds the record for the highest individual first class score for the Central Stags with an innings of 247 in 2008 09 and also scored their second highest individual score with 245 not out in 2009 10 The New Zealand T20 all wickets partnership record is also held by Peter Ingram having put on 201 for the first wicket with Jamie How at Pukekura Park in 2011 12 against Wellington How and Jeet Raval share the New Zealand Domestic List A partnership record of 321 set against Northern Districts at Seddon Park in 2012 13 a match in which How became the first player to score a Ford Trophy double century reaching his hundred in 49 balls and breaking the record that was held by retired Canterbury batsman Peter Fulton One of New Zealand s greatest batsmen Ross Taylor played for the Central Stags He made his first class debut for the team as an 18 year old on 9 January 2003 In 2021 22 at Pukekura Park Taylor broke the record for the fastest Ford Trophy century reaching his hundred in 49 balls breaking the national record that had been held by retired Canterbury batsman Peter Fulton Taylor played his final match for the Stags in 2022 23 In 2017 Brad Schmulian hit the highest score by any New Zealand cricketer on first class debut with an innings of 203 for the Central Stags against Northern Districts at Bay Oval The previous record had stood since the late 19th century In 2010 Kieran Noema Barnett set a New Zealand record for the fastest T20 half century off just 18 balls In the 2016 Ford Trophy Grand Final another Central Stags batsman Tom Bruce added the record for the fastest one day half century in New Zealand with his 50 coming off 16 balls Two batsmen named Ben Smith have played for the Central Stags Adding to the confusion both Ben Smith and Ben Smith have scored a first class double century for the team Among New Zealand s premier cricketing schools to have produced many Central Stags players are New Plymouth Boys High School Palmerston North Boys High Napier Boys High School Nelson College Waimea College Marlborough Boys College and Whanganui Collegiate The CEO of Central Districts Cricket Association is a former Central Stags player Lance Hamilton In September 2019 former CEO Pete de Wet announced that CDCA had signed renowned international coach Mickey Arthur as the Central Stags T20 coach for the 2019 20 Super Smash season however Arthur was granted a contract release before the competition began 2 In 2019 20 the team had a chance to become the first team since 1940 to win the Plunket Shield for three seasons in a row However the team was second on the table when the final two rounds of the eight match season were cancelled due to the COVID 19 pandemic The Plunket Shield was awarded to the Wellington cricket team whom they had been about to play at McLean Park with the Stags declared runners up 3 In 2022 23 the team won the first class Plunket Shield and the List A one day Ford Trophy in the same season for the first time The team had previously done the first class and T20 double in 2019 The team achieved this after both the Ford Trophy Grand Final and the decisive match of the Plunket Shield had been postponed 4 and moved to an alternate venue following Cyclone Gabrielle Honours editPlunket Shield 11 1953 54 1966 67 1967 68 1970 71 1986 87 1991 92 1998 99 2005 06 2012 13 2017 18 2018 19 2022 23 The Ford Trophy 6 1984 85 2000 01 2003 04 2011 12 2014 15 5 2015 16 2022 23 Men s Super Smash 3 2007 08 2009 10 2018 19Grounds editCurrent edit McLean Park Napier Saxton Oval Nelson Pukekura Park New Plymouth Fitzherbert Park Palmerston North Since 2014 15 Central Districts have used McLean Park Nelson Park Napier Fitzherbert Park and Saxton Oval for first class matches 6 Pukekura Park Fitzherbert Park McLean Park and Saxton Oval are regularly used for List A and T20 matches 7 8 Former edit Horton Park Blenheim Dannevirke Domain Dannevirke Cornwall Park Hastings Levin Domain Levin Queen Elizabeth Park Masterton Memorial Park Motueka Trafalgar Park Nelson Yarrow Stadium New Plymouth Waikanae Park Waikanae Cooks Gardens Whanganui Victoria Park WhanganuiCurrent squad editNo 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 Wicketkeeper 15 Dane Cleaver nbsp New Zealand 1992 01 01 1 January 1992 age 32 Right handed Leg break CDCA contract 3 Bayley Wiggins nbsp New Zealand 1998 09 03 3 September 1998 age 25 Right handed Right arm medium CDCA contract Batsmen 4 Will Young nbsp New Zealand 1992 11 22 22 November 1992 age 31 Right handed Right arm off break NZC contract 42 Tom Bruce nbsp New Zealand 1991 08 02 2 August 1991 age 32 Right handed Right arm off break CDCA contract 9 Ben Smith nbsp New Zealand 1991 01 07 7 January 1991 age 33 Right handed Right arm off break 14 Brad Schmulian nbsp New Zealand 1990 08 03 3 August 1990 age 33 Right handed Leg break CDCA contract 33 Jack Boyle nbsp New Zealand 1996 03 24 24 March 1996 age 28 Right handed Right arm off break CDCA contract 2 Curtis Heaphy nbsp New Zealand 2003 07 28 28 July 2003 age 20 Right handed CDCA contract Allrounders 6 Doug Bracewell nbsp New Zealand 1990 09 28 28 September 1990 age 33 Right handed Right arm fast medium CDCA contract 22 Josh Clarkson nbsp New Zealand 1997 01 21 21 January 1997 age 27 Right handed Right arm medium CDCA contract 7 Will Clark nbsp New Zealand 2001 09 05 5 September 2001 age 22 Right handed Right arm medium CDCA contract 23 Bevan Small nbsp New Zealand 1992 02 24 24 February 1992 age 32 Right handed Right arm medium 19 Angus Schaw nbsp New Zealand 1994 03 14 14 March 1994 age 30 Right handed Right arm off break Bowlers 13 Blair Tickner nbsp New Zealand 1993 10 13 13 October 1993 age 30 Right handed Right arm fast medium NZC contract 11 Ray Toole nbsp New Zealand 1997 10 30 30 October 1997 age 26 Left handed Left arm fast medium CDCA contract 21 Ajaz Patel nbsp New Zealand 1988 10 21 21 October 1988 age 35 Left handed Slow left arm orthodox CDCA contract 55 Jayden Lennox nbsp New Zealand 1994 12 14 14 December 1994 age 29 Left handed Slow left arm orthodox CDCA contract 8 Joey Field nbsp New Zealand 2000 12 19 19 December 2000 age 23 Right handed Right arm fast medium CDCA contract 00 Brett Randell nbsp New Zealand 1995 05 20 20 May 1995 age 28 Right handed Right arm fast medium CDCA contract 32 Liam Dudding nbsp New Zealand 1994 06 13 13 June 1994 age 29 Right handed Right arm fast medium CDCA contractNotable players editMain article List of Central Districts representative cricketers New Zealand Joe Ongley Ian Leggat Don Beard Harry Cave Fen Cresswell Noel Harford Bevan Congdon Vic Pollard Bryan Yuile Gary Bartlett Mike Shrimpton Lance Cairns Jock Edwards David O Sullivan Scott Briasco Ian Smith Gary Robertson Andrew Jones Derek Stirling Martin Crowe Mark Greatbatch Greg Loveridge Andrew Penn Carl Bulfin Ewen Thompson Mark Douglas Roger Twose Tony Blain Craig Spearman Glen Sulzberger Brendon Diamanti Jamie How Peter Ingram Michael Mason Ross Taylor Jacob Oram Mathew Sinclair Lance Hamilton Jesse Ryder Doug Bracewell Kieran Noema Barnett Tarun Nethula Jeet Raval Mitchell McClenaghan Adam Milne George Worker Ben Wheeler Seth Rance Andrew Mathieson Dane Cleaver Will Young Tom Bruce Ajaz Patel Blair Tickner Dean Foxcroft Greg Hay England Ben Smith Peter Trego Graham Napier Sri Lanka Mahela Jayawardena India Murali Vijay Amit Mishra Canada Geoff Barnett cricketer USA Marty Kain Cook Islands Ma ara AveRecords editSee List of New Zealand first class cricket recordsReferences edit Central Districts Cricket Association Districts Archived 5 July 2007 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 5 January 2006 Mickey Arthur to Coach Central Stags Archived from the original on 29 September 2019 Retrieved 29 September 2019 Plunket Shield cancelled Wellington declared winners www nzc nz Archived from the original on 29 June 2020 Ford Trophy Final postponed www nzc nz Andrew Mathieson has a field day as Central Stags win national one day cricket final February 2015 First Class Matches played by Central Districts CricketArchive Retrieved 5 January 2021 List A Matches played by Central Districts CricketArchive Retrieved 5 January 2021 Twenty20 Matches played by Central Districts CricketArchive Retrieved 5 January 2021 External links editOfficial website nbsp Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Central Districts cricket team amp oldid 1218292263, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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